We are rooted in Germany, work across Europe, and bring experience from international engagements. We lead every engagement personally, from Aschaffenburg to London.
Managing Partner
DATA & TECHNOLOGY
“Data quality is not an IT topic. It is a leadership topic.”
A mathematician (Diplom) with more than 20 years in financial services and seven banking references, including tier-one banks. At one of Europe’s largest banks, Schwan was accountable for monitoring more than 70 million transactions a day, and he processed 23 TB of critical business data in under 10 hours.
Managing Partner
DATA MEETS LEADERSHIP
“Digital sovereignty begins with transparency.”
More than 25 years of leadership experience in media and print. Today, Wassum connects corporate strategy with data literacy, as a peer to CEOs who want to see results rather than slides.
DJK Erlenbach
Thomas and Andreas meet at the table tennis table. Media production meets financial mathematics: two entirely different worlds with one shared ambition.
Barbarossa Cup
They organize a tournament together. Entrants, schedules, results, evaluations. Suddenly they are deep in data. Working on structures side by side turns into a passion.
2020
The two of them found SIMO as a marketing agency. Within a year, it becomes clear that marketing without a data foundation is a house without footings. Data comes first, then tools and software.
2021
The change of course to data management. “Simple marketing” becomes “Strategische Implementierung von datengetriebenen Methoden in Organisationen” (the strategic implementation of data-driven methods in organizations), SIMO for short. Before a company can do anything meaningful with its data, it has to understand, organize, and control it.
Today
What began as a conversation between two club mates is SIMO GmbH today. Its mission: to enable Germany’s Mittelstand (privately held midsize companies) and their European peers to lead with data. Data strategy is a boardroom matter, not an IT topic. MAKE DATA EASY
Ihre Daten bleiben Ihre Daten.
Home market
DACH
Midsize companies and large enterprises in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. In person, on site, at executive level.
European reach
EU & UK
Governance concepts that build in the GDPR from the start, preparation for the EU AI Act, and regulatory experience for European financial institutions and industrial companies.
International experience
Global
The Managing Partners have held engagements at tier-one banks in London, Singapore, and Frankfurt: international compliance standards, delivered locally. For confidentiality reasons, we do not name our clients.
Next step
One initial call. Free of charge, confidential, and as peers. We’ll tell you honestly whether and how we can help.
45 minutes, by video, free of charge.
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