About us
Transformation. Operational stability. Impact.
WE SUCCESS is the strategy and transformation consultancy for public administration founded by Andreas Pelzner and based in Stuttgart. We lead large, politically complex transformations – from mergers and new set-ups to scaling – and turn them into stable, financially viable operating models.
We work within an established network of experienced consulting partners: quick to act, scalable when needed and always with one accountable point of contact. Our experience does not come from slide decks but from executive responsibility – from the career of our founder and Managing Director, Andreas Pelzner.
For more than 25 years, Andreas Pelzner has led organisations with up to 2,200 employees and more than €370 million in revenue – eleven of those years as Chief Executive Officer and board member of large public-law IT service providers. As the architect of the merger of four organisations into Komm.ONE, he delivered lasting synergies of more than €50 million a year, measurably improved service quality and kept certifications stable throughout the transformation. He has put federal digitalisation strategies such as the Online Access Act (OZG), Register Modernisation and the Germany Stack into operation within Germany's federal IT structures.
His strength: consistently aligning people, structures and systems with a shared goal – while safeguarding governance, compliance and operational excellence. He combines decisive strategic judgement with delivery discipline and a strong ability to manage stakeholders in political and association settings.
Today we support decision-makers as advisers and sparring partners on equal terms – wherever clarity, structure and the ability to deliver are needed: in times of upheaval, in mergers and strategic realignments, and in mandates with a high public profile. What drives us: a public administration that acts with digital sovereignty instead of managing dependencies.
- since 10/2025Managing Director, WE SUCCESS Consulting GmbH · Executive AdvisoryAdvising public-law IT service providers and their stakeholders on mergers, federal cooperation models and strategic questions of digital transformation.
- 07/2018 – 10/2025Member of the Executive Board · Komm.ONE AöR, StuttgartOverall responsibility for the service and product portfolio with full P&L accountability (€370 million revenue) and around 1,100 direct reports. Post-merger integration delivering more than €50 million in annual synergies, contractual penalties cut by 70%, customer satisfaction up 35%, a state-wide data hub connected to Register Modernisation, and new lines of business in AI, environment and smart city. Also a member of the Supervisory Board of ProVitako eG and Managing Director of EVG GmbH.
- 10/2014 – 06/2018Chief Executive Officer · Datenzentrale Baden-Württemberg AöRLed DZBW (240 employees, €37 million revenue) and was the architect of Germany's largest public-sector IT merger: KIVBF, KDRS, KIRU and DZBW combined to form Komm.ONE – with stable operations across all four organisations and political backing from ministries, associations and the Administrative Board.
- 06/2008 – 09/2014CIO, Technical Director and authorised signatory (Prokurist) · regio iT GmbH, AachenHead of IT operations and service with 125 staff. Built an IT factory, introduced service level management and IT service management based on ITIL V3 and ISO 20000, and built a new data centre with 30% lower operating costs.
- 1996 – 2008Managing Partner · AixVision GmbHFounded and ran an IT service provider focused on e-business: more than 250 e-commerce projects, an in-house data centre with 200 servers and 2,000 domains, operation of the platform of Germany's largest second-hand bookseller justbooks.de, and an Office roll-out at NATO in Brussels.
- 1992 – 1996Graduate engineer (Dipl.-Ing.) · German Aerospace Center (DLR)Preliminary analysis of space launch systems; member of the ESA-funded TRANSYS project team, responsible for analysing the thermal protection systems.
- EducationIndustrial mechanic (Bayer AG) · Dipl.-Ing. (FH) in Mechanical Engineering/Aerospace Engineering (FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences) · Business coachFurther training: Business Continuity Manager (2025), Business Administration for Managing Directors (2012), Certified Data Centre Manager (2007). Fluent in English for negotiations.
