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Jul 2025 - Present

Lead Project Manager

Energy Supply Industry

Position summary
Lead Project Manager at Energy Supply Industry
Industries
Energy
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Led a large-scale transformation project to replace a complex multi-provider/multi-technology infrastructure with a unified single-provider platform
  • Overall responsibility for planning, controlling, and implementing the migration of all LAN, WAN, and WiFi components at national and international locations under high availability and security requirements (critical infrastructure)
  • Developed and implemented the migration strategy, including a detailed rollout roadmap and risk management plan
  • Managed interdisciplinary project teams and coordinated service providers and internal stakeholders
  • Ensured compliance with schedule, budget, and quality targets
  • Introduced standardized operational processes and handed over to regular operations
  • Close reporting to the steering committee and C-level
Jan 2025 - Jun 2025

Enterprise IT Architect Data Center

Compusafe

Position summary
Enterprise IT Architect Data Center at Compusafe
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
  • Developed IT concepts for building a data center while taking high security requirements into account
  • Planned the data center infrastructure, including site selection, building design, power supply, UPS systems, network architecture, and rack layouts
  • Created hardening concepts to secure the IT infrastructure, including staging processes and security logging mechanisms
  • Coordinated with various manufacturers and service providers to select and implement hardware and software solutions for the data center
  • Conducted risk analyses and security assessments to ensure continuous protection of the data center infrastructure
  • Reviewed concepts with a focus on IT infrastructure and IT security
  • Advised on concept development and provided consulting support during implementation as well as on the setup and operation of the data center
  • Collected requirements, analyzed them, and interviewed stakeholders
  • Defined scope and boundaries, taking compliance and security requirements into account (especially BSI)
  • Captured performance requirements such as throughput, latency, uptime, and resource consumption
  • Evaluated future growth requirements in terms of scalability, elasticity, and sustainability
  • Designed the network architecture with data volume, redundancy, and security in mind
  • Selected hardware (servers, storage, network devices) and software (operating systems, management tools)
  • Designed the server and storage infrastructure (SAN, NAS, cloud) and backups
  • Virtualization strategy with VMware, Kubernetes, or cloud virtualization and containerization
  • Planned data backup and disaster recovery (backup frequency, external storage strategies)
  • Defined the security architecture including network segmentation, firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention, encryption, and access controls
  • Planned load balancing and high availability (failover mechanisms and clustering)
  • Advised on technology selection and possible risks
Aug 2023 - Oct 2024

Cloudification of an SAP ESM Environment

E.ON

Position summary
Cloudification of an SAP ESM Environment at E.ON
Industries
Utilities
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Advised IT architecture management on identifying and documenting the interfaces and IT systems involved
  • Identified and coordinated requirements and necessary changes
  • Prepared reporting documents as part of the project work
  • Took part in meetings in an advisory role, including follow-up preparation of the content, possible solutions, and results
  • Ensured that the teams understood the backlog content
  • Coordinated special topics with other departments
  • Checked the implementation of the architectural requirements for the cloud move
  • Reviewed group-wide standards and Azure readiness as well as the requirements for the target architecture
  • Independently clarified open questions with the relevant contacts
  • Further developed frameworks, methods, and procedures
Jul 2023 - Oct 2023

Technical Project Manager Network for a Data Center / Application Move

FIS Finanzinformatik System

Position summary
Technical Project Manager Network for a Data Center / Application Move at FIS Finanzinformatik System
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Supported an application move from a historically grown legacy environment (CISCO FabricPath) to a new distributed environment based on CISCO ACI from the network side
  • Technical assessment of the current and target states as well as creation and enforcement of a valid and secure migration path
  • Project control toward stakeholders and technical staff
  • Managed a nearshore team made up of subject matter experts
  • Assessed and managed project priorities with regard to time, quality, and cost
  • Order and change order management for additional services and extra orders toward customers, suppliers, and third-party providers
  • Handled current incidents, change, and Bambi tickets with Remedy and ServiceNow
  • Central documentation of all IT and telecommunications resources in FNT Command to improve the efficiency of operational processes
May 2023 - Sep 2023
Munich, Germany

