Avanade Deutschland GmbH
Düsseldorf, Germany
Spearheaded the Security Consulting Practice for Austria, Switzerland, and Germany (ASG) as a cross-functional and technical team leader.
- Successfully drove high-quality deliverables as a Delivery Quality Lead for the Technical Infrastructure business unit.
- Drove the development and implementation of the Customer Data Protection Programme to align client security goals with results for multinational organisations.
- Designed and launched effective IT Infrastructure solutions for the merger of the two largest global stainless-steel producers to develop a new company with over 10k employees and 7 billion Euro in annual revenue.
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Technical Project Manager and Integration Lead – SuccessFactors LMS Implementation
Global Leader in Engineering Technologies
June 2014 – January 2015
Interim Manager of the „International Infrastructure Architecture Management“ team within RWE IT, the captive IT provider of the RWE Group. Coordination of the internationally distributed infrastructure architecture team. Functional lead of the local team of seven infrastructure architects at the Group headquarters. Alignment of current infrastructure requirements and solutions across country borders and business areas, in cooperation with Applications and Security Architecture functions within Group IT. Development and supporting the implementation of the future Group IT infrastructure, especially in regard of aligning current IT trends (Cloud – Everything as a Service) with the business imperatives and further development of the overall Group.
Coordination of IT Innovation topics of the Group with various IT vendors and service providers, in conjunction with the Innovation Center of the Group.
Solution Architect Identities, Communication & Collaboration – Global Infrastructure Outsourcing
Global Leader in Engineering Technologies
January 2013 – May 2014
Solution architect and project manager for the development of Communications and Collaboration target solutions. Preparation of Technical, Service and Solution Guides for global Data Centre Services RfP. Solution architect and project manager for the FMO Enablement Projects „Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)“, „Network Device Identification (NDI)“, „Multi-Factor User Authentication (MFA)“ und “End-to-End E-Mail Encryption”.
Day 1 Infrastructure Integration Lead – Infrastructure Post-Merger Integration
World-leading Stainless Steel Producer
May 2012 – January 2013
Solution architect and project manager in the reparation and implementation of IT infrastructure, IT service management and IT security & risk solutions for the initial integration of two large, global stainless steel manufacturers.
Analysis of the existing infrastructures. Development and execution of measures required to transform and connect the existing IT services to the new overall infrastructure without disruption of business operations. Close coordination with the required customer teams in Finland, Germany, UK, USA, Italy and China.
Senior IT Security Consultant – Development of IT Security policies
German financial institution
November 2011 – December 2011
Review of existing IT security policies. Drafting of new IT security policies with special regard to data classification and associated risk. Aligning current policies and drafts with industry standard frameworks including ISO/IEC 27001, BSI Grundschutzhandbuch (GSHB), SIZ Sicherer IT-Betrieb (SITB). Development of an internal awareness campaign for the bank employees and to introduce the supporting IT tool set.
Management of Change Consultant – Building a new team for Terminal Services
German insurance group
April 2011 – December 2011
Coaching and consulting of a customer team lead during the Change period of setting up a dedicated Terminal Services team out of two distributed teams. Development of the required team roles and definition of the required headcount to ensure ongoing operations and further development of the service. Development of operations-based Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), including the agreement by IT management and integration into the existing IT operations landscape.
Solution Architect – Optimisation and relocation of a Business Intelligence solution
German chemicals company
April 2011 – July 2011
Pre-Study and planning for the move of a Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) solution to a new service provider including implementation of an optimized BI infrastructure. Planning of the required infrastructure components and capacities to ensure long-term acceptable system performance, taking into account the growing business need for analysis and reporting services.
Security Architect – Development of global HR case tracking solution
German industrial equipment manufacturer
March 2011 – July 2011
Pre-Study and planning for the move of a Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) solution to a new service provider including implementation of an optimized BI infrastructure. Planning of the required infrastructure components and capacities to ensure long-term acceptable system performance, taking into account the growing business need for analysis and reporting services.