Dr. Steffen Wendsche

Partner. Senior Berater für IT Strategie, IT Transformation, IT in M&A mit Branchenfokus Telekommunikation und High-Tech.

I use my Sabbatical to follow private projects, i.e. ski-climbing Mt. Kasbek and Mt. Elbrus ,and participating in my first mountain bike race. Also, I am orienting myself for my further career, e.g. I participated in the IMD conference "Navigate the Future".

As Global Account Executive I have been responsible for one of Atos top 5 global accounts, i.e. to strategically grow business, to manage strategic client relationship and to secure quality of Atos service to the client.

As Global Lead of Accenture IT in M&A Strategy Business I have been accountable to form and grow the IT in M&A practice that for the first time bundled Accenture's strategic M&A and IT competence. As part of the Technology Strategy leadership team in ASG I have also been accountable for co-leading the practice re its strategy and personell. In addition I steered the biggest M&A strategy project at Accenture, a major European multi-country, cross-functional company split.

As IT Strategy & Transformation Lead for Communication, Media and Technology (CMT) market I have been accountable to develop and lead respective business in ASG. My client activities cumulated into the biggest sale for Accenture CMT practice in that period.

As Managing Consulting Lead EHT I have been accountable to lead and to transform the practice. I have been especially appointed to this role to foster the growth of the practice by infusing technology strategy acumen into Accenture Management Consulting.

As Technology Consulting Lead Communication, Media & HighTech (CMT) I have been accountable to grow Technology Consulting (IT Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, IT Security, Infrastructure Consulting) business in resp. market, to acquire and foster strategic clients and to ensure service delivery. I succeeded in winning major multi million deals and in doubling the sales of that portfolio in the first year. In this role I have also been part of the CMT leadership team in ASG.

As Practice Lead Strategic IT Effectiveness (SITE) ASG I have been leading the IT Strategy Practice in Germany, Switzerland and Austria and grew the practice to become top 3 in terms of revenue and knowledge globally. In addition I was a member of the global SITE leadership team being accountable for asset development for IT in M&A and IT process excellence.

As Accenture Strategic IT Effectiveness Practice (SITE) lead for Communication and High-Tech (C&HT) I have been accountable to grow SITE services within C&HT, i.e. to sell respective service portfolio and to supervise Accenture services. At that time I also acquired and led delivery of several major divestitures and portfolio restructuring activities at a German based HighTech company.

Consultant within the Strategic IT Effectiveness practice at Accenture. Multiple client engagements esp. in Telecommunication and High-tech sector.

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non-linear electronics, stochastic automata, learning systems

Technische Kybernetik, Informatik, Elektrotechnik, Systemtheorie, Stochastik, Steuerungstechnik, Regelungstechnik