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Clarity drives progress.

Company Building | Business Engineering | Digital-System Architecture

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JBG advisory


Focus on the business model.
For executive leadership and management teams looking to resolve growth bottlenecks in a sustainable way: Understand complexity, define responsibility, set priorities.

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Translate clarity into scalable systems.
For all companies that need and desire reliable data, less manual work, and modern software.

Doing the right things right,
often and a lot.

For profitable growth and resilience.
We ship operational excellence, both analog and digital.

Save time, money, and nerves through effective prioritization.

Workshop Setting 2-1-1

Check list:
How good are you today already?

  • Are my company's priorities clear to me and everyone else in the team?
  • Do I know our cost and revenue drivers precisely?
  • Is my business data recorded in a structured manner and is directly usable?
  • Do I make my decisions based on data?
  • Is my project management goal-oriented, transparent, and reliable?
  • Are our processes standardized and automated where it makes sense?
  • Are waiting times and rework rare for us?
  • Are we ahead of our competition in the field of AI?

How often you have to answer with no?

Every single no costs you time, money, and nerves.

Step 1:

When should I work with JBG?

Our customers want to create progress through positive changes in the operation.
They want e.g. to resolve operational bottlenecks or make their software future-proof.

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Here's your check-list for our cooperation
  • Your operational standards and processes start developing tunnel vision.
  • You could solve complex challenges much better with the right IT-system.
  • You want more clarity, more data-driven decisions, more automation.
  • You want to actively shape the future of your company.
  • You want to work with an entrepreneurial partner who will also challenge you from time to time.

Progress requires change. If you recognize yourself in the list, we are the right partner for your next step.

E-mail usor book a call with Johannes

Why is JBG the right partner for me?


At JBG, we do not work with pre-fabricated strategy templates.

Our work is built upon fundamental principles that endure and withstand any crisis. We apply proven methods and tools drawn from engineering and business.
Through lean principles, operational excellence, and rigorous execution, we rapidly adapt to the needs of our clients.

Our mindset is reflected in the way we collaborate; it is what makes the difference.

We are entrepreneurs with two decades of experience at the intersection of established companies and startups.
We have founded, led, and scaled businesses, operated within complex markets, and delivered results across research, industry, IT, and digital platforms.

8+
experts in the group
70+
external projects
100+
internal projects

We have gained our experience through projects with, among others, the following companies:

Clarity, focus,  and digital strength.
We get you there.

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JBG sweet spot

Business Engineering

Using proven methods from business and engineering (utility analysis, business model canvas, FMEA, bottleneck analysis, etc.), we capture your needs and potential in a structured and targeted manner.

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Business Intelligence

All value-creating initiatives are built on a clean data foundation. From data warehousing to data engineering, we support you in building scalable and secure structures. 

Automation & AI

We transform identified potential into robust, safe and reliable process automation, so that your team can focus on what machines cannot do.

With our services, we offer solutions for companies of all sizes.

JBG sweet spot

Business Engineering

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Using proven methods from business and engineering (utility analysis, business model canvas, FMEA, bottleneck analysis, etc.), we capture your needs and potential in a structured and targeted manner.

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System Check

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Technology must function, today and tomorrow. Ensuring this requires care, maintenance, and ongoing development. Through current-state analyses and technical due diligence, we provide the necessary clarity as independent contractor.

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Business Intelligence

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All value-creating initiatives are built on a clean data foundation. From data warehousing to data engineering, we support you in building scalable and secure structures.

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Automation & AI

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We transform identified potential into robust, safe and reliable process automation, so that your team can focus on what machines cannot do.

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for large enterprises

  • You feel the pain of growing data complexity and operational intransparency.
  • You seek collaborations to explore new technologies and discover opportunities faster and to get inspired.
  • You want to increase your innovation power on a project basis.

