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Marco Zehner-Product Owner IT Services; Solution Architect central service delivery

Marco Zehner
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Wiesbaden, Germany

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Experience

Jan 2023 - Present

Product Owner IT Services; Solution Architect central service delivery

BWI

Position Summary
Product Owner IT Services; Solution Architect central service delivery at BWI
Industries
Information Technology
Government and Administration
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Project Management
  • Create product vision

  • Commission Scrum teams

  • Create schedule and coordinate with project lead

  • Coordinate and align with stakeholders

  • Harmonize processes across initiatives

  • Present project content at C-level

  • Create security concept for classified information up to DEU GEHEIM and NATO SECRET considering BSI GS, KRITIS, SÜG, VSA

  • Plan service changes to underpinning services

  • Design architecture for secure infrastructures

  • Dependency management in project context

  • Risk management

  • Requirements management

  • Commission and oversee protection needs analysis and information security concept

  • Coordinate service design activities

Nov 2020 - Dec 2021

Project Manager Migration Lotus to Exchange (on premise)

Deutsche Bundesbank

Position Summary
Project Manager Migration Lotus to Exchange (on premise) at Deutsche Bundesbank
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Manage and coordinate tasks
  • Stakeholder management
  • Quality assurance
Nov 2020 - Jul 2021

Project Manager Migration Lotus to Exchange Online (O365)

Fiducia GAD/Atruvia

Position Summary
Project Manager Migration Lotus to Exchange Online (O365) at Fiducia GAD/Atruvia
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Define and document migration approach
  • Manage and coordinate tasks
  • Stakeholder management
  • Quality assurance
Mar 2020 - Dec 2022

Lead System Architect Military Endpoint; Senior Architect New Digital Platform

Schweizer Armee – Führungsunterstützungsbasis / Kommando Cyber

Position Summary
Lead System Architect Military Endpoint; Senior Architect New Digital Platform at Schweizer Armee – Führungsunterstützungsbasis / Kommando Cyber
Industries
Aerospace and Defense
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Create security concept for clients

  • Develop ITSM process landscape

  • Architectural fundamentals of a military managed endpoint for all operational scenarios

  • Plan different releases regarding the implementation level of requirement groups

  • Classify capabilities in NATO C3 taxonomy

  • Present the project at C-level

  • Provide architectural oversight for all teams in rebuilding a federal IT organization

  • Coordinate sub-projects

  • Create and refine reference and system architectures and architectural building blocks in a military context, considering Swiss federal guidelines, NATO Architecture Framework (NAF) and Federated Mission Network (FMN)

  • Develop naming policy for a fully automated, distributed, degradation-resistant data center cluster including new client environment and network

  • CI/CD system architecture for data center automation and orchestration

  • Map capabilities to the NATO C3 taxonomy

  • Coordinate in the context of large organizational and change projects

Jan 2019 - Mar 2020

Project Setup DLP Data Loss Prevention; Project Lead Endpoint & Mobile Security

Deutsche Lufthansa

Position Summary
Project Setup DLP Data Loss Prevention; Project Lead Endpoint & Mobile Security at Deutsche Lufthansa
Industries
Aerospace and Defense
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Plan detailed schedule for group-wide DLP (September 2019–March 2020)

  • Full project leadership in the cybersecurity program SHIELD (January 2019–March 2020)

  • Budget €4.3M

  • RfI, RfP

  • Security Requirement Management

  • Threat Management

  • Risk Management

  • Create ISMS documents according to ISO 27001, IT baseline protection and CISecurity.org

