About Zoltan
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Experience
- Zoltan Szabo Advisory,Transformation AdvisorSeptember 2024 - Today (1 year and 9 months)Basel, Switzerland• Engaged by C-level leaders to diagnose failing digital portfolios, identify root-cause execution failures, and restore predictability across large-scale transformation programs.• Stabilize and realign major initiatives to executable plans, realistic budgets, and measurable outcomes.• Provide independent, vendor-neutral governance and delivery assurance to rebuild trust and value realization.• Introduce portfolio discipline, risk visibility, and sequencing control, enabling rapid acceleration of time-to-value.• Delivered clarity and portfolio stabilization within weeks, enabling executives to halt budget leakage and restore delivery predictability.
- auticonStrategic Turnaround LeadJuly 2023 - June 2024 (11 months)Zürich, Switzerland• Brought in by the CEO during revenue contraction and operational drift to stabilize the business and restore commercial direction.• Redesigned the commercial engine, shifting from transactional sales to enterprise consulting partnerships.• Repositioned technical workforce as strategic assets, enabling higher-margin engagements and C-suite value alignment.• Established governance, delivery structure, and clear accountability, improving predictability and scalability.
- Salesforce,Senior Strategic AdvisorMarch 2022 - July 2023 (1 year and 4 months)Zürich, Switzerland• Engaged by leaders at Nestlé, ABB, and Hitachi to diagnose program risks, expose execution failures, and realign initiatives to measurable enterprise outcomes.• Realigned multi-stream initiatives through success metrics, acceptance criteria, and structured adoption pathways.• Improved cross-functional coordination across business, IT, engineering, and partners, accelerating time-to-value.
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Education
- Prince 2 (Practitioner, Agile Practitioner)2020Prince 2 (Practitioner, Agile Practitioner)
- Digital Transformation certificateMassachusetts Institute of Technology2018Digital Transformation certificate