Kai Schwidder

Experience

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  DASA

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

  Architect

  Lead architect for the core-system and graphical user interface in the CNC space. Implemented the core capabilities upon the vxworks embedded stack. Collaborated extensively with third party vendors and universities.

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  ASCOM

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1999

  Architect

  Lead architect for a core application for handling customer data and associated geo information. Had led after 3 month the architect team and took over the development responsibility after 9 month. Have gone through the full-life-cycle experience an architect should have gone through.

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  IBM

  Jan 1999 - Feb 2010

  Executive IT Architect
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  Zuehlke Engineering AG

  Mar 2010 - Jul 2014

  Business Unit Manager

  Converting my Business Unit into a Management 3.0 environment of high people satisfaction while driving complex engagements for a variety of customers both national and international. Despite that I have built a solid cross divisional team for the enterprise architecture discipline. A day by day activity is the extensive coaching and mentoring of peers both engineers and managers too.

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  Talenra

  Aug 2014 - now

  Managing Director

  Talenra provides business solutions and services to empower workforces across industries and enterprises. The digital transformation is rapidly changing business models. Therefore we believe that future growth is accelerated by effective workforces and teams to deliver outstanding business values for clients.

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  Swiss Automotive Group AG

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  Project Manager (Freelancer)
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  TIMETOACT GROUP

  Oct 2015 - now

  Executive IT Architect

  Supporting enterprise clients in challenging digital transformations.

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  ITMC AG

  Jan 2017 - now

  Partner

  ITMC AG offers the "Living Strategy" for strategic information planning (SIP), and strategic enterprise architecture (EA) to coaching of complex projects (project engineering).ITMC AG utilises the coaching approach and strives for open, cooperative relations in partnership with its clients, ensuring that maximum know-how is transferred to clients, creating optimum conditions for implementation of the solutions devised.ITMC AG provides a network of experienced, independent management consultants. Every consultant has sound knowledge of, and the necessary professional and management experience in, his chosen field of expertise.ITMC AG concentrates on consultancy and support services, is completely independent and thus avoids any conflict of interests. Show less