Steffen Paul

Trusted advisor to decision makers in IT and digitalization; Senior Project Manager for IT strategy, IT governance, software selection and implementation; Business Angel; Investor

Greater Munich Metropolitan Area

About

In more than 30 years in line positions and consulting in many countries, I have gained a lot of experience with Digital and IT strategy, IT governance, agile transformation, project management and project portfolio management. If you would like to exchange experiences and information or if you need support in an ambitious project, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Experience

  • Founder and Managing Director at fortexx GmbH
    Sep 2011 - Present · 14 yrs 10 mos

    - IT Management Consulting with focus on digitization, IT strategy, governance and agile transformation - Project Portfolio Management - Program- and project management of projects in following areas: Digitization, software development and ERP/CRM implementations (e.g. IFS Cloud, Salesforce) - Experience in England, France, Germany, India, Iran, Turkey, USA

  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board at avarexx AG
    Nov 2009 - Present · 16 yrs 8 mos

  • Woodmark Consulting AG (26 yrs 2 mos)
    • Founder and Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
      Apr 2023 - Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    • Founder and Member of the Supervisory Board
      Oct 2011 - Apr 2023 · 11 yrs 7 mos

    • Founder and Member of the Executive Board
      Jan 2010 - Sep 2011 · 1 yr 9 mos

      - IT Management Consulting with focus on digitization, IT strategy and governance - Program- and project management of projects in following areas: Digitization, software development and ERP/CRM implementations (e.g. SAP CRM and MS Dynamics CRM) - Set-up of a solid consulting and implementation firm with meantime 80 consultants and over EUR 10 Mio. revenues

  • Interim Managing Director at Leonardo Venture GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Oct 2008 - Apr 2010 · 1 yr 7 mos

    - Establishment of full transparency across the entire company and invested-in companies - Restructuring of the company and several invested-in companies in a distressed phase - Personal supervision and support of invested-in companies in distressed situations - Planning and execution of fundings - Set-up of an investment controlling - Securing and meeting of legal requirements - Representation of the company adverse analysts, shareholders and other stakeholders - Experience in Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Ukraine

  • CIO (Chief Information Officer) at DAB bank AG
    Jan 1998 - Jun 1999 · 1 yr 6 mos

    - Responsibility for IT and logistics - Development and execution of the IT strategy - Set-up of one of first Online-Brokers in Germany