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  • Translate automation and AI into tangible top- and bottom-line results.
  • Increase organizational resilience through future-proof data savviness.
  • Access to external innovation beyond internal constraints.
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for small- & medium-sized enterprises

  • Capacities are unclear, waiting times are normal in daily business, and order planning is done by Sandra, but she is on vacation.
  • Project management... You have projects, but management currently has other priorities.
  • Your knowledge database is called Richard, the ERP system is called Sandra, and when Mike is sick, everyone can go on vacation.

solution space

  • Drive operational excellence through modern data utilization, accelerate decision-making, and increase customer satisfaction.
  • Develop automation and scalability, increase operational efficiency and build resilience.
  • Expand your operational tool-kit and prepare for the next growth phase of your business.

let's warm up with a pilot project

Do you have a specific objective you would like to test soon?
We will work on it together within a clearly defined pilot project scope.

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Project Plan
1 | Analysis - 30 min Intro Call

Assessment of your greatest potential.
video call | 30 min | free

2 | Analysis - Workshop

Current situation, needs & wants, and goals.
on-site | 1 day

3 | Project Planning

Planning and preparation.
hybrid | 1-2 weeks

4 | Project work

Technical and organisational execution.
hybrid | 3-5 weeks

 

Four formats, tailored for you

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Workshop

For strategic challenges and analyses where you value an external perspective, but want to use your internal resources for implementation.

Advisory

A strategic collaboration at the management level, where we support you with our expertise and experience in planning and structuring processes.

Cooperation

Strategic and operational collaboration at entrepreneurial speed, where we complement your team so that solutions can be implemented in a targeted and timely manner.

Projects & Interim Management

We handle projects from start to finish for complex, strategic challenges, without requiring you to build up additional internal resources. If needed, we supplement your team with our resources until the task is successfully completed.

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No one-size-fits-all

our collaboration is tailored to your situation and objectives

  • Teamwork: We take on tough challenges with a solution-oriented focus and pragmatic execution.
  • Reliability: From problem definition to successful implementation, we are by your side.
  • Focus: We work part-time, but never half-heartedly.

 

We support you through focused workshops, executive advisory, hands-on project leadership, or full project ownership.
We integrate seamlessly into your organization, combining entrepreneurial mindset with senior execution experience.

 

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for strategic challenges

advisory

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at entrepreneurial speed

interim CxO

from A to Z

What we do, in a nutshell

We augment your executive and senior teams to level up your operational backbone for the next phase of your company.
Together we will drive initiatives and navigate effectively through transformation projects for higher resilience and new growth.

operational excellence for data-driven growth

Business
Operations & Strategy

Business & Decisison
Intelligence

Data & Cloud
Architecture

Workflow
(AI-)Automation

Solution Space
Discovery

Digital Excellence &
Data-driven Operations

Strategic & Data
Transformation Projects

Data-Warehouse
& BI Engineering

Organizational
Development
 

Contracting &
Deal-Making
(startups)

About us

JB

Johannes Burgard

Managing Director JBG
Strategy, Business Engineering, System Architecture

He translates strategy into execution. Mechanical engineer turned entrepreneur, senior executive with 15+ years of experience in company building, strategic leadership, digital transformation, and process design at the intersection of large enterprises and startups. Co-founder CEO of an energy data company, scaled it to one of Europe’s leading platforms of its kind. Led the company through growth, turnarounds, and owned deal-making workflows.

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Anne

Anne Rodenburg

Freelancer
Data & Business Intelligence Engineering

Freelance data engineer with 6+ years of experience designing scalable data architecture, efficient pipelines, and cloud-based analytics solutions. Background in molecular biology and molecular medicine, combining scientific rigor and curiosity with hands-on data engineering. Works as advisor and hands-on in focus projects or within an existing team with a preference for sustainability and life-science driven environments.

Linkedin   //   Website

ChrisThanisch

Christopher Thanisch

Managing Director Ultra Smashed
Software & Process Automation Engineering

Managing Director of the agency “Ultra Smashed” and a full-stack software developer for over 15 years. His focus is on process automation and resolving systematic organizational bottlenecks in companies, which can be systematically solved through software solutions. With a focus on process intelligence, AI execution engines, scaling & optimization, he provides support in both independently managed projects and within the framework of a service contract.

Linkedin   //   Website

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Bottleneck and Root-Cause Analyses, and FMEA

Your shortcut to more productivity.

Turn complex challenges into concrete actions. AI-powered interviews uncover bottlenecks, guide root-cause analysis, and help you prioritize risks. This creates transparency, which in turn enables better decision-making.
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This also serves as a complimentary starting point for our collaboration.

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