What I offer
Strategic Business Growth
I assist scale-ups and SMEs to grow strategically by...
- Building up top-tier capabilities
- Expanding geographically
- Scaling their processes
- Growing their leaders
- Preserving a great culture or creating an even better one
Let's start with a Growth Readiness Check!
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Delivery Excellence
I assist businesses that develop and run mission-critical systems and services to...
- Get their delivery back on track
- Re-align delivery with the business strategy
- Increase the delivery function's responsiveness to market changes
Let's start with a Delivery Health Check!
Leadership Coaching & Mentoring
Are you a professional in tech who is...
- Starting their leadership journey?
- Growing as a leader?
- Moving into a senior leadership role?
I can support you to find your feet, navigate the complexities of leadership, and succeed with your transition.
Growth Readiness Check
A fixed-price evaluation of your growth plans, examining key areas such as technology, capabilities, processes, leadership, and organisational culture.
The result: a comprehensive report with actionable insights and recommendations to help (re-)define and implement your growth strategy.
Delivery Health Check
A fixed-price evaluation of the delivery function for your mission-critical systems and services, examining business alignment, team performance, and technology & infrastructure.
The result: a comprehensive report with actionable insights and recommendations to focus and streamline your delivery.
Technology & Capabilities Check
A fixed-price evaluation of your current technology and capabilities, focussing on business alignment, gaps, and pain points, e.g. the need to modernise, scale up, or be more cost efficient.
The results will assist you to strengthen and implement your technology strategy.
Recruitment & Onboarding Health Check
A fixed-price evaluation of your recruitment and onboarding processes, considering both the business and candidate perspectives.
The result: a comprehensive report with actionable insights and recommendations to boost effectiveness, efficiency, and the overall experience for all parties involved.
Experiences
Strategic Business Growth (1)
At Zuhlke UK, I was instrumental in growing engineering and consulting teams from approx. 40 to 120 individuals, all while maintaining a strong culture. I played a key role in developing leaders, and enhancing essential internal processes like recruiting, onboarding, and performance evaluation.
Strategic Business Growth (2)
I played a pivotal role in establishing and growing the Zuhlke Group's nearshore location in Sofia, Bulgaria. Managing the staffing of client engagements, my team and I leveraged nearshore delivery capabilities from Serbia, Bulgaria, and Portugal to drive strategic growth across the Zuhlke Group.
High-performing Team
In a staffing management capacity, I assembled the international team that built the NHS UK Covid-19 app, comprising up to 85 individuals from diverse engineering and consulting disciplines. The app literally saved lives (see the link to a Nature magazine article).
Volunteering at the Federal Agency for Technical Relief
I served as the leader of a salvage group in Germany's THW, where I underwent comprehensive training in civil protection, disaster response, and search & rescue operations. I oversaw the training and operational readiness of the group, and led them during exercises and emergency callouts.
Turnaround Delivery Management
After taking over a project that had been unsuccessful for about four years, I led a distributed team of 25 engineers and business analysts, many offshore, to regain stakeholders' trust and deliver high-value software into production for the first time, laying the foundation for future deliveries.
Leadership Coaching
"Meik is an exceptional leader, mentor, and coach. His influence has been instrumental in my professional journey, particularly during my transition into my first managerial role [...]"
See the full testimonial, and more, in the 'Recommendations' section of my LinkedIn profile.
