Christoph Heidler

Co-CEO @ Swiss Interim Management | Executive Advisor Digitization, IT & Security

Zรผrich Metropolitan Area

About

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, CxOs or technical experts in Switzerland and all across Europe. We employ Interim Manager & provide their expertise to our customers. ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ-๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ, ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ & ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ ๐—–๐—œ๐—ข/๐—–๐—ง๐—ข/๐—–๐——๐—œ๐—ข achieving outstanding results in building strong, highly motivated teams, implementing tailored digital strategies to achieve sustainable business growth & profitability. ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ in digitization of business processes, cloud transformation and security operations. As a professional, global, trusted, strategic ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, with 20+ years cross-industry experience in SMI, DAX and Fortune 500 companies, I build an engaging people culture with an open & collaborative work environment, getting things done. Iโ€™m a passionate IT Expert who identifies strategy, technology and talent to drive the company strategy, achieving outstanding results. ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐— ๐—”๐—ก๐—”๐—š๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐—ž๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ โ€ข Global, large Organization mgmt. โ€ข Global Budget mgmt. >300mCHF โ€ข Global IT strategy & transformation โ€ข Global IT operation & sourcing โ€ข Cross-industry, multi-cultural leader โ€ข Executive & non-executive roles โ€ข Board member โ€ข Excellent vendor, service provider & consulting network โ€ข Building & operation of captive innovation, operation, security, application development centers โ€ข Off-shore & near-shore experience ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ง๐—˜๐—–๐—›๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐—ž๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ โ€ข Business digitization & innovation โ€ข Cloud infrastructure & application โ€ข Security strategy & operation โ€ข SAP, Oracle ERP & CRM deployment โ€ข Customer engagement & digital marketing platform success โ€ข Automation through RPA, ML, AI โ€ข Healthcare infrastr. & application โ€ข Cognitive services implementation โ€ข HR system & shared services mgmt. โ€ข Data center strategy & operation ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ง๐—ฌ ๐—™๐—”๐—–๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฆ โ€ข Authentic and trusted leader โ€ข Professional, respectful, loyal โ€ข High social & ethical competence โ€ข Charismatic, dynamic & enthusiastic โ€ข Dedicated & committed โ€ข Quality & result driven โ€ข Strong communication skills on all level of the organization โ€ข Able to perform best under stress โ€ข Able to create โ€œwe can doโ€ spirit ๐—”๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐—— โ€ข Swiss Top10 CIO of the Decade, 2020 https://confare.at/confare-cio-of-the-decade-schweiz/

Experience

  • Swiss Interim Management GmbH (4 yrs 11 mos)
    • Co-CEO
      Jan 2023 - Present ยท 3 yrs 6 mos

      ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Executive Search Swiss Interim Management (SIM) is specialized in staffing Positions and Projects with Interim Senior Managers, CxOs or technical experts all across Europe. You need to temporarily fill a management position or require fast and competent help on an important project? Swiss Interim Management has a large pool of interim managers who can support your company. Or you would like to become an interim manager yourself? Then Swiss Interim Management (SIM) is just right for you.

    • Board Advisor / Senior Information Technology Advisor / Executive IT Advisor
      Aug 2021 - Present ยท 4 yrs 11 mos

      ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€: โœ”๏ธ CIO / CDO / Senior IT Advisor / Board Advisory ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€: โœ”๏ธ Management of large & demanding IT divisions โœ”๏ธ Management of an IT company โœ”๏ธ Chief Information Officer, CTO, Chief Digitalisation in a large company ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: โœ”๏ธ Management consultant with IT core competence and holistic view of the company โœ”๏ธ Sound restructuring know-how (including outsourcing) โœ”๏ธ Management of large transformation processes and change initiatives โœ”๏ธ Management positions in IT and organization โœ”๏ธ Management of large projects ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: โœ”๏ธ IT strategy โœ”๏ธ Organization and IT โœ”๏ธ Information management โœ”๏ธ Management of application development (e.g. purchasing, billing) โœ”๏ธ Consolidation of IT landscapes ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: โœ”๏ธ IT & Cybersecurity services, โœ”๏ธ Sservice industries, โœ”๏ธ Manufacturing, โœ”๏ธ Automotive, โœ”๏ธ Logistics, โœ”๏ธ Healthcare, โœ”๏ธ Service audit and quality, โœ”๏ธ Mining and construction

  • Global Advisory Board Member at Virtual Advisory Board (VAB)
    Apr 2021 - Present ยท 5 yrs 3 mos

    The VAB community was created to connect top talented senior professionals across the globe to engage with CEO's/Chairmen of different industries and sectors to address their business challenges. We provide Senior Management and Board Advisory.

  • Zscaler (1 yr 11 mos)
    • CIO EMEA & VP Global Transformation Strategy
      Aug 2021 - Sep 2022 ยท 1 yr 2 mos

      After more than 20 years of working in Executive IT Management positions of global SMI & DAX companies, itโ€™s time to share the experience gathered and to support other companies and CxOs & boards in shaping their digital transformation strategy, now. At Zscaler, Iโ€™m leading the Global Transformation Strategy Team focused on providing practitioner advisory services to help guide todayโ€™s enterprise IT leaders to make the right decisions and accelerate their secure cloud transformation journeys and overall IT strategies.

    • Executive Advisor
      Nov 2020 - Jul 2021 ยท 9 mos

  • CIO & Member of the Management Board at SGS
    Dec 2015 - Jul 2021 ยท 5 yrs 8 mos

    As CIO, I have created the global IT strategy and have managed the IT transformation program โ€œEnable 2020/2023โ€, targeting employee efficiency and customer engagement, next to operational excellence. I have transferred the decentral IT organization into a structured global group with captive operation centers on the Philippines and an IT innovation center in Spain. New and advanced technologies such as ML, AI and cognitive services got introduced by me to drive efficiency, effectiveness and mine data. Selective outsourcing and a companywide cloud first strategy have enabled scalability, security, sustainability at predictable cost and enabled the group to shift to work from home seamlessly. My IT responsibilities and main activities: โ€ข Global IT strategy & companywide IT transformation program โ€ข Full cloud transformation, infrastructure, application, security โ€ข Restructuring of the IT organization, agile organization design โ€ข Implementation of sourcing & platform strategy โ€ข Data management strategy with AI, ML & automation focus โ€ข Impl. CIO office, innovation, development, operations center โ€ข Customer engagement & digital marketing program, 360ยฐ- view โ€ข Laboratory, fieldworker, office digitization program

  • CIO at CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA
    Jun 2014 - Nov 2015 ยท 1 yr 6 mos

    As CIO of CGM Iโ€™ve been part of the extended senior management board, reporting to the Group CEO. IT is the core business of CGM, Germany's leading eHealth/Healthcare Software provider. As the CIO I had responsibility for internal IT and customer services in Group data center, serving more than 400.000 customers, globally. My core responsibilities and main activities: โ€ข Definition & regular review of the global IT strategy, linked to the company targets โ€ข Operation of healthcare cloud, infrastructure and applications โ€ข eHealth Security Program โ€ข Global SAP roll-out โ€ข Cost reduction & improvement of key performance indicator โ€ข Strict & effective project portfolio management โ€ข Agile development