Provided actionable thought leadership for the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), leading the development of the upcoming ISO Digital Transformation Maturity Standard and working towards a Digital Transformation Standard.

• Pioneered the ISO Digital Capability Maturity Assessment Models, forming the basis for international benchmarking in digital transformation.
• Advised on the creation of standardized frameworks to assess and guide digital maturity across sectors and industries.

Skills:

Digital transformation maturity, ISO standardization, capability maturity models, global benchmarking, digital governance, standardized frameworks, digital transformation standard, standardization, capability model

2020 - today: Executive Coaching

Role: Executive Coach & Strategic Innovation Advisor

Customer: Global customers at Digital Leadership AG

Tasks:

Advised primarily C-level Executives of global organizations across industries on breakthrough innovation and transformation topics in high-impact, high-frequency coaching formats.

• Delivered strategic coaching sessions leveraging the UNITE Innovation and Transformation Frameworks, often in weekly or bi-weekly formats.
• Supported C-level leaders with capability building, executive sparring, and strategic facilitation to accelerate digital transformation initiatives.

Skills:

Executive coaching, C-suite sparring, innovation strategy, transformation advisor, UNITE Innovation Frameworks, strategic facilitation, capability building, digital transformation, high-impact coaching

Role: Global Transformation Lead ? Target Operating Model & Digital Factory, Interim Manager

Customer: Global top 10 Biotech / Life Sciences company

Tasks:

Led the Target Operating Model (TOM) design for all global factories of a top 10 biotech/life sciences company and established the group-wide Factory 2030 transformation initiative.

• Defined the Vision 2030/2035, leveraging digitalization and automation to decouple cost from growth while boosting capacity and quality.
• Developed a global target operating model that enabled a twofold increase in output capacity across all plants without expanding the workforce.
• Set up and led a cross-functional Digital Factory transformation team with twelve domain experts and a much wider stakeholder group of close to 50 people; deployed Industry 4.0 technologies including IoT, AR/VR, AGVs, MES, and smart factory systems.

Skills:

Supply Chain Management (SCM), Digital Factory, Smart Factory, Industry 4.0, IoT, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR), Autonomous Guided Vehicles (AGVs), Manufacturing Execution System (MES), Target Operating Model (TOM)

2022 - 2025: guiding strategic governance and fiduciary oversight

Role: Board member

Customer: Private charitable trust

Tasks:

Active board member guiding strategic governance and fiduciary oversight for a Swiss charitable trust with assets exceeding CHF 1.5 billion.

• Shape long-term investment strategy across real estate, private equity, and diversified asset classes.
• Oversee annual capital allocation toward philanthropic initiatives, ensuring strategic alignment with mission and measurable impact.
• Contribute to high-level decisions on asset acquisitions, portfolio risk management, and disbursement planning.

Skills:

Board member, charitable trust, asset management, real estate and private equity investment, alternative assets, philanthropy, fiduciary responsibility, impact investing, capital allocation, foundation strategy, wealth stewardship

2024 - 2024: Consulting

Role: Lead Strategy Advisor ? Digital Health Vision & Enterprise Architecture

Customer: Global top 10 Healthcare provider

Tasks:

Led the creation of a 'PoV 2030' and a bespoke Healthcare Enterprise Architecture Framework (HEAF) for a global top 10 healthcare provider.

• Delivered a visionary position paper defining the digital hospital of the future, including clinical processes, infrastructure, data platforms, and patient-centric service delivery.
• Enabled strategic alignment across stakeholders and informed leadership decisions on investment priorities and roadmap planning.

Skills:

Vision, Point-of-View, Enterprise Architecture, service flow, digital health innovation, digital hospital, digital hospital strategy, clinical transformation, healthcare enterprise architecture, stakeholder alignment, healthtech visioning

Role: Group-wide Innovation Lead, Interim Manager

Customer: Leading Asian Bank

Tasks:

• Developed the Innovation Target Operating Model (iTOM) and implemented it across the organization.
• Established an end-to-end Incubator and Accelerator function, scaling it to nearly 50 people within 6 months.
• Conducted deep customer research using Jobs to be Done (JTBD) methodology to identify unmet needs.
• Launched 18 innovation initiatives, with 12 progressing to MVP stage.
• Delivered innovation training programs to over 240 employees.

Role: Interim Manager, Innovation and Venture Strategy Leader

Customer: Leading software vendor in the construction industry

Tasks:

Led the innovation and portfolio strategy for a global AEC software leader, enabling a ?200M+ future revenue stream through bold transformation levers including CVC, Company Builder, and product rejuvenation.

• Defined the foundational innovation strategy, including the Innovation Target Operating Model (iTOM), capability mapping, and strategic search fields.
• Repositioned the Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) fund and launched a group-wide Company Builder to renew the aging portfolio and unlock long-term growth.
• Enabled cross-brand synergies and introduced strategic mechanisms for building a scalable product and business model portfolio across the ecosystem.

Skills:

Innovation strategy, portfolio transformation, corporate venture capital (CVC), company builder, capability mapping, product rejuvenation, strategic foresight, innovation target operating model (iTOM), digital transformation, value creation, portfolio design, Horizon 3 innovation, search fields, software strategy, Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) sector, SaaS, cloud transformation, product management, ecosystem building

Role: Executive Innovation Coach

Customer: Various Clients via Digital Leadership AG

Tasks:

Served as executive innovation coach for 14 corporate innovation initiatives around the world, significantly boosting their success and survival rates.

• Provided strategic coaching on business model design, innovation delivery, operating model design, culture transformation and execution excellence.
• Enabled 75% of initiatives to at least double their success rate through tailored frameworks and mentoring.
• Nearly 50% of supported ventures successfully scaled or survived beyond the early-stage threshold.

