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Christian Michael (Michael) Mzyk-Project Lead, Process Specialist for M&A (PMI)

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Cologne, Germany

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Experience

Jul 2025 - Present

Sponsor & Project Lead

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Sponsor & Project Lead at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Professional Services
Business Areas
Product Development
Project Management
Strategy
  • Sponsor of two spin-off products of the AI and BPM tool BPMaaS called „kionera“ and „myATHENA“
  • Definition of project goals and strategic development of the products
  • Design and build-up of the kionera platform on shared or dedicated GPU servers with Docker and open-source LLMs
  • Provision of the API for internal applications
  • Development and design of managed services based on the ADONIS BPM system from BOC Group
  • Support with feature definition and planning of ADONIS/BPMN trainings
  • Creation of a WordPress website including a subscription payment gateway
Aug 2024 - Present

Product Owner & Project Lead

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Product Owner & Project Lead at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Professional Services
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Project Management
Research and Development
  • Lead a Scrum project to define a disruptive BPM tool (BPMaaS.ai) based on AI
  • Convert text-based process descriptions into BPMN 2.0 diagrams and provide them in ADONIS
  • Use RAG documents and Python scripts for fine-tuning and training the LLM
  • Optimize the LLM through system prompt engineering
  • Coordinate the Scrum team and take on Scrum Master functions
  • Create and manage user stories in Azure DevOps
  • Conduct code reviews and support integration, regression, and UI tests
  • Define cut-over strategies for AI-supported process solutions
  • Classified as an R&D project with research allowance
Apr 2024 - Jul 2024

Project Lead

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Project Lead at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Professional Services
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Documentation of not or only partly implemented processes of the German and Austrian subsidiaries of a Japanese marketing group (Big 5)
  • Modeling missing processes with business departments and control owners in a team of five consultants
  • Coordination of activities for DE and AT in the DACH cluster
  • Participation in EMEA Steering Committee meetings
  • Implementation of the approach model „Scrum for BPM“
  • Tool setup: adaptation of Azure DevOps to map controls with BPMN, SOP and risks; project control with MS Project and MS Excel
  • Visual modeling in ADONIS and setup of a global filing structure for business processes
  • Stakeholder management (approx. 50 people) and reporting to DACH management
  • Impulse to expand ADONIS BPM-S with SOP as a single source of truth, including requirements engineering and UAT support
  • Management of the organizational and process-related cut-over after M&A
Jun 2023 - Dec 2024

Project Manager

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Project Manager at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Procurement
Project Management
  • Structured analysis of existing business processes, tools and systems as a basis for deciding between replacement or custom solution
  • Development and prioritization of requirements catalogs
  • Creation of a longlist and shortlist of potential vendors
  • Conducting RfI and RfQ for information gathering
  • Conducting and supporting proof of concept
  • Creation of a recommendation and planning of the production phase and cut-over
Mar 2023 - Present

Scrum Master

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Scrum Master at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Product Development
Project Management
  • Support and guidance of a Scrum team as Scrum Master for an MS Teams tab app called „Skillpool“ for decentralized skill assessment
  • Facilitating daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, sprint retros and sprint planning
  • Support of sprint refinement meetings and remote coordination
  • Removal of impediments and contact person for developer issues
  • Calculation of adjusted sprint velocity considering HR capacities
  • Support of the Product Owner in creating product backlog items in Azure DevOps
Feb 2022 - Mar 2024

Project Lead

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Project Lead at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Professional Services
Business Areas
Finance
Project Management
  • Identification and harmonization of finance processes after M&A as part of PMI
  • Conducting interviews and questionnaires for over 100 processes
  • Creating BPMN models with Camunda Modeler and documentation
  • Leading a team of four consultants and creating English templates
  • Tool setup and coordination with MS Project, MS Excel, and Miro
  • Stakeholder management (around 30 people) and reporting in the steering committee
  • Migration of BPMN models to ADONIS and planning the cut-over into live operations
Dec 2021 - Mar 2022

Project Lead

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Project Lead at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Consulting the world market leader for cameras in analyzing the tool landscape and processes in the DAM environment
  • Creating a longlist and shortlist of DAM vendors
  • Gathering functional and technical requirements and comparing them with vendors
  • Presenting the results to C-level including recommendations for action
  • Preparing the implementation, integration, and migration concept for the new DAM
Jan 2021 - Sep 2021

