From strategy to implementation
Forging Ways helps mid-market companies, their project managers and their investors deliver transformation, post-acquisition integration and complex IT programmes — hands-on, from the first analysis through to the business that has to run afterwards.
The engagement, end to end
Selected work
What has actually been delivered
Two engagements that show how the work runs — one full-scope transformation inside a PE-owned manufacturer, one programme delivery role on a cross-border IT separation.
01Case study · TransformationRebuilding the IT and digital foundation of a PE-acquired manufacturerSavings worth ~20% of annual IT run cost identified and costedFour primary suppliers consolidated to one lead partnerPIM, SharePoint and a new website delivered end to endView case study →
02Case study · PMOPMO delivery on a cross-border IT separation programmePlan, risk and issue ownership across parallel workstreamsSteering Committee material and vendor coordinationPrepare through migration, cutover and hypercareView case study →Client names are withheld. Details shared with permission or anonymised.
The work
Advisory Services
Five areas, one operating principle: own the plan, own the delivery, own the result.
01PMO & Programme GovernanceThe governance that holds a complex programme together — plan, risks, decisions and the board pack.Detail →
02Transformation & Post-Acquisition IntegrationFrom Day 1 planning through to synergy delivery, operating model and investor reporting.Detail →
03IT Carve-outs & MigrationsSeparating, rationalising and migrating IT landscapes without stopping the business.Detail →
04Cross-border ExpansionEntering DACH or CEE — or bridging an owner and a target that do not share a language.Detail →
05Business Plans & Start-up GrowthCommercial model, go-to-market and the plan an investor will actually read.Detail →How it works
One senior consultant. Specialists brought in where they help.
Every engagement is delivered by David Voracek personally — no juniors, no handover, no account manager in between. Where work surfaces outside that scope, trusted specialists are brought in and coordinated as part of the engagement.
The network behind the engagement
The work
Specialists alone do not deliver a project. Delivery takes coordination, tracking, vendor and system selection, provider management — and someone bridging operational reality with what investors and management expect.
Who you work with
David Voracek
Founder · Forging Ways
Independent consultant based in Prague, working with mid-market companies and their investors on post-acquisition integration, IT and digital transformation, and PMO delivery. Czech, German and US citizen — native in German and Czech, and often the person holding both sides of a cross-border ownership structure together.
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