Daniel Schaaf

Key Strengths

• "Troubleshooter"; Leading Projects In Especially Challenging Environments
• Communication And Liaison Between Business Stakeholders (And It)
• Change Management Experience And Negotiation Skills; Trainer And Coach
• Project Controlling In Terms Of Budget, Scope, And Timeline
• Strategy Development, Strong Analytical Skills, Data And Business Focus, Translating Complex Issues; Strong Presentation And Communication Skills (Up To Board Level)
• Analytical, Process-, Customer-, And Market-oriented Thinking
• Preparing And Driving Decision-making
• Innovation, Creativity, Assertiveness, And Self-motivation
• Generalist, Numbers Person, Analyst, Communicator
• Innovative, Over Six Ai Deployments In Projects, Including Accounts Receivable, Mailroom, Media Design, Software Generation, And Sales Control

Industry Experience

• Fmcg (Food And Non-food)
• Energy Industry
• Finance
• It And Telecom Product Providers
• Transport, Travel, And Tourism

It Skills

• Broad Overview And Market Knowledge In Saas, Virtualization, Cloud
• Data Lake
• Ebusiness
• Ddd
• Crm
• Scm
• Eai, Soa, Microservices
• Dw, Etl
• Devops
• Communication And Internet Technologies
• Knowledge Of Relevant Products: Sap, Azure, Aws, Gcp, Power Platform, Jboss, Tibco, Cisco, Aspect, Broadvision, Sag, Remedy, Servicenow, Omnitracker, Etc.
• Ai Systems, Llm, Structure Recognition, Media Creation, Rule Engines
• It Architectures (Also Critical Infrastructure Environments)
• Good Sap R/3 Knowledge (4 Years), Especially In Modules Sd, Mm, Fi/co, Is-u, Bo, Eam
• Databases: Oracle, Db2, Mysql, Mariadb, Elastic
• Data Analysis: Data Warehouse, Data Lake, Bo, Anaplan, Etl
• Sql And Excel Guru
• Business Process Modeling Tools: Aris, Visio, Signavio
• It Planning Tools: Alfabet Sitm, Eitam, Adoit, Doors
• Project Tools: Jira, Confluence, Trello
• Ms Project, Rational Rose, Bitbucket, Aiveo
• Testing: Selenium
• Good Knowledge Of Sql And Data Mining (20 Years)
• Basic Programming Skills In Python, Visual Basic, Php (Long Ago)
• It Knowledge Especially In Creating Functional And Technical Specifications, Project Management, And Coordinating Between Business And It

Methodical Skills

• Project Management Methods
• V-model
• Rational Unified Process
• Prince2 (Foundation Cert.)
• Six Sigma
• Agile Methods (Scrum, Kaisen, Safe)
• Itsm/cmdb Products And Processes
• Development And Deployment Methods (Devops)
• Process Modeling And Management
• Organizational And Process Planning
• Program Management And Development Planning
• Stage-gate Methodology
• Systemic Strategies (Luhmann) And Game Theory
• Development Of Integration Strategies
• Quality Management
• Customer-focused Strategies: Empathy Map, A/b Analyses
• Business Cases And Financial Planning, Roi, Cost Calculation, And Controlling
• Competitive And Market Analyses
• Product Selection And Tendering
• Workshop Moderation Techniques
• Sla Definition
• Various Ai Tools And Llms

Aligning A Business Process Plan With Its Objectives

• Effectiveness
• Efficiency
• Quality
• Error Rate
• Speed
• Flexibility
• Innovation
• Standardization
• Diversification

End-to-end Responsibility For Change Initiatives And Projects

In Many Change Projects Of All Sizes, I Was Responsible For Everything From Project Initiation, Aligning Strategy And Goals, Target Group Focus, Business Case, Make-or-buy Decisions, Vendor Selection, Poc, Content, Structural (Method), Formal, Time And Financial Planning, Coordination With Other Initiatives/stakeholders, Overseeing Implementation, Change Management, Controlling, Troubleshooting, Risk Management, Testing, Bug Fixing, Devops, Documentation, Training, All The Way To Intensive Care And Lessons Learned, Ensuring The Initiative's Success.

Personal Strengths

• Analytical, Innovative, Assertive
• It Generalist And Numbers Person
• Creative, Communicative, Trainer, Coach
• Very Quick To Grasp And Learn (Self-learner)
• Quick Onboarding In Specialized Topics
• Planning And Project Management
• Troubleshooter Qualities (I Really Feel At Home Here)
• Building Business Units And Divisions
• Data Junkie
• Specialist In B2c And B2b Business Models