Project Manager & Product Owner

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Project Manager & Product Owner at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Advertising
Information Technology
Business Areas
Product Development
Project Management
  • Managing an MVP of an ad server in a LeSS Scrum team (up to 25 developers)
  • Stakeholder management and reporting to C-level and the board
  • Prioritizing and refining product backlog items
  • Velocity tracking, forecast estimation, and monitoring of product value
  • Facilitating sprint retrospective meetings as PSM I
  • Planning and managing the cut-over to the production environment with minimal business impact
  • International environment with remote developers in Germany and Serbia (project language English)
Mar 2020 - Jan 2021

DevOps Expert

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
DevOps Expert at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Introducing and stabilizing DevOps processes to ensure operation of the AIMS platform
  • Improving CI/CD pipelines and continuous integration
  • Lead development with C# and Kofax eFlow
  • Automating processes with self-developed tools and DDD/microservices in Docker/OpenShift
  • Data storage in MongoDB and MS SQL Server
  • Designing and supporting cut-over scenarios in live operation
Jan 2020 - Present

System Architect & Developer

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
System Architect & Developer at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
  • Designing an Azure-based scraping platform without API using C# and Selenium
  • Setting up a VM cluster in Azure for soft bots
  • Extracting, transforming, and storing data in Azure SQL
  • Automating exports to MS Excel and reporting to the customer
Oct 2019 - Dec 2020

Project Manager

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Project Manager at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Introduction of an agile working structure with Scrum in the bot framework environment
  • Further development and restructuring of the VB.NET/PHP/MySQL framework for DTAG internal applications
  • Implementation of process DLLs and automation of web and third-party applications
  • Controlling and tracking with TFS Boards and Pipelines, analysis with Power BI
  • Testing automation via RDP in VMware-hosted bots
  • Support with cut-over of automated solutions into the productive environment
Jun 2019 - Present

Project Manager, Product Owner & System Architect

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Project Manager, Product Owner & System Architect at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Professional Services
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Project Management
  • Design of a web app for security status analysis based on BSI IT baseline protection and ISO 27001 with ASP.NET Core
  • Architecture on Azure with Web App, SQL Server, Vault, Monitor and Insights
  • Documentation in Confluence, ticket management and monitoring in Jira
  • Development with Visual Studio 2019, Razor Pages and C# on .NET Core 2.2–3.1
  • Continuous integration/delivery in Azure and testing (unit, functional, regression)
May 2019 - Feb 2020

Project Manager

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Project Manager at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Coordination and requirements management for various Excel automations (VBA) for report generation
  • Direct contact with stakeholders in Switzerland and Germany
  • Importing input files according to business rules and transformation via VBA
  • Creation of JIRA tickets, testing, UAT support and delivery for customers
Jan 2019 - May 2019

Project Manager / Developer

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Project Manager / Developer at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Professional Services
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • PoC development of several Android apps with Xamarin and Java in an agile methodology
  • Evaluation of the feasibility of Xamarin-based Android projects for WAITS services
Aug 2018 - Mar 2019

IT Expert

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
IT Expert at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Ongoing protection needs analysis of systems and network components according to BSI standard and ISO 27001
  • Assessment of the current state and creation of a catalog of measures
  • Development of concepts for BYOD and email encryption (PKI)
  • Preparation of reports and handover to customer IT for implementation
Jul 2018 - Present

EAM Consultant

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
EAM Consultant at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Professional Services
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Analysis and adaptation of the Enterprise Architecture according to the Zachman Framework
  • Modeling of the six perspectives (Scope, Conceptual, Logical, Physical, As Built, Operations)
  • Consideration of the What, How, Where, Who, When and Why aspects
  • Consulting for various industries on architecture standards, governance and IT landscape
Apr 2016 - Jun 2019

Sub-Project Manager, Release Manager, Consultant & Scrum Master

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Sub-Project Manager, Release Manager, Consultant & Scrum Master at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Insurance
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Further development of the global AIMS (Allianz Input Management System) based on TIS eFlow
  • Handling defects and extending functionality in C#, WPF, WCF and MS SQL Server
  • Use of various OCR engines and coordination of deployments via TFS/ServiceNow
  • CI/CD, incident and problem ticket tracking, testing (unit, regression) and 2nd level support
  • Moderation of Scrum events and introduction of agile methods as Agile Coach
  • Coordination of Indian colleagues and CAB communication
Jun 2015 - Sep 2015

