Independent Technology Leadership · Central Europe & beyond
Independent advice, transformation support and interim / fractional leadership for IT, Data & AI — without selling software, implementation capacity or a preferred vendor.
For CEOs, CFOs, boards and investors who need an independent technology view.
A different kind of technology partner
Vendors sell platforms. Software houses sell delivery. Recruiters sell candidates. Steadhelm helps leadership teams decide what should be done, why it matters, who should own it and what good looks like.
When needed, we then stay to build the operating model, lead the function or bridge the gap until the permanent leader is ready.
Five ways to engage
A board-level, independent view of your technology position in about three weeks.
When the area that must change is clear — but the target model and path to get there are not.
Senior operating leadership when the business needs experience now — but a permanent executive is not yet the right answer.
Sometimes you do not need a programme. You need a senior technology sparring partner for one important conversation.
For leadership teams that know technology must become a real business capability — but are not yet sure what to build, who they need or how to move the organisation with them.
When “we need better IT” is not yet a strategy
Many companies reach a point where technology has become critical, but the answer is not simply “hire more IT”. The real questions are: which capabilities matter, which roles should exist, who should own decisions, what should stay internal, what should be bought — and how do you bring the current organisation through the change?
Steadhelm works directly with CEOs, boards and senior leadership to name the problem, design the target technology organisation and mentor the leadership team through the transition. This is especially useful when existing structures, incentives or people create resistance to the change the business already knows it needs.
Independent by design
Our commercial model does not depend on whether you choose Microsoft, AWS, SAP, a software house — or decide not to build anything at all.
That lets us challenge assumptions, stop weak investments and tell the board what we would do if we owned the outcome ourselves.
We translate technology choices into business value, risk, timing and ownership.
We have built and run technology organisations — not only advised them.
When the work needs execution, we can stay and lead the change.
Our goal is a stronger permanent organisation, not permanent dependency.
Selected engagements
Complex transformations, global platforms and technology organisations with measurable business outcomes.
A fragmented post-acquisition landscape needed shared standards, governance and enterprise-scale data products.
An internal data platform was built to serve global domains, reduce external dependency and support data-driven products at scale.
A high-value process moved from agency-led manual work to an internal platform and algorithmic decision capability.
As P&G’s first data engineer, Łukasz established a global data lake spanning more than 40 source systems and created the technical foundation for advanced analytics at scale.
Real-time production data, automated contextualisation and integration capabilities were introduced to improve decision-making, productivity and operational efficiency.
Technology risk was identified at executive level, additional core network capacity was secured and a specialist regional engineering team was built from zero.
How we work
Understand the trigger, economics, risks, people and technology reality.
Turn complexity into a small number of explicit board decisions and priorities.
Mobilise the model, team, partners and roadmap when execution support is needed.
Embed ownership, hire or enable the permanent leader and leave a stronger organisation.
Principal · Steadhelm
Technology, Data & AI Executive
I have spent more than 15 years building and leading technology and data organisations inside P&G, Allegro and Stellantis. I work with CEOs, boards and technology leaders on the decisions where strategy, architecture, data, AI, organisation and business value meet.
Steadhelm is deliberately senior-led. When you engage us, the person in the executive conversation is the person accountable for the work.
Start with the situation, not the solution
30 minutes. No pitch deck required. We will tell you whether the issue fits Steadhelm — and if it does not, we will say so.
Book a conversation hello@steadhelm.com