Sven Schrade
Head Of IT / Boardmember
Experience
Head Of It / Boardmember
SOLCOM GmbH
- Industry: Project & personnel services (IT & engineering)
- Managed approximately 20 employees
- Responsibilities: transformation and change management
- Locations: DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
Group Head It
KATEK SE
- Industries: EMS, electronics manufacturing, medical technology, green energy, green mobility, prototyping, military, aerospace, development
- Managed approximately 85 employees worldwide (Europe, North America, Asia)
- Locations: 29 global sites in Europe, Asia, North America
Head of IT Competence Center Infrastructure
MAGENWIRTH Technologies GmbH
- Industries: bike components, automotive, electronics, plastics engineering, EMS, green mobility, R&D, metal
- Managed a cross-company team of 8 employees
- Locations: Europe, USA, Czech Republic, Taiwan
IT Manager
DOLI Electronic GmbH
- Industries: metrology, electronics development, electronics manufacturing
- Orchestrated external service providers
- Location: Germany
IT Team Leader
KOCH Engineering GmbH
- Industry: automotive engineering services, development, prototyping
- Managed 2 employees
- Location: Germany
IT Administrator / SAP and Infrastructure
MAGURA – Gustav Magenwirth GmbH
- Industries: bike components, automotive, plastics engineering, mining, industrial engineering, metal
- No direct reports
- Locations: Germany, USA, Taiwan
Summary
I stand for responsible project and IT leadership with Venskar Consulting. As a program and project manager, interim executive, and strategic IT generalist, I not only provide advice but deliver optimal results – from vision to operational implementation and operations.
- IT leadership experience meets technical depth: 25+ years in IT management, IT architecture, M&A integration, IT security, hybrid cloud, ERP, program/project management, process optimization/digitalization, AI
- "Strategy-to-Execution" approach: I design the target architecture and guide projects, teams, and change through transformation
- Solid, pragmatic, future-oriented: focus on resilience, compliance (BSI basic protection/NIS2/ISO:27001), and business value
- Scalability through expert network: proven senior freelancers can be brought in instantly as needed
- Interim IT management: IT generalist with responsibility, CIO/CISO/IT director roles on a temporary basis, operational & strategic. Broad operational support with strong leadership background
- IT strategy & governance: creating modern, scalable IT target architectures
- IT security & zero trust: consulting, analysis, and implementation of secure architectures according to state-of-the-art IT security in line with the company and its risk level. Focus on holistic view and orchestration of measures. BSI, NIS2, ISO:27001
- Digital IT transformation & cloud: supporting and steering change processes towards SaaS, cloud, M365
- IT project/program/change management: leading classical, hybrid, and agile IT projects and programs, including change management for employees, processes, and organization
- AI integration & automation: strategic assessment and integration of artificial intelligence
My open, empathetic, and communicative nature enables me to work with diverse people at all levels in a trusting and effective way. I make optimal use of my intercultural experience.
Available immediately – prefer remote digital work with the option to hold occasional on-site meetings or workshops.
Skills
Experienced It Leader / It Generalist / Board Member With Over 25 Years Of Experience And Responsibility In International Corporations And Mid-sized Companies – Most Recently Head Of It & Transformation (20 Employees) And Group Head It (85 Employees Worldwide). Specialized In Holistic It Strategies, Project And Program Management, Scalable Cloud & Security Architectures, And End-to-end Transformation & Change Management.
Leadership & Change – 10+ Years In It Leadership; Building Intercultural Teams On 3 Continents, Restructuring & Knowledge Building, Stakeholder Management Up To C-level, Ipo Support
M&a / Post-merger It Integration – Integrating 12 Companies Into A Scalable Corporate It (Network, Sap, Security, Ad, Cloud Dc); Site Closures & Carve-out Management. Supporting The Entire M&a Process Chain.