Technical Project Manager

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Technical Project Manager at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Introduction of the helpdesk module for facility management in the "myMCS" web application package
  • Analysis of customer requirements and data gathering in MS Excel
  • Coordination with end customer Sodexo and core team in Belgium
  • Creation of an interim ticket tool in Excel/VBA until go-live
  • Administration of the KEMAS key safe and drive permissions
May 2015 - Dec 2016

XML / VBA Senior Consultant

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
XML / VBA Senior Consultant at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Quality Assurance
  • Analysis and import of complex XML data exports into multiple Excel workbooks with VBA
  • Creation of mapping audits and testing (regression, functional)
  • Ticket management in Jira
Feb 2015 - Apr 2015

System Architect

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
System Architect at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Planning and implementation of a network redesign with Windows Server 2012R2 Essentials
  • Domain installation, group policies, VPN tunnels and backup concept
  • Integration of Windows and Mac clients, network printers and NAS into Active Directory
Jul 2014 - Mar 2015

Web and Application Developer

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Web and Application Developer at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Development of Silverstripe CMS templates for customers in a LAMP environment
  • Graphic editing with GIMP/Inkscape and implementation with PHP, HTML5, CSS2, JavaScript, jQuery
  • Project 3: requirements analysis and matching solution for employee skills to project vacancies in MS Access/VBA with MS SQL Server
Feb 2014 - Jun 2014

Web and Application Developer

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Web and Application Developer at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Professional Services
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Development of Busylight for Skype software with C#/.NET 4.0 in Visual Studio
  • Integration of Plenom Busylight SDK and Skype4COM to control LED and audio depending on Skype status
Mar 2013 - Jun 2014

Senior Test Consultant

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Senior Test Consultant at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Telecommunication
Business Areas
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Migration of end-to-end scripts to Keynote Systems KITE including WSQM site integration
  • Planning, implementation and tracking of the migration plan
  • Creation of KITE test scripts and training concept for the business side
  • JavaScript/HTML monitoring scripts and bug reporting with ARS Remedy
  • Definition of quality metrics in IPTV/streaming and support with business case creation
Nov 2010 - Feb 2013

Senior Test Consultant

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Senior Test Consultant at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Professional Services
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Continuation of application monitoring with IBM Rational Robot 7 including load/availability and performance tests
  • Project management of migration projects and creation of feasibility studies
  • Ticket management with ARS Remedy
  • Evaluation of Selenium for web application monitoring
May 2006 - Nov 2010

Senior Tester & Project Manager

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Senior Tester & Project Manager at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Professional Services
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Migration of the monitoring framework from IBM Rational Robot 2003 to 7 (7.0.2.02)
  • Sub-project management, project and test concept with MS Project and MS Excel
  • Implementation and generalization of scripts for new browser versions
  • SQA basic scripts and framework integration for performance tests
  • Automation with PHP, Perl, AutoIT and use of Subversion 1.4
Nov 2005 - Apr 2006

Sub-Project Manager

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Sub-Project Manager at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Automotive
Information Technology
Professional Services
Business Areas
Information Technology
Procurement
Project Management
  • Led the migration of a proprietary Ford solution to ENX
  • Analysis of Cisco ACLs and firewall configurations
  • Definition of tracking tools in MS Excel and MS Access
  • Supplier management (approx. 40 suppliers) and documentation of the migration process flow
  • Execution of firewall change and network change controls
Jul 2005 - Jul 2005

Test Consultant

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Test Consultant at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Insurance
Business Areas
Quality Assurance
  • Development of test concepts and test cases for application benchmarking in insurance
  • Automation with IBM Rational Robot and review of the test case catalogs
Jun 2004 - Jun 2005

Test Consultant

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Test Consultant at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Utilities
Business Areas
Information Technology
Quality Assurance
  • Quality assurance for a new SCADA system in an English-speaking environment
  • Creation of test case catalogs, scenarios, and test cases
  • Automation with IBM Rational Robot in a SCADA lab with Bachmann PLCs and MetMast emulators
  • Development of supporting tools in Delphi, Java, and C++
Apr 2003 - Dec 2006

System Architect & Consultant

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
System Architect & Consultant at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Operations
  • Support of a LAN/MAN under MS Windows 2000 Server in a social institution
  • Administration and scaling of the domain, SOP creation, backup strategy, and VPN IPSec
  • First- and second-level support for approx. 20 clients at four locations
Jul 2000 - Nov 2002