  • Plan and implement security measures

  • Mobile security consulting

  • Project controlling and reporting

  • Present results up to C-level

Oct 2017 - Dec 2018

Project Lead Domino Upgrade & Security Hardening

BASF Group

Position Summary
Project Lead Domino Upgrade & Security Hardening at BASF Group
Industries
Chemical
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Comprehensive project management
  • Budget €3.7M
  • RfP and requirements creation
  • Ensuring data protection according to DS-GVO, GDPR, HIPAA
  • Ensuring IS security according to ISMS, BASF Security Framework, findings from external audit
  • Planning security measures in the existing ISMS based on ISO 27001
  • Risk assessments with specialist departments
  • Architecture consulting according to TOGAF 9
  • Management of external providers and planning external audits
  • Project controlling
  • Creating and reviewing solution design documents and security concepts
  • Reporting, analyses, time and budget planning
  • Presenting results up to C-level
Jul 2012 - Nov 2017

Staff advisor to SO&I division management; Interim Team Lead Client Management; Various project management and consulting roles

Fresenius Group

Position Summary
Staff advisor to SO&I division management; Interim Team Lead Client Management; Various project management and consulting roles at Fresenius Group
Industries
Healthcare
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Receiving and evaluating requirements from the business

  • Coordinating the project charter and budget planning

  • Creating concepts and integrating into architecture management and ServiceNow

  • Representing in governance boards

  • Process consulting and design

  • Developing an automation agenda and SAP digitization projects

  • Ensuring production operations after loss of 80% FTE

  • Staffing external support and onboarding new team members in Client Management

  • Documenting Client Management systems/processes for ISO 27000 and service organization

  • Realigning and expanding the project portfolio

  • Project lead for Windows 10 migration, application portfolio management, Empirum migration to MS SCCM, Client as a Service, setting up a test center for client computing, endpoint protection, patch management

  • Migration and functional enhancement of room booking systems (April 2017–November 2017)

  • Implementation of Atlassian Confluence & JIRA (March 2017–November 2017)

  • Project lead IAM (January 2017–April 2017)

  • Designing test management for mobile infrastructure (October 2016–January 2017)

  • Consulting on joint department processes (September 2016–November 2017)

  • Enterprise fileshare with SharePoint integration (June 2015–July 2016)

  • MDM system migration from Good to MobileIron (July 2015–December 2016)

  • Product Owner for distributed modern application platform (2014–November 2017)

  • Connecting apps to enterprise SAP landscape with Fiori (2014–November 2017)

  • Consultant for migrating ordering processes and EMM services to ServiceNow (2014–November 2017)

  • Setting up global support for mobile infrastructure (2013–2017)

  • Improving internal processes for mobile infrastructure (2013–2017)

  • Building mobility for two DAX-listed companies (2012–November 2017)

  • Contributing to building an application development platform for mobile devices (2012–November 2017)

Jan 2012 - Dec 2012

Lotus Notes/Domino consulting

Fresenius Netcare GmbH

Position Summary
Lotus Notes/Domino consulting at Fresenius Netcare GmbH
Industries
Healthcare
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Project management and development of ITSM application (ITIL incident process, Prince2 methodology)
  • Adapting incident process according to ITIL
  • Further development of various Lotus Notes applications
Nov 2011 - Dec 2011

Consultant for testing and enhancing applications

Deutsche Bahn AG

Position Summary
Consultant for testing and enhancing applications at Deutsche Bahn AG
Industries
Transportation
Business Areas
Information Technology
Quality Assurance
  • Testing various applications
  • Enhancing the Winter Service application
  • Enhancing the prequalification app for service providers
Jul 2008 - Sep 2011

Program Manager international CRM applications

Bayer Business Services

Position Summary
Program Manager international CRM applications at Bayer Business Services
Industries
Chemical
Pharmaceutical
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Program management of complex international CRM applications based on IBM Domino
  • Simplifying service operations
  • Planning and expanding complex interfaces with SAP and Microsoft SSIS
Jun 2008 - Jul 2008

Consultant Migration Lotus Notes to MS Excel

E-Plus

Position Summary
Consultant Migration Lotus Notes to MS Excel at E-Plus
Industries
Telecommunication
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Preparation of migration from Lotus Notes to MS Excel
  • Creation of an application catalog
  • Automation of application complexity analysis
  • Identification of functional gaps between base and target architecture
Jun 2007 - Jun 2008

