Wolf is a CIO counselor who shapes, leads, and secures technology-enabled transformations. He serves companies on a full range of digital challenges including platform modernization, cloud migration, and cybersecurity. He leads the firm’s cybersecurity work in Europe.
Examples of Wolf’s recent client work include the following:
- building the cyber-strategy and organization for a global software company, and integrating cyber into the product lifecycle
- securing the cloud transformation for a European airline with a three-year application modernization and capability building roadmap for cyber
- turning around an enterprise resource planning (ERP) transformation for a logistics company by introducing agile development methodologies and realigning the business case with the board
- introducing secure software development life-cycle and shaping the security and privacy organization for a mobility platform provider
Published work
“Automotive R&D transformation: Optimizing gen AI’s potential value,” McKinsey & Company, February 2024
“Managing the forces of fragmentation: How IT can balance local needs and global efficiency in a multipolar world,” McKinsey & Company, June 2023
“Seven steps to help protect your ERP system against cyberattacks,” McKinsey & Company, March 2022
“A quantum wake-up call for European CEOs,” McKinsey & Company, December 2021
“Strengthening the IT security posture in corporates and industrials,” McKinsey & Company, March 2021
“Clearing the air on cloud: How industrial companies can capture cloud technology’s full business value,” McKinsey & Company, February 2021
“Boards and cybersecurity,” McKinsey & Company, February 2021
“Making the cloud pay: How industrial companies can accelerate impact from the cloud,” McKinsey & Company, October 2020
“Safeguarding against cyberattack in an increasingly digital world,” McKinsey & Company, June 2020
“How airlines should manage IT failures and security breaches to improve operational stability,” McKinsey & Company, November 2019
“Securing software as a service,” McKinsey & Company, September 2019
“Cybersecurity: Linchpin of the digital enterprise,” McKinsey & Company, July 2019
“Shifting gears in cybersecurity for connected cars,” McKinsey & Company, April 2017
“Protecting your critical digital assets: Not all systems and data are created equal,” McKinsey & Company, January 2017
Past experience
Oxford Internet Institute
Research assistant
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
Visiting researcher
Education
University of Oxford
PhD, information and communication sciences
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
LLM, intellectual property law
Humboldt University of Berlin
MSc, computer sciences
