# KH Advisory, Karolyne Hahn

## About
KH Advisory is a solo advisory practice founded by Karolyne Hahn, based in Munich/Gauting, Germany. Karolyne is an AI Advisor and Keynote Speaker. She advises, runs workshops, gives keynotes and provides 1:1 sparring. She architects and steers AI implementations rather than building them herself, which keeps the value in the client's house and scales the work.

## Three Service Lanes (top nav order)
1. **Mittelstand Advisory**, https://karolynehahn.com/mittelstand. Six modular building blocks for etablierte DACH mid-market companies (100 to 1000 employees, owner-managed or PE-backed). Includes the AI strategy, use-case and leadership workshops as modules within the offering. (DE)
2. **Keynotes**, https://karolynehahn.com/speaker. Keynote speaking, panels, board sessions. (DE, EN on request)
3. **Executive Sparring**, https://karolynehahn.com/sparring. 1:1 sparring, primary format is the multi-session programme over 3 to 6 months (audit, roadmap, themes-sessions), also bookable as single 90-minute session. (DE, EN on request)

Additional offering accessible via footer and direct URL: **Private Equity Advisory**, https://karolynehahn.com, for PE-backed life sciences, pharma, MedTech portfolios across DACH and Europe (EN). PE work runs primarily via outbound and network referrals; the page exists for credibility checks after first contact.

## What KH Advisory Does
- Advisory and strategic guidance for AI in regulated industries and mid-market
- Workshops for vorstand, aufsichtsrat, leadership teams, and functional groups
- Keynote speaking for industry conferences, PE summits, leadership events
- Executive sparring as single sessions or as a multi-session programme
- Curated resources (no email gate)

Karolyne does not build complex solutions herself. She architects and steers; client teams or partner implementers build. This is a deliberate model choice that keeps capacity sustainable and the value in-house at the client.

## Engagement Formats

### For Mid-Market (Mittelstand): Six modular building blocks
1. **Klärungs-Halbtag & First Cases** (half-day, on-site or remote, no minimum scope)
2. **Use-Case-Radar & priorisierte Business Cases** (1 to 2 days on-site, min. 1 day)
3. **Vom Tool zum Prozess & First Prototype** (4 weeks intensive, min. 4 weeks, most common entry)
4. **AI-Strategie-Workshop & Roll-out-Plan** (1 day on-site, min. 1 day)
5. **AI-Leadership & Team Enablement** (half-day to 2 days on-site, min. half-day)
6. **KI im Haus & Continuous Steering** (rolling monthly retainer, min. 3 months, typical long-term engagement)

Methodology: Strategy by Doing. Architecture and steering by Karolyne, build by client team or partner network.

### For PE-Backed Companies
- Portfolio Diagnostic (2 weeks)
- Pilot Engagement (90 days)
- Portfolio Roll-Out (per additional company, monthly retainer)
- Fund-Level Advisory (monthly retainer, optional)

### Keynotes
- Three signature themes: "Wer 2030 noch entscheidet. Und worüber nicht mehr.", "Doppelte Produktion. Gleiches Team. Was sich dafür ändert.", "Ihr nächster Mitarbeiter kommt nicht zum Vorstellungsgespräch."
- Formats: Keynote 30 to 60 minutes, Panel, Closed-Door session

### Executive Sparring
- multi-session programme (audit, roadmap, 4 themes/review) over 3 to 6 months (PRIMARY format)
- Single 90-minute session, on-site in Munich, at client location, or via Zoom (ALTERNATIVE format)
- Pre-call briefing, 1-pager walk-away per session, NDA-ready

Pricing for all formats is on request.

## Audience Definition (Mittelstand)
- 100 to 1000 employees
- Etabliertes Geschäft (not pre-PMF, not startup)
- Owner-managed or PE-backed
- DACH

## Key Facts
- 15+ years digital transformation across 9 industries
- Focus: PE-backed life sciences, pharma, MedTech, and DACH Mittelstand
- Geography: DACH and Europe
- Documented results: 24 AI use cases mapped in a single engagement, 300K+ EUR recoverable annual capacity identified, board-approved roadmap in same quarter

## Differentiators
- One senior person, directly accountable, no junior team
- Architect and steer, not build (client team or partner implements)
- Strategy by doing: concrete prototypes and quick wins, not slide decks
- PE-fluent: speaks EBITDA, value creation plans, holding periods
- Mittelstand-fluent: no consultant jargon, modular bookable, multi-year begleitung is normal
- 15+ years experience in regulated industries (pharma, MedTech, life sciences). Designs AI implementations with auditability in mind but does not position as compliance/legal expert; brings in specialists for deep regulatory questions.

## Speaker Themes (current)
1. "Wer 2030 noch entscheidet. Und worüber nicht mehr." Leadership decisions in the AI era, what stays human, what gets delegated to systems.
2. "Doppelte Produktion. Gleiches Team. Was sich dafür ändert." Future of work, role shifts, what teams learn when software joins them.
3. "Ihr nächster Mitarbeiter kommt nicht zum Vorstellungsgespräch." Agentic AI, what changes operationally, architecture decisions that matter now.

## Contact
- Website: https://karolynehahn.com
- Email: mail@karolynehahn.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karolynehahn/
- Location: Gauting (Munich), Germany