ALM Intelligence: Q&A with BCG's Michael Grebe

Michael Grebe, a Senior Partner and Managing Director in Munich, is a core member of The Boston Consulting Group's Technology Advantage and Financial Institutions practices and leads BCG's global work in digitalization of the tech function. He is the global topic leader for the Digital Acceleration Index (DAI) and the Simplify IT approach. Since joining BCG in 1997, Michael has worked with numerous financial institutions on a wide range of technology-related issues, including simplification of IT, post-merger integration, large-project review and recovery, IT sourcing, and core-banking-system migration.

ALM Intelligence: How's BCG's Tech-nology Advantage practice structured and how do you engage BCG Platinion on IT transformation projects.

Grebe: BCG's Technology Advantage practice provides its technology and digital services to companies in all industries as well as to organizations in the public sector. Globally, we have more than 3,000 staff members across BCG, BCG Platinion, and BCG Digital Ventures. The practice is organized around four core topics: • Digitizing the business. This topic covers: transforming the operating model of the entire value chain and digitizing the customer experience, core processes, and support functions; • Implementing a Data and Digital Platform. This entails conceptualizing and building a data and digital platform with next-generation capabilities. Such a platform enables an organization to scale digital initiatives while using legacy systems; • Leveraging Software and Agile way of working. This topic focuses on helping organizations adapt and "upskill" so that they can leverage the potential of agile methods, the software business model, and open application programming interfaces; • Digitizing the Tech Function. This addresses digitizing an organization's technology function and enabling it to facilitate digital business.