Henok Abraham-Founder and Managing Director

The goal of Afworki GmbH IT-Consulting is to make small and medium-sized companies more competitive by overcoming challenges in digitalization, automation, and data management.

Tailored technology, strategy, and specialist consulting designed to meet the individual needs of each company.

Analyzing the company's current situation and developing the best possible solution together with the client.

Using both agile and classical IT project management methods to deliver projects on time and within budget.

Focusing on automating and orchestrating all data flows in a data warehouse to create a unified and standardized data foundation.

Considering the dependencies between IT and business to achieve sustainable positive effects.

Employing modern strategies and tools specifically tailored to the company's needs.

Supporting digitalization, the introduction of agile working methods, and the creation of up-to-date reports and analyses.

Objective: streamlining management and enabling well-founded, data-driven decision-making.

Developed business intelligence architectures, data and digitalization topics, as well as business transformation.

Introduced agile infrastructures and DevOps methods.

Supported workshops on agile transformation.

Designed and delivered trainings and coaching sessions (Power BI, data warehouse best practices, agile project management methods).

Led a certification training for the Interaction Room methodology, converting it from in-person to online format during COVID-19 lockdowns.

Promoted a shared understanding and effective stakeholder collaboration, with a focus on achievable MVPs and early risk management through intuitive visualization.

Supported the development of the competency area and contributed to internal projects and proposal processes.

Monitored current market trends to ensure customer know-how.

Analyzed a stalled international quality management logistics project and facilitated a workshop with stakeholders to create a roadmap with milestones and deadlines.

Introduced agile methods (Scrum and Kanban) and standardized coordination and collaboration concepts for stakeholders, the development team, and IT operations.

Trained the development team in Scrum and Kanban.

Designed and implemented quality management and test management processes.

Led specialist departments, software development teams, and external service providers.

Restored the integrity of specialist departments and the development team across multiple countries.

Achieved a dramatic reduction in delivery costs, downsized specialist departments, and automated supply chain management.

Leading and supporting national and international teams of up to six project members.

Executing complex client projects in the insurance industry and coordinating with the client.

Creating reliable project plans and monitoring progress with proactive risk management.

Implementing Informatica PowerCenter ETL processes.

Creating and implementing functional specifications.

Conducting data quality analyses.

Successful project controlling and risk management in Informatica PowerCenter projects.

Implementing IBM Cognos TM1 in business intelligence projects for international clients.

Data modeling and creating TurboIntegrator processes.

Customizing TM1 via the API in C# and developing automation applications for backup and archiving.

Developing a global Windows Server 2008 network infrastructure for automated installation and configuration of IBM Cognos TM1.

Using agile methods (SCRUM), ensuring quality through software and system testing, and creating system documentation.

Migrating an Oracle database to MS SQL Server and modifying ETL processes.

Creating automated reports for global sites and implementing backup and archiving processes.