Christoph Neubert - IT Project Manager for Outsourcing

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Fürth, Germany

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Experience

Sep 2024 - Present

2 years

Project Manager

Zentraler Beitragsservice

The goal of the project is the greenfield setup of a FailSafe data center (FSRZ) as an emergency measure according to BSI 200/4 against a cyberattack.
Recovery of a project that has been running for several years. Re-initialization of the project: adjustment of the project organization, initiation of regular meetings, establishment of project controlling and project reporting, introduction of project risk management and consolidation of the project repository. Establishment of project governance and introduction of decision-making structures based on decision templates. Definition of deliverables and derivation of the phase plan and project plan. Carrying out staff and resource planning. Coordination with neighboring projects. Initiation of concept creation and implementation. Leading the project with 8 subprojects and PMO. Budget planning and controlling (14.8 million). Support and coaching of the subprojects in the methodical approach. Coordination with suppliers and support of EU tenders. Coordination and processing of change requests. Coordination with the line organization regarding the economical operability of the FSRZ. Professional support in IT architecture in the areas of zOS, Windows and Linux, network and IT security, in the design of interim operations as well as extended regular operations for the FSRZ, planning of emergency processes and emergency communication internally and externally.

Feb 2024 - Present

2 years 7 months

Internal Project Manager IT Outsourcing Provider Transition

HOWOGE

The goal of the project is the transition to a new IT outsourcing service provider in a multi-provider environment for about 1,000 users, 150 virtual backend systems in a hybrid architecture (Azure Virtual Desktop, Azure Enterprise Scale, MS Entra ID and on-premises).
Build-up of the internal project team. Project initialization. Coordination of the project setup with the old provider and the new provider. Definition of the project scope, coordination of the phase plan and project plan, setup of contract management, integration of project compliance into company compliance (especially IT security, regulations, risk management, etc.), integration of project communication into corporate communication. Setup of project quality assurance and design of acceptance. Project reporting and preparation of steering committee meetings.
Coordination and assurance of support services internally and with the old provider, coaching of internal employees, advice to the CIO

Feb 2024 - May 2024

4 months

Project Manager Windows 2012 Upgrade

Hillenbrand/Coperion

Recovery of the project. Worldwide (Germany, France, China, Thailand, Canada, US, Switzerland), 124 Windows 2012 servers had to be moved to a modern operating system or the application/business functions had to be migrated to a new IT landscape.
Takeover of the project, restructuring of the delivery model, implementation of reporting and regular meetings. Initiation and support of requirements analysis, definition of the technical upgrade/migration path, identification and involvement of technical and business contacts, commissioning of a third-party vendor, monitoring of activities, escalation management, handover to the internal project manager

Jan 2023 - Oct 2023

10 months

Project Manager M&A Post Merger Integration

Hillenbrand/Coperion

Hillenbrand, a medium-sized special machine manufacturer, acquired 13 companies in Europe and North America. The goal of the project is to integrate the basic IT infrastructure as part of Level I integration. Network connection of 27 sites, rollout of the security stack on 1,550 workstations, remediation of critical and high security vulnerabilities, migration of 13 Exchange systems with more than 1,550 mailboxes to the central Office 365 Exchange Online. Integration of IT service management, consideration of international regulations, analysis of the IT application landscape/golden software list incl. licensing, planning and design of the desktop rollout, stakeholder and end-user communication in the respective local language, planning of Level II integration
Project planning and organization, creation of process templates for the individual workstreams, project tracking and reporting to the CIO, project risk management. Creation of playbooks/process models for future M&A IT projects. Support/coaching for other parallel M&A projects
Level I integration was successfully completed, Level II integration handed over to the internal project manager

Oct 2022 - Dec 2022

3 months

Test Environment Coordinator Test Bank (temporary cover during vacation)

Deutsche Bank

Technical coordination of the provision and operation of various test environments as the basis for the transition into production operations
among others: (see also project 2013)
Coordination of requirements, creation of the project plan. Commissioning of individual services from internal and external providers, coordination of services, controlling of the project plan. Integration of the subproject plan into the overall project plan. Project reporting. Change approvals. Coordination of test operations. Coordination of the booking day calendar. Approval of accounts, roles and rights. Moderation of technical meetings, coordination of incident resolution, restart and incident analysis. Consulting in the area of testing. Development and analysis for decommissioning the test environment

