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About · Dr. Mongi Gazelle

30 years inside the rooms most people only read about.

CIO and CISO. Doctorate in AI & Digital Transformation. MIT CTO Certified. Five working languages. Sixty countries. Forty-five organisations — from Emirates and Microsoft to ALDI Nord and SABIC.

Now writing the operating manuals working professionals need to come out of the AI shift on top — and available as interim CISO, CTO, or CIO when an organisation needs experience on the bridge.

Dr. Mongi Gazelle

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MIT CTO Certification

About · Dr. Mongi Gazelle

I’ve spent 30 years on the inside of the rooms most people only read about.

Now I’m writing what I learned, in the language people doing the actual work can use on a Tuesday morning.

I’m Mongi. Almost four decades ago I started in IT in Germany. Today I run group cybersecurity transformation in the GCC and I’m available as interim CISO, CTO, or CIO when an organisation needs a steady hand on the bridge. Between those two points are $20M of programmes, 45+ organisations, and 60 countries — banks, airlines, oil & gas operators, retailers, hospitals, federal authorities, and the world’s biggest software brands.

I’ve been the CIO behind transformations at Emirates and Etihad Airways. The CISO modernising defences for SABIC and QatarEnergy. The architect of ISO 27001 programmes that put 20,000 users through audit with a 100% pass rate. I’ve consulted for Microsoft, Adobe, IBM, Volkswagen, Deutsche Telekom, DHL, ALDI Nord, EDEKA, Sparda Bank, Postbank, and dozens more.

In every one of those rooms, the same conversation comes up: what does this actually mean for the people doing the work?

The honest answer — the one most decks won’t print — is that AI is rewriting job descriptions quarter by quarter. I’ve watched which roles get cut, which roles get amplified, which workflows automate, which become more human.

That’s why this site exists. Every guide here is the operating manual I would hand the professional on the other side of the board decisions I’ve sat through for 30 years.

Not theory. Not conference talk-track. The actions that work on a Tuesday, in your industry, in your role.

01 · The arc

Five chapters in five decades.

  1. 01

    1989 → 1995

    Started in IT, Germany

    JetForm, Adobe Germany, then early consulting work for Carlson Wagonlit, KPN, and Axel Springer. Where the toolchain decisions that shaped the next decade were made.

  2. 02

    1995 → 2005

    Enterprise IT lead — Europe

    Sennheiser, Sparda Bank, GEA, ALDI Nord, EDEKA, Postbank, Deutsche Telekom. Programme delivery at scale; ISO 27001 done at 20,000-user organisations.

  3. 03

    2005 → 2015

    CIO / CISO across the Gulf and Europe

    Etisalat, ADGAS, Qatargas, RasGas, SABIC, Saudi American Bank, Sheraton, Etihad. Cross-border programme leadership in 5 working languages.

  4. 04

    2015 → 2024

    Group transformation programmes

    Volkswagen, VW Financial Services, DHL, Microsoft, Apleona, Sweco, VHV, Finanz Informatik, Evo Payments, Bundesagentur für Arbeit. $20M+ in delivered transformation.

  5. 05

    2024 → today

    Group cybersecurity transformation, GCC

    Currently leading group cybersecurity transformation in the Gulf. Available as interim CISO / CTO / CIO when an organisation needs a steady hand on the bridge.

02 · Credentials

The credentials behind the writing.

  • $20M+

    global transformation programmes delivered

  • 40% / 25%

    avg risk reduction · cost optimisation

  • MIT · CTO Certified

    plus Doctorate in AI & Digital Transformation

  • ISO 27001 · NIST · GDPR · DORA · BaFin

    regulatory frameworks operated under

  • AR · FR · EN · DE · NL

    five working languages

Three decades · 45+ organisations · 60 countries

Inside the rooms at.

Three decades of CIO and CISO work — global brands, German mittelstand, Gulf operators, public bodies. The guides on this site are distilled from the work done for the organisations below.

  • Microsoft logoMicrosoft
  • Adobe logoAdobe
  • IBM logoIBM
  • Emirates logoEmirates
  • Etihad Airways logoEtihad Airways
  • Volkswagen logoVolkswagen
  • DHL logoDHL
  • Deutsche Telekom logoDeutsche Telekom
  • Sennheiser logoSennheiser
  • SABIC logoSABIC
  • ALDI Nord logoALDI Nord
  • EDEKA logoEDEKA
  • Postbank logoPostbank
  • Sparda Bank logoSparda Bank
  • KPN logoKPN
  • Swisscom logoSwisscom
  • Axel Springer logoAxel Springer
  • GEA Group logoGEA Group
  • VHV logoVHV
  • Apleona logoApleona
  • Sweco (Grontmij) logoSweco (Grontmij)
  • Finanz Informatik logoFinanz Informatik
  • Evo Payments logoEvo Payments
  • VW Financial Services logoVW Financial Services
  • Bundesagentur für Arbeit logoBundesagentur für Arbeit
  • UWV logoUWV
  • PostNL (TNT) logoPostNL (TNT)
  • UMCG logoUMCG
  • Carlson Wagonlit logoCarlson Wagonlit
  • Swiss (Swissair) logoSwiss (Swissair)
  • Etisalat logoEtisalat
  • ADNOC (ADGAS) logoADNOC (ADGAS)
  • Qatargas logoQatargas
  • Dubai Internet City logoDubai Internet City
  • SOSaudi Oger
  • Saudi American Bank logoSaudi American Bank
  • FISP logoFISP
  • ILSILS Jeddah
  • Polizei logoPolizei
  • Deutsche Bank logoDeutsche Bank
  • Commerzbank logoCommerzbank
  • Sparkasse logoSparkasse

+ many more · names listed where the engagement permits

Two doors

Hire me, or read what I write.