RABEN GROUP
The Raben Group is in the midst of a company wide digital transformation , led by CIO Slawomir Pawlak
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T wenty years measures as an
infinitesimally small period of time in the history of mankind but when it comes to technology , the last two decades will go down as an era of extraordinary significance .
Throughout this transformative journey from an analogue past to a digital now , Slawomir Pawlak – Chief Information Officer at the pan-European logistics giant Raben Group – has been in the eye of the storm , a first-hand witness to a rapid shift from one comfortable landscape to an inherently different other .
Pawlak , who this year will reach his 20th anniversary as the Dutch firm ’ s technology leader , has embraced this monumental change with open arms and a sharp mind . This adaptability has rewarded him with the authority to steer digital transformation at a € 1bn company , an ambition that would have seemed impossible in the days when ‘ IT ’ was placed firmly in the back office .
“ That ' s amazing perspective , isn ' t it ? I ' ve been here 20 years , in IT at Raben Group ,” he recalls . “ In 19 of those years I have been in
JULY 2018