Jan 2022 - Aug 2022

8 months

Project Manager ITSM & Setup and Transition of Operations

SopraSteria / NordLB

SopraSteria is the general contractor for the outsourcing of IT services in the area of new banking control.
Based on regulatory requirements, incl. MaRisk, BAIT, ISO 27001, BSI basic protection 100-4, and KWG 25a/b, data center operations (TOM) must be set up based on service management processes according to ITIL.
Project management for ITSM. Leading the ITSM teams. Designing the ITSM processes according to ITIL based on a 3-level detail model. Developing the Target Operating Model (TOM). Design and implementation of ServiceNow incl. integration with NordLB's ServiceNow and the ServiceNow of the data center operator. Requirements analysis, definition and implementation of test environment operations, as well as later production operations. Placement/transition of services to nearshore and offshore teams.
Implementation of interim processes (Incident, Change, Security, IAM)
Quality assurance according to BAIT, contractual requirements, and functional criteria
Support for project management in creating the project plan and project reporting, as well as project risk management.

Aug 2021 - Dec 2021

5 months

Interim Project Management Infrastructure "Wave 0"

Sopra/ Sparda Banken

Sopra FT operates the entire IT landscape for the Sparda banks. As part of the renewal of the core banking system, new IT applications are rolled out in several waves. In the InfraMS project, the backend infrastructure is provided.
Coordination and control of the defined work packages for providing the infrastructure on the hoster side. Technical control of the hoster. Operation of the test infrastructure. Ensuring system integration into the standard IT processes, incl. monitoring, backup/archive, ICS systems, KKA/SIEM, access management. Support in implementing regulatory and compliance requirements at IT infrastructure level, incl. BSI basic protection, MaRisk, BAIT, protection needs assessment. Management of pen tests and monitoring of remediation activities. Coordination of releases and deployments
Project reporting to program management. Support in building up and transitioning operations into the line organization. Leading the InfraMS project team. Support in building the operations organization. Creation of operations documentation, management of the transition.

Apr 2020 - Nov 2020

8 months

IT Inventory Analysis and Strategy Consulting

Möhrle Happ Luther

The client is a tax advisory and auditing firm. The goal is to develop an overall IT strategy and consolidate the technology and IT organization, also with regard to future digitalization
Current-state analysis of front-end and back-end systems, telecom infrastructure, WAN and data center. Contract analysis of IT support partners and licenses. Analysis of the grown IT support organization.
Special focus on the analysis and assessment of the network security architecture. Requirement analysis for future IT needs (technology, support, organization)
Derivation of an overall IT strategy and the aspects of consolidation and future growth. Ongoing coaching during implementation.

Mar 2020 - Aug 2021

1 year 6 months

Project Management Remediation F3/F2 Finding Global Patch Management

Deutsche Bank

Due to regulatory requirements, a globally uniform risk-based governance and reporting system (data warehouse) is being introduced for timely patching of all IP-based configuration items (CI).
Project management within the patch program in a combination of waterfall and Scrum/Kanban; project management as well as deputy program management.
Creation and coordination of the phase plan and project plan (waterfall), structuring and implementation of Scrum/Kanban based on Jira for implementation-focused activities. Management of the PMO. Gathering the necessary activities through a workshop series, coordination of the project org chart; adjustment of the project repository; monitoring and forecast of the program budget, reporting to the Central PMO, reporting to senior management. Coordination of implementation tasks as Product Owner (Kanban/Jira), alignment of Scrum-based activities with the project plan (MS Project). Leading the project risk log. Carrying out release planning, contributing statements to regulators (FRBNY; ECB, BaFin, MAS), test management.

Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

1 year

Project Management IT – Transition Outsourcing

Sparkassenversicherung Informatik

Takeover of IT operations for end devices incl. service desk and field service as well as central and decentralized applications incl. data center infrastructure (failsafe data center) as part of a first-generation outsourcing with staff transfer under section 613a.
Creation and coordination of the project phase plan and project plan. Project management incl. project meetings, preparation and leadership of project steering committees at board/managing director level. Coaching of subproject managers on a functional level (ITIL V3) and on project management methods. Project controlling and project reporting. Initiation and support of an ad-hoc due diligence, functional support of process analyses and design of the service interface. Moderation in designing the handover of tasks as well as in creating operations and system documentation. Control of the creation of the service catalog, negotiation of the project contract and the outsourcing contract. Building the outsourcing governance. Integration of BaFin and auditor requirements into the project scope. Ensuring compliance requirements according to VAIT and SITB.
Project risk management and integration into the company/group risk management of both companies

