Germany
I get tech and product organizations back on track. Delivery that's late, buggy, harder than it should be. A leadership team you've lost confidence in, or a CTO who's already gone. A critical project, or a deal, on the line. Underneath it's usually priorities, structure, or people, not what everyone's pointing at. I step in, take ownership, and get you back to stable ground, as interim lead, crisis lead, or advisor. On AI, I separate what's real from the hype. And if I'm not the right person for it, I'll tell you up front. How I help: • Interim & Crisis Leadership I step in, take ownership, stabilize the org, then find and onboard the permanent leader to replace me, so the handover is clean, not a cliff. • M&A, Due Diligence & Post-Merger Technical and organizational due diligence from the buyer or seller side, and post-merger integration that actually brings teams and systems together. • Leadership Transitions & Realignment An honest read of the people and the structure, help with the hard calls, restructuring where org design is the real problem, and realigning everyone on common goals. • AI & the Operating Model AI is changing how tech and product orgs work. Most of the advice is noise. I help you find the model that fits your company, with people in mind, not just tools. 20+ years in tech: from engineer to CTO to co-founder to advisor. Under pressure I stay calm and analytical. I start from how you actually got here, get to what's really driving it, and tailor the fix to your specific people and setup, not a template. Then I stay until it's done. Scaled and stabilized tech, product and data orgs. Built new organizations from scratch, including as co-founding CTO. Been through two exits, on both the tech and business side. Based in Berlin, works worldwide. Let's talk: book a 30-minute call and we'll work out what you're facing and whether I'm the right person for it. No pitch, and a straight answer either way. → tcthiele.de
Family-owned electronics accessories maker & distributor
PropTech platform digitizing investment-property buy/sell processes; rebranded 2023 as Fuchs & Eule, now energy-consultancy
B2B SaaS developer-recruitment marketplace; sold to XING in 2019
Home-improvement lead-gen marketplace; Exit to ProSiebenSat.1 & General Atlantic in 2016; rebranded as Aroundhome in 2019