Lotus Notes/Domino Developer and CRM Enhancement

Deutsche Boerse

Position Summary
Lotus Notes/Domino Developer and CRM Enhancement at Deutsche Boerse
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Extension of MySAP CRM to include offline capability using Lotus Notes
  • Development of complex Lotus Notes/Domino applications
  • Development of interfaces with mySAP CRM and SAP HR
May 2005 - May 2007
Switzerland

Team Leader Notes Development; SAP BW Project Manager; CRM Program Manager

Julius Bär (CH)

Position Summary
Team Leader Notes Development; SAP BW Project Manager; CRM Program Manager at Julius Bär (CH)
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Team leadership of Notes development for private banking (4 employees)
  • Project management of an SAP BW project (Sales MIS)
  • Program management of a CRM application family
  • Project management and development of a project management solution with Lotus Notes/Domino and MS SQL Server
  • Migration of CRM Notes databases to Siebel
  • Migration of applications into an Outlook/Exchange environment
Jan 2004 - Apr 2005

Project Manager and Database Developer

DVAG

Position Summary
Project Manager and Database Developer at DVAG
Industries
Banking and Finance
Insurance
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Project management and further development of a requirements database
  • Project management and further development of a change request database
  • Implementation of a SCRUM project management database
  • Development of applications with Lotus Notes/Domino, DHTML and Java
Aug 2003 - Dec 2003

Head of Groupware

Alno AG

Position Summary
Head of Groupware at Alno AG
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Leadership of the groupware area including administration, coordination, planning, software development and maintenance (3 employees)
Jul 2001 - Jul 2002

Project Manager Sales Information System Mobile Users

Credit Suisse

Position Summary
Project Manager Sales Information System Mobile Users at Credit Suisse
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Sales
  • Set up a sales information system for mobile users on Notes/Domino R5
  • Complete setup of a Notes/Domino infrastructure
  • Training of server management and user helpdesk staff
Jul 2000 - Jun 2003

Consultant for Notes/Domino Reengineering and Administration

Deutsche Börse

Position Summary
Consultant for Notes/Domino Reengineering and Administration at Deutsche Börse
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Reengineered and automated administrative processes on Notes/Domino
  • System administration of Lotus Notes/Domino 4.6 and R5
  • Established a user helpdesk sub-unit
  • Migration projects of products, operating systems, and versions
  • Consolidation of hierarchical naming systems
  • Implemented interfaces (LEI, LotusScript, Java, COM) to DB2, SAP, and Oracle
Feb 1999 - May 2000

Project Manager and Developer of Billing Software

GVP

Position Summary
Project Manager and Developer of Billing Software at GVP
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Project Management
  • Project management and development of billing software for financial services distribution using MS FoxPro 6.0
  • Led a team of 4 staff
Jan 1999 - Dec 1999

Database Developer for Drug Approval

Abbot

Position Summary
Database Developer for Drug Approval at Abbot
Industries
Pharmaceutical
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Enhanced a database for drug approval
Aug 1998 - Feb 2000

Sub-project Manager for Workflow Application Account Management

Westdeutsche Immobilienbank

Position Summary
Sub-project Manager for Workflow Application Account Management at Westdeutsche Immobilienbank
Industries
Banking and Finance
Real Estate
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Co-led and contributed to the creation of a workflow application for account management
Jan 1996 - Dec 1996

Migration and scripting

Westdeutsche Immobilienbank

Position Summary
Migration and scripting at Westdeutsche Immobilienbank
Industries
Banking and Finance
Real Estate
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Migration from Novell NetWare to Microsoft NT
  • Developing log-in scripts with KiXtart
Jan 1994 - Dec 1998

Working student and freelance developer

Systemforum CMCS

Position Summary
Working student and freelance developer at Systemforum CMCS
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Project Management
  • Developing a CMS with Lotus Domino
  • Logistics databases for roll-out projects
  • Cross-domain address book synchronization
  • Enhancing the inventory system with asset accounting
  • Hardware rollout projects
  • Telemarketing

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Healthcare, Chemical, Aerospace and Defense, and Pharmaceutical.

