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Contract work
since 2015 KabelDeutschland Vertrieb & Service GmbH & Co. KG (a Vodafone company), Munich (Germany) – Germany’s largest cable network operator with over 8 million customers
- 2015: Project manager monitoring IT-infrastructure for next-gen TV services
- 2015: Project manager expansion Oracle DB systems
- 2015: Project manager corporate Internet Explorer 11 roll-out
- 2015: Project manager consolidation and migration source code management systems
2010 – 2014 AXA Technology Services GmbH
Multi-project manager and program manager AXA Technology Services GmbH, Cologne (Germany)
- 2014: Program manager global SAP infrastructure security
- 2013: Project manager international SAP systems virtualization, Oracle migration + virtualization and Linux migration + virtualization
- 2013: Project manager non-SAP systems Oracle migration + virtualization and Linux migration + virtualization
- 2011: Program manager virtualization and consolidation of server systems (Windows, Linux, AIX), storage systems (SAN, NAS) and database systems (Oracle, MSSQL)
- 2010 – 2011: Project manager data center development
- 2010 – 2011: Project manager software metering across the group
- 2010: Program manager efficiency enhancement program. Joint program with client AXA Konzern AG. 9 sub-projects finance, mainframe, server, storage, print, networks and telecommunications, license management, end user services and databases
- 2010: Project manager SAP CRM EIC SSC implementation: Provision of IT infrastructure
2009 – 2010 cs.federleicht
Commercial and technical counselor to high-tech start-up company cs.federleicht, Rostock (D)
- Completed SWOT analysis, market research, market analysis as well as strategic alignment of product range
- Conducting financial planning, acquisition of prospective clients and fostering investor relations
2007 – 2009 Technical Academy Wuppertal
Contract lecturer for business administration, human resources management, corporate management, entrepreneurship and business statistics at Technical Academy Wuppertal, study center Rostock
2008 – 2009
University of Rostock, Chair of Construction Technology / Lightweight Construction: Research Project Associate
2009
Project: Heating pump assembly group cost optimization for high-volume production for external customer WILO SE, Dortmund (D)
Duration: 6 months • Team size: 3 • Budget: 60k €
Role: Commercial lead and project manager
- Worked together with technical lead, head of chair and customer stakeholders to prepare project plan. Managed and reported the project’s financials, project office and project documentation
- Prepared commercial project proposal and quotation
- Managed external suppliers to procure time critical precision parts
- Generated and assessed commercially and technically viable solutions
- Collaborated with the technical lead to re-design the impeller assembly group
- Designed new container and supplier logistics to accommodate the changes in production
- Developed cost evaluation schema for manufacturing organization
- Manufactured prototypes and conducted test series together with the technical lead
2008 – 2009
Project: Commercialization strategy for fiber reinforced plastics springs, cog wheels and fasteners for the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Duration: 8 months • Team size: 6 • Budget: 100k €
Role: Commercial lead and project manager
- Worked together with technical lead and head of chair to prepare project plan
- Project management including the project’s financials, project office and project documentation
- Reporting and publishing project documentation to the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
- Managed external suppliers and subcontractors
- Implemented software for online market research solution
- Completed market research and analysis for 3 technology areas across 170 target branches
- Assessed market potential of the technology areas and developed commercialization strategy
- Devised innovation portfolio and specified interdisciplinary innovation laboratory
2005 – 2008
University of Rostock, Chair of Management Science: Research Associate
- Teaching business administration, human resources management, strategic management and corporate management
- Planned and executed conferences in Germany, Potchefstroom (RSA) and Santiago de Cuba (CU)
2003 – 2005
Imagelinx UK Ltd., Nottingham, UK: Manager Research & Development
- Managed international development team of 3
- Developed server based expert system for the packaging print industry using a Java client-server architecture on a Mac OS X server with PC, Mac OS and web clients
- The developments included a suite of plug-ins for standard software and stand-alone applications for the graphics industry
- Responsible for the department’s financial planning
- Collaborated with key customers, key employees and the board members responsible for sales, production and services to constitute development goals
2000 – 2003
Imagelinx UK Ltd., Nottingham, UK: Group Manager E-Business
- Program manager business applications with overall budget of 4.5 MM GBP reporting to the board of directors
- Responsible for the application projects, their coordination in the overall IT project and for staffing the project managers for these projects
- Responsible for 4 project managers and an international team of 25 in 5 locations: Kirkby-in-Ashfield (UK), Hamburg (D), Stuttgart (D), Munich (D), Boston (USA)
