Alexander Laechele - Project Manager, Architect

Q: Where is Alexander based?

Alexander is based in Basel, Switzerland .

Q: What languages does Alexander speak?

Alexander speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Elementary) .

Q: How many years of experience does Alexander have?

Alexander has at least 19 years of experience. During this time, Alexander has worked in at least 14 different roles and for 14 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 9 months . Note that Alexander may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Alexander's latest experience?

Alexander's most recent position is Project Manager, Architect at Public Client .

Q: What companies has Alexander worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Alexander has worked for Public Client , Industry , and Gouvernement Organisation .

Q: Which industries is Alexander most experienced in?

Alexander is most experienced in industries like Information Technology , Banking and Finance , and Government and Administration . Alexander also has some experience in Energy , Retail , and Tourism .

Q: Which business areas is Alexander most experienced in?

Alexander is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Project Management , and Operations . Alexander also has some experience in Finance .

Q: Which industries has Alexander worked in recently?

Alexander has recently worked in industries like Government and Administration and Information Technology .

Q: Which business areas has Alexander worked in recently?

Alexander has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology , Project Management , and Operations .

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Basel, Switzerland

Experience

Jul 2024 - Sep 2025

1 year 3 months

Germany

Project Manager, Architect

Public Client

Update from Windows 10 to Windows 11
Involvement in the design of the new workplace
Planning and management of the rollout

Jan 2024 - May 2024

5 months

Sabbatical, Training – Certification as Project Manager

Jul 2023 - Dec 2023

6 months

Switzerland

Project Manager, Architect

Industry

Conception and development of an IAM system to automate the Joiner, Mover, and Leaver processes
Creation of documentation, operating manual, user manual, and system documentation
Provision and commissioning of the solution

Jun 2021 - Jun 2023

2 years 1 month

Switzerland

Project Manager, Architect, Service Owner

Industry

Design of a system for the largely automated distribution of Windows 10 clients
The system is independent of the hardware and arbitrarily localized
Development of AD Group Policies for the configuration of clients
Migration from Office 2016 to Office 365
Rolling out updates for Windows, Office, and other applications
Global migration of the existing system, approx. 3500 clients, to 35 branches and production sites
Migration from McAfee to Windows Defender
Responsible for the proxy in a SASE environment
Responsible for the mobile devices managed by MobileIron

Jan 2020 - May 2021

1 year 5 months

Munich, Germany

Remote

Architect

Gouvernement Organisation

Planning a remote access solution for mobile users in a highly secure environment
Evaluating the alternatives VPN and Zero Trust network access
Introducing IPv6, authoring the concept for IPv6
Integrating the solution in the Azure environment
Developing procedures and technical solutions for secure Office 365 communication
Evaluation of the products and manufacturer
Defining the security parameters
Architecting and designing the network (firewall) solution
Conduction the PoC
Introducing the solution for productive use
Delivering the documentation, concept, test concept, test plan, and operation manuals
Introducing Windows Hello for Business

Dec 2018 - Nov 2019

1 year

Germany

Project Manager, Architect

Financial Service Provider

Migrating several data centers to a Private Cloud environment
Analyzing the application landscape
Developing migration approaches to mitigate the risks for business-critical application systems
Identifying systems appropriate for virtualization and managing the virtualization process
Creating migration plans and supervising the execution
Development of the migration approach
Supporting the Software Developers during the migration process

Dec 2017 - Nov 2018

1 year

Frankfurt, Germany

Project Manager, Transition Manager

Bank

Migrating applications running on Windows, Linux, AIX LPAR's and zOS LPAR's from a flat to a zoned network
Identifying communication relationships between the stages of an application and identifying the communication relationship to related applications
Developing migration approaches to mitigate the risks for business-critical application systems
Identifying systems appropriate for virtualization and managing the virtualization process
Managing application owners and technical teams to contribute to the defined objectives
Planning of resources and arranging technical board meetings
Creating migration plans and supervising the execution
Creating necessary templates like cutover plans, application discovery templates, etc.
Development of the migration approach
Architecting and designing solutions for storage systems (SAN, NAS) file services, and network (firewall)
Supporting the Software Developers during the migration process

Apr 2017 - Nov 2017

8 months

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Consultant

Trading Company

Setting up the business processes
Determining the financial needs
Creating the IT concept

Nov 2015 - Mar 2017

1 year 5 months

Mannheim, Germany

Project Manager, DC Exit Manager

Energy and Automation International

Accountable for a data center migration to an outsourced data center, migration to AWS, and migration to Azure, depending on client requirements
Migrated 560 applications and 1800 application servers from 48 data centers to a single, consolidated data center
Managing application owners and technical teams to contribute to the defined objectives
Planning of resources and arranging technical board meetings
Leveraged expertise to identify and mitigate legal and compliance issues relating to cross-border migration
Collaborated with the migration factory, including new and old outsourcing suppliers
Effectively collaborated with the transition manager to ensure continuity of services during migration

