Sascha Theismann
Curriculum Vitae

Sascha Theismann

Managing Director | Consulting Leader | Digital Transformation

Proven Founder, Managing Director and Consulting Leader with 20+ years' experience in scaling consulting and software businesses. Built and led teams of up to 200+ consultants across Europe, achieving multimillion-euro revenues and successful company exits.

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20+
Years of Experience
Consulting & Software
200+
Consultants Managed
Global Teams
4.5M
Revenue Built (p.a.)
400K to 4.5M in 3 Years
3
Companies Founded
Incl. Successful Exit 2024

Core Competencies

Strategic and operational expertise across the full spectrum of digital transformation

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Consulting Business Growth

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SAP Transformation

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AI-Driven Innovation

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Digital Transformation

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Go-to-Market Strategy

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M&A and Company Exits

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Enterprise Technology

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C-Level Stakeholder Mgmt.

Professional Career

From founding companies to global consulting leadership

Since 2024
Infosys Consulting GmbH
Munich, Germany
Associate Partner | DACH Lead CMT & High-Tech Lead Europe
  • Positioned Infosys as a strategic consulting partner to SAP in areas such as AI, Knowledge Management, M&A integration, BPI and BTP
  • Positioned Infosys Consulting as preferred supplier for business consulting services at SAP for Germany, US and India
  • Led engagements with Samsung, SAP, Telefonica, and Funke Media across telecommunications, software and high-tech
Associate Partner
2022 - 2024
bNear GmbH
Cologne, Germany
Managing Director & Co-Founder
  • Co-founded and scaled a software company to 13 employees
  • Engaged clients such as 1&1, ERGO, REWE, and Allgeier Group
  • Full P&L responsibility for strategy, sales and operations
  • Achieved successful company exit in 2024
Successful Exit Co-Founder
2021 - 2022
Deloitte Consulting GmbH
Cologne, Germany
SAP BPI Offering Lead & Program Lead
  • Built and led an EMEIA team of 120+ consultants to support cloud transformation programs
  • Led global migration of customer cloud landscapes
  • Designed SAP and Non-SAP integrated solutions for a major retail company
  • SAP Asset and Innovation Manager: Responsible for Business Process Intelligence, Process Mining and Process Analytics
Big 4
2015 - 2021
EY - Ernst & Young GmbH
Cologne, Germany
Senior Manager & Focus Account Manager SAP
  • Grew advisory business revenue from EUR 400K to EUR 4.5M annually in 3 years
  • Managed global programs with teams of approx. 200 consultants across Germany, US and India
  • Pioneered innovative CX solutions combining SAP Qualtrics with operational data
  • Delivered large-scale RPA and cybersecurity programs
  • Established cooperation with the future research institute 2bAhead
  • Mentor in the EY Startup Challenge program
Big 4 Program Lead
2010 - 2015
Familie Graef Holding GmbH
Cologne, Germany
Various Leadership Roles (Boostpark, Questback, Globalpark)
  • Boostpark GmbH - Managing Director: Developed social business strategies for Microsoft, BOSCH, and DZ Group
  • Questback AG - Innovation Manager: Developed and optimized the Social Insight Connect platform for General Mills, Wrigley and BOSCH
  • Globalpark AG - Business Development Manager: Responsible for the Customer Feedback Solution recognized in Gartner's Magic Quadrant as Social CRM Solution
  • Participated in building the startup incubator STARTPLATZ in Cologne
Managing Director
2002 - 2010
Smart-Research GmbH
Herford, Germany
Founder & Managing Director
  • Founded and scaled a market research consultancy
  • Served global clients including REWE Group, ZF Friedrichshafen, Moeller Group and Targo-Bank
  • End-to-end responsibility for business development, client relations and delivery
  • Achieved sustained profitability and long-term client retention
Founder
2008 - 2010
180kmh.de - Online Retailer for Food Supplements
Herford, Germany
Founder & Managing Director
  • Set up an e-commerce business model with integration into Amazon and eBay
  • Established premium partnerships with Nestle (PowerBar), Weider and Multipower
  • Achieved monthly sales of nearly EUR 90,000 after approximately 2 years
Founder

Industry Experience

Deep expertise across all major industry sectors

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Software & High-Tech

SAP, Samsung, Cloud Transformation

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Telecommunications

Telefonica, IT Transformation, Connected Commerce

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Banking & Financial Services

E-Commerce, FinTech, Blockchain

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Retail

RPA, S/4HANA Planning, Tax Solutions

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Media

Funke Media, Content Strategies

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Insurance

Voice of Customer, Customer Panel

Selected Projects

Transformation programs with measurable business impact

High-Tech

AI-Driven Knowledge Management

Built a team of 12 with on-/offshore delivery. Migrated 50,000+ entries into ServiceNow KBAs and leveraged AI agents to guide end users.

Account Manager & Program Partner
Software

Global Cloud Migration Program

Led a global team of 50 persons. Responsible for cloud migration of customer landscapes including run-book and playbook definition.

Program Lead
Software

SAP Advisory Business: 400K to 4.5M

Managed 200 consultants across Germany, US and India. Built the advisory business from EUR 400K to EUR 4.5M annual revenue in 3 years.

Program Lead & Focus Account Manager
Retail

Global RPA Program

End-to-end responsibility for Robotic Process Automation. Implemented 100+ bots substituting approximately 500 FTE in the global shared service organization.

Project Management
Telecommunications

IT Change & Compliance Transformation

Built onsite team of 20 with offshore delivery. M365 and Copilot rollout, DaaS, Intune, DEX Monitoring and AI enablement.

Program Partner & QA
Banking

FinTech Innovation & Blockchain

Implemented continuous FinTech innovation monitoring. Developed a unique Ripple-based money transfer use case presented at SAP TechEd and crypto conferences.

Project Lead

Innovation & Thought Leadership

Internal innovation initiatives and knowledge transfer

AI Strategy

AI-First Operating Model

Developed a B2B AI-First Operating Model across the telco value chain: Sales, Delivery, Service, Commercial and Customer Success.

SAP Innovation

SAP Business Process Intelligence

Built a team of BPI experts. Incorporated BPI into the S/4 Transformation playbook. Maintained SAP partnership in the area of BPI and Process Automation.

Internal Tools

Global Staffing Tool

End-to-end responsibility for a global staffing tool built on SAP SuccessFactors and SAP Cloud Platform for automatic resource matching.

Technologies & Skills

Broad technology portfolio from SAP ecosystem to e-commerce

SAP Ecosystem

SAP S/4 HANA SAP Fieldglass SAP ARIBA SAP Intelligent RPA SAP Analytics Cloud SAP BTP SAP Qualtrics Signavio Process Mining

Strategy & Innovation

Digital Business Transformation Digital Business Models Business Model Canvas Design Thinking Lean Startup SCRUM & Kanban

Technology & Tools

E-Commerce Magento PHP & MySQL Web Design SEM & SEO MS Office SPSS Enterprise Feedback Mgmt.

Education

University of Bielefeld

Diplom-Kaufmann (Business Administration)
Focus: Marketing and Corporate Management
Final Grade: 1.8 (German scale, 1.0 = best)
1996 - 2001

Let's Connect

I support organizations in achieving measurable digital transformation - from AI & automation governance to SAP-centric enterprise architecture.

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