Martin Schiesser is Chief Executive Officer of Firefly Information Management. Firefly Information Management is fully privately held company. Firefly is a solution company that provides world-class enterprise data management cloud platform for targeted industry verticals requiring a consulting, technology & business service partner with the ability to offer extensive, multi-domain data management functionality.
Martin has Industry knowledge in industrial companies (Industrial Equipment, High Tech, Automotive, Discrete, Pharma and Process) and in telecommunications with focus on business transformations in the area of Enterprise Data Management, ERP, Enterprise Architecture, Information Management, Product Life Cycle Management, Data Management, , Customer Relationship and Service Management. He has 20 years of SAP project experience in global transformation programs able to provide end to end implementation support from strategy development to implementation.
Key Topics: Business Services for Advanced Enterprise Solutions including Sales & Service Platform, Innovation Processes, Integrated Reporting, Mobile Service, Big Data Solutions, IoT (Internet of Things), Semantic Data Management, Open & Linked Data, Product Life Cycle Management, Smart Cities, New business models by more service and less product centric approach, enterprise value increase with strategic initiatives, IT Strategy, CIO advisory.
Founder & CEO @ Martin Schiesser is Chief Executive Officer of Firefly Information Management. Firefly Information Management is fully privately held company. Firefly is a solution company that provides world-class enterprise data management solutions for targeted industry verticals requiring a consulting, technology & business service partner with the ability to offer extensive, multi-domain data management functionality. From May 2014 to Present (1 year 8 months) Partner/Managing Director @ Partner and member of the leadership team for industrial equipment at Accenture in ASG and EALA. Client Partner / Managing Director globally and on EALA level for key clients. Program- and project management for transformation programs in industrial equipment. Member of Leadership team for Business Services in the are of Advanced Enterprise Solutions (ERP, Mobility, BigData, Value Realization). From July 2011 to Present (4 years 6 months) Zürich Area, SwitzerlandAssociate Partner @ Associate Partner at Lodestone with several roles: Global Practice Leader for Enterprise Data Management (Master Data & PLM Services) , Deputy Head for the Global Logistic Community, Account Manager and Business Development at Lodestone Management Consultants in industrial equipment From January 2010 to July 2011 (1 year 7 months) Director @ From March 2007 to December 2009 (2 years 10 months) Manager at SAP CH @ Program and Project Management in PLM and CRM and ERP area.
Leading MDM Team SAP Switzerland by developing a consulting business plan to position MDM topic on the Swiss market; building up and managing a virtual team of MDM consultants, definition of the go-to market strategy, consulting service deliveries, education plan, events, acquisition of customers with workshops, managing the presales staff, project management of the first MDM projects in Switzerland From July 2005 to February 2007 (1 year 8 months) Senior Consultant @ From March 2002 to June 2005 (3 years 4 months) Owner @ Co Founder of Internet and Knowledge Management Startup incl Partnership with leading search engine in Switzerland www.search.ch. Responsible for the product strategy (User driven web portal and knowledge management software. One of the first web 2.0 websites in Switzerland. Financed by one of 2 incubators in Switzerland).which included: market analysis for knowledge management solutions; specification of a portal solution for online knowledge management, definition and negotiations of supplier contracts , recruiting and leading software developers, project management with IT companies till implementation of the portal solution including IT operation. From 2000 to 2002 (2 years) Director (Head of Business Engineering) @ Responsible for strategy development and controlling, process management and process innovation supported by IT applications. Evaluation of CRM and E-commerce software to improve sales process. Improvement of R&D Processes, Streamlining Engineering Processes introducing PLM, Introduction of ABC with SAP R/3 and a process oriented organisation. Head of Intranet Team. Part of High potential Program for future Leadership. From 1996 to 2000 (4 years) PLM Program Manager @ Overall responsible for PLM and Product Data Management integrating a CAD System into the Engineering world. Rewarded as top performer. From April 1994 to September 1998 (4 years 6 months)
Master, Bsc. Eng. / Ms in Economics @ HSG Martin Schiesser is skilled in: ERP, SAP, Program Management, SAP R/3, Enterprise Architecture, Project Management, Master Data Management, Management Consulting, Product Management, IT Strategy, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Business Transformation, Enterprise Software