Klaas pairs broad strategic thinking with pragmati execution. He has led companies like CloudCall and Macademia Group through transformation, modernizing technology, reducing costs, elevating operational excellence, and positioning for growth.
Klaas excels at simplifying complexity, driving collaboration, and catalyzing change to deliver results and being a translator between deep technology and business/finance.
What I offer
Coaching
Coached and advised businesses on
* Technology strategy (early stage and turn-around)
* Entrepreneurship (product market fit, financial modeling, fundraise)
* M&A (buy&build, valuation, due diligence)
I use a proprietary 5 point framework to assess technology in a business. Focused on current state, future capability, security and compliance concerns and operational processes.
Think of it as an MOT for your technology team.
Coaching the companies going through the WISE edtech accelerator.
My coaching focuses on the intersection of business & technology. I work typically with CEO, CTO and/or CPO over a 3 month period to focus on technology strategy & processes and product-market fit
as CTO my strengths have been
* structuring technology teams, driving outcomes
* the intersection of technology and finance
* digital change / transformation of "legacy" organisations
* early stage "0 to 1" scenarios as well as later stage scaling challenges