Aug 2014 - Oct 2015

1 year 3 months

Germany

Project Manager, Senior Consultant

Retailer

Accountable for migrating applications, including Windows File Services, to a new platform and new hosting sever, EMC NAS/SAN Systems, with minimal disruption
Technologies: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2, Active Directory, Exchange, MS SQL, IIS, Tomcat, JBoss, Oracle SQL, Pervasive SQL, Introduction of Office 365

Feb 2014 - Apr 2014

3 months

Switzerland

Senior Consultant

Engineering Company

Accountable for the planning, execution, progress reporting and documentation for the installation of a XenDesktop 7 environment
Technologies: XenDesktop, Windows Server

Sep 2013 - Jan 2014

5 months

Switzerland

Project Manager, Senior Consultant

Engineering Company

Compiled budgets, determined timeframes, defined project scope and requirements for systems, virtualization, data migration, and migration of applications for a new IT environment
Technologies: VMware, Windows Server, MS SQL, IIS

Sep 2012 - May 2013

9 months

Switzerland

Senior Consultant

Engineering Company

Accountable for SAP BPC migrations, which included provisioning server infrastructure, installation of SAP BPC, formulating a disaster recovery plan, and the execution thereof
Technologies: Windows Server 2008 R2, IIS, MS SQL Server

May 2012 - Aug 2012

4 months

Switzerland

Technical Project Manager / Consultant

Engineering Company

Accountable for the design and installation of Citrix XenApp 6 Farm and migrating applications of a Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 Farm
Determined the basic infrastructure and installed Windows Server, XenApp infrastructure, and applications
Technologies: Citrix XenApp 6.0, Windows Server 2008 R2, IIS, MS SQL Server

Sep 2011 - Apr 2012

8 months

Switzerland

Senior Consultant

Energy Provider

Accountable for migrating Citrix Presentation Server 4.5, running on Windows 2003, to XenApp 6, operating on Windows 2008 R2, ensuring image streaming with Citrix Provisioning Services, Application Virtualisation with Microsoft App-V
Migrated and installed Energy Trade Platform with Endur, Mesap, Trayport, Xeta/Eurex auf XenApp 6 with Windows 2008 R2
Defined requirements and designed, evaluated, and supplied PVS images, sequencing with App-V Sequencer
Technologies: Citrix Provisioning Services, Citrix XenApp 6, Windows 2008 R2 Server, Windows 7, Microsoft App-V, Openlink Endur, Mathworks Matlab

Dec 2010 - Aug 2011

9 months

Switzerland

Senior Consultant

Energy Provider

Accountable for designing and installing a Citrix Presentation Server platform for International Energy Trading with Ednur, Mesap, Tryport, Elviz, Xetra/Eurex, including creating images
Implemented, operated and provided training on Mathworks Matlab, with a Parallel Toolbox, Financial Toolbox, Database Toolbox and IBM Cplex
Technologies: Citrix Provisioning Services, Citrix Presentation Server 4.5, Windows 2003 Server, Citrix CAG, HP SAN

Nov 2008 - Nov 2009

1 year 1 month

Senior Consultant

Accountable for designing and implementing Citrix Provisioning Services, including generating images
Technologies: Citrix Provisioning Services, Citrix Presentation Server 4.5, Windows 2003 Server, Citrix CAG, HP SAN

Nov 2007 - Oct 2008

1 year

Hanover, Germany

Senior Consultant

Tourism

Accountable for managing a data centre migration from Coventry to Hannover, creating an effective concept for an Exchange and AD migration and installing a ESX Server Farm and Citrix Farm
Effectively planned a new VMWare virtual infrastructure 3 environment, consisting of HP Blade-Centre, HP Blades, HDS Storage System and Brocade SAN
Conceptualised the implementation of a Citrix Farm on virtual servers, Thin Clients virtualisation of Windows and Linux servers with Platespin and migrated VMs into the new infrastructure
Introduced a new web-based booking system and facilitated the AD user migration
Technologies: Windows 2003 Server, MS Exchange, VMware ESX, Citrix, Platespin

Sep 2007 - Oct 2007

2 months

Switzerland

Technical Project Manager, Senior Consultant

Bank

Accountable for consolidating AD and Exchange through analysing Windows Server Systems, compiling optimisation proposals, conceptualising ideal Mail Archival storage solutions and Fail over Security for Mail systems
Technologies: Windows 2003 Server, MS Exchange

Nov 2006 - Aug 2007

10 months

Switzerland

Senior Consultant

Bank

Accountable for optimising developing and migrating Citrix Server Farm, VMware and introducing SharePoint
Generated an operational concept for VMware ESX Farm, developed and assisted with the ESX Farm and identified and resolved performance issues
Migrated ESX 2.5 to VI3, with minimal disruption
Provided project server virtualisation for international locations
Consolidated and enhanced Citrix Presentation Server 4 Farm and migrated to Presentation Server 4.5
Technologies: VMware ESX, MS SharePoint, Windows 2003 Server, Citrix Presentation Server

Jul 2006 - Oct 2006

4 months

Switzerland

Senior Consultant

Bank

Jan 2006 - Jul 2006

7 months

Switzerland

Senior Consultant

Bank

May 2005 - Dec 2005

8 months

Switzerland

Senior Consultant, Technical Project Manager

Insurance Company

Apr 2005 - Apr 2005

1 month

Germany

Technical Project Manager

Telecommunications

Apr 2004 - Mar 2005

1 year

Switzerland

Consultant, Administrator

Energy Provider

Jan 2004 - Feb 2004

2 months

Consultant

T-Mobile

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Government and Administration, Energy, Retail, and Professional Services.