Data Analyst & Consultant

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Data Analyst & Consultant at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Professional Services
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
Quality Assurance
  • ETL automation in the sales area and software development in MS Access/VBA
  • Creation and quality assurance of an application for automatic report generation
  • Data extraction from IBM DB2 UDB using QMF and FTP, migration to BusinessObjects/TeraData
Jan 2000 - Jun 2000

Test-Consultant

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Test-Consultant at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Quality Assurance
  • Support for QA and testing in the INPOL-neu project of the Federal Criminal Police Office
  • Carrying out black-box, white-box, regression, load, and performance tests
  • Creating test case catalogs and test data, testing with C++, Java, VBA, and Continuus PT
  • Documentation and auditing according to ISO 9001
Aug 1999 - Dec 1999

Test-Consultant

WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

Position Summary
Test-Consultant at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Industries
Banking and Finance
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Quality Assurance
  • Testing in a multi-master/multi-resource domain LAN/WAN of WestLB
  • Y2K analysis and checking for DLL conflicts (DLL hell) using NetInstaller 4.0
  • Creating snapshots, carrying out installation tests, and documenting software deltas

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Professional Services, Insurance, Telecommunication, Utilities, and Manufacturing.

Information Technology
Professional Services
Insurance
Telecommunication
Utilities
Manufacturing
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Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Business Intelligence, Product Development, and Operations.

Information Technology
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Summary

Mr. Mzyk is an IT generalist with decades of IT expertise in various industries. He is a certified test specialist and Scrum Master, and is also recognized by VEGS e.V. as an IT expert witness.

In the project management field, he is Prince2 Foundation certified.

His thoroughness and precision make him an expert in every IT sector he works in, with a broad view and an understanding of the bigger picture.

As a Scrum Master and facilitator of Scrum meetings, his calm and socially skilled way helps build trust within the team and transparency in the project.

Mr. Mzyk preferably works in large corporations and, as an IT (interim) project manager with staff responsibility, reports project status to C-level management and boards. He prepares project status presentations for Steering Committee meetings.

His focus is, among other things, on PMI (Post-Merger Integration) of business processes and IT landscapes after corresponding M&A activities of the client.

On a voluntary basis, Mr. Mzyk is also involved in the BSI IT Baseline Protection++ pilot project. This is a new version of the BSI Information Security Compendium (Federal Office for Information Security).

Mr. Mzyk is also active in the German Society for Organisation and has taken over the leadership of the Cologne/Bonn regional group there.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

General Computer Science

Certifications & licenses

Trainer according to AEVO

CompTIA A+

CompTIA Networking+

IT Expert Witness for Systems and Applications at VEGS e.V.

VEGS e.V.

ISTQB Certified Tester

AI & Data Literacy Level 1

Professional Scrum Master (PSM I)

SPRINCE2® Foundation Cert. in Project Management

VmWare Technical Sales Pro

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 32
Experience in Information Technology 26.5 y
Avg length 1 y 10 m
Longest experience 8 y

Expertise

Recent roles Sponsor & Project Lead, Product Owner & Project Lead, Project Lead
Main industries Information Technology, Professional Services, Insurance
Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance

Qualifications

Certifications earned 9

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Christian Michael is based in Cologne, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

Christian Michael speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

Christian Michael has at least 27 years of experience. During this time, Christian Michael has worked in at least 24 different roles and for 1 company. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 10 months. Note that Christian Michael may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Christian Michael would be well-suited for roles such as: Sponsor & Project Lead, Product Owner & Project Lead, Project Lead.

Christian Michael's most recent position is Sponsor & Project Lead at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH.

In recent years, Christian Michael has worked for WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH.

Christian Michael is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Professional Services, and Insurance. Christian Michael also has some experience in Telecommunication, Utilities, and Advertising.

Christian Michael is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Quality Assurance. Christian Michael also has some experience in Business Intelligence, Product Development, and Operations.

Christian Michael has recently worked in industries like Professional Services, Information Technology, and Advertising.

Christian Michael has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Project Management.

Christian Michael attended education in General Computer Science.

Christian Michael has 9 certificates. Among them, these include: Trainer according to AEVO, CompTIA A+, and CompTIA Networking+.

Christian Michael is immediately available part-time for suitable projects.

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

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