Subproject Lead Client Standardization

Landeshauptstadt München

Position summary
Subproject Lead Client Standardization at Landeshauptstadt München
Industries
Government and Administration
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management
  • Took over subproject lead for TP 2.10 Client Standardization in the neoIT program
  • Took over technical work packages in the workstreams of the neoIT TP 2.10 project
  • Planned and structured the topic areas
  • Drove and tracked the activities
  • Supported the development of an optimized organizational structure
  • Organized and documented the hardware lifecycle topic area
  • Analyzed and documented requirements for future target processes
  • Analyzed general optimizations in the area of IT workplace operations
  • Led a workstream
Apr 2023 - Dec 2024

Emergency Control Center Architect

DB Netze

Position summary
Emergency Control Center Architect at DB Netze
Industries
Transportation
Business areas
Information Technology
Quality Assurance
  • Professional and technical consulting on the DiNo-ECC project (Digitalization in Emergency Management – Emergency Control Center) within DB Netz AG to optimize the technical architecture
  • Consulting and review of a scenario analysis between cloud operation and in-house operation of the infrastructure
  • Creating the technical architecture for the selected option, taking information security requirements into account
  • Consulting on the selection of suitable cloud providers and hardware
  • Setup and basic configuration of the selected environment
  • Creating backup and recovery concepts
  • Creating and aligning a concept for connecting mobile devices
  • Creating test cases
  • Aligning content with the project management
Apr 2022 - Sep 2022

Project Manager Virtual Emergency Data Center

FürSie Genossenschaft

Position summary
Project Manager Virtual Emergency Data Center at FürSie Genossenschaft
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Creating a detailed concept for providing an emergency data center in a co-location (on-premise) setup as well as in a private cloud (VMware)
  • Reviewing the use of own firewalls and internet connections
  • Gathering requirements and identifying solutions
  • Consolidating and collecting information
  • Preparing data at management level and documenting meetings
  • Including GRC aspects in the new emergency concept
  • Reviewing current official and legal requirements and guidelines
  • Planning and coordination, as well as alignment with operational service providers
Sep 2021 - Jun 2022

Enterprise Architecture Manager for Multi-Cloud Management

DB AG Konzernvorstand

Position summary
Enterprise Architecture Manager for Multi-Cloud Management at DB AG Konzernvorstand
Industries
Information Technology
Transportation
Business areas
Information Technology
Strategy
  • Professional and technical review of the existing overall cloud architecture (AWS, Azure) for inherent weaknesses and outage risks
  • Clear presentation, description, and quantitative assessment of outage scenarios and risks
  • Developing optimization approaches and alternative architectures regarding technical architecture, redundancies, and network connectivity
  • Analysis to improve failover security, availability, redundancy, backup & recovery, IT emergency management, and multi-cloud management
  • Determining indicative costs for implementing and operating the optimization approaches
  • Considering legal implications and framework conditions
  • Bringing in current trends from the cloud market on technologies and products for data backup
  • Designing and coordinating the result documents with stakeholders
  • Creating a recommendation letter for Azure and AWS
  • Working with corporate emergency management and BCM, including new GRC requirements
Aug 2019 - Sep 2021
Leverkusen, Germany

IT Application Manager / Carve Out

Arlanxeo

Position summary
IT Application Manager / Carve Out at Arlanxeo
Industries
Chemical
Manufacturing
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Supporting a carve-out in the non-ERP area to separate the systems
  • Moving the on-premise area to Office 365 and cloud solution providers
  • Managing application migrations and responsibility for OT applications (LIMS) and IT applications (XPAT, Documentum)
  • Planning and controlling changes in the complex IT landscape
  • Communication between project stakeholders and support during the separation
  • Consolidating internal demand planning and monitoring project progress
  • Order and change order management for additional services and controlling service providers
  • Supporting the transition of Active Directory and the migration of all Windows-based apps
  • Supporting the migration to Microsoft Azure
  • Consulting on the creation and cleanup of application-specific authorization concepts
  • Structural revision of organization-specific authorization concepts and documentation of cleanup measures
  • Coordinating project tasks with IT product management and business departments
  • Coordinating and tracking changes using Topdesk
  • Go-live support for partial processes for starters, changers, and leavers
Apr 2019 - Jul 2019
Wuppertal, Germany

