Thomas coleads McKinsey’s European technology strategy and management work, helping companies in a range of industries define their business and technology strategy. He focuses on shaping organizations’ core technology agendas and helping their large-scale investments into technology and digital succeed. Thomas brings his passion for using the tools of technology for performance improvement to his work helping organizations shape and deliver large-scale transformational change, digitization, and cost savings.
Examples of Thomas’ recent work include the following:
- developing an IT-infrastructure-target operating model for a leading global airline and driving the execution of the subsequent €50 million transformation program
- carving out the IT function of a subsidiary of a market-leading insurance company across more than 25 countries, covering IT infrastructure and an application landscape refresh through a transfer to an internal service provider and outsourcing partners
- developing a new IT-target operating model for a leading global medtech company
- designing and launching an IT transformation program for a leading global airline, including repositioning of internal IT-service providers
- developing strategic options for a midsized IT infrastructure and application services provider including driving the parent group's internal IT consolidation
- designing and executing an efficiency program for a European IT-infrastructure services provider to redefine the customer interaction model and identify run-rate savings of more than 20 percent
- ideating cloud and IT-infrastructure scenarios for a €100 billion plus consortium of European companies
- designing a €1 billion midmarket digitization business, building on a nucleus of a company’s existing IT-services and IoT assets