Employee Portrait: Stephanie Riesebeck
Hi Steffi, would you like to introduce yourself?
My name is Stephanie Riesebeck. I live in the Mecklenburg Lake District between the Müritz and the Baltic Sea. After moving between 2003 and 2012 from Stuttgart to Dublin, via Copenhagen and finally to Munich, I returned to Germany in 2013. Is countryside living easy to combine with my work? Yes, absolutely. Today's virtual meetings and targeted travel days are a good mix for me between down-to-earthness and consultant jet-setting. So it fits.
I am a co-founder of Complion, have been working in consulting for 15 years and never tire of coming up with ideas, strategies and solutions and developing and implementing them for our clients.
How did you come to Complion?
My journey in IT began in 2004 at IBM and subsequently I moved on to Microsoft. Both positions had a sales and marketing focus for software. But then I wanted to get to know the customer side better and switched to consulting. Initially, I focused on software asset management. There I met colleagues who quickly grew on me. Exactly these people have been a major reason for me to found COMPLION together in 2018.
The motivation behind it? Quite simple: To work on very exciting topics in a team with interesting and experienced personalities. Add to that our customer-first principle - without a lot of internal politics and chatter - to work for our clients in a results- and solution-oriented way.
What are your main focuses at Complion?
I'll try to summarize it briefly and (hopefully) understandably.
Software asset management, IT asset management, IT provider management, software and cloud contract consulting, organizational design, process management - all wonderful buzzwords. My task is to understand the challenges of our clients in these areas, to define goals and to accompany them strategically, conceptually and also operationally on the way to achieving these goals. In doing so, it is quite common to switch back and forth between the operational and management levels.
I also manage the VOICE Vendor Observer Competence Center together with colleagues. A service that reports monthly on the latest news in the field of hyperscalers, software vendors, licensing and contract topics, highlights changes and evaluates their relevance.
When I'm not working on a project, I'm annoying my colleagues with internal controlling and financial topics, presenting Complion at events, giving technical lectures or just trying to get a grip on my mailbox.
What does your day-to-day work at Complion look like?
My day-to-day work is dynamic, no two days are the same. That makes it exciting and always challenging. Computer, telephone, headset and a stable internet connection - that's all I need. I organize my workday independently with on-site appointments with clients, virtual video conferences and concentrated silent work to write concepts or work out solutions. But that's just the mechanics.
My brain capacity is usually running at full speed to structure and solve clients' challenges and to actively accompany clients on their way to a solution. I prepare the content of the appointments, moderate them, act as a sparring partner, take the minutes and follow up on the content. After the appointment is before the appointment.
What are you passionate about outside of Complion?
Outside of Complion, I am on the advisory board of Baltic Incubate. This is the first business angel network in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Why am I doing this? I want to help build a startup ecosystem here, so that young people and good ideas get a chance to be supported in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - and that with capital, coaching, network and experience.
In addition, I publish Wimmelbücher - small illustrated books for children with motifs and places from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The aim is to offer families an option to discover the state playfully with their own stories and fantasies.
I clear my head with sports. Spoiled by the sports offer in the big cities where I lived before, I decided to create a local sports offer myself. Therefore, I am active as a fitness trainer (B license) and course instructor in the evening hours.
All in all, I appreciate the diversity in my activities, both at Complion and in my private life. The combination of everything is inspiration and joy for me.
And if you would like to join us at Complion, have a look at this: https://complion.de/en/who-are-we-looking-for