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Zoltan Szabo

Transformation Advisor

EUR 800/Tag
Basel, CH
15+ Jahre

Durchschnittliche Reaktionszeit: 1h

Über Zoltan

I help executives regain control of complex transformations by strengthening governance, improving predictability, and ensuring their strategic programs deliver measurable business value. With 25 years of global experience advising leaders at Fortune 500 companies, I step into critical situations where accountability is unclear, risks are hidden, and value is leaking, and I bring structure, alignment, and disciplined execution back to the table.

I specialize in diagnosing and resolving the systemic issues that derail large-scale digital and operational transformations: weak governance, flawed sequencing, vendor misalignment, inflated business cases, and change adoption gaps. My approach turns high-level strategy into executable roadmaps, strengthens cross-functional collaboration, and creates the mechanisms required for transparent decision-making and sustained value realization.

Typical engagements include portfolio governance design, transformation diagnostics, delivery assurance, operating model redesign, value realization frameworks, and interim oversight of multi-stream digital programs. Whether the challenge is a €50M portfolio, a global technology rollout, or an enterprise operating model redesign, I support leadership teams in restoring predictability, accelerating time-to-value, and ensuring transformations achieve their intended outcomes.
  • Italienisch

    Verhandlungssicher

  • Ungarisch

    Muttersprachlich oder zweisprachig

  • Englisch

    Muttersprachlich oder zweisprachig

  • Deutsch

    Grundkenntnisse

Vor Ort möglich
Basel (bis zu 50 km)

Projekt- und Berufserfahrung

  • Zoltan Szabo Advisory,
    Transformation Advisor
    September 2024 - Heute (1 Jahr und 9 Monate)
    Basel, Switzerland
    • Engaged by C-level leaders to diagnose failing digital portfolios, identify root-cause execution failures, and restore predictability across large-scale transformation programs.
    • Stabilize and realign major initiatives to executable plans, realistic budgets, and measurable outcomes.
    • Provide independent, vendor-neutral governance and delivery assurance to rebuild trust and value realization.
    • Introduce portfolio discipline, risk visibility, and sequencing control, enabling rapid acceleration of time-to-value.
    • Delivered clarity and portfolio stabilization within weeks, enabling executives to halt budget leakage and restore delivery predictability.
    Digitalisierung Change Management & Transformation Delivery assurance Program Governance Executive Advisory
  • auticon
    Strategic Turnaround Lead
    Juli 2023 - Juni 2024 (11 Monate)
    Zürich, Switzerland
    • Brought in by the CEO during revenue contraction and operational drift to stabilize the business and restore commercial direction.
    • Redesigned the commercial engine, shifting from transactional sales to enterprise consulting partnerships.
    • Repositioned technical workforce as strategic assets, enabling higher-margin engagements and C-suite value alignment.
    • Established governance, delivery structure, and clear accountability, improving predictability and scalability.
  • Salesforce,
    Senior Strategic Advisor
    März 2022 - Juli 2023 (1 Jahr und 4 Monate)
    Zürich, Switzerland
    • Engaged by leaders at Nestlé, ABB, and Hitachi to diagnose program risks, expose execution failures, and realign initiatives to measurable enterprise outcomes.
    • Realigned multi-stream initiatives through success metrics, acceptance criteria, and structured adoption pathways.
    • Improved cross-functional coordination across business, IT, engineering, and partners, accelerating time-to-value.

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Ausbildung und Abschlüsse

  • Prince 2 (Practitioner, Agile Practitioner)
    2020
    Prince 2 (Practitioner, Agile Practitioner)
  • Digital Transformation certificate
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    2018
    Digital Transformation certificate

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