"Digital Transformation in enterprises to stay relevant is an underestimated challenge"
It doesn’t need more than a look on various industries to see that many companies that deliver a sustainable and digitally value proposition are the ones that make up a huge portion of the digital growth.
To remain relevant and drive sales in a fast changing digital global environment, companies must change fundamentally to be able to compete.
In fact, a necessary and new dynamic is building up in the digital transformation, since companies have to redefine themselves, design them to survive in a world in which traditional processes no longer work. Technological progress and its rapid acceptance by customers / consumers deserve a much higher digital priority for many companies in order to remain competitive in the future.
The digital transformation challenges I faced within enterprises seem like a repeating pattern. More than 20 years of digital experience helped me to develop a very broad insider “know-how” on the most relevant and necessary challenges these enterprises face when pushing their digital transformation projects forward.
I helped enterprises to adapt value proposition, customer experience, technology and operating processes to win the digital customer.
Thorsten Burger
MBA & Manager
Digital Transformation Challenges
The other part is the empowerment of people to work on a new digital level with many more opportunities
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What am i expert at?
I am a senior leader within the digital strategy, digital marketing, ecommerce and digital transformation industry living in Switzerland with more than 20 years of experience working around the world in various industries and locations. I am specialised in engaging industry leaders and organisations shaping their digital vision and strategy, pushing innovation and executing large digital transformation and change programs for a creative and digital transition to support their next success story.
- Digital Transformation and Strategy Development
- Digital Marketing and Ecommerce
- Data Analysis and Interpretations
- Program Management and Leadership
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A few TESTIMONIALS
Working with Thorsten was truly a pleasure.We worked approx. 5 years together and implemented various platforms and technologies. During that time Thorsten has shown a profound knowledge of business solutions. He is always punctual, his knowledge in digital strategies and change is vast and extensive. Although Thorsten is very experienced, he kept his level of enthusiasm about his work high at all time. He's a reliable and forward thinking loyal Manager and an inspiring team player. He has various skills and was a valuable contributor to all our projects - even if he was not part of some, he contributed massively with innovation ideas and showed once more, that he's also a goal oriented strategist. Thorsten makes the impossible possible.This said I can offer only the highest recommendation for Thorsten!
A very high expertise in digital finance projects and a deep understanding of various technologies like nobody I have met before was it, what made Thorsten one of our best rated consultants!
Thorsten is a person who has great skills and profound expertise of advanced business solutions. He thinks on the cutting edge of creativity, motivation and leadership. Thorsten is dedicated, self-motivated, methodical and very capable. He was always able to successfully complete any tasks with favorable results despite deadline pressure. Dedicated and goal oriented strategist that cannot be overestimated. Thorsten makes the impossible possible. I thoroughly enjoyed dealing with him at UBS. As a professional and as a colleague, Thorsten earns my highest recommendation.
Andy Waar
CMO YAPEAL
Friedbert von Hof
HSBC Senior Mngmt.
Julian Koller
UBS Switzerland AG
Frequently Asked Questions
Digital Transformation containing:
- Digital Marketing
- eCommerce
- Data Analysis
- Strategy Development
- Business Development
- Customer Journey Development
- Program Management
- Leadership
For about 22 years!
I started quite young in my small 2 rooms apartment when I was 20 years old.
The first part of my career started in 1996 when I worked for a huge marketing company in South Germany, where I got promoted to the Head Lead of the Business Development unit within 1 year. Since I discovered the Internet in the late 90’s I knew the time has come that will change the world and customer behaviours forever and it would the right time to choose the path of the digital era.
Career timeline
guidance as a consultant and advisor on a global level to drive digital sales using new technologies and channels
Marketing & Business Development Manager
After a successful year I was able to take over a team of marketing specialists and client supporters to execute and drive the sales numbers of software products in Germany and the UK.
Marketing Team Lead ECommerce
In times of the rise of the internet and a fundamental uncertainty regarding the new online business models, I defined the new customer journey and executed the organisations strategy to bring the traditional business on a new digital level to drive sales.
The beginning of ecommerce which fundamentally changed and improved the organisations sales opportunities and channels.
Head Of Innovation & Technology
• Lead and definition of the digital transformation program strategy
• Leading the development of the financial budget of the business unit and managed plans, forecasts and release efficient cycles.
• Established together with legal & compliance an audit proven risk framework in order to ensure to deliver location specific digital marketing material via various digital channels.
Head Of International Business Development
• Defined the digital strategic direction and lead the technological integration together with external IT vendors and partners on a global level.
• Developed new distribution channels such as e-mail marketing tools and respective user analytics.
Senior Project Manager
• Budget management while keeping the development on a low-cost level.
• Today, the project is successfully implemented and is used by about 5’000 client advisers
• Combined my experience in IT & the business side, achieving the most harmonized processes between multiple business units and locations.
Senior Project Manager
• Lead of an external IT team located in Poland to ensure low cost but high efficiency support and strategic platform development and connect the platforms capabilities with the UBS IT environment such as reporting platforms, portfolio construction platforms.
• Budget management and representing the platform project on the change the bank committee.
Head of Digital Mandate Communication Platforms
• Lead and development of platform experts and owners including the underlying SLA and KPI management to ensure the stable life-cycle, software release management and planned targets.
• Developed the strategic technological integration of production platforms while keeping financial aspects on a low-cost level while keeping up production quality and efficiency.
Director & Global Product Owner
Bringing the business and information technologies together by providing the best expertise to business and IT stakeholders within Wealth Management.
My mission was to orchestrate platform experts, developers, solution architects and business analysts on the business and technological side to distribute digital marketing content to multi-billion invested audiences.
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