SL Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft is an owner managed investment company specializing in the acquisition and development of medium-sized companies. Over the past 12 years, a group of companies with around 500 employees and annual sales of more than € 200 million has been created.

I love people. I love autonomy and trust. But at the same time, I am passionate about structures and processes as necessary. It has to be well-balanced. I am responsible for the development, design, operation, and improvement of the systems that help Futurice people in their way to approach and deliver cases. It’s my turn to cascade the organization’s strategy/mission statement into executable operational tasks and responsibilities and to drive performance measures for the operation. Numbers matter, but there isn’t people vs. KPIs. It’s how to enable the organization to become successfully, keep our motivation and energy level high. Our clients feel it and recognize our way to serve them a lot better. In a nutshell:* Overall responsibility for Delivery Excellence, HR, Finance and Compliance * Delivering results on a day-to-day, quarter-to-quarter basis* Leading specific strategic imperatives, such as a turnaround, organizational changes, or probable acquisitions* Mentorship for younger or newer company team members* Partner to MD and CxOsYou could call it COO. Or just an enabler and executor.Visit us at https://www.linkedin.com/company/futurice or http://www.futurice.com.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is a global leader in IT services, digital and business solutions that partners with its clients to simplify, strengthen and transform their businesses. TCS has been recognized by Brand Finance as one of the Big 4 Global IT Services Brands. Visit TCS at http://www.tcs.com or follow on Twitter @TCSIn 2009 TCS Germany hired a number of Media specialists to further strengthen the Media business in Germany and Europe. When I joined TCS strong localization efforts have just started.As member of Delivery Leadership team I was responsible for organizational development, people management and sales support. My current focus was on the group of Program-, and Project Managers (50+ associates). My strongest ambition was to build and strengthen a healthy mix of junior- and experienced associates. I led the development and roll-out of a junior program to attract and spark interest in TCS Germany of young people from Universities or with less professional experience. In addition I led the implementation of a framework for a tailored competence development across the different teams in our Delivery organization. It was a joint effort between TCS’ local and corporate Human Resources departments. What helped me to succeed:* Personal and intellectual competences* Effective team leading* Interpersonal team skills* Entrepreneurial attitude and mindset* Performance orientation* Effective collaborationPrior the group of Project Management I headed different other groups. We kept changing responsibilities due to the constant growth of the company. Head of Domain Competencies, TCS Delivery Central EuropeMay 2012 – September 2015 (3 years 5 months)Head of Media, TCS Delivery Central EuropeNovember 2009 – April 2012 (2 years 6 months)

Silex Media was a successful spin out of SGI Broadcast Division. Silex was formed in April 2006 to be a solution provider and prime contractor for the Broadcast and Media market, enabling Broadcasters and professional media companies to transition from traditional tape based environments to parallel digital workflows, and to transition from a "Radio and Television" market to an "Internet and Telco Market".Silex became my first company to serve in a leadership role. Team was a large group of Media specialists and enthusiasts spread across Europe.My key tasks have been:* Manage & lead Professional Services Resources* Ensure compliance with customer contracts* Support the project teams during implementation phases* Ensure project setup and schedule according to customer expectations, risk management* Develop new ideas* Engage in all kinds of sales support* Strengthen and grow business

Silicon Graphics was my first employer after gaining the diploma. I had the chance to support and see the Professional Services Department growing from almost zero to 50+ employees. SGI in Germany entered the services and consulting area in addition to their well established product business. I started as Professional Services Solution Architect and got promoted to Project Manager in 2004.In a summary I did:* Project Management* Sales Support (bid management and solution design, offer management)* Business Development (building portfolios for infrastructure services and Linux OS, plan and conduct customer events and workshops, creation of flyers and other marketing collaterals)* Technical consulting (planning and realization of assessment workshops for analyzing the existing IT infrastructure, definition of objectives or creation of rough concepts, presentation of results in front of management boards, general managers and IT managers, creation of technical concepts, delivery of the solution / project, creation of acceptancetest packages, project assistance with operation manuals and concepts)Some of the fantastic projects:* Plan, solution design and implementation of a Meta-Directory solution at a Bavarian Bank* Analysis and re-design of an existing intranet at a Bavarian Bank* Preparing an Outsourcing RFP for a large industry company* Plan, solution design and implementation at a large industry company* Process design for European-wide IT purchasing at a military company* Plan, solution design and implementation at a large shipyard * Implementation of a digital TV and radio program and production system at a public broadcaster* Building a fully digital playout centre for TV at one the of the largest public broadcasters

Apprenticeship (state examiniation) for the degree of a Diplom-Betriebswirt (DH), Diploma in Business Administration – special subject Business InformaticsIn 1999 Compaq acquired Digital Equipment Corporation. Is now Hewlett Packard Enterprise.Courses: Informatics, System Engineering, Computer, Integrated Systems, Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, Economics, Business Management, Labour Law, Civil Law