Your Partner WITH HIGH LEVEL Expertise
Benefit from an experienced partner who understands your challenges and offers customized solutions that really work.
Lean42 stands for pragmatic, efficient and innovative consulting that helps companies achieve sustainable success. Since our foundation in 2014, we have specialized in solving complex challenges in the areas of IT management, enterprise architecture and process optimization.
Our approach: “lean & smart” – solutions that are lean, effective and sustainable at the same time.
Your team for sustainable success
A team that understands and delivers: IT and business united for your success
Karsten Voges
CEO | CIO | Strategic Advisor | Founder | Keynote Speaker
Executive Partner, CEO, CIO
Greate Good Enthusiast
Karsten Voges brings 20 years of leadership experience, ranging from startups to Fortune 50 companies, plus various IT management consulting firms. His motto “lean & smart” together with his practical CIO Advisory is helping many CIOs and their IT organizations to thrive.
With degrees in computer science (TUM, Germany) and an MBA (Open University, UK), he has been combining IT and business for years. As a product manager in enterprise architecture management, head of IT architecture and as a founder of a data collaboration platform, deep technical knowledge comes together with a lot of business acumen. Therefore Karsten Voges ensures fit for purpose solutions that are followed through with change management, plus that they are also implemented in state of the art technically.
Karsten Voges is a regular speaker at renowned conferences and shares his in-depth insights and practical strategies with IT leaders and experts. He is also Chairman of the annual Lean Leader Summit and hosts the CIO Roundtable in Munich. Through his numerous podcasts and trainings, he has provided valuable insights into IT strategy and transformation and supported leaders in their organizations. With his diverse experience, he can help companies to successfully implement and sustainably shape their IT strategies.
Global Managing Partner CIO Advisory Services
Jean is a seasoned IT executive, independent researcher, Chief Architect, and strategic advisor from start-ups to Fortune 500s spanning the C-Suite.
The past President of the Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations, a global association, Jean has served on the Advisory boards of IEE-TEMS and Penn State University Center for Enterprise Architecture, among others.
Her unbiased research and enterprise mindset help companies ‘right-size’ their architecture programs to be value-focused and better navigate the intersection of business, technology, and operations – and to realize the value of EA and IT investments.
She is a recognized thought leader who regularly speaks and writes about architecture and governance as key strategic and managerial capabilities. Her guidance helps organizations anticipate and adapt to change, improve digital transformation outcomes, and create business resiliency-by-design.
Jean Gehring
CIO & CEA Advisor | Chief Architect | Board President | Keynote
Fabian Kainzinger
Enterprise architecture and IT strategy
Chief Consultant & Authorized Signatory
Fabian Kainzinger has more than 15 years of experience in the IT industry, which he gained at IT service providers, in an IT product company as well as in an enterprise environment. As an expert in enterprise architecture and EA tools, Fabian is responsible for the strategic alignment and implementation of IT architectures.
He has profound expertise in Enterprise Architecture Management, IT Management and Product Management and takes a leading role in managing employees as well as customers and products. Fabian is adept at implementing projects and programs and brings in-depth knowledge of agile approaches and building teams and organizations.
With his profound know-how in EA tools, Fabian helps companies to design their IT infrastructure efficiently and to successfully accompany technological change.
Senior IT Management Consultant
Accompanying companies through the digital transformation as a trusted partner
With many years of experience in the areas of IT management, enterprise architecture management (EAM), IT strategy and governance, information security, data protection management as well as risk & compliance and business continuity management (BCM), Alina Mehlhorn is an experienced senior IT management consultant at Lean42. She has both in-depth management consulting skills and extensive practical experience in the corporate world. Alina specializes in guiding companies through challenging IT situations and provides customized solutions aligned with their strategic vision and goal orientation.
Alina strives to help organizations optimize their IT landscapes, strengthen their security standards and be strategically prepared for the challenges of digital transformation. Her goal is to contribute to the success of her clients as a trusted advisor.
Alina Mehlhorn
Senior IT Management Consulting
Marina Poppa
Management Consultant | Data Strategist | Researcher | Digital Transformation | Project Management | Impact Evaluation | Chevening Alumni 2020/21
IT Management Consultant
Marina Poppa is an experienced IT Management Consultant at Lean42 who is characterized by her dedicated and results-oriented approach. With a strong background in finance and economics, she combines analytical thinking with a hands-on approach to IT management and project governance. Marina has worked in a variety of business areas and international markets, which has given her a broad perspective on the challenges and opportunities of modern organizations.
Her expertise lies in enterprise architecture management, IT management and project management, where she is particularly recognized for her ability to design complex IT infrastructures and successfully integrate them into business strategies.
Marketing & Communication, Assistant to the Management
With a background of over 20 years in design and extensive experience in designing web presences, user interfaces and communication materials, she brings creative and strategic know-how to Lean42’s marketing and communications department. She specializes in the design of digital and printed materials, from corporate websites and presentations to brochures and promotional materials.
In addition to her expertise in the design and management of social media channels, she is responsible for the Lean Leader Summit and the organization of other events and webinars. She is also responsible for the creation of information graphics and the development of visuals that convey complex topics in an understandable and appealing way.
Her extensive experience in the use of WordPress and other content management systems supports the implementation of online projects.
Nane Charrad
Dipl. Des. (FH) | PowerPoint Backend-Office | Grafic Design | Webdesign | Eventmanagement
Svetoslav Stamenov
, ITR Management Consult OOD,
I first crossed paths with Lean42 over 5 years ago when I relied on their exceptional consultancy and services as an enterprise architect. Now, with the establishment of ITR Management Consult, we deliver IT services to Lean42. Throughout this journey, our collaboration has not only been professionally rewarding, but has also forged a lasting friendship, founded on mutual trust. Lean42's support in my previous role and our ongoing partnership have played a pivotal role in our shared success.
Katharina Bach
, LeanIX GmbH,
Thanks to our close and long-standing partnership with Lean42, which is based on trust, openness and a shared vision of successful enterprise architecture management, we can successfully support our customers in their digital transformation.
Peter Brünenberg
, MEGA International,
If the partnership was already good before the management changes, it has become even better since then. We very much appreciate the wealth of ideas and especially the consulting aspects of Lean42 on EA topics.
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Chief Architect*
Chief Professionals (deutschlandweit)
Chef (IT-)Architekten* in den Schwerpunkten Technische Beratung & Dienstleistung, Ganzheitliche Business & (IT-)Management-Beratung oder fachliche/methodische Beratung
Senior IT-Management Consultant*
Senior Professionals (deutschlandweit)
Senior IT-Management Consultants* mit den Schwerpunkten IT-Management und Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM)
Junior Consultant*
Young Professionals (deutschlandweit)
Absolventen, Berufseinsteiger oder Quereinsteiger, die großen Wert auf Lernbereitschaft, ein partnerschaftliches Miteinander und einen fairen Umgang legen.
Returnship/ Internship*
(Wieder) Einstieg IT-Management-Beratung (deutschlandweit)
Wiedereinstieg nach längeren Auszeit in der IT-Management-Beratung im Rahmen eines individuell gestalteten Praktikums.
