MANAGING PARTNER
Andreas O. Schwan Data architecture and technology
Mathematician (Diplom) with more than 20 years in financial services. At SIMO GmbH, he leads the engagements in financial services.
45 minutes with Andreas O. Schwan, free of charge, by video.
Focus areas
Data architecture, regulation, and financial services
Andreas O. Schwan leads data architecture and technology at SIMO GmbH. He heads the engagements in financial services: data landscapes that must stand up to audits and supervisors, transaction monitoring for anti-money laundering, and the question of which data AI can rely on. The order never changes: business first, then data, then technology.
- Data architecture
- Business data strategy
- Anti-money laundering and compliance
- Regulation in financial services
- AI and security
Experience
More than 20 years in financial services
Industries
Financial services
Banking, AML, compliance, and regulation
Midsize companies
Companies facing a major investment, a system change, or an AI decision
Client cases
AML case study 2025
How international universal banks and private banks made their transaction monitoring audit-ready and manageable again
Success story
How a banking association was able to make decisions within hours in a critical situation
Methods
One method, from getting started to measuring results
Andreas O. Schwan leads engagements personally, using the Business Data Transformation Framework of SIMO GmbH.
Business Data Transformation Framework
Seven stations from UNDERSTAND to MEASURE. After each phase, management decides whether to continue.
Enterprise Variation Method (EVM)
Between DEFINE and ARCHITECT: design options, simulate them, and evaluate them against fixed criteria until a reasoned management decision is in place.
BISA 1 and BEIA
Getting started with a fixed scope and a fixed result: BISA 1 · Discover & Baseline or BEIA · Executive Fast Track, one day on site with both Managing Partners.
Zero Friction Data Flow
The guiding vision behind every engagement: data, processes, people, and technologies are connected so that data flows without friction.
Publications
Written by Andreas O. Schwan
Andreas O. Schwan writes about method, data architecture, AI, and security.
In the knowledge center
Insights
How do you evaluate alternative enterprise architectures?
Several feasible options, future scenarios, and ten criteria instead of a premature target architecture.
Insights
How do you create reliable data flows?
One system of record per data set, binding KPIs, and reconciliations that expose discrepancies.
Insights
When is a company AI-ready?
When use cases, data, technology, and rules fit together. Data first, then the model.
Insights
What is BISA, and when is it worth it?
The modular entry point: first the baseline with risks and immediate actions, later the target state and roadmap.
Articles on the blog
Blog ·
Data quality is a symptom, not a cause
Turning data quality into a project treats the symptom. The cause is that nobody in the business is accountable for a given figure. That can be settled in a single meeting.
This list is generated from the author information on each page and article. As of October 7, 2026.
Next step
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