‘A good idea is a realised idea’

I enjoy working with entrepreneurs and companies to execute on their ideas, to guide them through complex transformation. In good times and in bad times.

I’m not the creative guy with the bright ideas and new strategies. I’m the quartermaster, the program manager, the operational director, the COO. My focus is the execution of a business case or to solve a crisis.

I solve problems at the crossroads of technology, operations, and sales. With a no-nonsense approach and a proven track record on restructuring and leading complex businesses.

Realising value

We have experience to handle multiple business challenges, crises, programs, projects and operations with budgets varying from €300k to €35M.

“We are what we do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

Aristotle

The Blue Line imperative

A must-read: ‘The Blue Line imperative. What managing for real value means’ by Kevin Kaiser. Although the book talks about the financial industries primarily, the thinking applies also on all other aspects of the business: for example operations, programs and projects, crisis management, HR, marketing.

Our Team

The company is created by Mike Riegel. We have a vast network of professionals to support

“However beautiful the strategy, you should look at the results”

Winston Churchill

The Blue Line Company has realised value for:

KPN Consumer Market

Briefing: transforming KPN tot a digital company

Result: Restructuring of the digital department to support the running of the digital transformation & Digitizing KPNs product offering, marketing, customer care and all other services for Consumer market in order to shorten time to market, to develop new revenue streams and to cut costs

AMC Broadcasting & Media company

Briefing: leading a technology program to digitally transform Europe’s broadcast and media operations for service major clients as Sky, AE and Liberty Global.

Results: launched the first digital broadcast and media platform for all broadcast services on 22nd of August 2016.

Nominated for Innovation Award at IBC 2017

Liberty Global, a Cable company

Briefing: transformation of the Video on Demand department to a full digital operation

Result: after the operational en technology driven transformation, revenue grew with a factor of 7 times in the period of two years. After this the VOD department is able to service more then 350M households across Europe.

KPN Small medium enterprises

Briefing: digitizing KPNs product offering for SME market in order to shorten time to market

RookGroep Harbour Logistics

Briefing: transform a group of traditional business in the logistics and real estate to a full digital-run operation.

Results: currently under NDA