Skills:

Innovation coaching, corporate innovation, executive coaching, startup mentoring, success rate improvement, innovation strategy, business model innovation, venture survival, early-stage acceleration, venture capital, culture change, capability building, innovation delivery, innovation frameworks, strategic advisory

2012 - 2024: Boutique digital strategy & exectution consultancy focussed on innovation & transformation.

Role: Founder & CEO

Customer: on request

Tasks:

Boutique digital strategy & exectution consultancy focussed on innovation & transformation.

• Co-launched the first global AI-hackathon with Microsoft and OpenAI, engaging 12x strategic key accounts to identify and leverage AI-driven opportunities.
• Pioneered Digital Capability Maturity Assessment Models and ISO?s upcoming Digital Transformation Maturity Standard.
• Streamlined the innovation portfolio for a leading European banking group, consolidating 320 projects into 18 high-potential initatives.
• Created $4bn in new revenues for a global Internet giant by spearheading the Music division?s development and go-to-market strategy.
• Delivered a $1bn revenue increase in beverage sales alone for a top 10 global supermarket chain by leading it?s digital transformation. Conceptualized it?s local distribution network.
• Boosted digital channel revenue by 22% for a global top 10 bank by leading it?s digital transformation strategy and execution in Europe across all segments, all product lines and all devices, building up a team of 460+ people. Rebranded the group across Europe. Supported the launch of a bank for the young generation, which achieved 5m customers within one year.
• Guided 14 corporate innovation initiatives and startups as executive coach, with 75% reporting at least double the success rate and nearly 50% surviving.
• Led the identification of large-scale revenue opportunities to redefine the future of a leading national postal service, presenting findings directly to the board.

Role: AI Innovation Lead & Business Strategy Lead

Customer: Global top 10 tech firm

Tasks:

Co-led the first global AI hackathon of Microsoft and OpenAI, developing enterprise AI use cases and business cases for 17 global Microsoft accounts.

• Secured executive buy-in and co-launched the initiative with Microsoft?s AI leadership.
• Ran 24 hackathons across 17 key accounts and sectors over four months, driving rapid AI experimentation and use case development.
• Guided business strategy across all participating teams; 11 AI initiatives were adopted by Microsoft key accounts.
• The initiative gained internal acclaim and visibility at the highest levels, including Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella.

Skills:

Methodology, frameworks, Enterprise Architecture, 3 Horizons of Growth, Understanding Context, Customer needs / Jobs to be Done (JTBD), DigitalStrategy, Value Proposition Design, Business Model Engineering, Business Model Innovation, Customer Experience Design (CX), Customer Journeys, Innovation Approach, Growth Hacking, Digital Transformation, Organizational Change, Governance, Culture, People / HR Strategy, Experience, Portfolio Management, Portfolio Allocation, Organizational Strategy, Project Strategy, Project Setup, Concept, Implementation, Optimization, Scaling, Growth Hacking, Capability Building, Strategic Roadmapping

2018 - 2020: Consulting

Role: Strategic Program Lead

Customer: Financial Services

Tasks:

Led the design and execution of a digital currency development program in collaboration with a leading central bank. The initiative aimed to explore the strategic potential of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and included:

• Defining the digital currency architecture, use case scenarios, and monetary implications
• Managing stakeholder engagement between the central bank, technical teams, and policy advisors
• Orchestrating pilot implementation phases to test system resilience, user experience, and interoperability
• Contributing to the global dialogue on CBDCs, enabling the institution to position itself as a digital currency pioneer

Skills:

Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), digital currency strategy, monetary innovation, digital payments infrastructure, currency architecture, regulatory engagement, stakeholder management, innovation program leadership, fintech, pilot implementation, financial inclusion, central bank collaboration, interoperability, strategic program delivery, digital economy

2019 - 2019: Thought Leadership

Role: Researcher & Co-author on Digital Transformation

Customer: Enterprise Architecture / Standards

Tasks:

Co-developed the first global ?Digital Transformation Lifecycle? concept based on ontology and semiotics, framing digital change as a structured lifecycle.

• Published the framework with Elsevier and presented at international conferences.
• Contributed to advancing enterprise architecture standards and digital transformation theory through structured semantic modelin

Skills:

Digital Transformation Framework, Digital Transformation Lifecycle, Enterprise Ontology, Semiotics, Product Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Architecture, Standards Development, Elsevier publication, Thought Leadership, Conceptual Modeling

Role: INDEPENDENT EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT

Tasks:

• Reduced digital car launch time-to-market by 40% while increasing throughput by 30% and enhancing product presentation quality for a global top 10 car brand.
• Consolidated 72 global intranets into a single platform for a global top 10 industrial brand, drastically decreasing IT costs while streamlining communications and increasing operational efficiency.
• Conceived and launched the first global ecommerce-pharmacy that delivers even prescriptive medication for a global top 10 pharma brand. Despite a product catalogue of >100k products and highly complex interfaces, this was the fastest go-to-market of any IBM Websphere based project.

Role: Senior Manager Program Management

Customer: SAPIENT CONSULTING (today Publicis group) - London, Munich

Tasks:

• Created a ?100m new product line for a global top 10 telco operator.
• Achieved a 35% increase in revenues from digital channels for a global top 10 telecom by relaunching the digital channels first in one country and then roling out the success model globally.
• Led the relaunch of 4 out of 12 divisions for a global top 10 television company, resulting in 74% traffic growth and a 28% uplift in consumption; received two worldwide patents for innovative content presentation methods.
• Achieved a 400% revenue growth to ?100m by leading the European transformation strategy of a leading multinational electronics company. Centralized 21 country operations in 2x centers of excellence and relaunched all digital platforms.