Transparency
Make decisions, priorities and technical risks understandable. Clarity provides the foundation for shared accountability.
CIO · International Technology Executive · CISSP
Lead technology.
Own transformation.
I am René Matis. I combine international IT leadership and cybersecurity with accountability for SAP, Microsoft Cloud and operations. As a founder, I translate this experience into products of my own.
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Where vision meets
accountability.
Technology is part of the business. Leading it means connecting strategy, people and operations.
My experience spans international infrastructure, enterprise architecture and global information security. Today, my focus is CIO accountability: IT strategy, SAP, Microsoft Cloud, resources and business continuity.
Europe · Asia · North America
My approach to leadership
Open communication
Enable dialogue between people, teams and management. Questions, different perspectives and risks belong in the conversation.
02Expertise
Make complexity
workable.
Four perspectives. One responsibility: technology must work for the business.
Leadership
Technology Leadership
IT strategy and international leadership with accountability for budgets, governance and viable operating models.
- IT Strategy
- Global Teams
- CAPEX & OPEX
Security
Cyber Resilience
Information security as a leadership responsibility: understand risk, strengthen resilience and embed security in operations.
- CISSP
- ISO 27001 · TISAX
- NIST · BCM
Transformation
Enterprise Change
Bring SAP, Microsoft Cloud and infrastructure together, including during M&A, carve-outs and restructuring.
- SAP · AMS
- Microsoft Cloud
- M&A · Integration
Building
Products & Applied AI
Translate operational problems into enterprise software. AI supports workflows; people retain responsibility.
- Product Strategy
- Enterprise Software
- Responsible AI
03Selected Impact
Accountability.
With outcomes.
My work connects the leadership of change with accountability for stability and security.
01 / Transformation & Operations
Shape change. Preserve stability.
- Focus
- Bring technological development together with the demands of day-to-day business.
- My approach
- Provide direction, clarify priorities and connect people across disciplines.
- Objective
- Shape change so that it works in everyday operations.
02 / Security & Governance
Take a holistic view of security.
- Focus
- Treat information security as part of responsible business leadership.
- My approach
- Make risk understandable and connect clear accountability with practical structures.
- Objective
- Strengthen security awareness and long-term operational resilience.
Broad areas of expertise, deliberately without descriptions of individual organisations or projects.
Connecting decisions with delivery
A management cycle from business requirements to feedback from operations.
Leadership Operating System
- 01Business signal
Need · Risk · Opportunity
- 02Decision
Direction · Priority · Budget
- 03Governance
Security · Compliance · Risk
- 04Delivery
SAP · Cloud · Integration
- 05Operations
Stability · Adoption · BCM
- 06Learning
Measures · Impact · Feedback
Value & resilience
Evidence informs the next decision.
04Leadership Journey
Experience becomes
perspective.
Since 02/2026
CIO · Enterprise Technology Leadership
IT strategy, SAP and Microsoft Cloud, operations, resources and business continuity.
2021–2025
Security Executive
Global information security, ISMS, ISO 27001, TISAX and cyber resilience.
2018–2021
Architecture & Cloud Leadership
Enterprise architecture, global Microsoft capability and international transformation.
2007–2018
Technical Foundation
International infrastructure, migrations and project leadership as a technical foundation.
05Perspectives
In dialogue.
In practice.
Making technology understandable: on stage, in conversation and where decisions take shape.
Keynote · Agentic AI
Making technology understandable.
Cologne · 07:20
Ideas become products.
Microsoft Event
Cloud and AI in an enterprise context.06Proof of Building
Enterprise experience
becomes product.
With NALVRA, I translate operational problems into enterprise software. The founder perspective connects strategic accountability with hands-on product development.
NALVRA ONE
- Problem
- Information, tasks and decisions are spread across separate areas of work.
- My contribution
- A founder and product development perspective informed by enterprise IT and operational accountability.
- Value
- NALVRA ONE brings commercial workflows, communication and projects into a shared working context.
07Journal
Ideas that
keep working.
Perspectives on leadership, resilience and transformation.
Cyber resilience is a leadership responsibility
A security programme becomes credible when the business knows which services it must protect, who makes decisions and how it will regain operational capability after disruption.
3 minutesRead article
Transformation reaches operations when accountability is handed over
In SAP migrations and carve-outs, the technical change is a visible milestone. Whether the transformation holds up depends on ownership, business processes and the handover into everyday operations.
3 minutesRead article
Beyondthe System.
08Podcast
In preparation
Beyond
the System.
Conversations about technology, leadership and accountability, with people who do more than discuss the future: they shape it.
The NALVRA podcast is in preparation. This website does not collect email subscriptions.
Dialogue
A good exchange
starts personally.
Leadership, transformation, cyber resilience or a shared product. A direct conversation, human to human.