May 2018 - Dec 2018

8 months

IT Strategy Consulting

RSM Deutschland GmbH

The client is a tax advisory and auditing firm that was formed through a merger of previously independent companies. The goal is the design and implementation planning of the approved overall IT strategy (see below)
Initializing the project (subproject organization, regular communication, project mandate, etc.)
Creating service catalogs and collecting budget estimates from existing and potential service providers. Creating a phased plan (scope through 2021), sequencing the activities with regard to technical and commercial dependencies. Deriving the project plan for the first phase. Supporting project staffing and building the new IT organization. Coordination with IT architects (especially WAN and MS Azure/Cloud) to detail the technical implementation. Advising the management board on digitalization initiatives. Creating the IT concept for the areas WAN incl. internet breakout, desktop management, backend systems, Active Directory, messaging, security, data center concept (failsafe), cloud strategy as well as service management.

Jan 2018 - Apr 2018

4 months

IT Strategy Consulting

RSM Deutschland GmbH

The client is a tax advisory and auditing firm that was formed through a merger of previously independent companies. The goal is the development of an overall IT strategy and the consolidation of technology and the IT organization, also with regard to future digitalization
As-is analysis of the frontend and backend systems, telecom infrastructure WAN and data center. Contract analysis of the IT support partners and licenses. Analysis of the grown IT support organization.
Requirements analysis for future IT needs (technology, support, organization)
Derivation of an overall IT strategy and the aspects of consolidation and future growth

Sep 2017 - Jan 2018

5 months

Project Management

Boston Consulting Group

Quality assurance of the data center infrastructure before go-live as part of an outsourcing provider change.
Initializing the project, selecting and onboarding external employees, planning and coordinating the quality assurance tests with the new provider
(basic infrastructure; data center network incl. load balancer; external communication connections incl. MPLS, VPN, QoS; storage & SAN; physical servers/Windows; virtualization with VMware, failover)
Supporting the test execution and ensuring the test documentation incl. defect/remediation list
Project risk management
Proof of the functionality of the basic infrastructure incl. simulation of error situations and failover scenarios

Apr 2017 - Dec 2017

9 months

IT Consultant (Part Time)

Deutsche Bank AG

Development of the onboarding process for adding new internal clients to the newsletter distribution, development and implementation of the capacity planning process (cyclical rolling forward planning), design and implementation of the postmaster role incl. offshore managed services, consulting on functional as well as load and performance tests. Consulting on the migration of newsletter distribution from the legacy system Mailer2K (see below) to Adobe Campaign
Agile/SCRUM

Jan 2017 - Sep 2017

9 months

Process Consulting (Part Time)

Audi AG

As part of the VW Group's ITSP2 project, the request and change processes for firewall management are to be digitized:
Development of a plan of action for the as-is analysis as well as development and coordination of the new target processes; stakeholder analysis of process participants and affected parties; as-is analysis of the existing request and approval processes; as-is analysis of the potential of the planned TUFIN tool with regard to the newly developed processes; workshops with stakeholders to develop the future processes; documentation of the new processes
Coaching and support for project risk management

Sep 2016 - Dec 2016

4 months

Project Management Coach (Part Time)

Audi AG

The VW Group started ITSP2, a 3-year project in the Security area. Initiation of the network subproject, scope clarification and alignment, 3-year project budget, project charter, project communication, regular meetings, professional support; coaching and support for project risk management

Feb 2016 - Dec 2016

11 months

IT Architect, IT Consultant (Part Time)

Deutsche Bank

Consulting on integration of Adobe newsletter sending, coordination of Mailer2K / Content Engine, project management for changes to Mailer2K interfaces, IT architecture for inbound & outbound mails, alignment on security & compliance, initial setup of ISP/provider management, support for project planning, email archiving, optimization of email deliverability, data center failover
Agile/SCRUM

Apr 2014 - Dec 2016

2 years 9 months

Project Lead for Newsletter Sending Expansion (Part Time/Fulltime)

Deutsche Bank

Project lead for the pre-project and main project. Requirements analysis with business and IT, coordination of interface and initiative alignment, coordination of implementation, project reporting, tracking of project activities, steering of development activities, steering of go-live

Sep 2013 - Dec 2014

1 year 4 months

Test Environment Coordinator Testbank

Deutsche Bank

Technical coordination of the provision and operation of various test environments (SIT3 and SIT2+), including:
Alignment of requirements, creation of the project plan and budget. Assignment of individual tasks to internal and external providers, coordination of services, controlling of the project plan. Integration of the subproject plan into the overall project plan. Project reporting. Change approvals. Coordination of test operations. Alignment of the booking day calendar. Approval of accounts, roles and permissions. Moderation of technical meetings, coordination of incident resolution, restart, and incident analysis.