Banking and Finance
Information Technology
Healthcare
Chemical
Aerospace and Defense
Pharmaceutical
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Business Area Experience

See which departments and functions this freelancer has contributed to most.

Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development, Quality Assurance, Business Intelligence, and Sales.

Information Technology
Project Management
Product Development
Quality Assurance
Business Intelligence
Sales
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Skills

  • Pmbok, Prince2, Hermes V

  • Itil V3 And 4

  • Cobit 5

  • Iso 27001

  • Togaf (Adm Bw)

  • Naf (Nato Architecture Framework)

  • Nato C3 Taxonomy

  • Fmn (Federated Mission Network)

  • Ict Architecture V (Swiss Army Architecture Framework)

  • Method Re-V

  • Method Sl-V

  • Scrum

  • Kanban

  • Lean

  • Safe

  • Uml, Bpmn, Epk, Eepk

  • Ms Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook) (Incl. Vba)

  • Ms Project

  • Ms Visio

  • Sparx Ea

  • Eamod

  • Aris Toolset

  • Atlassian Jira, Confluence

  • Sql And Nosql Databases (Couchdb)

  • Programming (Basic, Javascript, Java, C++, C, Python)

  • Sap (Incl. Ps)

  • Ibm Lotus Notes/Domino

  • Defense/Authorities: 6 Years

  • Banks: 10 Years

  • Chemical/Pharmaceutical: 9 Years

  • Insurance: 2 Years

  • Transport/Logistics: 1 Year

  • Other: 1 Year

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Italian
Elementary

Education

Diploma in Computer Science (University of Applied Sciences), focus on Information and Communication Management · Computer Science

Certifications & licenses

CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional)

CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)

CPRE Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering

IREB

CTFL Certified Tester Foundation Level ISTQB

Data Protection Officer according to DSC standard

DSC-Standard

ITIL 4 Managing Professional

ITIL v3 Expert

PMI-ACP in good standing (Agile Certified Practitioner)

PMI

PMP in good standing (Project Management Professional according to PMI)

PMI

Prince2 internal training

Fresenius Netcare

SAP Solution Architect ERP – Integration of Business Processes with my SAP ERP

TOGAF 9 Certified

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 22
Experience in Banking and Finance 11 y
Avg length 1 y 9 m
Longest experience 5 y 4 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 1 (Switzerland)
Primary country Switzerland

Expertise

Recent roles Product Owner IT Services; Solution Architect central service delivery, Project Manager Migration Lotus to Exchange (on premise), Project Manager Migration Lotus to Exchange Online (O365)
Main industries Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Healthcare
Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Qualifications

Certifications earned 12

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Marco is based in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Marco speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Italian (Elementary).
Marco has at least 32 years of experience. During this time, Marco has worked in at least 22 different roles and for 21 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 5 months. Note that Marco may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Marco would be well-suited for roles such as: Product Owner IT Services; Solution Architect central service delivery, Project Manager Migration Lotus to Exchange (on premise), Project Manager Migration Lotus to Exchange Online (O365).
Marco's most recent position is Product Owner IT Services; Solution Architect central service delivery at BWI.
In recent years, Marco has worked for BWI, Deutsche Bundesbank, Fiducia GAD/Atruvia, and Schweizer Armee – Führungsunterstützungsbasis / Kommando Cyber.
Marco is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Information Technology, and Healthcare. Marco also has some experience in Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Aerospace and Defense.
Marco is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development. Marco also has some experience in Quality Assurance, Business Intelligence, and Sales.
Marco has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Government and Administration, and Aerospace and Defense.
Marco has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development.
Marco attended education in Computer Science.
Marco has 12 certificates. Among them, these include: CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional), CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), and CPRE Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering.
Marco will be available full-time from July 2026.
Marco's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.
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