IT Manager Consumer Goods Industry

Veritas

Position summary
IT Manager Consumer Goods Industry at Veritas
Industries
Manufacturing
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Building relationships with key stakeholders to ensure that the IT strategy is aligned with business requirements
  • Handling new IT requests as part of demand management
  • Ensuring that all IT service requirements are captured in the demand portfolio
  • Managing projects according to company methods from initiation to closure
  • Implementing and continuously improving service management processes, including SLA management and reporting
  • Responsible for IT performance management at local level (financial, SLA, and customer satisfaction management)
Jan 2019 - Feb 2019

Overall Project Manager / Transition Manager

Dell EMC

Position summary
Overall Project Manager / Transition Manager at Dell EMC
Industries
Automotive
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management
  • Consulting on the takeover of IT hardware, services and processes, as well as the relocation of operations to a new service provider for an automotive manufacturer
  • Independent planning and control of the transition of a service expansion and transfer into operations
  • Implementation of new SLAs
  • Project qualification, initiation and planning (scope, goals, milestones, resources, costs) in cooperation with account management
  • Project control using standard PM methods and tools
  • Design and delivery of on-site meetings for project initiation and status handover with customers at management level
  • Management of projects according to BSI baseline protection
  • Concept, planning and execution of data center operations
May 2017 - Oct 2018

Program Management Project Steering Network Deployment

Unitymedia NRW GmbH

Position summary
Program Management Project Steering Network Deployment at Unitymedia NRW GmbH
Industries
Telecommunication
Business areas
Operations
Procurement
Project Management
  • Management of new data center construction, expansion and retrofitting as part of NO & T Network Deployment
  • Consideration of site selection, building design, security measures, air conditioning and power supply according to DIN 50600
  • Management of planning areas for building and facilities engineering (NE1), civil engineering (NE4), hub design (NE2/NE3), transport/IP technology, TV/video technology and monitoring
  • Coordination of quotation requests and review using SAP (actuals, commitments, budget planning)
  • Coordination of build-out work in the data center through to acceptance and handover to network operations
  • Dismantling of old technology sites in Bielefeld and Bad Homburg
  • Preparation of network switchover to new technology sites and connection of 20 HFC networks
  • Concept according to BSI baseline protection and documentation of build-out services
  • Project reporting and change management using Remedy
  • Cost controlling in SAP
Jan 2017 - Apr 2017
Boston, United States

Project Manager Office 365 Migration North America

Fresenius Netcare GmbH

Position summary
Project Manager Office 365 Migration North America at Fresenius Netcare GmbH
Industries
Healthcare
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Management of the O365 migration for end users of Fresenius Medical Care in North America
  • Creation of the migration plan as well as design of the migration content and tools
  • Building a comprehensive feedback system to control and continuously improve the migration
  • Support in analyzing and preparing the migration steps from Lotus Notes to O365
  • Briefing and management of external agencies
  • Operational support of the migration (newsletter, intranet articles, QA page)
  • Management of the Change Agent Community network for local communication
  • Support for the stream leads in the areas of change, processes, rollout, infrastructure, as well as legal and compliance
  • Setup of the local team on site in Boston
Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