Sep 2012 - Sep 2013

1 year 1 month

Project Manager / Transition Manager on the Customer Side for an Outsourcing Provider Change

GASAG

Updating the project plan, ensuring the provision obligations, leading the internal customer project team, coordination with the old provider and the new provider, initiation of project quality assurance, tracking of project activities, review of project status, preparation of contractual changes, preparation of acceptances, professional evaluation of migration concepts, coaching of internal employees
Implementation of project risk management and reporting to external auditors (E&Y)

Oct 2011 - Jan 2013

1 year 4 months

Project Manager and Management Consultant Company Merger

Roever Bronner Susat

Project management for all IT projects related to the merger of two consulting firms (approx. 700 employees), incl. requirements analysis and defining the IT strategy. Coordinating the implementation of
WAN consolidation, mail consolidation, file service consolidation, application consolidation (Datev), AD consolidation
Consulting in IT structure and process organization: IT support tool consolidation, incl. service desk, software distribution, service catalog,
Coaching the IT manager and his employees

Jan 2011 - Mar 2012

1 year 3 months

Project Manager and Interim Manager IT Infrastructure Consolidation

Alno AG

Review of outsourcing contracts and cost structure (Crystal Report), current-state analysis of the entire IT infrastructure, creation of benchmark comparisons, gap analysis, facilitation of workshops for strategic repositioning, development of a strategic basic concept, creation of specifications and tenders, requests for offers. Supplier briefing and support, offer and supplier evaluation, coaching of senior employees in project management for the subprojects: service desk, WAN, data center, telephony, desktop, document management, host replacement, centralized and decentralized printing, messaging.

Mar 2010 - Dec 2010

10 months

Project Manager

Deutsche Bank

Creation of a Collaboration & Reporting System based on Sharepoint 2010 Enterprise for the public website
(approx. 30 projects, approx. 20 services, approx. 12 line organizations)
Scope of functions: task tracking, risk tracking, issue tracking, escalation management, document management, contact management
Support for project management during the migration of the mass mailer

Label: Sharepoint 2010,

Mar 2010 - Mar 2010

1 month

Project Manager PCI DSS - Project Evaluation

Fiducia/CardProcess

An outsourcing customer of Fiducia is planning a security certification of the IT infrastructure and IT processes according to PCI DSS. For this purpose, a project evaluation was carried out.
Selection and coordination of the necessary technical staff to support the evaluation. Responsible for planning, execution, and facilitation of workshops for requirement analysis. Coordination and driving of the creation of solution sketches and alternative architectures. Creation of a project plan sketch. Creation of effort estimates and cost calculations. Final presentation

Label: Windows Server 2003/2008, LAN/WAN separation, file server encryption, Tacacs/Radius, Active Directory, DNS, Citrix,

Jan 2010 - Feb 2010

2 months

IT Architect, System Administrator/Network Administrator

IT service provider

Design and implementation of a distributed backup solution:
Requirement analysis, research into open source products, selection, test implementation, RPM packaging, installation of Jumpstart server and software repository, software integration, setup of a test lab, execution of recovery tests.
Separation of network segments based on VLANs: new design of the LAN segments including IP address structure. Configuration of switches, integration of LanCom routers, setup of VPNs.

