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MANAGER PROFILE
COO with a VUCA mindset for agile automation and innovation

COO with a VUCA mindset for agile automation and innovation

  • COO with strong digital knowledge for agile companies
  • IT project manager: ERP and software implementation
  • Industrial engineer and business IT specialist

"Thanks to my VUCA mindset, I support companies as COO with agile automation and innovation"

Qualifications

Master's degrees: Industrial Engineering, Business Informatics - MBA Innovation - Certificates: Level C Project & Senior Process Management, Scrum Master - Foreign language: English

Stations

DHL - Siemens - Maresi - Telekom - REWE

More about the interim manager

The interim manager is an Austrian operating officer, consultant and project manager for IT projects and complex initiatives. As an interim COO in medium-sized and manufacturing companies, he takes over the automation of processes using various technologies (computer vision, machine learning, RPA, OCR, NLP, smart workflows) or automated goods flow systems, for example. He analyzes the automation potential in processes, data flows and intralogistics and ensures the efficient implementation of improvement projects. He is particularly adept at introducing those involved to their new roles and successfully coordinating the implementation partners of the usually complex and large projects.

His clients benefit from the expert's comprehensive qualifications. The interim manager is an industrial engineer and business IT specialist. He also has an MBA in innovation and extensive know-how in agile development (Level C Project & Senior Process Management, Scrum Master, AI Product Manager (Udacity)). He also has 15 years of expertise in automation and intralogistics in the automotive industry.

The interim manager has implemented numerous consulting projects using robotic process automation and artificial intelligence since 2015. Prior to this, he most recently managed a medium-sized plant engineering company as a business and sales manager for seven years. He combines management experience with a strong focus on the digital potential of cloud, ERP, AI, data science, VR and IoT.

The interim manager's technology and learning mindset is fully in line with the VUCA age. As a collective thinker, he enjoys working in a team with an exchange of ideas and tries to convince others and pull them along. He prefers structured goals and expectations, while at the same time striving for quick decisions in order to achieve the essentials.

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Created by Charly Kahle
Last updated on 17.04.2026

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