Senior Project Manager

Kelvion Holding AG

Position summary
Senior Project Manager at Kelvion Holding AG
Industries
Manufacturing
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Migration of the existing IT infrastructure from the old parent company to a new environment
  • Identification of the applications to be handed over (500-800 applications) from the old AD domain to the new one
  • Adaptation of the corporate standard clients and review of so-called legacy systems (Lotus Notes) for replacement by Exchange or O365
  • Review of service-oriented architectures to identify weak points and minimize production outages
  • Assessment of the server and file server environments as well as review of the security status (BitLocker, antivirus)
  • Communication with around 150 locations worldwide and creation of an application catalog
  • Creation and execution of the migration plan including risk analysis
  • Professional support for the Program Manager and Global IT Infrastructure Leads
  • Assessment of functional applications in terms of criticality, business impact and dependencies
  • Coordination with business and application owners regarding Active Directory authentication
  • Escalation management and coordination of external partners
Feb 2016 - Aug 2016

Contractor - Senior Project Manager

GEA

Position summary
Contractor - Senior Project Manager at GEA
Industries
Manufacturing
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Identification of the applications to be handed over with the local responsible persons
  • Professional support in creating milestones and the transition timeline
  • Analysis and assessment of applications by criticality as well as planning of handover dates
  • Moderation of knowledge transfer meetings (mainly online)
  • Escalation management for follow-up work in neighboring countries
  • SPOC for tower leads from Accenture in Manila and Romania
  • Support for program management at Accenture and GEA
  • Collaboration with service providers to introduce agile methods in application development
  • Quality assurance according to DIN ISO 9001 and knowledge management
  • Communication with manufacturers and suppliers as well as analysis of tickets from SMC
Sep 2015 - Nov 2015
Brussels, Belgium

Senior Move Group Manager / Service Manager / Architect / Project Manager

IBM / Allianz

Position summary
Senior Move Group Manager / Service Manager / Architect / Project Manager at IBM / Allianz
Industries
Insurance
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Analysis and assessment of the current state of used technologies (data center topologies, LAN/WAN/VOIP, firewall, proxy, storage, backup, LDAP/AD, MS Exchange, Lotus Notes)
  • Development of a strategic roadmap for IT infrastructure areas and preparation of technology decisions
  • Writing infrastructure guidelines and concepts for future projects
  • Evaluating product architectures and service portfolios with regard to the target architecture
  • Technical definition of projects for technology modernization
  • Coordination of system design, development, and service management
  • Review of project results (architecture concept, technical design, operations manuals, security concepts)
  • Technical requirements management and assessment of non-functional requirements
  • Creation of effort estimates and business cases including feasibility analyses
  • Main contact for management in Benelux as well as for planned data centers in Paris and Frankfurt
  • Responsible for all reporting and compliance with quality gates
Feb 2015 - Aug 2015

Process and Demand Manager / Senior Project Manager

Dorma Time and Access

Position summary
Process and Demand Manager / Senior Project Manager at Dorma Time and Access
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management
  • Demand management for the areas of data center, network infrastructure, workplace, and service desk
  • Ensuring the operation of IT infrastructure based on defined SLAs
  • Introduction of a global ticket system
  • Project management and collaboration in Area and Group IT
  • Qualification, escalation, and involvement in problem, change, and incident management
  • Continuous improvement of service management and definition of KPIs
  • Implementation and optimization of service management processes and creation of reports
Sep 2014 - Dec 2014

Interim Service Manager

Qiagen Sample and Assay Technologies

Position summary
Interim Service Manager at Qiagen Sample and Assay Technologies
Industries
Biotechnology
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Service management for the areas of data center, network infrastructure, workplace, and service desk
  • Ensuring the operation of IT infrastructure and the workplace environment
  • Managing external service providers based on defined SLAs
  • Internal and external stakeholder management and project management
  • Validating processes to provide documented evidence of requirement fulfillment
  • Involvement in problem, change, and incident management
  • Implementation of service management processes using ServiceNow
  • Automation of IT workflows and ticketing systems
  • Configuration, asset, and problem management
  • Analysis of IT performance and weekly reporting to management
Mar 2014 - Aug 2014
Munich, Germany

