Dr. Frank Mayer

Digital & AI Transformation | CIO/CDO | AI Transformation Entrepreneur

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

About

CEO, CIO, CDO and Ex Partner of Accenture CIO & Digital Transformation and Member of Executive Leadership Team of WAGNER - Digital strategy and digital and AI roadmap - Facilitator of AI council - Leading of the global IT Team > 80 employees - Driver of best practice digital and AI transformation - Driver of eCommerce and Configurator to industry benchmark - Driver of IT security to industry benchmark incl. Zero Trust architecture - Driver of master data management to industry benchmark - Business Process Management optimization - High customer satisfaction for IT infrastructure Former CDO Chief digital officer Bosch Powertools responsible for digital IT strategy, IT architecture and driver of digital business strategy As former CEO of a software company responsible for business sensitive IT system of leading German Automotive and Powertool companies Entrepreneur und founder of several start-up ventures Partner in Accenture strategy consulting practice with successful projects for the boards and top management of leading automotive OEM and supplier companies 25 years experience in leading international projects with a focus on growth, restructuring and IT-related projects 10 years experience in managing large client accounts and business development initiatives at board level Functional expertise: strategy, digital transformation, sales & marketing, retail, CRM, e-commerce, call center, benchmarking, business analysis, efficiency increase, process and organization analysis, restructuring, cost reduction and reengineering, IT security, cyber risk reduction, IT infrastructure Industry expertise: automotive (OEM and supplier), industrial equipment, consumer goods, retail, construction, insurance International projects in USA, Russia, France, UK, and the Netherlands

Experience

  • Executive Managing Director valantic SAP Transformation GER (vERP) at valantic ERP Consulting GmbH
    Apr 2026 - Present · 4 mos

  • Interim-CIO, Interim-CFO, Interim-CEO, AI Transformation Entrepreneur at Self-employed
    May 2025 - May 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • CIO & Digital Transformation at J. Wagner GmbH
    Aug 2017 - Apr 2025 · 7 yrs 9 mos

    Lead of global IT organization with more than 80 employees Employee satisfaction above industry benchmark and low fluctuation Part of Executive Leadership Team Digital strategy and digital roadmap Driver of customer oriented digital transformation Regular reporting to board and board of directors Driver and coordinator of key AI initiatives Ongoing IT benchmarking Driver of key IT security projects to reduce cyber risk based on best practices Budget responsibility > 18 Mio. Euro Responsible for more than 40 global IT projects both waterfall and agile Lead of IT infrastructure team with high customer satisfaction Lead of business process management team Establishing global business process owner and key user structures to ensure success of digital transformation Lead of global data management team

  • CDO Chief Digital Officer / Vice President ORG - IT, Organization and Processses at Bosch
    2015 - 2017 · 2 yrs

    CDO Chief Digital Officer / Vice President IT Coordination, Organizational Development and Process Design Bosch Power Tools is global market leader of the powertools market with a revenue of 4.5 bn. € p.a. Responsible for global IT (projects and infrastructure), leading a global team of IT and process experts. Definition of the digital IT strategy incl. consideration of Bosch IoT strategy, IT architecture and transition roadmap Enabler and Driver of the digitalization of Bosch Powertools together with Board and Top Management and support of development of digital business strategy Budget responsibility appox, 100 Mio Eur. Agile Projects IoT Business Models eCommerce

  • CEO at Bertsch Innovation GmbH - PIM Software Company (Product Information Management)
    Sep 2011 - Nov 2015 · 4 yrs 3 mos

    CEO PIM Software Company Strategy, M&A, Business Development, Sales, Key Account, Innovation, HR, CFO Sales increase > 50% to 25 Mio. € Profit increase from 5% to 20% EBIT Responsible for > 130 employees Sucesfull merger of competitor For more than a decade, BERTSCHINNOVATION enables leading product companies in managing the most valuable data they have: product information! The key processes of data onboarding, data and media enrichment in product management, sales, external agencies and multi-channel publishing (print, internet, mobile, shops, marketplaces, web2print, social media, ...) have hardly changed in a decade. We are bringing the revolution surrounding big data, analytics and business intelligence and mobile to Digital Asset Management and we’re calling it Smart Information Management. Our mission is to optimize competitive advantages with smart information in a dramatically changing and business environment. The effective and efficient management of product information and media assets it is a key success factor when dealing with ever increasing product complexity, globalization new technologies, new media, and new distribution channels.