Mesut Ermis · Germany / Türkiye / International
Independent Consultant.
Founder. Builder. Author.
I build and transform products, organizations and operating systems.
For more than two decades, I’ve worked between technology, business, people and execution — including independent consulting mandates for major corporations and building companies of my own.
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What I’m building now
Work that moves from strategy into reality.
2026 — nowDirect Scouts / ENIOLA
Building the go-to-market engine.
Project Manager — Go-to-Market, Growth & Commercial Operations
Leading ENIOLA’s market introduction and growth setup in Germany across market development, lead generation, sales operations, field sales, partner acquisition, e-commerce, logistics, tooling and performance management.
Market LaunchGrowthSales OperationsScaling
FounderRisky Projects
Human × AI as an operating system.
Risky Projects / Risky Startup
Exploring how humans and AI agents can work as an actual organization — with roles, responsibility, evidence, governance, handoffs and increasingly autonomous execution.
Human × AIProduct DiscoveryAgent TeamsOperating Model
AuthorIn progress
Von der Idee bis zum ersten Backlog
A book about the difficult part before delivery: discovering whether an idea deserves to become a product at all.
Explore the book →
2025
Qonto / Intelsia
Customer Operations, Retention & Product Operations · German SMB digital banking
via service partner
Independent consulting
Inside complex organizations.
Over the years I was brought into corporations and transformation programs as an independent consultant, project lead and delivery specialist — usually where products, teams, strategy and execution had stopped fitting together.
Selected client engagements
VOLKSWAGENCARIADAPTIVVORWERKREWEBELDENOTTOHERMES
2022—23
BELDEN
Independent Consultant · Cross-Functional Delivery Lead / Agile Coach
Product Strategy · International Delivery · Scaling · Lean
2022
LEKKERLAND / REWE GROUP
Independent Consultant · Business Process Manager Agile
Business Processes · Flight Levels · Value Streams · Dependencies
2021
MECOM / BUNDESNETZAGENTUR
Independent Consultant · Agile Change / Portfolio Transformation
Portfolio · Value · Leadership · Governance
2021
VORWERK
Independent Consultant · Scaled Delivery & Program Lead
21 Teams · Flight Levels · SAFe · Quality Gates
2020—21
APTIV
Independent Consultant · Product Operations & Innovation Lead
E-Mobility · Innovation · 20 Teams · OKRs · CI/CD/CT
2020
DICONIUM / CARIAD / VOLKSWAGEN
Independent Consultant · Program Delivery Consultant
Enterprise Delivery · 4 RTEs · 21 Teams · SAFe
2019
ATRIFY
Independent Consultant · Product & Delivery Transformation Lead
Discovery · Exploration · Development · Delivery · OKRs · Flow
2018—19
HERMES / OTTO GROUP
Independent Consultant · Service Center Setup / Agile Delivery
Operations · Service Design · Scaling · Customer Experience
2017—18
FASHIONETTE
Independent Consultant · Scrum Master / Transformation
Lean Startup · Customer Centricity · International Teams
Founder story
Then I built my own company.
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Founder · Curriculum Architect · Lead Trainer
I built the learning architecture and course formats from scratch and taught more than 2,000 learners — helping people move beyond certification and into real Scrum, Product, Leadership and Agile Coaching roles.
The goal was never to teach a framework by heart. It was to build enough capability that people could actually work with it.
2,000+learners taught
Founder& curriculum creator
PAL · PSM · PSPOSystemic Coach · TÜV Quality Auditor
Journey
From machines to organizations to AI.
1994—98Industrial MechanicDeutsche Bahn
2001—05Media InformaticsFH Köln
NextDigital ProductsTechnology & delivery
ThenIndependent ConsultingComplex organizations
Builtagil.bzEducation & enablement
NowProduct & GrowthGo-to-market & operations
2026 →Human × AIRisky Projects
How I work
Frameworks are tools.
Flow is the test.
I’ve used Scrum, SAFe, Spotify, Flight Levels, Lean, Kanban and OKRs. I’m not attached to frameworks. I’m interested in whether work actually moves.
- 01Find the right problem.
Speed is useless when the organization is solving the wrong thing.
- 02Make the system visible.
Dependencies, decisions, roles and flow should not live in people’s heads.
- 03Connect strategy and execution.
A roadmap matters when it changes what work gets done next.
- 04Evidence over assumptions.
Opinion starts the conversation. Evidence changes the decision.
- 05Build capability, not dependency.
A system should become stronger when the consultant leaves.
“If you are looking for someone to organize your project, Mr. Ermis is not the right person. However, if you book Mr. Ermis, you will probably know what kind of project you should organize.”
Selected feedback from a client / colleague portfolio
MESUT ERMIS
Von der Idee
bis zum ersten
Backlog
IN PROGRESS
Books & ideas
The difficult part happens before the backlog.
Ideas are easy. Deciding which assumptions deserve evidence — and which ideas deserve a team — is harder. This book is about that space.
DiscoveryOrganizationsProductHuman × AIFlight LevelsEntrepreneurship
Writing in progress