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About Ivo Schönberner.
Ivo Schönberner is an IT entrepreneur and advisor based in Zürich and Frankfurt am Main, founder of SACOSI and managing director of IT am Main GmbH. His advisory product is called Situational Awareness: IT that fits the business, not the other way round.
01 Introduction
Ivo Schönberner builds IT that knows the situation of the business first.
02 Mindset
Think systemically, do not treat symptoms.
He does not solve the individual problem, but builds the architecture from which it no longer arises.
- AutomationThe process that builds processes
- CRM decisionData model along Article 9 GDPR
- Discover Airlines · 2021–2026IT from zero to around 2’200 employees
- FraAlliance · from 2022Independent IT in under four months
03 Values
Six core values.
- 01Plain speaking and honesty
- 02Systems thinking
- 03Personal responsibility
- 04Substance over visibility
- 05Structure and verifiability
- 06Reliability under pressure
04 Elite sport
American football, national team.
National team player, European champion 2014 and 2016, jersey number 44. What has remained is an eye for the line-up: every position has a task; the system wins, not the individual.
05 Collaboration
How the collaboration works.
- Situation first, then technology.
- Evidence instead of promises.
- Playbooks for the handoverdocumented procedures (SOPs): Grow. Scale. Let go.
06 Quotes
IT must fit the business, not the business the IT.
— Ivo Schönberner
I do not solve the symptom; I build the architecture from which the problem no longer arises.
— Ivo Schönberner
I tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear.
— Ivo Schönberner
I take on the result, not just the task.
— Ivo Schönberner
07 Locations
Zürich and Frankfurt am Main.
Engagements in Switzerland and Germany, on site and remotely, in German and English.
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FAQ Answers
Frequently asked questions about Ivo Schönberner.
Who is Ivo Schönberner?
Ivo Schönberner is an IT entrepreneur and advisor based in Zürich and Frankfurt am Main. He is managing director of IT am Main GmbH and founder of the advisory brand SACOSI, and advises executive management, investors and family offices in Switzerland and Germany, mainly for start-ups, scale-ups and ventures.
What does Situational Awareness mean for Ivo Schönberner?
Situational Awareness is his advisory product: IT is derived from the situation of the company, that is from goals, core processes, finances and the interests of investors and stakeholders, instead of adapting the business to a system. It is based on the three-level model of Mica Endsley (1995), supplemented by a fourth step: lead and hand over.
What is Ivo Schönberner’s background?
Before his career as an entrepreneur, Ivo Schönberner was an American football player and national team player, European champion 2014 and 2016. As managing director of IT am Main GmbH, he built, among other things, the IT of Discover Airlines from zero to around 2’200 employees and set up independent IT for the joint venture FraAlliance in under four months.
How does Ivo Schönberner approach IT problems?
Systemically: he does not solve the symptom, but builds the architecture from which the problem no longer arises. Decisions are prepared, documented and made verifiable before implementation.
Where does Ivo Schönberner work?
From Zürich and Frankfurt am Main, with engagements in Switzerland and Germany, on site and remotely, in German and English.
What is your situation?
Thirty minutes, no presentation.
