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Heiner Himmelreich joined The Boston Consulting Group in 2006. He is a member of the global operating committee of the firm’s Technology Advantage practice and BCG’s global leader for IT sourcing.

Heiner has worked on IT sourcing projects in several industries. These include development and implementation of an IT sourcing strategy, sourcing contract renegotiations, IT infrastructure, and application management outsourcing in banking, consumer goods, the public sector, and the oil and gas industries.

Heiner has deep experience in IT strategy, IT transformation, postmerger integrations, and divestures in different industries. He is also experienced in coaching CIOs.

Before joining BCG, Heiner worked eight years at A.T. Kearney, most recently as a principal. Before that he was with financial-services dealer-broker Exco (now ICAP), where his last position was operations manager of the German subsidiaries.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • MBA, Kellogg School of Management and WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management
  • Dipl.-Kfm., Goethe University Frankfurt

Publications and Videos

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An ERP Transformation Isn’t a Solo Journey

System integrators are key partners in enterprise resource planning projects, but effective collaboration is a work in progress for many organizations. Five factors can spark better results.
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Are You Resilient? Your Tech Function Can Tell You.

By optimizing technology costs, sourcing, and management, businesses can thrive amid disruption. Here’s how the most resilient companies do it.
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The End of IT as We Know It

Bold transformation is only possible if technology and business create a joint vision for a technology transformation—and then collaborate to make sure all efforts are completely aligned.
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When IT Providers Become Your Innovation Partners

Only companies that create ecosystems can count on their IT service providers for innovation, a new BCG global survey reveals.
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How Agile and Outsourcing Can Be Better Together

Agile’s reach is broadening inside companies, but vendors are often left outside the new processes. A five-pronged approach allows agile and outsourcing to fuel each other—and expand the rewards.
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Postpandemic Outsourcing Trends for CEOs

Companies will develop critical digital capabilities in-house, but they will continue to depend heavily on IT service providers, according to a 2020 BCG survey.
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Your Digital Transformation Needs a Smart Vendor Strategy

Sourcing plays a key role in any change project. To get it right, companies need a good strategy for partnering with their external tech providers.
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A World-Class Tech Function Is Digital, Simple, and Resilient

Companies must begin treating the department as a strategic business partner instead of a service provider—fundamentally changing their mindset.
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When Agile Meets Outsourcing

Companies often assume they must choose one model, but they can reap the rewards of both.
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What’s Holding Back Digital Shared Services?

Transformative technologies for back-office processes don’t automatically deliver the promised payoff. To succeed, companies need a thoughtful, end-to-end plan.
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How to Ensure That IT Outsourcing Delivers

Outsourcing often fails to bring the expected reductions in overall IT costs. But companies can take steps to improve the odds.
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Designing the Tech Function of the Future

Companies have a choice: either transform IT to be able to work closely with business units in developing products and services or focus IT on its governance role.