Company Sales & Succession · Digital Transformation · AI & Data

Consulting with no Bullshit.

I tell you what works, what it costs and what you should drop. Then I make it happen with you. Alex Keim, more than 20 years in technology, banking and consulting.

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Plain talk

What you usually hear. And what I say instead.

~~“We leverage synergies across the value chain.”~~

These two teams do the same work twice. Here is how that stops.

~~“A holistic, AI-driven transformation approach.”~~

Three use cases pay off. We drop the other twelve.

~~“We recommend an in-depth analysis phase.”~~

The facts are enough for a decision. Here is my recommendation.

~~“The platform does that out of the box.”~~

This works as standard. That one only with custom development, and I advise against it.

Services

Three areas where I can help you.

Company Sales & Succession

For owners who want to sell their company and settle the succession properly.

Assessment: what is the company worth, and what has to happen first?
Reviewing succession options: family, management or external buyer
Sales documents and targeted outreach to suitable buyers
Support through negotiations until signing
Shaping the handover so employees and customers stay

Most recently: the sale of a company in the edutainment sector.

A fit if your life’s work should end up in good hands and keep running afterwards.

Digital Transformation

Digitalisation changes business model, organisation and leadership at the same time. I steer that change with you.

Setting up and steering transformation programmes
Developing digital business models and products
Change management: spotting and resolving resistance early
Introducing agile organisation and leadership
Combining classic and agile project management

A fit if the technology is in place but the organisation isn’t following.

AI & Data

From buzzword to a use case that runs in operations and pays for itself.

Finding, assessing and prioritising use cases
A business case with honest assumptions
From pilot to production
Using AI in existing platforms and processes

A fit if there are plenty of ideas and pilots, but few results.

Approach

What you can rely on.

You get me.

No partner in the sales pitch followed by a junior team on the project. The person you talk to does the work.

One clear recommendation.

You get an assessment with reasons, not a paper with five equally weighted options.

Results over slides.

Documents exist where they support a decision. Everything else just costs you money.

I also say no.

If a project doesn’t pay off or I’m the wrong person for it, you’ll hear that in the first conversation.

About me

Alex Keim

I hold a degree in business informatics and have spent more than 20 years where technology meets business: in banks, in strategy consulting and in startups.

In recent years, as managing director and partner, I built up ServiceNow consultancies: wrote business plans, won investors, hired teams and took the units to profitability.

Along the way I learned that clients rarely fail for lack of concepts. What’s usually missing is someone who says plainly how things are. Hence the name.

Education: Diplom in Business Informatics, University of Bamberg
Experience: More than 20 years in technology, banking, strategy consulting and startups
Focus: Company sales and succession for owner-managed businesses, digital transformation, AI & data
Languages: German, English (business fluent)
Location: Munich area, working across Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Contact

30 minutes for an honest assessment.

Pick a free slot straight from my calendar. The first conversation is free of charge.

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Or drop me a short note on what it’s about:

alex.keim@nobs-consulting.de

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