Senior Country Project Manager / Senior Project Manager

Telefonica O2 / IBM

Position summary
Senior Country Project Manager / Senior Project Manager at Telefonica O2 / IBM
Industries
Information Technology
Telecommunication
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management
  • Responsibility for the transition/transformation data center move from Munich to Alcala in Spain
  • Transfer of a group of applications (as-is to be) involving external service providers
  • Analysis and evaluation of existing CMDBs
  • Coordination of the changeover from analog conference and video systems to IP telephony (Central CBX as PaaS)
  • Management of the phases Validation, Design, Build, Cutover, and Warranty
  • Review of virtualization or modernization of server systems
  • Assignment as Change Manager for the Remedy system (creation, approval, and management of tickets)
Sep 2013 - Feb 2014
Germany

Senior Project Manager

ThOLG Thuringia (Thuringian Higher Regional Court)

Position summary
Senior Project Manager at ThOLG Thuringia (Thuringian Higher Regional Court)
Industries
Government and Administration
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Responsibility for restructuring measures in the IT infrastructure area
  • Review of centralization versus decentralization approaches
  • Topics: server consolidation, hardware replacement procurement, operating system updates
  • Migration from Lotus Notes to Exchange and Exchange consolidation
  • Backup and archiving concepts
  • Preparation of a merger with ITOS and the IT control center of the Thuringian specialist judiciary
  • Long-term assurance of the availability of specialist applications, taking cost-effectiveness and service levels into account
Jul 2011 - Apr 2013

Senior Overall Project Manager / Program Manager

DB Systel

Position summary
Senior Overall Project Manager / Program Manager at DB Systel
Industries
Information Technology
Telecommunication
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management
  • Managed the DB WAN Backbone Lot 2 project to upgrade ICT technical rooms at 54 locations in Germany
  • Developed and tracked the project plan, including milestones, resources, and costs
  • Reviewed dependencies on other infrastructure projects
  • Supported Proof of Concept and Quality Gate reviews
  • Identified and documented issues and project blockers (issue and risk log)
  • Managed projects according to BSI baseline protection
  • Worked with the Solution Design Architect to prepare a Bill of Material
  • Initiated ordering processes for provisioning the required infrastructure (rollout management)
  • Implemented communication structures and regular reporting
  • Carried out project tasks according to the S-O-S method (13 success factors for large projects)
  • Developed and integrated work instructions into the Remedy ticket system
  • Created operations documentation and process descriptions
Nov 2010 - Apr 2011

Senior Project Manager

AWO Rhein-Oberberg

Position summary
Senior Project Manager at AWO Rhein-Oberberg
Industries
Government and Administration
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Advised on requirements for the system landscape, server farm, application environment, and backup strategies
  • Focus on virtualization, user management, and security aspects
  • Managed the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (XenDesktop) and SSL VPN solutions (Access Gateway)
  • Solutions for WAN optimization (Branch Repeater) and monitoring (EdgeSight)
  • Implemented Single Sign-on (Password Manager)
  • Single point of contact for internal and external matters
Aug 2009 - Jun 2010

Senior Project Manager / EMC

Deutsche Telekom

Position summary
Senior Project Manager / EMC at Deutsche Telekom
Industries
Telecommunication
Business areas
Legal
Project Management
  • Project on compliance and its impact on the office environment
  • Created a position paper to show the potential of implementing compliance rules
  • Document management and communication of project progress in regular on-site updates
  • Held workshops for the involved departments to align knowledge
  • Created recommendation documents for the next steps
  • Acted as single point of contact
Apr 2008 - Mar 2009