Label: Linux: Ubuntu, Suse, CentOS, Bacula, Clonezilla, MySQL, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 SMB, Windows Vista, Windows XP, LanCom routers 1823, 1611, 1711, 1723, VPN, D-Link switches, Linksys switches

May 2009 - Dec 2009

8 months

Deputy Subproject Manager Managed Services/Migration Fund Asset Management System (transition outsourcing provider change)

Fiducia/Union Investment

Responsibility for the provision, integration, and migration of the applications from the old provider (Münster) to the new provider (Karlsruhe) on the system platform provided by the infrastructure subproject. Including:
Creating the subproject plan, coordinating the handover milestones with the other subprojects, recruiting and building the project team, designing the approach, implementation, and migration model, implementing project reporting, coordinating the subproject with the 3 subproject managers of the end customer, status tracking and reporting, leading the subproject team (approx. 12 FTE),
Analysis and design of the application architecture, coordination of the application architecture with infrastructure, revision of the IT security architecture, commissioning infrastructure provision, installation of the application, integration of the applications into the infrastructure, integration of the application interfaces with remaining systems, testing of the applications, creation of the operating concept incl. operations manual, planning and execution of the migration of the applications (cut-over), transition into regular operations; reporting to project risk management

Label: Solaris, Windows Server 2003/2008, Active Directory, Citrix, LAN/WAN, Firewalls, Loadbalancer, SSH-Gateways, Balabit, Oracle, MSSQL, MS Sharepoint, Lotus Notes, Apache, various applications, TSM, UC4, JobControl, Crystal Report

Oct 2008 - May 2009

8 months

Deputy Subproject Manager Operations Setup/ITIL Consultant

Gematik

Deputy subproject manager for setting up operations for health telematics (SCRUM)
Definition of the project scope and process scope
Replanning of the project plan, resource tracking and status tracking of the work packages
Contribution to the Migration Task Force
Technical support for the customer, including:
Design of a cross-company change management process
Design of a cross-company release management process
Design of product management
Design of an information model for product types and products
Design of a CMDB for configuration management
Design of a production reference environment
Support with general questions on operations management

Apr 2007 - Sep 2008

1 year 6 months

Project Manager for various subprojects / multiproject management, escalation manager

Deutsche Bank

Multi-project management of various subprojects, including:
Coordination of disaster recovery tests (switch to DR site)
Expansion and optimization of the network, expansion and optimization of the SAN, expansion and optimization of monitoring, incl. performance monitoring with Nagios, expansion and optimization of newsletter delivery (approx. 1 million emails/month), optimization of the IT architecture of the newsletter delivery system
Process optimization of various ITIL processes, support with IT risk analysis
Operations support as escalation manager (coordination of the multi-providers in case of errors)

Label: Complex virtualized multi-tier web server architecture based on virtualized Solaris, Windows and various network components, including: Slaors, Windows 2003, Active Directory, Reddot, Apache, Bea, Tomcat, SSL-Booster, Loadbalancer, Firewalls, Nagios, Oracle, MSSQL, SSH, Nagios, TSM,

Jan 2007 - Mar 2007

3 months

Product Manager / Controller Enterprise IT Services

EON IS

Quotation calculation and controlling of IT services within the EON group

Label: Storage, various Unix, various databases, SAP,

Jan 2006 - Dec 2006

1 year

Overall Project Manager Migration/Consolidation of 530 TB Storage/480 Servers

Siemens Business Service/EMC

As part of a technology refresh, around 530 TB of data capacity (140 EMC Symmetrix systems, approx. 484 server systems) are to be migrated in 3 data centers (Fürth, Munich, Paderborn) to 17 EMC storage systems. The task is to control the service provider responsible for the migration as the project manager and to ensure the support services provided by SBS. This includes in particular:
Coordination of the project strategy and project plans with SBS and EMC
Leading the PMO and coordinating the 3 subprojects
Certification and approval of the migration methods
Organization and coordination of support services (especially resources)
Coordination of schedules taking customer SLAs into account
Ensuring change management
Quality assurance (continuous improvement)
Project controlling (project progress figures, reports, etc.)
Escalation management/problem management

Label: EMC Control Center, EMC Clariiion, EMC DMX, EMC Connectrix, Solaris , Windows Server 2003, HP-UX, Logical Volume Manager, Multipathing, Oracle, MSSQL, SAP, various applications,

