Nils Boeffel
Entrepreneur
Experience
Jul 2006 - Dec 2010
4 years 6 monthsEntrepreneur
Startups
- Online Shopping
- Online CV Management system
- Chocolate Franchise
- Outdoor Routing for Bikes
Oct 2005 - Present
19 years 10 monthsPrincipal Consultant
Boeffel Consulting
- Making transformation succeed - define your digital strategy and manage your agile transformation.
- The world is changing at an ever increasing pace. Customer demands are increasing, and products are becoming more customized. Supply chains and networks are becoming more and more global. Developing technologies are speeding up innovation. Business models are changing rapidly to adapt to the “new normal” and organizations need to develop faster and faster to be able to keep pace.
- Take your business to the next level. Focus on three key areas to drive tomorrow's business:
- flexible - become agile to be able to quickly react to new challenges
- sustainable - change is here to stay, and sustainable long-term solutions and thinking is needed to ensure stability in the world of tomorrow
- resilient - handle critical situations more easily by having a solid foundation with stable business processes, systems, and above all, motivated people
- Boeffel Consulting has successfully helped clients of all sizes in many industries with large scale transformation since 2006. Transformation, restructuring, program management offices (PMO) and post merger integration (PMI) have been at the core of the work. Since 2015 the focus on digital strategy and agile methods has increased as companies have recognized these elements as a critical success factor for the future.
Aug 2004 - Aug 2005
1 year 1 month Munich, Germany
Product Manager / Sales Manager
Locanis AG
- Worked as head of Product Management and Sales Manager (technical sales).
- Managed alignment between customer requirements, business goals and technical development.
- Developed product development roadmap for achievement of business plan and growth goals.
- Defined and implemented product planning, release and documentation processes.
- Developed statistical analysis methodologies for analyzing and improving overall system performance and stability.
- Drafted international cooperation agreements for joint ventures with partner firms.
Mar 2003 - May 2004
1 year 3 months Munich, Germany
Associate Consultant
McKinsey & Company
- Worked in McKinsey's Business Technology Office serving leading firms in their respective industries in Europe and the US.
- Determined and analysed financial baseline of IT organisation as part of efficiency improvement and cost reduction initiative in a retail bank.
- Developed project plans and tracking system for a major project in the semiconductor industry.
- Prepared country IT organisation and systems for integration into European systems and centralized data center in a logistics company.
- Developed proposal for IT system integration of two health insurance providers.
- Analysed production flexibility for automotive manufacturer.
Jul 2002 - Aug 2002
2 months Singapore
Marketing Intern
Yahoo! Singapore
- Analysis of weblog data (datamining) to determine optimal cross selling profiles of product portfolio and optimise CRM activities.
Sep 1996 - Dec 2002
5 years 4 months France
Field Applications Engineer
Teradyne
- Custom Design Engineer (USA 1996-1999)
- Field Applications Engineer (France 1999-2001)
- Managed customer projects to develop and deliver optimised test solutions.
- Led development of real time statistical analysis production tools.
- Trained engineers and customers on development and quality management processes.
- Developed automatic test program conversion software to enhance test flexibility.
- Improved internal European Unix network through standardization, documentation and training.
- Managed customer expectations during new product development and introduction.
- Worked closely with customer team to design critical test hardware in factory and on-site.
- Ensured market retention by reengineering key products.
- Worked with quality improvement teams to improve printed circuit board design processes.
Jun 1995 - Aug 1995
3 months United States
Intern
Motorola Inc.
Jun 1994 - Aug 1994
3 months United States
Intern
Booz, Allen & Hamilton
Jun 1990 - Aug 1993
3 years 3 months United States
Intern
Science Applications Incorporated
Jun 1989 - Aug 1989
3 months United States
Intern
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Summary
Rapidly changing global markets and technology, ever more demanding customers, multinational organizations and partners, intricate corporate structures: To take decisions and implement solutions in this highly complex environment is a challenge. I love these kinds of challenges!
- Extensive program and project management experience
- M&A / restructuring / turnaround management experience
- International consulting and project management experience
- High Tech experience in semiconductor and IT sectors
- Startup / entrepreneurship experience in online shopping and other internet businesses
Languages
English
Native
German
Native
French
Advanced
Spanish
Elementary
Education
Oct 2002 - Dec 2003
The Wharton School
MBA · Business Administration · United States
Oct 2002 - Jun 2002
INSEAD
Master of Business Administration · Business Administration · Fontainebleau, France
Oct 1995 - Jun 1996
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Master’s Degree · Computer and Systems Engineering · United States
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