Information Technology

Banking and Finance

Government and Administration

Energy

Retail

Professional Services

Business Area Experience

See which departments and functions this freelancer has contributed to most.

Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Operations, and Finance.

Information Technology

Project Management

Operations

Finance

Summary

A senior Project and Transition Manager, experienced in application migration and datacentre exit management. Highly experienced at managing the full project lifecycle from inception to delivery, utilising a multitude of different technologies. Skilled at migrating and decommissioning IT systems, including Datacentres, Servers, Applications, and Networks, ensuring effective allocation of resources and continuity of services. Proficient at providing comprehensive technical leadership to contribute to the strategic development, design and implementation of innovative solutions, whilst ensuring integrity and consistency throughout an organisation. Exceptionally capable of collaborating and guiding key stakeholders to identify, develop and implement solutions that align with an organisation’s objectives, processes and IT assets. Skilled at prioritising and managing multiple assignments and able to effectively solve strategic challenges. Highly proficient at controlling the flow and exchange of information, enhancing interactions and facilitating initiatives. Expert. Expert in the operation, design, and rollout of Windows client systems.

Skills

Data Centre Migration: Cloud Migration Azure/aws; Private Cloud; Strategy & Execution; Conception & Realisation Of Server Consolidations; Installation And Operation Of Citrix Server Farms; Bug Identification & Resolution; Coaching; Administration & Support; Technical Project Management Of Windows-based Networks & Server Environments
Application Migration: Continuity Of Services; Effective Migration Scheduling; Resource Requirements And Allocation; Application Ownership Management; Technical Migration Team Management; Legal And Compliance Considerations; Resource Planning; On-boarding Organisation; Technical Resource, Network Server, Storage Availability; Security Considerations
Windows Workplace: Continuity Of Services; Effective Migration Scheduling; Resource Requirements And Allocation; Application Ownership Management; Technical Migration Team Management; Legal And Compliance Considerations; Resource Planning; On-boarding Organisation; Technical Resource, Network Server, Storage Availability; Security Considerations
Information Technology Architect: Architecting And Designing Enterprise-class It Solutions And Services For Organizations
Integration / Migration: Migrations Of Active Directory; Mail-migrations To Exchange
Operating Systems / Platforms: Windows Server And Clients; Linux
Technologies: Vmware Server & Client; Citrix Terminal Servers And Application Virtualisation 4.0; Microsoft Iis; Microsoft Certificate Services; Microsoft Exchange; Active Directory; Dns; Dhcp; Nps; Vpn; Cisco Switches; Ipv4; Ipv6
Database Management System: Ms-sql Server
Tools & Systems: Microsoft Office; Ms-visio; Ms Project
Scripting: Powershell; Windows Scripting Host

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

French

Elementary

Education

Macroeconomics

Certifications & licenses

LN IT Security Threats, Attacks, Vulnerabilities

PMI Certification Projects Management Foundations, Agile Project Management

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 26

Experience in Information Technology 5.5 y

Avg length 8 m

Longest experience 2 y

Global Experience

Countries worked in 3 (Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom)

Primary country Switzerland

Expertise

Recent roles Project Manager, Architect, Sabbatical, Training – Certification as Project Manager, Project Manager, Architect, Service Owner

Main industries Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Government and Administration

Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Operations

Qualifications

Certifications earned 2

Profile

Created

January 2026

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Where is Alexander based?

Alexander is based in Basel, Switzerland.

What languages does Alexander speak?

Alexander speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Alexander have?

Alexander has at least 19 years of experience. During this time, Alexander has worked in at least 14 different roles and for 14 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 9 months. Note that Alexander may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Alexander be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Alexander would be well-suited for roles such as: Project Manager, Architect, Sabbatical, Training – Certification as Project Manager, Project Manager, Architect, Service Owner.

What is Alexander's latest experience?

Alexander's most recent position is Project Manager, Architect at Public Client.

What companies has Alexander worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Alexander has worked for Public Client, Industry, and Gouvernement Organisation.

Which industries is Alexander most experienced in?

Alexander is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Government and Administration. Alexander also has some experience in Energy, Retail, and Tourism.

Which business areas is Alexander most experienced in?

Alexander is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Operations. Alexander also has some experience in Finance.

Which industries has Alexander worked in recently?

Alexander has recently worked in industries like Government and Administration and Information Technology.

Which business areas has Alexander worked in recently?

Alexander has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Operations.

What is Alexander's education?

Alexander attended education in Macroeconomics.

Does Alexander have any certificates?

Alexander has 2 certificates. These include: LN IT Security Threats, Attacks, Vulnerabilities, PMI Certification Projects Management Foundations and Agile Project Management.

What is the availability of Alexander?

Alexander is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Alexander?

Alexander's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.