About Us
Kai Rutkowski
is an internationally recognised expert for project support and organisational development. As owner of viamedia consulting he has, since 1988, supported European media and publishers in business process management, project management, IT strategy and IT Service Management. His projects have brought him to Bulgaria, India, Malaysia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates. A current focus of his consultancy is the evaluation and introduction of integrated multi-channel editorial and web-content management systems.
„The media industry is a paradigm case of permanent transition. The technological innovations there require permanent in-depth adjustment of the entire processes. But while Project Management has made great progress in the past 15 years, the professionalism and standardisation of the change processes still leaves a lot to be desired. The potential which therefore lies fallow is enormous. The vision of how a consultancy approach to overcome the existing deficits could look has been developed in many discussions with companies, project leaders, industry experts and other consultants. In Andreas Leupold, I found the right partner for the development of a new approach. That is how Leupold Rutkowski Consulting and clip! came about.“
Dr. Andreas Leupold LL.M.
has an established reputation both in business and legal circles as a specialist for IT and media law. He is a board member and founding member of the Centre for European Information Law in Vienna, co-publisher of the periodical Medien und Recht and author of many publications on IT and media law. As a lawyer, he has for many years advised companies in Germany, Europe and the USA on the implementation of extensive and complex projects.
„My experience as a lawyer in major projects was more than once frustrating. All too often one is consulted too late and then confronted with fire fighting instead of fire prevention. However important and correct it is to involve the legal perspective from the beginning in the planning and contract drafting, it cannot alone ensure the success of a project. A practised team really covering all the aspects of the project is what is required. Each must have command of his specialisation but also know enough to retain an overall view. That is of major importance for achieving the maximum benefit, which in the end is the whole purpose. Since the situation is mostly otherwise in reality, I wanted to build-up such a team. That was the motivation for the founding of Leupold Rutkowski Consulting and for the development of our clip! approach.“