Senior Project Manager - Advisor to the EDC Director

Daimler - European Data Center EDC

Position summary
Senior Project Manager - Advisor to the EDC Director at Daimler - European Data Center EDC
Industries
Automotive
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Program / data center management as the central contact point for the EDC senior management
  • Interface management between management and lower leadership levels
  • Ensured requirements in a multi-project management environment
  • SLA management and audits in first-level support (on site and offshore in India)
  • Created and updated process documentation and work instructions
  • Supported the infrastructure within the data center and coordinated technical contacts
  • Prepared and carried out migrations and installations
  • Analyzed the ticket system and implemented work instructions
  • Capacity planning, hardware sizing, and facility management (power, climate, security)
  • Emergency management and contingency planning for backup power scenarios
  • Introduced a quality management process according to DIN ISO 9001
  • Created relevant KPIs for weekly reporting
Oct 2006 - Dec 2010

Practice Manager

EMC Consulting

Position summary
Practice Manager at EMC Consulting
Industries
Professional Services
Business areas
Operations
Project Management
  • Scope definition and boundary setting for consulting projects
  • Feasibility analysis and creation of project plans
  • Project estimation and definition of milestones
  • Definition of roles and responsibilities
  • Preparation of offers and definition of SLAs
  • Price calculations and resource planning
  • Held workshops for offer presentations
May 2006 - Dec 2007

Senior Transition / Transformation Manager

EMC / HP

Position summary
Senior Transition / Transformation Manager at EMC / HP
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management
  • Planning the data center transition and coordinating with the team in the USA
  • Reviewing customer data and confirming locations, applications, and storage systems
  • Collecting data, analyzing it, and supporting application mapping
  • Documenting and validating the current inventory
  • Developing data center operating policies, processes, and procedures
  • Estimating the level of effort (LOE) for transformation activities and services
  • Defining change requests and maintaining the project plan
  • Project issue and problem management, including escalation management to the PMO
  • Cost management and determining Actuals to Date (ATD) and Estimate at Completion (EAC)
Dec 2005 - Mar 2006

Project Manager

EMC / Otto Versand

Position summary
Project Manager at EMC / Otto Versand
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Implementing a storage class concept to resolve performance bottlenecks
  • Analyzing existing issues and providing suitable solutions
  • Analyzing data migration to newer storage systems
  • Business impact analysis regarding NOA applications
  • Reviewing implemented fast restore procedures
  • Creating a disaster recovery concept taking logical database errors into account
Jun 2005 - Jun 2005

Project Lead, Preliminary Study

EMC / ING-DiBa

Position summary
Project Lead, Preliminary Study at EMC / ING-DiBa
Industries
Banking and Finance
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management
  • Creating a high-level concept for an operations handbook in close cooperation with the customer
  • Detailed design of IT infrastructure operations beyond the disaster case
  • Focus on storage topics and related areas
  • Determining timelines and effort for implementation
  • Presenting the results in a workshop
Apr 2005 - Sep 2006

Manager / Delivery Director

Accenture / EMC Consulting

Position summary
Manager / Delivery Director at Accenture / EMC Consulting
Industries
Information Technology
Professional Services
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Strategy
  • Specialist for Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) and project delivery
  • Responsibility for multiple teams across the EMEA region
  • Sizing and costing for large projects as well as project coordination
  • Strategic management in heterogeneous industrial environments
  • Consulting on storage consolidation, data protection (backup/DR), and process design according to ITIL and CMM
Jan 2005 - Dec 2005

Senior Consultant

Capgemini / Vodafone

Position summary
Senior Consultant at Capgemini / Vodafone
Industries
Telecommunication
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management
  • Execution of a plan-build-run project for new workstations
  • Setup of the first Global Service Operation Center (SOC) for Vodafone
  • Transition to live operations for MMS services and mobile streaming in Italy, Germany, Portugal, and Spain
  • Adaptation of personalized workstations in a listed building
  • Consideration of technical challenges such as limited load-bearing capacity and air conditioning (chilled water piping)
  • MEP planning and implementation of high-availability concepts
Jan 2004 - Nov 2004