- Work required concurrent business administration, management and technology skills
- Provided advice on technology and applications during the due diligence and the funding of the Imagelinx business model
- Collaborated with board members and senior infrastructure manager in supplier contract negotiation and contract management
- Managed the business analysis and business process engineering project and the further projects were based on the results
- Detailed specification of the systems including management and execution of business process modeling, use cases and test cases
- The business applications were operated on both Unix and Windows based server systems and the client software included web based solutions as well as stand-alone clients on Windows, Unix and Mac platforms
The following projects were conducted as part of the program under this tenure:
2002 – 2003
Project: Viewlocity Virtual Production Engine VPE evaluation und implementation
Duration: 4 months • Team size: International team of up to 9 • Budget: 260k GBP
Role: Program manager business applications and business solution specialist
- Specification and implementation of distributed shop floor planning system for multiple production sites in UK, USA and Germany
2001 – 2003
Project: Digital asset management system
Duration: 19 months • Team size: International team of up to 12 • Budget: 1.0 MM GBP
Role: Program manager business applications and business solution specialist
- Specification and development of a system for central storage, distribution and processing of graphical data for internal access from multiple international sites and for customer access
2002
Project: SAP PS and APO evaluation
Duration: 3 months • Team size: International team of up to 6 • Budget: 20k GBP
Role: Program manager business applications and business solution specialist
- Evaluation of fit for use of SAP PS and APO as detailed order scheduling system
2001 – 2002
Project: i2 Development Scheduler evaluation and implementation
Duration: 16 months • Team size: International team of up to 15 • Budget: 1.1 MM GBP
Role: Program manager business applications and business solution specialist
- Implementation of a system for collaborative project management with access for customers
- Specification and development of multi user feature extensions in a joint development with the software manufacturer
2001 – 2002
Project: SAP SD, CS evaluation and implementation
Duration: 10 months • Team size: International team of up to 10 • Budget: 290k GBP
Role: Program manager business applications and business solution specialist
- Specification and implementation of integrated and centralized order management for all sites with international scope
- International rollout
2001 – 2002
Project: SAP R/3 FI, CO, MM evaluation and implementation
Duration: 13 months • Team size: International team of up to 9 • Budget: 440k GBP
Role: Program manager business applications and business solution specialist
- Implementation of SAP financials and controlling modules
- International rollout
2000 – 2001
Project: Oracle Applications 11i financials evaluation and implementation
Duration: 3 months • Team size: International team of up to 6 • Budget: 380k GBP
Role: Program manager business applications and business solution specialist
- Implementation of Oracle Applications 11i financials module
1999 – 2000
LTG Mailänder GmbH, Stuttgart: Controller
- Financial controller working with SAP CO-CCA, CO-OPA and FI modules and running the routine periodic CO procedures and batch jobs
- Produced monthly, quarterly and annual reports
Conducted the following projects in parallel to the day-to-day business:
2000
Provided advice on business strategy and technology during acquisition of service company Imagelinx UK Ltd. and subsequent increase in share capital at London Alternative Investment Market AIM
Duration: 6 months
2000
Project: Select, purchase and implement data analysis and data mining solution
Duration: 3 months • Budget: 10k €
- Specified business and hardware requirements
- Purchased SAS Analytics & Data Mining software solution
- Used the solution to analyze and link data from the production control station and SAP systems
1999
Project: SAP R/3 CO Implementation of project based cost unit accounting via SAP CO-OPA
Duration: 4 months
- Customizing of SAP CO-OPA and CO-CCA modules including master data
- Designed according reports in SAP Report Painter
1999
Project: SAP R/3 FI, CO data migration and consolidation from legacy production control system
Duration: 4 months
- Coordinated with departmental managers to clarify requirements and transition scenario
- Specified data interface design
- Updated SAP cost center hierarchy and CO customization
- Imported data through periodic batch jobs
- Verified and consolidated imported master data
1995 – 1999
Angermann & Partner International Business Consultants GmbH, Hamburg: Student Assistant
1998 – 1999
Project: Developed database application for production scheduling at LTG-Mailänder GmbH, Stuttgart
Duration: 6 months
- Collaborated with the client departmental managers to specify requirements
- Designed database schema and application interface
- Programmed application business logic, user interface and reports
1998 – 1999
Project: Developed data base application for the firm’s project
Duration: 12 months
- Designed database schema and application interface
- Programmed application business logic, user interface and reports
- Solution covered the proposal and product costing analysis procedures