Welcome
My name is Dr. Michael Suess, I am a Freelance technologist and ex-CTO of the market leader in Fleet Management in Europe (Webfleet, now part of Bridgestone). I can help you improve your tech-organization by finding and implementing solutions to your challenges with your team. In case you are a fleet owner, I can also help you with your IT projects. Most concretely, I define my customers and the topics I can help with as follows.
My Services – Tailored Expertise for Key Client Segments:
- Technology Companies: I provide strategic and operational consulting to support organizational transformation within R&D departments of tech companies. My services include guidance through technology transitions, leadership development, facilitation of growth processes, leadership coaching, and expert support for integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into business operations.
- Technology Companies in the Fleet-Management Space: in addition to the services listed above, I can also help with guidance on the market, customers, products & roadmaps, helping you to make your R&D-organization more effective as a result.
- Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): for companies without a dedicated CTO or with an overstretched technology leadership team, I offer my expertise as a Fractional CTO or Interim CTO – to professionally guide technology strategy and implementation for a limited time-period.
- Private Equity & Venture Capital Firms: As an independent product and technology expert, I support due diligence processes during mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with a particular focus on tech companies in the larger fleet management sector.
- Logistics Companies & Fleet Operators: I advise fleet operators on strategically advancing and optimizing their IT infrastructure, with a strong emphasis on the digital management of operational vehicle fleets.
Why work with me
I combine deep technology expertise with long-standing leadership experience and specialized knowledge in fleet management and tech-driven M&A processes. Having built and led a 300+ employee engineering organization at Europe’s leading fleet management provider, I bring hands-on experience from both sides of acquisition processes. As a flexible freelancer and Fractional CTO, I offer highly tailored, up-to-date support that delivers immediate value. And I know how to get things done on the IT-side of things.
Blog
Occasionally, I write things in my blog, about leadership, technology, fleet-management, AI – or actually, whatever I feel is relevant. Feel free to check it out!
- Agentic AI in Fleet Management Solutions
I have been thinking about potential use-cases for agentic AI in fleet management a lot over the last few months. And want to share some thoughts around this here, as I think the traditional... - Why Your Technology Due Diligence is Missing the Point
You have to be a special kind of person to enjoy reading or writing Technology Due Diligences in the context of Mergers and Acquisitions. I find many of them to be rather generic, always...