Marcel Koenig - Founder, Owner & Principal Consultant

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Anwil, Switzerland

Experience

Apr 2014 - Present

11 years 4 months

Founder, Owner & Principal Consultant

Ancoma Professional Group GmbH

Commercializing work experience and building a consulting offering for infrastructure, engineering, digitization, M&A, and supply chain.
Building an expert network in IT optimization, IT financial management, benchmarking, rollout management, and service validation & testing.
Carrying out project management and interim management mandates in IT & telecommunications for decentralized or international organizations in IT, industry, pharma, finance, utilities, and the public sector. Key mandates included:
Siemens (2023 - ongoing): Transition Manager for network separation for 100 sites in Asia-Pacific and global topic lead for digital backbone transition.
Roche (2023 – 2024): Project manager for R&D lab informatics transition at the pRED Center Basel.
ABB (2017-2024): Project manager for IT organizational changes and employee productivity program, product and material master data governance implementation. M&A PMO for sale of power divisions to the Hitachi-ABB joint venture.
Bechtle (2023): Interim lead architect for network and data center redesign and transition at an energy provider.
Sandoz / Novartis (2023): TSA workstream responsible for IT infrastructure M&A carve-out and contract separation.
Bystronic Group (2021 to 2023): Consultant in process engineering, go-to-market for IoT services and security incident event monitoring. Interim service owner for shopfloor networks and cybersecurity.
Novartis (2020 to 2023): Contract management consultant for software ADM optimization, cloud services, and global WAN benchmarking.
EBL Elektra-Baselland (2014 to 2021, 2024): Consultant for multi-utility, business development, and smart grid services. Project manager for the implementation of a contract management solution.
SAG Derendinger (2021): Rollout manager for SD-WAN.
Takeda Pharma (2015 to 2021): Interim and project management in the global IT category, global SD-WAN rollout manager (600 sites) and network integration (Baxter/Shire), DHCP, DNS, server, and WiFi consolidation.
Unilever (2014 to 2021): Project manager for global technical SD-WAN multivendor MSA negotiations. Consultant for global network transformation and benchmarking process (800 sites).
Telegeography (2018 - ongoing): Board member and speaker at the SD-WAN conference 'WAN Summit'.
Deutsche Bank (2018-2020): Consultant for multi-domain IT benchmarking and RFP preparation for global network and carrier services.
Munich Re (2018-2020): Project manager for rollout management and process design engineering of a global web proxy solution (Zscaler).
Implenia-Bilfinger (2018-2019): Consultant for architecture development for cloud access and WAN optimization.
Swisscom (2019): Consultant for global alignment of business strategy.
Richemont (2017-2019): Project manager for global migration from TDM and Cisco IPT to Skype for Business and securing data centers in a public cloud.
AXA Insurance (2018 & 2022): Consultant for telecommunications benchmarking.
BIM (2014-2015): Interim CEO and workforce management in business engineering, software integration, and service validation & testing.

Jan 2012 - Apr 2014

2 years 4 months

Senior Strategy Manager, IT-Services

Swisscom

Leading workstreams for strategy definition and execution (market analysis, qualitative and quantitative definition of corporate strategy and business unit strategy, definition of corporate initiatives).
Evaluating potential M&A targets (screening, initial assessment) and analyzing concrete opportunities (formulating deal rationale, recommending to the executive board and supervisory board, developing business plans).
Managing and monitoring post-merger integration projects (building project teams, project leadership, practice leadership, and staffing).
Managing and participating in business development projects.
Evaluating strategic partnerships, investment projects, and business cases.
Point of contact and coordination for strategy peers at Swisscom headquarters.
Close collaboration with the management team of Swisscom IT Services.
Responsibility for and control of the strategic planning process and strategy execution.

Jun 2009 - Dec 2011

2 years 7 months

Head of Global Consulting & Business Development, Corporate Business

Swisscom

Building a business development management practice, consisting of proposition management, pricing strategy, and bid management.
Managing a direct team of consultants, business developers (combining proposal, proposal management, and partner management roles), and solution architects.
Managing complex business and deal management practices for national and international clients.
Monitoring relevant economic and market trends. Identifying and evaluating new competitive approaches.
Identifying new solutions, developing global solutions for MNC clients.
Responsible for quality assurance in the pre-sales process. Ensuring best practices in solution architecture according to industry standards (e.g., TOGAF) and partner capabilities.
Designing and developing market tests for early field trial proposals.