Description

I am a senior technology executive with more than 20 years of international leadership experience as CIO, CISO and transformation lead in industrial, energy and technology-driven environments.

My core focus lies in stabilizing and transforming complex IT landscapes, building secure and scalable infrastructures, and aligning technology with business strategy in growth, carve-out and crisis situations.

I have led large infrastructure, cloud, security and Industry 4.0 programs across Europe, Asia and the Americas, working closely with executive boards, private equity stakeholders and engineering organizations.

My background combines deep hands-on technical understanding with strong executive leadership in regulated, safety-critical and high-availability environments such as automotive, energy, manufacturing and digital platforms.

I typically support organizations as Interim CIO / CISO / Executive Advisor in:

- Digital & IT transformation

- Cybersecurity & regulatory readiness

- Infrastructure, cloud & platform modernization

- Post-merger integration and carve-outs

- Crisis stabilization & operational recovery

I operate remote-first across Europe with flexible on-site presence when required.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

German
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Spanish
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Düsseldorf (up to 50km)

TMD Friction Services GmbH
Head of Manufacturing IT
AUTOMOBILE
September 2020 - August 2022 (1 year and 11 months)
 Responsible for Production IT in a Japanese corporate environment
 Leadership for engineering-close IT landscape (R&D, Production, Quality,
Supply Chain, Logistics)
 Design and rollout of global manufacturing and engineering IT platforms
 Harmonization of strongly decentralized heterogeneous IT structures
 Close collaboration with Japanese headquarters and global plants
 Partnered with in-house & external engineering teams to build benchmark
automated production model
 Leadership of Industrial IT, automation and digitalization programs
 Directed Smart Factory building projects Brazil (€ 60m) & Essen (€40m) and
intelligent Porsche Premium Production digitalization
 Digitalization of Production, Quality, Logistics, R&D machine level to ERP
 Achieved 8-14% efficiency gain & labor cost reduction ~ 50% (mix shop)
Smart Factory Digital Transformation Operational Efficiency Program Management Robotics
SENEC GmbH
Chief Information Officer (CIO) & Chief Information Security Officer (a.i.)
ENERGY AND UTILITIES
September 2022 - June 2025 (2 years and 9 months)
Leipzig, SN, Germany
 Transformed IT after 5 yrs. of hypergrowth by reducing legacy complexity
and stabilizing platforms, IT Org and services for sustainable scaling
 Rebuilt governance, operating models & vendor control
 Led full product re-engineering incl. cloud platforms and digital services
during a major safety and business crisis
 Delivered AI-driven customer tools & digital field monitoring services
 Acting CISO in critical infrastructure
 Established ISM, ISO 27001 & KRITIS in highly regulated environment
IT Strategy Digitalization Cybersecurity Cloud computing ISMS
Coroplast F. M. GmbH & Co KG
Director Global IT & Digital Transformation / CISO (a.i.)
September 2020 - August 2022 (1 year and 11 months)
Wuppertal, NW, Germany
• • Transformed IT from admin to trusted business and engineering partner
• • Built centralized IT teams across Germany, Asia and the Americaas
• • Established global governance across infrastructure, applications & security
• • Managed international provider landscape and distributed teams
• • Developed Industry 4.0 capabilities, organization and architecture
• • Acted as CISO with full responsibility for cyber resilience and compliance
• • Led OT/IT integration and cybersecurity in a TISAX-regulated environment
Digital Transformation CISO Industry 4.0 TISAX SAP ERP