Strategy that delivers in the real world
Strategy often looks clear on slides—but it gets tested in the field. When services and platforms extend into devices, workplaces, and distributed operations, the right decisions depend on more than target pictures and principles. They require a practical understanding of rollout realities, operational constraints, and service delivery economics.
I advise and guide IT executives with practical decision support at the intersection of IT architecture, physical device rollout, infrastructure and platform operations, and service delivery—grounded in hands-on leadership and large-scale programs.
What this looks like in practice
| Key Facts | 40,000+ internal employees 1,000+ locations / buildings Client with predominantly isolated (“island”) IT solutions
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| Initial Situation | The organization operated with decentralized, non-standardized desktop/office solutions. To enable IT-based business process optimization, a unified, company-wide office communication environment was required as a foundational platform.
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| Problem Statement | Create a consistent target architecture (“blueprint”) for a future-proof office communication landscape across all sites. Ensure cost-efficient operations from day one (operating model and run-cost discipline as design criteria). Establish an industrial-scale rollout capability that ensures the smooth, tightly coordinated deployment of all technical solution components across sites. Enable adoption at scale despite limited end-user experience with PC-based working environments.
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| Guiding Decision | Develop an overarching blueprint covering all components of the future office communication environment. Design for scale and operability early by aligning the technical design with rollout needs, operational efficiency, and support structures. Treat training and change management as critical success factors, not as afterthoughts.
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Approach
| Developed an end-to-end blueprint in close collaboration with the teams responsible for rollout, operations, and training. Prioritized rollout and operational requirements due to their scale-driven impact. Embedded rollout and operational requirements into the testing approach. Built and commissioned the operating structures (processes, organization, and governance for day-to-day operations) in parallel with the technical infrastructure design. Designed and delivered intensive employee training and change management to drive adoption.
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| Value Creation | Built the required network and data center infrastructure within tight time and budget constraints. Connected and cabled more than 1,000 buildings. Rolled out 25,000 workplace PCs. Trained more than 25,000 employees. Established an efficient and effective operations organization to run the environment sustainably.
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| Lessons Learned | - Large-scale workplace transformations succeed or fail on operability and adoption, not only on technical design.
Standardization plus a robust operating model is the real lever for sustainable cost efficiency at scale. In low-maturity environments, training and change management must be planned as core delivery workstreams.
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