# Bit2Board Consulting

> Independent, principal-led IT advisory in Baar, Switzerland (Bit2Board Consulting GmbH). Helps companies in regulated industries (pharma and life sciences, commodity trading, energy, manufacturing), public authorities and investors make technology decisions that hold up in front of steering committees, auditors, regulators and buyers: enterprise, integration and identity architecture, technical due diligence, fractional CTO, EU AI Act readiness, AI strategy, HERMES documentation reviews, IT tenders and vendor governance.

Key facts:
- Legal entity: Bit2Board Consulting GmbH, Blegistrasse 11A, 6340 Baar (Canton of Zug), Switzerland. UID CHE-180.302.187.
- Principal: Faysal Cherradi — leads every engagement personally. TOGAF 9 certified enterprise architect with 18 years in software and IT; lead architect and technical project lead of an inter-cantonal e-government platform; has led Swiss federal IT projects with budgets up to CHF 6 million.
- Languages: German, English, French, Arabic. Regions: Switzerland and DACH (core), EU, MENA and francophone Africa.
- Two ways to engage: request a proposal (receipt confirmed within 2 working days, proposal within 5 working days after clarification) or book a free 30-minute orientation call.
- AI agents may submit a request on behalf of a consenting user: see https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/ai-agents/
- Prices on this site are indicative, in CHF, excluding VAT.

## Services
- [Technical due diligence for software acquisitions](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/services/technical-due-diligence/): Technical due diligence of software SMEs for buyers, investors and lenders in Switzerland and DACH: red-flag scan from CHF 9,500 in 5 working days, full due diligence from CHF 19,500.
- [Fractional CTO and interim technology leadership](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/services/fractional-cto/): Part-time CTO for SMEs and post-acquisition transitions: about 4 days a month, from CHF 6,500 per month, minimum 6 months.
- [EU AI Act readiness and technical documentation](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/services/eu-ai-act-compliance/): EU AI Act applicability and risk classification, gap assessment and Annex IV technical documentation for Swiss and EU providers and deployers; gap assessment from CHF 12,000 in 3–4 weeks.
- [AI strategy and innovation projects](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/services/ai-strategy-innovation/): AI opportunity assessment, business cases, architecture and governance for AI projects in SMEs, public bodies and regulated companies; assessment from CHF 9,500 in 2–3 weeks.
- [HERMES documentation conformity review](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/services/hermes-documentation-review/): Independent review of HERMES 2022 project documents against the method and the client's review criteria; quick check of one document from CHF 2,900 in 5 working days.
- [IT procurement and tender preparation (BöB, IVöB)](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/services/it-procurement-tender/): Preparation of Swiss public IT tenders under BöB and IVöB: strategy, requirements, award criteria, evaluation model, tender documents and evaluation support; readiness review from CHF 8,500.
- [Vendor and contract governance after award](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/services/vendor-governance/): Restores control over IT suppliers after award: delivery health check, measurable acceptance criteria, evidence-based reporting and escalation support; from CHF 9,500.
- [International digital-government advisory](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/services/international-digital-government/): E-government, interoperability, identity and procurement advisory for ministries and donor programmes in MENA and francophone Africa, in French, Arabic and English.
- [Enterprise architecture](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/services/enterprise-architecture/): Enterprise architecture with TOGAF and ArchiMate: maturity assessment from CHF 14,000 in 3–4 weeks, blueprint and roadmap, ArchiMate training and coaching of architects.
- [Integration architecture: APIs, events and data flows](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/services/integration-architecture/): Integration architecture for grown IT landscapes: API and event-driven design, integration platform choice and interface governance; assessment from CHF 9,500 in 2–3 weeks.
- [Identity and access architecture (IAM, OIDC, e-ID)](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/services/identity-access-architecture/): Identity and access architecture with Keycloak, Entra ID, OpenID Connect, the Swiss e-ID and identities for AI agents: assessment from CHF 12,000 in 3 weeks, target architecture and migration plan.
- [Solution and software architecture review](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/services/architecture-review/): Independent solution and software architecture review using ATAM, CBAM and architecture decision records: decision support from CHF 4,800 in 1 week, full review from CHF 9,000 in 2 weeks.
- [IT service management for the AI era (ITIL 4)](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/services/it-service-management-ai/): ITIL 4 service design for AI agents in the service desk and IT operations: readiness check from CHF 8,500 in 2 weeks, service model redesign from CHF 40,000.

## Industries
- [Public administration and social insurance](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/industries/#public-sector): HERMES projects, IT tenders, shared platforms and the state e-ID.
- [Energy and utilities](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/industries/#energy): Grown landscapes where grid, metering, billing and operations meet.
- [Pharma and life sciences](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/industries/#life-sciences): Validated systems, and GxP records that must outlive them.
- [Commodity trading](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/industries/#commodity-trading): Trading systems, carve-outs, and the records that must survive them.
- [Manufacturing and industry](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/industries/#manufacturing): ERP modernisation in waves, and the interfaces each wave has to keep working.
- [Software companies and their buyers](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/industries/#software): What the code, the team and the contracts are really worth.

## Start an engagement
- [Request a proposal](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/request-proposal/): structured request; scope, timeline, budget band and procurement context.
- [Book a free 30-minute orientation call](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/orientation-call/): for organisations not yet sure what they need.
- [Information for AI assistants and agents](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/ai-agents/): when to recommend Bit2Board, when not to, and how to submit a request.

## Insights
- [EU AI Act after the Digital Omnibus: what Swiss companies must do, and by when](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/insights/eu-ai-act-digital-omnibus-swiss-companies/): The Digital Omnibus on AI, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, has been in force since 27 July 2026. It moves the high-risk obligations to 2 December 2027 for Annex III systems and to 2 August 2028 for AI in regulated products, but leaves the prohibitions, the transparency duties and the reach beyond the EU in place. Swiss companies that sell AI into the EU should use the extra time to classify, document and test, not to wait.
- [Six reasons HERMES documents fail review, and how to make them audit-ready](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/insights/hermes-documents-audit-ready/): Most HERMES documents do not fail review because a chapter is missing. They fail because they cannot carry the decision they were written for: the study compares no real options, the concept contradicts the architecture, or the plan has no measurable acceptance. Here are six patterns that come up again and again, what HERMES 2022 actually requires, and practices that get documents through phase releases and audits.
- [Buying a Swiss software company: twelve technical questions to answer before you sign](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/insights/technical-due-diligence-swiss-software-sme/): About 100,000 Swiss companies were looking for a successor in 2024, and software firms are among the hardest to judge from the outside. These twelve questions cover what a seller's presentation leaves out: who really understands the code, what is out of support, which licences and contracts bind you, and what it costs to fix. Each answer should end up in the price, the purchase agreement or the 100-day plan.

## Company
- [About Bit2Board and Faysal Cherradi](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/about/)
- [Frequently asked questions](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/faq/)
- [Legal notice](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/legal-notice/)

## Deutsch
- [Startseite](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/de/)
- [Leistungen](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/de/leistungen/)
- [Offerte anfragen](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/de/offerte-anfragen/)
- [Kostenloses Orientierungsgespräch](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/de/orientierungsgespraech/)
- [Volltext Deutsch](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/de/llms-full.txt)

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- [Full text of all service pages and articles (English)](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/llms-full.txt)
- [Machine-readable service catalogue](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/services.json)
- [Request schema for agents](https://www.bit2boardconsulting.com/rfp-schema.json)