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International Scale Readiness

Scale into a new country without importing hidden IT risk.

Defined after target markets, entities, and evidence access are confirmedPre-expansion diagnostic

Verify entity setup, identity, data, compliance, support, architecture, vendors, and cost before international expansion turns into operational debt.

Led directly by SvenIndependent recommendationsScope agreed before delivery

Runs on the Galactus assessment platform: anchored questions, evidence-based scoring, and red flags that override averages. Data and compliance weigh double outside the EU without an adequacy decision. See how our assessments work

37 anchored questions · 7 scored domains · weights adapt to the target market

How this engagement stays controlledA senior mandate should make the decision, evidence, and accountability easier to control.

Decision first

The mandate starts with the decision, owner, time window, and evidence that could change the answer.

Evidence and boundaries

Scope, exclusions, evidence access, and uncertainty are made explicit before conclusions are presented.

Accountable handover

Sven leads the work directly and closes with clear ownership, decisions, and next actions.

Cross the border deliberately

How international growth becomes an operable IT model

Entity, identity, data, support, vendors, and cost are tested together for the actual country and expansion model.

Operating model

Start with the operating model, not the country code

International growth changes more than localization. The assessment starts with the target market, legal entity model, operating responsibilities, launch sequence, and the business capabilities that must work on day one.

Entity and data

Entity, identity, and data must line up

Tenant design, access, master data, invoicing, payroll, reporting, integration, data location, and regulatory context are tested together. A workable answer in one country may fail in another.

Service and cost

Support, vendors, and cost cross the border too

Working hours, language, local support, licensing rights, per-entity contract terms, vendor coverage, implementation effort, and recurring cost are made explicit before they become expansion surprises.

Country decision

The decision is specific to the expansion

Leadership receives a proceed, conditional proceed, or re-sequence view for the named country and entity model, with owners and prerequisites rather than a generic international-readiness score.

Decision dossier

What this mandate decides, includes, and hands back.

The useful boundary is visible before the work begins: the decision, the evidence, what is excluded, and what happens next.

Decision

The decision this supports

Whether the current IT operating model can support the target country and what must change before launch.

Included

In scope

Entity and identity design, data flows and residency, localization, support coverage, architecture, contracts and licenses, security, compliance dependencies, and country-level cost.

Boundary

Out of scope

Tax, employment, corporate, or regulatory legal advice; market-entry strategy; and detailed implementation delivery unless separately scoped.

Evidence

Evidence required

Target-country plan, entity model, data maps, architecture, vendor contracts, licenses, support model, security controls, compliance requirements, budgets, and local stakeholder input.

Handover

What happens next

Leadership receives the conditions for entry, quantified IT implications, and a prioritized readiness plan before the launch commitment is locked.

How the mandate is set up

Timing

Defined after target markets, entities, and evidence access are confirmed

Delivery owner

Every mandate is led directly by Sven Van Roosenbroek. Specialist involvement, when needed, is made explicit in scope.

Commercial model

Fixed fee after target markets, entities, and evidence access are defined.

What you receive

  • A clear answer to whether the current architecture supports a new entity, or needs a rebuild first
  • Cross-border data transfer and residency requirements assessed for the specific target country
  • Localization gaps named before they break invoicing, payroll, or reporting
  • License and vendor contracts checked for per-entity clauses before they become expansion surprises
  • A support model that covers the new country's working hours, decided instead of improvised
  • A per-country IT cost model that separates one-time setup from recurring cost

Use this when

  • Boards evaluating or approving entry into a new country or market
  • Organizations expanding outside the EU/EEA for the first time
  • Companies planning a foreign subsidiary, branch, or acquisition
  • Leadership teams that promised investors a timeline and want it stress-tested

Bring the decision to a direct conversation.

Thirty minutes is enough to establish fit, the right depth, and the next responsible step.