Mar 2005 - Dec 2005

10 months

ITIL Coach

Zentrale Polizeitechnische Dienste (ZPD) NRW

ZPD set the goal of introducing selected ITIL processes on its own. My task was to provide professional and methodical support during the rollout
Coaching of the project manager and the sub-project managers
Development and introduction of the project methodology (based on Prince2: structure, process, reporting, controlling)
Development and introduction of the process design and implementation methodology using the ARIS ITIL reference model from IDS Scheer
Professional support for the processes
Incident Management
Problem Management
Change Management
Release Management
Configuration Management
Service Level Management
Identification and preparation of quick wins (ad hoc implementations that can be rolled out quickly), including:
Adaptation of IncM and ProM reporting to Service Management requirements
Introduction of release planning and an overarching release calendar for selected processes
Introduction of an RFC form and an overarching change calendar (Forward Schedule of Change) for selected processes
Requirements analysis and design of a data model for the CMDB
Identification of the available data sources for ConM

Oct 2004 - Feb 2005

5 months

Interim Project Manager Digital TV Recording

Observer Argus Media GmbH

With more than 120 analog video recorders, Observer records TV programs and analyzes them on behalf of its customers. My task was to replace analog recording on videotape with digital recording.
Project management according to Prince2:
Preparing the project
Initiating the project
Managing the project (stages/product deliveries)
Requirements analysis
Creating and aligning the specification sheet
Supplier evaluation and selection
Organizing and running supplier workshops

Oct 2002 - Sep 2004

2 years

Business Consulting Storage Strategy

EMC/DaimlerChrysler

Optimization of the Storage on Demand processes according to ITIL, especially Change Management, Release Management, Configuration Management, Capacity Management
Development and introduction of an accounting and billing system, including for Service Level Management and Financial Management
Evaluation and introduction of a Storage Management System (EMC ECC), including for Configuration Management
Development and introduction of a Storage Solution Catalog, including for Service Level Management and Change Management
Support for the Sun pilot Terraspring/N1.
Development of a concept for Archive on Demand/Archive Framework.
Optimization of backup/recovery by using EMC BCV/Timefinder.
Evaluation of HSM systems with EMC Centera.
Initiation and execution of storage consolidation projects.
Development of a procedure concept for a technology swap.
Support for the W2K application server consolidation project (approx. 700 servers).
Note: In 2004, EMC was "Supplier of the Year Non-Automotive" at DaimlerChrysler

Label: European Datacenter of DaimlerChrysler. (Approx. 400 Unix systems, approx. 1200 W2K/NT systems, approx. 170 TB EMC storage)

Apr 2002 - Sep 2002

6 months

Consultant for audit-compliant two-stage Unix user administration

Deutsche Bank 24

Requirements definition, design and implementation:
Implementation of the audit requirement "personalization and logging of privileged accounts".

Label: Solaris 2.6, perl, BSM C3 Security module Solaris, ssh

Aug 2001 - Apr 2002

9 months

Project Manager of various sub-projects in Outsourcing Disaster Recovery

Deutsche Bank 24

Firewall/load balancing/VPN complex: requirements definition, tender process, project management for implementation and go-live
Backup/recovery, approx. 9 TB capacity, Oracle online backup: requirements definition, tender process, project management for implementation and go-live
Storage Area Network: requirements definition, tender process, project management for go-live
Planning of data center infrastructure
Coordination of go-live for various sub-components/sub-projects

Label: Solaris 2.6, Apache, Webobjects, Oracle, Checkpoint VPN.1, Foundry ServerIron, Veritas Netbackup Datacenter, various applications

Jan 2000 - Jul 2001

1 year 7 months

Subproject Lead Outsourcing Managed Storage/Storage on Demand

EMC/Siemens Business Service

Development of the concept for the Enterprise Managed Storage / Storage on Demand outsourcing project (see below)
Final design and alignment of the process model “Enterprise Managed Storage” (part of the outsourcing contract)
Building and leading the “Planning & Control” team (approx. 15 employees).
Implementation of the “planning and control processes,” including order intake/order execution, capacity planning, resource planning, procurement, configuration management/implementation of CMDB, chargeback/service billing, etc.
Taking over and carrying out storage planning responsibility for the main data centers in Munich, Fürth, and Paderborn
Optimization of the processes under my responsibility
Design and implementation of optimization strategies for the storage resources used
Support with cost controlling
Taking over the operational planning and control processes

Label: EMC Symmetrix, EMC Connectrix, EMC Celerra, various NT/Unix/mainframes

Oct 1999 - Dec 1999

3 months

Business Development Managed Storage/Storage on Demand

EMC/Siemens Business Service

Design, creation, and alignment of the process model “Enterprise Managed Storage” as part of an RFP for outsourcing Managed Storage on Demand
The tender was won and the processes were implemented. See follow-up project

