Senior IT Transformation & Interim CIO Expert

30+ years of interim and management experience at CIO / IT Director level, leading complex IT transformations, restructurings and critical IT environments

Direct Pharma & Medical Device experience, including an Interim CIO mandate with responsibility for prioritizing and managing 60 internal projects

Strong expertise in production IT & IT/OT, including MES, SAP S/4HANA, Hybrid Cloud and production-critical IT environments

Combines strategic CIO leadership with hands-on transformation expertise across IT governance, infrastructure, outsourcing/provider management, security and organizational change

Overall IT responsibility across three locations with 500+ employees, 500 clients and approx. 150 OT devices

Leadership of internal IT employees and external partners; responsibility for a €2m IT budget

Managed five parallel IT projects and took responsibility for escalation and provider management

Restructured the IT organization and established a sustainable succession structure

Prepared the organization for NIS2 and implemented MFA

Established a hybrid cloud infrastructure (On-Prem + Cloud)

Integrated MES into the production environment

Outsourced 1st-level IT and SAP into a managed-services model, achieving approximately 10% cost savings

Managed SAP development and quality assurance of production-relevant data

Strong expertise in connecting IT infrastructure, SAP/MES and production/OT environments

Hands-on experience in IT modernization, cybersecurity readiness and hybrid-cloud transformation

Proven ability to restructure IT organizations while simultaneously maintaining operational stability

Program management and prioritization of 60 internal IT projects

Prioritized initiatives according to feasibility and available resources

Managed tenders, supplier selection and contract negotiations

Established structured supplier management

Direct CIO-level experience within a pharmaceutical / medical device environment

Strong expertise in IT portfolio prioritization and resource management across a large number of parallel initiatives

Experienced in translating business requirements into structured sourcing, vendor and project decisions

Built and operated a new service structure as part of a multi-billion-euro outsourcing program

Initial OneFace responsibility covering approximately 290,000 users

Supported the IT separation of Mercedes-Benz and Daimler Truck

Supported the establishment of new Global Parts Centers

Managed third-party providers, escalations and provider reporting

Supported the further development of the Daimler Truck IT organization

Managed interfaces between manufacturing and IT

Extensive know-how in large-scale IT outsourcing, service transition and provider governance

Strong experience in complex carve-out / separation environments with global organizational dependencies

Proven ability to coordinate IT services across large, distributed and production-critical organizations

Member of the first management level with responsibility for the externally operated IT environment of an organization with approximately 4,000 employees

Successfully completed a comprehensive Microsoft Azure migration, including Exchange Online, Teams and SharePoint

Restructured the IT project portfolio and managed provider budgets

Established IT governance structures, provider management and SLA reporting

Strong expertise in Microsoft cloud transformation and migration of business-critical IT services

Extensive experience in outsourcing governance, SLA management and external provider steering

Combines technical cloud understanding with commercial IT budget and portfolio management

Member of the leadership team with overall responsibility

for internal and external IT operations

Managed an IT budget of approximately €5m and 15 internal employees

Restructured the IT portfolio and managed budget and personnel

Responsible for supplier relationship management

Supported the integration of the bank's proprietary solution at Van Lanschot Bankiers in the Netherlands

Strong CIO-level expertise in business-critical and highly regulated IT environments

Experienced in combining IT operations, organizational restructuring, budget responsibility and supplier governance

Proven management experience in international system integration and transformation initiatives