A closer look at my work on complex system landscapes in public administration, international retail and medical technology.
Selected engagements, presented without client names to respect confidentiality.
Employees are using AI to build their own applications, automations and assistants. Useful ideas emerge while the growing portfolio becomes harder to oversee. I help you decide what to keep, what to consolidate and what needs reliable operations.
Which tools and employee-built applications exist? Who uses them, what data do they process and which systems do they depend on? Together, we establish a reliable overview.
I work with business teams and IT to assess business value, overlap, costs, data access and operational risks. This creates clear priorities for the AI portfolio.
We agree who owns each solution, which reviews it needs and how an experiment becomes an application in production. This gives employees a reliable framework for their ideas.
Valuable solutions get a place in the enterprise architecture. I support decisions on further development, consolidation or retirement and their integration with data, identities and processes.
A manageable AI portfolio with clear priorities, named owners and a roadmap for delivery.
Business objectives determine which applications deserve further investment. Value, effort and risk make each decision understandable.
Employees need room to experiment and clear routes into production. Ownership, documentation and maintenance are part of that journey.
Data flows, access rights and operating models are considered from the outset. This connects AI strategy with lasting enterprise architecture.
We agree on the decision to be made, the scope of responsibility and the expected outcome. That defines an engagement with a clear scope.
Clarity for companies already using AI whose tools and employee-built applications have become hard to oversee.
An assessed AI portfolio and a basis for deciding what to develop further, consolidate or retire.
A considered basis for your next platform, investment or migration decision.
A written architecture assessment with clear recommendations and a prioritised roadmap.
I take responsibility for integration architecture and stay involved through delivery.
A shared target architecture, clear decision ownership and continuous architecture leadership.
An experienced partner for the decisions facing IT leadership.
Reasoned options and a personal second opinion for your decisions.
MY PERSPECTIVE
Integration is forgotten in transformation projects surprisingly often. A new tool gets selected, the budget approved, the go-live scheduled. Only late in the game does someone ask the decisive question: How does this system actually fit into the existing landscape?
At that point an architecture task turns into a pressure situation. Shortly before the planned go-live, data flows have to be clarified, interfaces built, security requirements met and responsibilities negotiated. Under time pressure, interim solutions emerge, and far too often they become permanent.
Those who plan integration last turn architecture into crisis management.
That is why I like to be part of the decision process early. Before a product is chosen or a date is promised, we clarify together which processes are affected, which data flows, which systems remain leading, and what operations, security and governance require.
This makes dependencies visible, lets effort and risk be assessed realistically, and turns the necessary integration work into a reliable part of the overall plan. That protects more than the go-live. It creates an architecture that still carries after the project ends.
The best integration team is not the one that reacts fastest right before launch. It is the one that is also at the table early enough.
Robert Fels
I have worked in IT since 2000 and in SAP integration since 2007. Development led me into architecture, integration leadership and company management.
I founded Contiva GmbH in 2014 and also became Managing Director at QUIBIQ in 2026. That responsibility shapes my perspective: architecture needs to stand up technically, work in operations and support a sound business decision.
In my engagements, I connect detailed technical work with discussions at leadership level. A current challenge: companies have adopted AI, while AI-built tools and employee-created applications become harder to oversee. I bring structure to that portfolio and connect AI strategy with architecture, governance and delivery.
Robert Fels · Enterprise architect and advisor in Hamburg. Specialising in AI strategy and enterprise integration, connected with information security and AI governance.
On stage, in expert discussions and in advisory work, I share lessons from integration practice and put architecture decisions into context.
Hybrid integration with the SAP Edge Integration Cell on SUSE Rancher, drawing on experience from customer migrations.
Session at SUSEContribution to the product launch on the main stage; the accompanying SUSE announcement quotes Robert Fels on hybrid integration.
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AI strategy · Integration · Governance · Leadership
Insights from work on AI strategy and enterprise architecture. Perspectives on AI sprawl, integration and technical responsibility at executive level.
Robert Fels supports companies that have already adopted AI and are losing oversight of tools, automations and employee-built applications. Together with business teams and IT, he establishes visibility, assesses value and risk, and develops priorities, ownership and a roadmap for consolidation and integration.
Approach to AI strategyExisting solutions are assessed against their actual value, dependencies and security and operational requirements. This determines which ideas to develop further, which solutions to consolidate and which to retire. Clear ownership and guardrails are agreed for experiments and the transition into production.
Explore the AI portfolio reviewRobert Fels is an enterprise architect and advisor based in Hamburg, specialising in AI strategy and enterprise integration. He helps CIOs, IT leaders and programme owners bring order to AI sprawl, make architecture decisions and deliver complex integration programmes.
Profile and backgroundRobert Fels has worked in SAP integration since 2007. His focus includes SAP BTP, SAP Integration Suite, API Management and hybrid architectures with SAP Edge Integration Cell. Technology choices follow the requirements of the engagement.
Experience and supporting sourcesAn AI strategy and portfolio review establishes visibility and priorities for existing AI tools and employee-built applications. An architecture review provides a written decision basis in two to four weeks. Architecture leadership means three to twelve months of responsibility for integration in a transformation programme. Strategic AI and architecture advisory supports IT leadership regularly on priorities, risks and governance.
Compare engagementsPublished examples include a federal agency, an international fashion group and a global medical technology provider. His responsibilities ranged from hybrid integration architecture and migration coordination to technical leadership of logistics integration and connecting core enterprise systems.
Selected engagementsFor Robert Fels, information security and responsible AI management belong in architecture decisions. He is a certified Information Security Officer (TÜV SÜD) and AI Coordinator (ISO 42001). These perspectives complement his practical enterprise integration experience.
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