In addition to driving the digital agenda in McKinsey's Business Technology Practice in Germany, Niko has more than 20 years' experience as a consultant to senior management at major companies seeking to position themselves for above-market growth in the digital frontier. He specializes in projects related to corporate strategy, organizational development, and IT and technology transformation and has assisted companies in a broad array of industries, including telecommunications, media, consumer electronics, automotive, banking, and manufacturing.
Recent projects Niko has guided to a successful outcome demonstrate both the breadth and depth of his expertise. For a global telecommunications provider, he aided in the development of a digital strategy, from the transformation road map to the business architecture to IT and technology; for another, he helped conceptualize and implement an open innovation platform as well as an analytics capability. In the rapidly expanding arena of connected building technology, he assisted one of the world's largest manufacturers of cordless phones with market and product analysis and strategic positioning, and he provided digital strategy design and transformation support an international smart-metering company, an heating system manufacturer, and an international home-appliances enterprise. In the healthcare sector, he provided a digital-maturity assessment and positioning for an international health-insurance company and its subsidiaries, and he guided the digital transformation for a health-products company, including related functional requirements, a capability assessment, and process and solution design.
As a highly regarded expert on digital transformation and trends in the telecommunications, media, and high-tech industries, Niko is often invited to professional and media discussions of industry trends and digitization. Additionally, he is an honorary professor at the University of Regensburg, Germany, where he is co-chair of Innovation and Technology Management and has been a visiting professor at the University of Georgia, Terry College of Business, teaching courses on international business strategy.
Selected published works
“Achieving business impact with data,” McKinsey & Company, April 2018
“Digital machinery: How companies can win the changing manufacturing game,” McKinsey & Company, December 2017
Herausforderung Transformation, Berlin: Springer, 2010
Widerstand erfolgreich managen, Germany: Campus Fachbuch, 1988
Past experience
Intershop Communications
Vice chairman, supervisory board
Accenture
Managing director, managing partner
Mücke, Sturm & Company
Managing director, managing partner, senior advisor
Education
University of Trier
PhD, strategy and general management
Diploma, business administration
University of Regensburg
Honorary Professor, Innovation and Technology Management