Product Manager

Capgemini / Hewlett-Packard Deutschland GmbH

Position summary
Product Manager at Capgemini / Hewlett-Packard Deutschland GmbH
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Strategy
  • Development of new strategies and concepts around Customer Relationship Management
  • Focus on Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) for different data sources and types
  • Creation of archiving concepts for growing data volumes
  • Consideration of legal regulations and retention periods (up to 30 years)
  • Definition of access rights, security, and data protection for system failures (RAID, replication)
  • Definition of QoS policies for data procurement
Mar 2003 - Jan 2004

Staffing / Knowledge Manager

Capgemini Telecom Media Networks

Position summary
Staffing / Knowledge Manager at Capgemini Telecom Media Networks
Industries
Information Technology
Telecommunication
Business areas
Human Resources
Project Management
Strategy
  • Staffing and project assignment planning for national and international requests
  • Development of a knowledge architecture to improve business processes
  • Setting goals, strategies, and milestones
  • Collecting best practices and lessons learned
  • Consolidation of budgets and costs for projects
  • Coordination of knowledge management and provision of project teams
Dec 2002 - Feb 2003

Consultant

Capgemini / Arcor AG

Position summary
Consultant at Capgemini / Arcor AG
Industries
Telecommunication
Business areas
Information Technology
  • Conducting an inventory system
Dec 2002 - Dec 2002

Security Auditor

Capgemini / Allianz Slowakei

Position summary
Security Auditor at Capgemini / Allianz Slowakei
Industries
Insurance
Business areas
Audit
Information Technology
  • Conducting a security audit for Allianz in Slovakia
Aug 2002 - Nov 2002

Consultant

Capgemini / Vodafone

Position summary
Consultant at Capgemini / Vodafone
Industries
Telecommunication
Business areas
Operations
  • Support in creating an operating concept
Mar 2002 - Aug 2002

Architect

Capgemini / Deutsche Telekom AG

Position summary
Architect at Capgemini / Deutsche Telekom AG
Industries
Information Technology
Telecommunication
Business areas
Information Technology
  • Support in creating a common language for IT architecture
Mar 2002 - Aug 2002

Architect

Capgemini / T-Mobil

Position summary
Architect at Capgemini / T-Mobil
Industries
Information Technology
Telecommunication
Business areas
Information Technology
  • Support in creating an architecture framework
Dec 2001 - Feb 2002

Security Consultant

Capgemini / T-Online International AG

Position summary
Security Consultant at Capgemini / T-Online International AG
Industries
Telecommunication
Business areas
Information Technology
  • Security concept for standardizing the dial-in password
Oct 2000 - Jun 2001

BCM Consultant

Capgemini / T-Online International AG

Position summary
BCM Consultant at Capgemini / T-Online International AG
Industries
Information Technology
Telecommunication
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
  • Creation of a disaster recovery concept, emergency management, and business continuity management (BCM)
Apr 2000 - Oct 2000

Consultant

Allianz Versicherung AG

Position summary
Consultant at Allianz Versicherung AG
Industries
Insurance
Business areas
Quality Assurance
  • Concept for creating international standards
Sep 1999 - Mar 2000

Application Group Manager

Compuware / Ford Werke AG

Position summary
Application Group Manager at Compuware / Ford Werke AG
Industries
Automotive
Business areas
Information Technology
  • Management of application groups for Ford Werke
Oct 1998 - Sep 1999

System Engineer

debis / Westdeutsche Landesbank

Position summary
System Engineer at debis / Westdeutsche Landesbank
Industries
Banking and Finance
Information Technology
Business areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
  • Setup and support of the data warehouse infrastructure
Oct 1986 - Oct 1998
Cologne, Germany

System Programmer and Administrator (Team Leader)

Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG Köln (ITERGO)

