Profile
Dr. Jens Hartmann
An independent executive advisor on transformation, governance and technology decisions — with a perspective formed by real responsibility, not observation from the outside.
Where the focus lies.
The focus lies where transformation, governance, operating model and technology leadership meet — where a decision in one of them quickly becomes a decision in all of them.
That is where executive situations are hardest to keep under control, and where an independent perspective is worth most.
Background.
The perspective comes from a career as a senior IT executive: more than fifteen years of group-wide IT strategy, governance and large-scale transformation in regulated, asset-intensive organisations. These have included one of Europe’s largest mobility and infrastructure groups, a multi-industrial group with revenues around 40 billion euros, and a major energy utility.
The academic grounding is a doctorate in economics (Dr. rer. pol., magna cum laude) from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, on top of a degree in computer science — the mix of structural and technical judgment the advisory work draws on.
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Group-wide IT strategy, enterprise architecture and investment steering, set at group level.
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An enterprise transformation of more than 150 million euros (SAP S/4HANA) across six operating entities.
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A 200-person, 100-million-euro cybersecurity portfolio in a critical-infrastructure environment.
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A global security-operations rollout (SOC/SIEM) across an internationally distributed group.
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Operating-model modernisation in decentralised, asset-intensive businesses.
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Regular reporting and engagement with executive board-level committees.
Point of view.
Four convictions run through the work, and they are the reason the method exists rather than a method themselves: that a serious transformation depends on its structure; that technology decisions shape the organisation that makes them; that what is missing is usually clarity rather than effort; and that governance is a discipline of execution, not an audit held after it.
Working style.
The work stays with the substance of a decision and with the people accountable for it — not with the visibility of the work around it.
Independent — and accountable to the decision alone.
Whether it is a full mandate, a single decision, or a confidential first exchange — the opening conversation is direct, and commits you to nothing.
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