
Managing Partner (AI Transformation Lead)
Daniel Szabo
Daniel Szabo is Managing Partner (AI Transformation Lead) of Generation Tech Partners. He leads operational transformation, AI integration and value creation after acquisitions.
Profile
Daniel Szabo is Managing Partner (AI Transformation Lead) of Generation Tech Partners, responsible for the operational development of acquired companies: AI adoption, process architecture and value creation after closing. He works closely with the existing management teams and builds on the structures in place.
Previously he was CEO of Körber Digital, the digital unit of an international technology group, where he led the build-up of digital business models and AI products for industrial customers, from first idea to live operation.
Operational scaling is the common thread of his career: in an operational leadership role in the AI division he grew the organization substantially, covering recruiting, delivery structures, quality assurance and how teams become more productive with AI.
His subject-matter focus is AI and digital transformation. The World Economic Forum recognized him as a Global Innovator. The emphasis is on measurable effects in sales, scheduling, quoting and back office of mid-sized B2B service companies.
As an entrepreneur he founded YOU MAWO and built a technology-driven product business from founding into international markets, including production, sales and financing.
At Generation Tech Partners he leads AI transformation and operations: he supports owners on the operational side of the succession process and owns the AI and efficiency roadmap of the portfolio companies after closing.
Expertise
- AI transformation of operational B2B service companies
- Operations, process architecture and delivery scaling
- Post-closing value creation and management-team enablement
- Digital business models in the industrial Mittelstand
- Business succession from a buyer's perspective
Publications & Media
- Podcast: Business succession and AI · Podcast conversation on AI in succession
- Podcast with Philipp Haas: AI & succession · Podcast on AI in the Mittelstand
- AI in the Mittelstand: the biggest opportunity since the internet · Interview
- AI transformation fund with €60m fund volume · Press coverage
- Why AI projects fail in the Mittelstand · Feature article
Experience
Operational leadership in industry and the Mittelstand.
- World Economic Forum Global Innovator
- Operational scaling of an AI division in a leadership role
- Experience in AI and digital transformation
- CEO Körber Digital
- Founder YOU MAWO
Sector Focus
“AI must serve people. It is the opportunity to keep the Mittelstand globally competitive despite labor shortages.”
Citation
Daniel Szabo is Managing Partner (AI Transformation Lead) of Generation Tech Partners. He leads operational transformation, AI integration and value creation after acquisitions.