my CV – thinktory

Business Experiences

(since 2016) Self-employed IT Project Manager & Executive Advisor @ IT and digitalization, signature projects:

Development of a Digitalization Strategie incl. a operational Roadmap, IT Governance etc. for a KMU out of the stairlift sector in Germany (2022-23)
Initiation of a project in the German milk industry concerning the use of AI predictive analytics (2022)
Various presentations and speeches concerning the use of AI (predictive analytics) in the German food industry (2022)
Advisory Service for a Startup Company from Venezuela out of the field of 3D-printing (2021)
Support for the program director of „Introduction of a GRC-Tool“ (e.g. program planning/ steering and reporting at PMO, definition of program governance), at unit ‚IT Risk Management‘ of DE Insurance company (2019-20)
Development of a ’strategy for future IT operations‘ in automotive (2020)
Advisory for the build-up of an expedition truck company, Frankfurt (2020)
Project lead „ICT infrastructure for a new build hospital in Zurich“ (2018)
Project lead „Introduction of new TK-/UC-Infrastructure“, Zurich (2018)
Process optimization via digitalization approaches, Damovo GmbH (2017)
Advisory for Damovo to strategic aspects of digitalization, including: development of a 5-days-workshop for introduction to the digital age (2017)
Project lead: development ‚recommendation App‘, touristic sector (2017)
Development and execution of a workshop: ‚digitalization and business development‘ for the Marketing Club (2017)
Development (i) of a digitalization-sales-concept for an event agency,
(ii) of a project concept for a tracking App of a security provider and (iii) of a concept to introduce innovation mgmt. at a publishing house (all 2016)
Review of the digitalization strategy of a vehicle fleet company (2016)
Advisory for a startup company around the identification of market fields for a technical solution out of the field „speech recognition via KI“ (2016)

(2014-2016) Travels through 17 countries, accompanying educational and business activities:

Continents: Asia, South Africa, South & Middle America
Further education in the fields of business development, ideation and digitalisation (details: see below „Education“)
Travel blog/picture documentation (>100.000 page views, >5.000 visitors)

(2008-2014) Group Information-Manager, ERGO Insurance, Düsseldorf:

Roles: Chair of the International IT Board and the IT Coordination Board, responsible for IT projects budget of the group incl. business ownership
Business ownership for central systems, PC workplace, infrastructure
projects, release- & service-management, IT product & service catalogue
Redefinition and implementation of the international IT governance of ERGO group, definition and implementation of new IT project portfolio planning processes, ongoing contribution at further development of
IT strategy and IT innovation management
Business project manager „new PC workplace“ for 30.000 employees of the ERGO group (budget: 50 Mio.€).
Implementation of a project-/ program-management training course for ERGO managers based on the new approach “sensorial action learning“
Introduction of UC and an international Intranet for the ERGO group
Preparation of an idea catalogue for optimizing insurance business
Appointed to ‚executive potential program‘ for designated board members
User: 30.000, own employees: 72, managed IT-Project budget: 150 Mio.€

(2010-2013) Startup „21snacks“, Düsseldorf, Retail for international sweets (Webshop):

Initiation, concepts, business planning, setup of the company
Procurement and daily operations (~500 customers), exit in 2013

(2004-2008) CIO, Deloitte & Touche Germany:

Reorganisation and professionalization of the Deloitte Germany IT
Definition and implementation of IT-strategy, -governance & –master planning, -budgeting and -cost management
Optimization of IT processes (ITIL): Establishment of Service Desk and ITSM processes plus infrastructure management processes
Renovation of the whole application landscape/ ERP environment:
accounting, finance, material management, CRM, CO, BW, HR
Centralization of data center incl. IT infrastructure consolidation (incl. outsourcing) and introduction of IT service continuity management
Optimization of Purchasing, inventory, configuration management
Development of a project management framework based on PMBOK
Establishment of a compliance management process based on
“BSI Grundschutzhandbuch”
Implementation of a company intranet: including content management, portal, search, DMS and workflow
Ensuring year 2000 readiness, support of Euro currency implementation
User: 3.500, own employees: 80, Budget: 20 Mio.€