Label: EMC Symmetrix, EMC Connectrix, EMC Celerra, various NT/Unix/mainframes

Nov 1998 - Dec 1999

1 year 2 months

Technical Project Manager: HA Server, Database Publishing System

Quelle Schickedanz AG

The Quelle media server is the technical system used to create the Quelle catalog. Amdahl is the general contractor for the overall system
Support for the overall project manager in all technical matters, including further development of the system architecture
Coordination of technical specifications with subcontractors.
Coordination of system changes, coordination of system suppliers, schedule and technical alignment with Quelle, support with technical design and further development. Including rollout of high availability servers, server consolidation, remote connections

Label: Solaris 2.5.1, Solaris 2.6, Mac OS, Veritas Foundation Suite, Veritas HA, Oracle

Oct 1997 - Oct 1998

1 year 1 month

Unix Consultant, System Architect

Dresdner Bank

Design of the system architecture. Design, implementation, and operation of a monitoring system for supervising operating systems and middleware components (SunNet Manager 2.3). Implementation and operation of jumpstart servers, coordination of daily operations, training/coaching of employees

Label: Solaris 2.5.1, SunNet Manager 2.3, Triarch middleware components

May 1997 - Oct 1997

6 months

2nd Level & 3rd Level Unix Support, Shift Lead Operations Control Room

T-Mobil

2nd Level & 3rd Level Unix support, integration of applications into the data center, setup and documentation of operations concepts
Shift lead for the operations control room

Label: HP-UX 9.04 & 10.01, OSF1 3.2, OSF1 4.0, Ultrix 4.x, Solaris 2.5

Feb 1997 - May 1997

4 months

System Administrator, Unix Support Engineer

SmithKleen Beecham

Support Unix systems, setup, monitoring and maintenance of backup systems

Label: Irix 5.3, Irix 6.2, OSF1 3.2, OSF1 4.0, Solaris 2.5.1, Epoch Backup Mgmt

Oct 1996 - Feb 1997

5 months

System Administrator, Unix Support Engineer

T-Mobil

2nd level & 3rd level Unix support, integration of applications into the data center, setup and documentation of operations concepts
Work in the operations control center

Label: HP-UX 9.04 & 10.01, OSF1 3.2, OSF1 4.0, Ultrix 4.x, Solaris 2.5

Nov 1995 - Feb 1996

4 months

Consultant Backup/Recovery - Tender

EPlus-Mobilfunk GmbH

Creation of the requirements profile, coordination of the tender, selection of test candidates, coordination of the tests, evaluation of the systems

Label: HP-UX 9.04 & 10.01, OSF/1 3.1, Solaris 2.4, SunOS 4.1.2, Banyan Vines 6.0,OS/2, Lotus-Notes, Oracle 7.1.2, Informix 7.1

Oct 1994 - Oct 1995

1 year 1 month

Consultant Backup/Recovery Implementation

EPlus-Mobilfunk GmbH

Analysis of requirements, design and implementation of the backup system, carrying out intensive total recovery tests, creation of the operations concept, planning and coordination of the rollout for 10 locations

Label: HP-UX 9.04, OSF/1 3.1, Solaris 2.4, Oracle 7.1.1, TeMIP, Legato Networker

Jan 1994 - Sep 1994

9 months

Network Management Architect

University Hospital Erlangen-Nuremberg

Design of an SNMP proxy agent for a network and systems management system for a proprietary measurement system for hospital laboratory devices

Label: MS-Windows 3.11, LABORYNTH System

Oct 1993 - Sep 1994

1 year

Remote

Trainer

Windows 3.11, Win Word 2.0, Designer 3.1
Remote Access (Modem, Carbon Copy)
SCO Unix:
Basics, Unix shell, etc.
System administration
Network administration
Terminal configuration (termcap, terminfo)
Printing systems
Kernel tuning
SPC Computertraining GmbH, Nuremberg
Schuster & Walter GmbH, Nuremberg
Training Center of the City of Nuremberg
Stadtwerke Erlangen, Erlangen

Sep 1993 - Nov 1993

3 months

Mailadministrator

Sigos GmbH

Design and implementation of a mail system based on SCO Unix and Bintec ISDN routers, connection to EuNet, setup of firewall, integration of WordPerfect mail system, implementation of news reader, implementation and configuration of user administration