Position summary
System Programmer and Administrator (Team Leader) at Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG Köln (ITERGO)
Industries
Insurance
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management
  • Design, development, testing, and optimization of back-office applications for health and life insurance
  • Planning and design of the IT architecture for client/server applications
  • Design and rollout of the internal network architecture, including intranet
  • Maintenance and tuning of network components and software
  • Management of operational software in the host and C/S environment (OS390 mainframe)
  • Introduction of new system software components and management of external networks
  • Migration planning for network components and application-oriented software
  • Fault management and security analyses of LAN/WAN and MVS systems
  • Development of single sign-on and reliability concepts
  • Project control according to BSI baseline protection
  • Design, planning, and execution of data center operations
  • Setup of user help desks and capacity planning
  • Implementation of backup procedures for host and client/server
  • SNI coupling of MVS systems and migration planning of CICS application data

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

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

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Summary

Frank Joraschkewitz is an experienced IT and project manager with over 39 years of professional experience in the areas of IT architecture, cloud management, Governance Risk Compliance (GRC), and Business Continuity Management (BCM). He has successfully contributed to projects in industries such as telecommunications, automotive, healthcare, and financial services. His special areas include the planning, optimization, and management of data centers and network architectures. Frank is certified in ITIL and DIN EN ISO 9001 and has extensive knowledge in architecture management, service delivery, carve-out, and emergency management. He has been involved in projects for companies such as E.ON, Deutsche Bahn, Unitymedia, and Deutsche Telekom, where he developed cloud migration strategies, led complex IT transformation projects, and optimized the IT infrastructure. Frank stands out for his strategic mindset, leadership skills, and ability to work in different international and interdisciplinary teams. His strong communication skills and experience in risk management make him a valuable advisor and project manager for demanding IT projects and transformations.

Skills

  • Architecture Management (Adm)

  • Service Model Design

  • Infrastructure Operations Management

  • Grc (Governance, Risk, Compliance)

  • Security

  • Security Risk Assessment

  • Big Data Systems

  • Soa

  • Office365

  • Lotus Notes

  • Sap Erp

  • Workplace Design

  • Cloud Architect

  • Vtsp Accreditation Emc/Vmware

  • Auditor For Qm Systems Din En Iso9001:2008ff

  • Storage Technology Foundation

  • Itil Foundation

  • Bsi Baseline Protection

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Abitur

Fachhochschule Bochum

Communications Engineering · Bochum, Germany

University of Dortmund

Civil Engineering · Dortmund, Germany

...and 1 more

Certifications & licenses

Security Clearance SÜ2

Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution

Working with Virtual Machines

Auditor for QM Systems According to DIN EN ISO9001:2008 ff

BSI Baseline Protection

Creating Virtual Machines

MVS System Programmer

Storage Technology Foundation

VMware Infrastructure Architecture

VMware

VMware Infrastructure Networks

VMware

VMware Infrastructure Storage

VMware

VTSP Accreditation

VMware

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Experience

Total positions 43
Experience in Insurance 12.5 y
Avg length 1 y
Longest experience 12 y

Global experience

Countries worked in 3 (Germany, United States, Belgium)
Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Lead Project Manager, Enterprise IT Architect Data Center, Cloudification of an SAP ESM Environment
Main industries Insurance, Information Technology, Telecommunication
Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Operations

Qualifications

Certifications earned 13

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

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

Frank has at least 37 years of experience. During this time, Frank has worked in at least 38 different roles and for 41 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 10 months. Note that Frank may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Frank would be well-suited for roles such as: Lead Project Manager, Enterprise IT Architect Data Center, Cloudification of an SAP ESM Environment.

Frank's most recent position is Lead Project Manager at Energy Supply Industry.

In recent years, Frank has worked for Energy Supply Industry, Compusafe, E.ON, FIS Finanzinformatik System, and Landeshauptstadt München.

Frank is most experienced in industries like Insurance, Information Technology, and Telecommunication. Frank also has some experience in Professional Services, Manufacturing, and Transportation.

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

Frank has recently worked in industries like Transportation, Chemical, and Manufacturing.

Frank has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Quality Assurance.

Frank attended education in Abitur.

Frank has 13 certificates. Among them, these include: Security Clearance SÜ2, Working with Virtual Machines, and Auditor for QM Systems According to DIN EN ISO9001:2008 ff.

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