Managing Partner · Brand and corporate strategy
More than 25 years of leadership in media and print. He leads engagements with midsize companies and in print and media. Book an initial call with Thomas Wassum
DATA MEETS LEADERSHIP
Data strategy is a boardroom matter.
Make the big technology and transformation decisions before vendors make them for you.
As a business data strategy and business architecture firm, we connect business strategy, processes, architecture, data, and AI into one viable enterprise model: independently assessed, from initial assessment to measurable implementation.
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- Independent of vendors
- Two Managing Partners
- Fixed scope, defined deliverables
- You decide after every phase
- “Ihre Daten bleiben Ihre Daten.”
Where it starts
Which decision is on your desk?
These are the six situations in which executive teams come to us.
We want to use AI.
Which use cases create real value, what data does AI need, and which architecture keeps your data under control?
We are facing a major investment.
Compare options, TCO, risks, and time to value before a vendor shapes the decision.
Our numbers don’t match.
Trace the sources, inconsistencies, and owners, and build a data architecture you can rely on.
ERP, cloud, or a system change is coming.
Start with business capabilities and decision criteria, not with product lists.
Regulation demands evidence.
Make accountability, data flows, risks, and controls traceable.
The transformation is stalling.
Realign the target state, vendors, roadmap, migration, and sign-off.
Decision Readiness Check
How ready is your initiative for a decision? Find out in 3 minutes. You see the result right away, with no sign-up.
Enterprise Variation Method
Not one solution. The best option for your company.
SIMO does not jump to a target architecture. We look at alternative business, process, data, application, technology, AI, and governance models and assess them against your criteria.
The result is not a vendor recommendation but a reasoned management decision.
- Business
- then Architecture
- then Data
- then AI
Business Data Transformation Framework
- Understand
Current state
Where business, data, and systems stand.
- Define
Goals and criteria
What the decision has to achieve.
- Enterprise Variation MethodVary · Simulate · Decide
Options instead of early commitment
Build feasible options, simulate them against future scenarios, and decide based on your criteria.
- Architect
Target architecture
The chosen option, with a roadmap.
- Transform
Implementation
Supported through go-live.
- Enable
Enablement
Your team carries it forward.
- Measure
Measure impact
Measure the benefit and adjust.
See how SIMO structures and assesses alternatives.
View the frameworkGetting started
Two paths. One goal.
The goal is Management Clarity: your current state, risks, gaps, opportunities, priorities, and plan in one picture, worked out on site with both Managing Partners.
Modular path
BISA 1 · Discover & Baseline
Business Infrastructure & Security Assessment, module 1 of 2
- Best for
- Companies that want a baseline first and will carry out the immediate actions themselves.
- How it works
- Interviews with management, business units, and IT, plus one day on site.
- Result
- Documented current state, risks, critical gaps, priorities, and immediate actions.
- Next
- BISA 2 · Validate & Advance: your team implements, and we check the effect and develop the target state and roadmap.
Direct path
BEIA · Executive Fast Track
Business Enterprise Infrastructure Assessment in a single cycle
- Best for
- Ahead of a major decision, investment, acquisition, or succession.
- How it works
- Documents in advance, one day on site with both Managing Partners, then the presentation to your management team.
- Result
- Enterprise Assessment Book with ten components, culminating in a decision paper.
In the initial call, we work out which path is right for you.
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45 minutes by video, free of charge.
Services
Independent advice. Through to implementation.
Business first, then data, then technology.
Business Architecture
Business model, processes, and decision paths, readable on one page.
Data Architecture
A data map and a target architecture everyone can rely on.
Business Data Strategy
Which data supports which decision, and who owns it.
Infrastructure
Data center, cloud, or hybrid, assessed for cost, risk, and sovereignty.
AI
Use cases with clear value, on reliable data, and with clear rules.
Implementation
Vendor selection, migration, and sign-off, supported into operation.
Enablement
Executives and business units carry the data strategy forward themselves.
The goal
Zero Friction Data Flow
All seven services interlock: data flows to where it is needed.
Who you talk to
Two Managing Partners, five commitments.
Personal leadership of your engagement, from the initial call to the handover.
Managing Partner · Data architecture and technology
A mathematician by training (Diplom), with more than 20 years in financial services and seven banking references, including tier-one banks. He was accountable for monitoring more than 70 million transactions a day and now leads engagements in financial services. Book an initial call with Andreas O. Schwan
You talk to your peers.
Both Managing Partners lead your engagement personally and are on site at the start.
You decide again after every step.
Every step ends with a documented result, a reasoned recommendation, and a fixed scope.
No system is replaced blindly.
We switch a system off only once all of its data is understood and migrated.
“Ihre Daten bleiben Ihre Daten.”
Your data stays under your control. The AI comes to the data.
We make you independent, even of us.
We sell no software and earn nothing from your licenses. When we step back, your team has the knowledge and documentation to carry on.
We work for financial services, print & media, and midsize companies.
Insights
Questions executives ask us
Short answers to what almost always comes up before working together.
What does SIMO GmbH do?
SIMO GmbH is an independent business data strategy and business architecture firm based in Aschaffenburg, Germany, founded in 2020. It helps executive teams assess major business, data, infrastructure, and AI decisions independently and turn them into a sound enterprise architecture, with support through to implementation. SIMO sells no software and earns nothing from licenses.
How does working with SIMO begin?
With a free 45-minute initial call by video. If it fits for both sides, the on-site start follows as BISA 1 or as BEIA, each a day with both Managing Partners. We discuss the scope in the initial call.
What is the difference between BISA and BEIA?
BISA, the Business Infrastructure & Security Assessment, is the modular path in two stages, with an implementation phase in between. BEIA, the Business Enterprise Infrastructure Assessment, is the direct path: the complete enterprise review with target architecture in a single cycle.
What does an engagement with SIMO cost?
That depends on the scope, which we define together. Every step has a clear result and a fixed scope, and you decide again after each step. You receive a proposal after the initial call.
Does SIMO sell software or AI platforms?
No. We are not tied to any vendor and earn nothing from licenses. In the SIMOSphere AI Lab, we test AI approaches before we recommend them. The field reports are public.
What does Section 38 BSIG, Germany’s NIS2 implementation, mean for me as a CEO or board member?
Since December 6, 2025, the management bodies of essential and important entities have been required to implement their cybersecurity risk-management measures and oversee that implementation. They must take part in regular training and can be held liable for breaches. Around 29,500 companies in Germany are affected.
As of October 2026 · not legal advice
Your next step
45 minutes, and you’ll know whether SIMO is the right fit for your decision.
An initial call by video, free of charge and without obligation. We listen, clarify what is driving your decision, and recommend the right starting point. If working together doesn’t make sense, we’ll tell you so.
Book an initial call
With one of the two Managing Partners.
Start the check
How ready is your initiative for a decision? Find out in 3 minutes.
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