Label: MS Windows 3.11, SCO UNIX 3.2, SunOS 4.1, Novell Netware 3.11, WP Office 4.0, Bintec ISDN Router

Aug 1993 - Sep 1993

2 months

Systemadministrator

Sigos GmbH

Unix system administration

Label: PC NFS 4.0 & 5.0, MS Dos 3.1, Windows 3.1, SCO Unix 3.2, Novell Netware 3.11 Novel NFS-Gateway, Legato Networker

Jan 1992 - Feb 1993

1 year 2 months

Software Engineer

infoteam GmbH

Design and implementation of a compiler for generating a decoding tool to decode PDUs based on ASN.1 for a network monitoring system

Label: AT&T Unix, NCR Tower, C-Compiler, lex, yacc

Oct 1991 - Nov 1991

2 months

Software Engineer

ica consulting GmbH

Design and implementation of TCP/IP communication between Unix and an MS-DOS gateway

Label: MS-Dos 3.1, SunOS 4.1, MS-C

Sep 1991 - Feb 1993

1 year 6 months

System Administrator

ica consulting GmbH

System administration

Label: PC NFS 3.0, MS Dos 3.1, Windows 3.1, SunOS 4.0, MSC

Sep 1991 - Sep 1991

1 month

Software Engineer, protocol specialist, programmer, system administration

ica consulting GmbH

Design and implementation of a generic software for finite-state machines for communication protocols

Label: SunOS 4.0

May 1990 - Jul 1991

1 year 3 months

Software Engineer

Synotec GmbH

Extension of a library for communication between VAX VMS and Siemens PLC S5 (3964R)

Label: VAX VMS, Fortan, S5-Simulator, RS 232 Monitor

May 1990 - Jul 1991

1 year 3 months

Software Engineer, Programmer

Synotec GmbH

Design and implementation of a distributed print spooling system for barcode labels (VAX VMS, FORTRAN)

Label: VAX VMS, Fortan, Oracle

Jul 1989 - Oct 1989

4 months

Remote

Software Engineer

Siemens Research and Development Center

Design and implementation of a remote control system for a network monitoring system (OSI protocols)

Label: Xenix 286, MS-Dos, Simens Protocoll Tester K1101, special monitor hardware

Jul 1988 - Oct 1988

4 months

Software Engineer

Siemens Research and Development Center

Design and implementation of a dynamic memory allocation system for the runtime component of an object-oriented programming language

Label: BSD Unix, C , Classic

Industry experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Automotive, and Government and Administration.

Information Technology

Banking and Finance

Manufacturing

Professional Services

Automotive

Government and Administration

Business area experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Operations, Strategy, Quality Assurance, and Procurement.

Information Technology

Project Management

Operations

Strategy

Quality Assurance

Procurement

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Diploma in Computer Science · Computer Scientist · Erlangen, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Scrum Master

Scrum Product Owner

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 56

Experience in Information Technology 16 y

Avg length 9 m

Longest experience 2 y 8 m

Expertise

Recent roles Project Manager, Internal Project Manager IT Outsourcing Provider Transition, Project Manager Windows 2012 Upgrade

Main industries Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Manufacturing

Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Operations

Qualifications

Highest degree Bachelor

Certifications earned 4

Profile

Member since

July 2026

Last update

August 2026

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Christoph is based in Fürth, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

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

Christoph has at least 35 years of experience. During this time, Christoph has worked in at least 49 different roles and for 37 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 7 months. Note that Christoph may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Christoph would be well-suited for roles such as: Project Manager, Internal Project Manager IT Outsourcing Provider Transition, Project Manager Windows 2012 Upgrade.

Christoph's most recent position is Project Manager at Zentraler Beitragsservice.

In recent years, Christoph has worked for Zentraler Beitragsservice, HOWOGE, Hillenbrand/Coperion, Deutsche Bank, and SopraSteria / NordLB.

Christoph is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Manufacturing. Christoph also has some experience in Automotive, Professional Services, and Government and Administration.

Christoph is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Operations. Christoph also has some experience in Strategy, Quality Assurance, and Procurement.

Christoph has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Real Estate.

Christoph has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Procurement.

Christoph holds a Bachelor in Computer Scientist from University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.

Christoph has 4 certificates. Among them, these include: ITIL, Prince 2, and Scrum Master.

Christoph will be available full-time from January 2027.

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