At Huawei APAC Digital Innovation Congress 2022 in Singapore, I had the great opportunity to share my thoughts on the future of the Retail industry. Retail’s future is colorful because it drives, above all other industries, the new consumer vertical and allows for innovation, experimenting, and constant engagement. Similar to banks competing with FinTech, the…

Last night we had our first large Central Tech ALUMNI meetup, with many of the day 1 team members joining! I missed everyone all. It is like a family reunion – just better!   A journey from Feb 2017 (when I have been given the opportunity to start the Central Technology Organization) until early 2021. Now, many of us…

The unfortunate truth is, that a few of these “Leaders” (Or Major Players”) are responsible for the lack of digitization in Corporations and the mediocre performance. The only company I was recently in multiple touchpoints to be impressed with is McKinsey. They have reinvented themselves and are working with a framework of advisors, who have…

A story about creating a culture and the best example is my last job, creating a startup in a corporation: In 2017, I got appointed as Group Chief Technology Officer for one of Asia’s and Europe’s largest retailers, to open the Digital Department! The key objective was building one of the strongest teams covering Product…

The enablers of eCommerce like Flash, aCommerce, 2c2p, or JD Logistics are the ones who can seriously profit from the eCommerce growth. The eTailer segment is rather low or no margin in the long run. The other interesting aspect is that the 800-pound gorilla in the industry is less technical, less scalable, and has less…

Exciting event at True Digital Park, where I had the opportunity to share some thoughts on what has transpired during Covid and how business and technology has changed Central Retail new services since Covid Super Scalers are changing technology directions Organizations need to adapt

A longer term friend of mine, who also owns an runs The Asian Banker, has visited me a couple of weeks ago and out of a great beakfast conversation an impromptu interview evolved. See the following Video and Transcript