Digital Transformation · IT Strategy · Executive Enablement
From assessment and prioritization to roadmaps and governance —
through delivery, automation, and scalable operations.
Pragmatic execution, sustainably embedded.
Leadership, delivery and capability building at the intersection of digital transformation, AI and organization.
Role: CDO / CTO / Head of IT (operational & strategic)
Ownership of roadmaps, platforms, governance and sustainable
execution — from assessment to stable operations.
Scaling Digital Transformation Governance IT Leadership Excellence Platform strategy
Role: Head of AI / Executive Advisor
Introducing AI as a leadership and organizational
responsibility: guardrails, use-case logic, pilot → scale,
adoption.
AI Leadership AI Governance Pilot-to-Scale Use-case prioritization Adoption Accountability
Role: Lecturer · professorship track
6+ years of teaching at universities and in executive
formats.
Goal: part-time professorship with a focus on digital
transformation, AI and organization.
Higher education Executive Education Research Knowledge transfer Digital Business
Role: Host · initiator · thought leader
Podcast and formats on leadership, responsibility and the human
side of AI.
Thought Leadership AI & Leadership Culture Responsibility Orientation Public discourse
Role: Leader & enabler
Building and enabling teams, clarity in roles, communication and
sustainable adoption in daily work.
Change Management Enablement Team leadership Role clarity Communication Adoption
Role: Auditor & network member
Auditor: criteria review, documentation, recommendations. WJ/JCI Darmstadt-Südhessen: network of emerging leaders and regional impact.
Quality assurance Digital skills Audit Society Network Responsibility
Selected impact examples across leadership, transformation and AI roles.
CDO as a Service · strategy → delivery → scaling
Digital transformation Roadmaps Automation Prioritization Excellence Governance
Leadership in the AI era · orientation over hype
AI Leadership Thought Leadership Executive Enablement Governance Adoption Culture Orientation
CTO · process digitization · platforms · scaling
Microsoft 365 Dynamics CRM Moodle LMS Power Automate / Apps Knowledge Management Compliance Security Scaling
Coordination · stakeholders · national build-up
Public-Private Partnership Governance Stakeholder Management Facilitation Digital Skills Policy & business Network building Societal impact
Academic qualification with direct practice and leadership relevance.
DTMD University · 03/2021 – 12/2023 · part-time
Degree: summa cum laude
Research focus: Digitalization, standardization and optimization of complex organizational processes.
Method: as-is/to-be process analysis, qualitative & quantitative data collection, evidence-based decision models.
Dissertation: Processes and optimization needs in the executive education offering of a private postgraduate university.
Competency profile: Strategic analysis · process design · data-driven decision-making · organizational development
Institut Supérieur de l’Économie (ISEC-HdW) · 2016 – 2018 ·
part-time
Final grade: 1.7
Focus areas: Strategic management, corporate leadership, information & IT management.
Specializations: Finance & controlling, marketing, international business, organizational development.
Thesis: Selected aspects of strategic information management.
Competency profile: Leadership · strategic analysis · business/IT alignment · change
Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences · 2012 – 2016
Solid technical foundation in software development, data structures & algorithms, databases, networking and IT security.
Practice-oriented projects in interdisciplinary teams, early exposure to agile methods.
Thesis: Development and analysis of a strategic CRM approach to optimize customer relationships and business processes.
Transfer: foundation for later leadership roles at the intersection of business, IT and processes.
Knowledge transfer as enablement: content is designed to become standards, playbooks and operational routines in organizations.
Research, practice and public framing where digital transformation must deliver real impact.
A pragmatic step-by-step approach to digital transformation for SMBs.
Transformation as a system: prioritize → pilot → standardize → scale.
OpenImpact comes from decisions — not from tool selection.
Decision logic by impact · effort · risk — incl. clear guardrails.
OpenSelected posts on transformation, automation & governance.
Less buzzwords, more operations: playbooks, models and real lessons learned.
Open blogAI is a leadership reality — guardrails over actionism.
Use-case logic, responsibilities, risks & adoption — AI as an organizational capability.
OpenThe Human Side of AI — podcast, workshops, perspective.
Orientation for leaders: think → lead → act → shape.
OpenStatements, context and background — happy to connect.
Topics: transformation, AI, governance, education, operating model — clear and actionable.
RequestProcesses & optimization needs in executive education at a private postgraduate university.
Governance, roles & automation potential — evidence-based and operationally transferable.
OpenLeadership & transformation: decide, prioritize, deliver.
A practical book for leaders: guardrails, playbooks, scaling logic — without tool hype.
AI governance as a leadership responsibility — adoption over actionism.
From use-case logic to accountability: AI as a core organizational capability (not an experiment).
For projects, workshops or strategic exchange — easiest is to book a call.
