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Drawing upon my extensive experience as Chief Architect, Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), I specialize in diagnosing and fixing stalled or inefficient digital transformation initiatives. Leveraging my deep understanding of technology and cybersecurity, I unlock unprecedented business growth by strategically aligning technology solutions with business objectives. My approach ensures not just a seamless and secure digital transition, but also the creation of robust, future-ready business models that drive profitability, innovation, and sustained growth.
You can contact me via email: [email protected], phone 978-395-7689 or directly schedule a meeting with me: https://calendly.com/carsten-krause
- Leading international IT teams of 300+ people, with a strong record of vendor optimization, program delivery including AI powered solutions for private equity-backed midsize to Fortune 500 companies.
- Contributing to $950M+ in top-line growth as a strategic planner by delivering digital agile process transformation, AI strategy and system landscape simplification.
- Improving security posture by 50% and achieving $4M+ in efficiencies by upgrading security operations capability, enhancing security event monitoring, updating global risk management programs, leveraging AI automation, and achieving compliance with regulations such as PCI, GDPR, NIST, and ISO.
- Enabling companies to digitally transform, driving $78M+ in efficiencies, and aligning business and technology capabilities through developing digital and AI transformation roadmaps, updating mobile platforms, upgrading business intelligence capabilities, leveraging cloud and hybrid cloud effectively, simplifying enterprise architecture designs, and leveraging disruptive automation, artificial intelligence, and blockchain technology.
- Leading large international programs totaling $80M+ from organizational assessment to vendor negotiations, business case development, budget and resource planning, and cutover and support.
- Increasing IT operations SLAs from 80% to 95% with reduced staff, leveraging automation, and breaking down departmental barriers.
- Certified by Harvard University in cybersecurity (CCISO curriculum), Wharton Business Strategy, MIT Executive Communications, MIT disruptive innovation, CISM through ISACA and ITIL4 IT operations.
Industry expertise: food and beverage, adult beverage, consumer products, retail, hospitality, hi-tech, cybersecurity, supply chain and logistics, pharma, software companies.