Volker Krause

CSO | Almato AG

Seasoned international executive and passionate evangelist of digitization with over 25 years of business management experience.
Successful creation and leadership of teams in selling complex solutions on board level. Consulted C-Level clients in different industries with a good network into major German enterprises and global IT providers. Proven track record leading an organization in building very strong relationships with customers and in supporting high-end technology solutions, consulting & implementation services.

Digital Transformation
• Artificial Intelligence • rule engines (plus deductive logic) • Automation • Data Analysis • Business Intelligence • Predictive Maintenance • Forecast & Replenishment • IT – Business Alignment • Identify areas for digital transformation including PoC & PoV • IT Automation in IT operations and business processes • RPA • Software-Defined Datacenter (SWDD) • Cloud • SaaS • business transformation

General Management
Leadership • P&L Mgt. • Service Line Mgt. • Strategic planning • Operational execution • Management of local, remote and virtual teams • Strategy Development and Business Planning • Business Model Generation • Transformation Mgt. • Merger & Acquisition • Business Transformation

Sales Management
• Business Development • Key Account Mgt. • CRM • Salesforce • SaaS selling expertise • opening, growing, expanding markets • Define offerings and programs • Lead Generation & Qualification • Strategic Selling • Sales Process Specialist • strategic Outsourcing Deals • Pipeline Mgt. • Sales rep and Sales Mgt. development • Sales Training • Consultative Selling

Business & Process Management
• Business Consulting • Contract Mgt. • Project Mgt. (agile, Catalyst,..) • Stakeholder Mgt. • Service Delivery • ITIL • Supply Chain • Change Mgt. • Application Mgt. • Off Shore Delivery • Enterprise Resource Planning / SAP