Stefan Vesenmeier steering a critical IT initiative.

Critical IT initiatives. Back under control.

I take ownership of critical digital transformation and IT projects — bringing structure, cost transparency, and measurable business results.

Lead your key IT initiatives with a clear focus on business outcomes
Stabilise projects at risk and bring them back on track
Get your employees excited about the projects

Arrange a call 30 minutes, free of charge. Tell me about your initiative and I'll give you a straight assessment — even if that means you don't need me.

Your critical initiatives need a steady hand at the helm — to keep your IT on a safe course.

Salvage manager
Captain on the bridge
Voyage manager
Shipowner / fleet strategist

Results from engagements

400 → 1,900 An initial order for 400 account migrations at a pharma group led to orders for around 1,500 more.

~20% Service-cost savings across three service units (service portfolio review, pharma research).

2,500 clients Switzerland-wide Windows migration for a telecoms provider — during live operations, with no interruption.

5 TB Migrated 5 TB from six departments to SharePoint for a chemical company — with no disruption to daily operations.

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Six common reasons your IT isn't delivering as expected

Strategy & steering

No IT leadership

“We’re too small for a CIO.” Maybe — but your IT decisions are already big enough to get expensive.

Priorities that keep shifting

The project moves, but priorities change every week — plenty of activity, no clear direction.

Finger-pointing & silos

In the steering committee, IT blames the business and the business blames IT — and no one is defending the project.

Delivery & execution

A leadership gap in the project

Everyone is tied up in day-to-day work — no one with the time and experience is left to lead the project.

An overstretched top performer

Your best expert becomes the project manager — putting both the individual and the initiative under pressure.

Money sunk into tools

You bought new software to finally bring order to your projects. The order never came — what’s missing is someone to steer.

How to make your IT deliver again: leadership on demand

When projects, priorities or IT leadership stall, I step in and take responsibility — operationally, in steering, or strategically.

Back on course

A critical project off track

Stabilise a failing project and bring it back on course — before deadlines and trust are gone for good.

Bring your project back on course

Safely at the helm

A project needs effective steering

Structure, planning and steering for your most important initiative – as an interim project or programme lead.

Get your project on track

Course & priorities

A portfolio needs clear priorities

A steering function that creates oversight and sets clear priorities — instead of a direction that shifts every week.

Sort out your priorities

Setting direction

IT needs a clear strategy

Strategic IT leadership, prioritisation and governance – as an interim CIO, without a full-time hire.

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Complementary Capabilities

Transformation
Major change from target picture to lived operation – classic, agile, and even in a crisis.
Change Management
Leading people through change – acceptance instead of resistance, so the solution is truly lived.
AI Strategy & EU AI Act
Align AI initiatives strategically—and implement them in compliance with EU AI Act / GDPR.
IT Service & Infrastructure Management
Interim and bridging: close gaps, get service and infrastructure back in order, hand over cleanly.

Selected projects

Three examples from more than 20 major projects — anonymised, with proven results.

Project Rescue

9 months behind

A CRM master-data provider switch, stabilised

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Project Leadership

2,500 clients

A Switzerland-wide client migration of 2,500 machines during live operations

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IT Strategy

~20%

A service landscape streamlined, service costs cut by around 20%

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Sounds like your situation? Then let's get clarity in 30 minutes – no obligation, in confidence.

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Clarity. Leadership. Results.

Clarity

Get stalled projects moving again and see them safely to the finish line.
Name risks and problems openly, even when they are uncomfortable.

Leadership

Engage and inspire your people; align teams behind a shared goal.
Establish clear accountabilities and enable genuine ownership.

Results

Clear status and risk reporting that gives you orientation and the confidence to act.
Decisions everyone stands behind give direction and commitment

Testimonials

„He consistently showed an exceptional level of commitment, expertise and leadership in project management. I recommend Stefan for any initiative without hesitation.“

Ala Lutz

Technical Program & Product Manager, Emil Frey Group

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„Stefan is an asset to any organization that wants to steer safely through change.“

Paul Selwold

ZYTRESS - Gamified Cybersecurity

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„Agile leadership backed by broad experience — a partner who makes things happen.“

Julia Posselt

Agile Coach

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About me

I'm Stefan Vesenmeier — a computer scientist by training, former President of the PMI Switzerland Chapter, and for 25 years at work on critical IT initiatives, from a Basel pharma group to family-run businesses. Based in Lörrach in the tri-border region, I work on both sides of the border, in German and English. What drives me is the same thing as on day one: the moment a team believes in its project again.

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