Frank J.-Lead Project Manager

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Experience
Lead Project Manager
Energy Supply Industry
- 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
Enterprise IT Architect Data Center
Compusafe
- 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
Cloudification of an SAP ESM Environment
E.ON
- 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
Technical Project Manager Network for a Data Center / Application Move
FIS Finanzinformatik System
- 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
Subproject Lead Client Standardization
Landeshauptstadt München
- 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
Emergency Control Center Architect
DB Netze
- 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
Project Manager Virtual Emergency Data Center
FürSie Genossenschaft
- 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
Enterprise Architecture Manager for Multi-Cloud Management
DB AG Konzernvorstand
- 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
IT Application Manager / Carve Out
Arlanxeo
- 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
IT Manager Consumer Goods Industry
Veritas
- 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)
Overall Project Manager / Transition Manager
Dell EMC
- 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
Program Management Project Steering Network Deployment
Unitymedia NRW GmbH
- 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
Project Manager Office 365 Migration North America
Fresenius Netcare GmbH
- 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
Senior Project Manager
Kelvion Holding AG
- 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
Contractor - Senior Project Manager
GEA
- 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
Senior Move Group Manager / Service Manager / Architect / Project Manager
IBM / Allianz
- 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
Process and Demand Manager / Senior Project Manager
Dorma Time and Access
- 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
Interim Service Manager
Qiagen Sample and Assay Technologies
- 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
Senior Country Project Manager / Senior Project Manager
Telefonica O2 / IBM
- 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)
Senior Project Manager
ThOLG Thuringia (Thuringian Higher Regional Court)
- 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
Senior Overall Project Manager / Program Manager
DB Systel
- 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
Senior Project Manager
AWO Rhein-Oberberg
- 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
Senior Project Manager / EMC
Deutsche Telekom
- 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
Senior Project Manager - Advisor to the EDC Director
Daimler - European Data Center EDC
- 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
Practice Manager
EMC Consulting
- 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
Senior Transition / Transformation Manager
EMC / HP
- 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)
Project Manager
EMC / Otto Versand
- 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
Project Lead, Preliminary Study
EMC / ING-DiBa
- 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
Manager / Delivery Director
Accenture / EMC Consulting
- 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
Senior Consultant
Capgemini / Vodafone
- 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
Product Manager
Capgemini / Hewlett-Packard Deutschland GmbH
- 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
Staffing / Knowledge Manager
Capgemini Telecom Media Networks
- 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
Consultant
Capgemini / Arcor AG
- Conducting an inventory system
Security Auditor
Capgemini / Allianz Slowakei
- Conducting a security audit for Allianz in Slovakia
Consultant
Capgemini / Vodafone
- Support in creating an operating concept
Architect
Capgemini / Deutsche Telekom AG
- Support in creating a common language for IT architecture
Architect
Capgemini / T-Mobil
- Support in creating an architecture framework
Security Consultant
Capgemini / T-Online International AG
- Security concept for standardizing the dial-in password
BCM Consultant
Capgemini / T-Online International AG
- Creation of a disaster recovery concept, emergency management, and business continuity management (BCM)
Consultant
Allianz Versicherung AG
- Concept for creating international standards
Application Group Manager
Compuware / Ford Werke AG
- Management of application groups for Ford Werke
System Engineer
debis / Westdeutsche Landesbank
- Setup and support of the data warehouse infrastructure
System Programmer and Administrator (Team Leader)
Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG Köln (ITERGO)
- 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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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Operations, Strategy, Quality Assurance, and Procurement.
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
Education
Abitur
Fachhochschule Bochum
Communications Engineering · Bochum, Germany
University of Dortmund
Civil Engineering · Dortmund, Germany
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
Statistics
Experience
Global experience
Expertise
Qualifications
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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.
The availability of Frank needs to be confirmed.
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