Transformation & Multi-project Management – Developing Process-oriented Controls For Parallel Infrastructure, Application, And Ai/cloud Initiatives; Sap Migrations In Parallel Phases, Dynamics-fo Project Restructuring, Global It Security Designs With A Holistic View
Security & Compliance – Zero Trust Concepts, Global 24/7 Soc, Iso:27001, Nis2, Bsi, Tisax, Itar-us, Iso:13485 (Medical); Company-wide Awareness Programs, Centralized Data & Backup Management, Dr Strategies
It & Digital Strategy – End-to-end Target Architectures, Cloud And Hybrid, Process & Data Harmonization, M365, Eam
Cloud & Modern Work – Multiple One-tenant Migrations (Up To 3,300 Users From 20 Heterogeneous Environments), Teams-only Telephony, Co-pilot Integration
Industry Knowledge (Level: K=knowledge | A=advanced | M=master | E=expert)
Manufacturing 25 E
Automotive 15 M
Electronics Manufacturing / Ems 15 M
Bike Components 15 A
Plastics / Composites 15 M
Greentech (Energy, Mobility, Solar) 10 M
Personnel Services 3 A
Medical Technology 10 A
Electronics Development 15 M
Hydraulics 15 A
Industrial Engineering 20 A
Materials Testing 3 A
Mechanical Engineering 10 A
Metrology 3 A
R&d 15 M
Aerospace 5 A
Military / Defence 5 A
Prototyping 10 M
Tool / Management Skills
It Leadership (Operational & Strategic) 11 E
It Management (Cio, Ciso, It Director) 9 E
Corporate It Leadership / Group It 8 E
Team Leadership & Building (Intercultural) 11 E
Program & Multi-project Management 20 E
Transformation & Change Management 15 M
M&a / Post-merger Integration / Carve-out 5 M
It Strategy & Governance 15 M
Enterprise Architecture (Eam) 15 M
Stakeholder Management (C-level) 10 E
Ipo Support 2 A
Budget & Contract Management 20 E
Leadership Development 10 M
Matrix Organization 5 M
Restructuring 5 M
Methods & Frameworks
It Security | Iso 27001 10 M
It Security | Nis2 3 A
It Security | Bsi Basic Protection 15 M
It Security | Zero Trust 10 M
It Security | Tisax 5 A
It Security | Itar 2 A
Project Management | Agile Methods (Scrum, Kanban) 15 M
Project Management | Traditional Waterfall 20 M
Project Management | Hybrid Project Management 20 M
Service / Quality | Itil 15 M
Service / Quality | Iso 9001 20 M
Service / Quality | Iso 13485 5 A
Strategy / Operations | Opex (Operational Excellence) 2 M
Strategy / Operations | Cloud Strategy 10 E
Strategy / Operations | Eam 15 M
Strategy / Operations | Bpm 10 M
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft Cloud | M365 Platform 15 E
Microsoft Cloud | Azure 5 M
Microsoft Cloud | Sharepoint 10 M
Microsoft Cloud | Ms Teams (Incl. Telephony) 10 M
Microsoft Cloud | Power Bi 3 A
Microsoft Cloud | Data Fabric 2 A
Microsoft Cloud | Visio 20 M
Microsoft Cloud | Power Platform 5 M
Erp Systems | Sap (R/3, S/4hana, On Azure) 20 E
Erp Systems | Ms Dynamics Fo 1 A
Erp Systems | Infor/xpps 10 A
Erp Systems | Fepa.net 2 A
Erp Systems | Proalpha 5 A
Crm Systems | Salesforce 3 M
Crm Systems | Fepa.net 2 A
Crm Systems | Gedys Intraware 5 A
Itsm & Collaboration, Pm | Servicenow 2 A
Itsm & Collaboration, Pm | Ms Devops 2 M
Itsm & Collaboration, Pm | Salesforce Accelerator 1 A
Itsm & Collaboration, Pm | Clickup 1 A
Itsm & Collaboration, Pm | Miro 2 M
Itsm & Collaboration, Pm | Ms Planner 5 E
Itsm & Collaboration, Pm | Ms Project 20 M
Infrastructure & Data Center | Hybrid Cloud Architectures 10 E
Infrastructure & Data Center | Data Center & Backup Strategies 20 E
Infrastructure & Data Center | Cloud Only & Zero Trust 10 E
Infrastructure & Data Center | Orchestrations 10 E
Infrastructure & Data Center | Data Center Transformations 15 E
Artificial Intelligence (Ai) | Microsoft Co-pilot 2 M
Artificial Intelligence (Ai) | Custom Llm 2 A
Artificial Intelligence (Ai) | Chatgpt 1 M
Artificial Intelligence (Ai) | Gemini 1 M
Languages
Certifications & licenses
BSI Basic Protection
ISO:13485
ISO:27001
ISO:9001
ITAR-US
ITIL
TISAX
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