Martin Neuhold-Project Management & AI Consultant
Experience
AI and PM Consulting
AI and PM Consulting Martin Neuhold
- Certified AI Expertise: As an AI Manager and Consultant, I understand the mechanics of LLMs and autonomous agentic workflows.
- Decades of Delivery: Over 30 years of experience heading complex, multi-million Euro infrastructure and telecom programs across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
- Proven Track Record: Successfully leading international teams of up to 150 members for Tier-1 operators like Vodafone and T-Mobile.
- Clarity: Applying PMP and Agile methodologies to ensure AI programs deliver measurable business results instead of just "tech-hype".
- I help telecom and infrastructure organizations to execute AI-enabled programs with precision, governance, and a "get-it-done" attitude.
Rollout Management
DB InfraGO
- Rollout of a digital Tetra network for the railway tunnels in Germany.
Rollout Manager
PGS-I
- Rollout of LTE base stations (LTE 700, LTE 800, LTE 1800 and LTE 2100) for Vodafone in the South Bavaria region.
Infrastructure Project-Management Consultant
Cteam Consulting & Plant Engineering GmbH
- Infrastructure Project Management, Deficiency- and Documentation- Management Consultancy.
Management Consultant
Heliot Europe
- Rollout management, management consulting, logistics and BNetzA-issues for the largest IoT network provider.
Management PM Consultant
PM and Rollout Consulting Martin Neuhold
- Management Consultant at several Tier-1 telecommunication operators.
Rollout Management Consultant
SIGFOX
- Rollout management, partner management, and logistics consulting services.
Regional Manager
Huawei Technologies
- Responsible for all Huawei business for the Vodafone South Region customer (RAN deployment and Managed Services).
Project Manager
Huawei Technologies
- Supporting the 4G rollout for the Vodafone account.
Senior Project Manager / Program Manager
- Qualification year.
Senior Project Manager
Nokia
- Rollout Manager for the digital public safety communications Tetra network (BOSNet).
Senior Project Manager
Nokia
- Rollout of more than 4000 base stations countrywide for customer Cassidian Communications GmbH (EADS) and BDBOS.
- Planning and steering the rollout of Tetra base stations countrywide.
- Leading the rollout teams.
- Steering and controlling external service providers.
- Regaining the trust and satisfaction of the customer by achieving the expected rollout numbers.
- Ensuring the achievement of the required rollout targets.
- Achieving significant cost savings by remodeling the rollout processes.
- Defining the annual project targets for the rollout team.
- Responsible relationship management with internal and external stakeholders (federal and regional public project groups).
Program Manager of the Customer Team T-Mobile International and Lead Project Manager
Nokia
- Migration of the Rel99 core network to an IP-based Release 4 core network for T-Mobile International and T-Mobile Germany.
- Coordination of Release 4 projects for T-Mobile Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Croatia and the Netherlands.
- Leading and steering international project teams.
- Interface between internal and external stakeholders such as the project team, customer team, R&D and senior management of NSN and T-Mobile.
- Responsible for running regular steering-board meetings with senior management from the customer team and T-Mobile.
Project Director Vodafone Access Transmission Program (ATP)
Nokia
- Migration of more than 3000 backbone sites from leased line to radio link for Vodafone UK.
- Leading an international project team with 150 members.
- Steering and controlling external service providers.
- Successfully planning and executing quality improvement measures to significantly increase customer satisfaction.
- Planning and conducting lessons learned workshops internally and with the customer.
- Avoiding contractual penalties by ensuring the monthly contractual targets are met and even exceeded.
- Significantly increasing customer satisfaction.
- Interface to the senior management of NSN and Vodafone UK up to the regional service head of NSN and the CTO of Vodafone UK.
General Project Manager
Siemens AG
- Rollout of a GSM network in the telecom circle of Bihar and Jharkhand for customer Dishnet (a subsidiary of Maxis Group).
- Leading and steering the rollout of a GSM trial network including civil works, installation and integration of base stations, access network and management system.
- Leading an international and intercultural project team.
- Steering and controlling external service providers.
- Interface to the senior management of Siemens and Dishnet up to the CTO.
General Project Manager
Siemens AG
- Rollout and expansion of fixed-, mobile- and access-networks in Tripoli, Libya for Customers: General Post- and Telecommunications-Company, Great Men Made River Authority, Great Men Made River Water Authority, Al Madar.
- General Management of the local project organisation.
- Leading and steering of all telecommunication projects of Siemens countrywide.
- Leading of an international and intercultural project team.
- Steering and controlling the external service providers.
- Bid preparation for service part.
- Contract clarification and negotiation with the customer.
- Finalization of several projects with achieving the final acceptance in a difficult environment.
- Interface to the senior management of Siemens and to the top management of the customer.
- Interface to the local governmental authorities.
General Project Manager
Siemens AG
- Rollout and expansion of fixed-, mobile- and access-networks for Customer: Sudatel.
- General Management of the local project organisation.
- Leading and steering of all telecommunication projects of Siemens countrywide.
- Leading of an international and intercultural project team.
- Bid preparation for service part.
- Finalization of several projects with achieving the final acceptance in a difficult environment.
- Interface to the senior management of Siemens and to the top management of the customer.
- Interface to the local governmental authorities.
General Project Manager
Siemens AG
- Project-start-up for the realisation of a country wide fibre optic backbone for Customer: Angola Telecom.
- Bid preparation for service part.
- Contract clarification and negotiation with the customer.
- Planning of the project setup.
- Definition of the work-packages.
General Project Manager
Siemens
- Rollout and expansion of fixed-, mobile- and access-networks for Customers: General Post- and Telecommunications-Company, Great Men Made River Authority.
- General Management of the local project organisation.
- Leading and steering of all telecommunication projects of Siemens countrywide.
- Leading of an international and intercultural project team.
- Steering and controlling the external service providers.
- Interface to the senior management of Siemens and to the top management of the customer.
General Project Manager
Siemens
- Rollout and expansion of fixed- and access-networks for Customers: Syrian Telecommunication Establishment.
- General Management of the local project organisation.
- Leading and steering of all telecommunication projects of Siemens countrywide.
- Leading of an international and intercultural project team.
- Leading the know-how transfer to switch from an expat to a local setup and coaching junior project managers.
- Finalization of several projects with achieving the final acceptance in a difficult environment.
- Bid preparation for service part.
- Contract clarification and negotiation with the customer.
- Interface to the senior management of Siemens and to the top management of the customer till CEO.
- Interface to the local governmental authorities.
Regional Project Manager
Siemens
- Rollout and expansion of fixed-networks for Customer: Syrian Telecommunication Establishment.
- Leading and steering of all telecommunication projects of Siemens in the central region of Syria.
- Leading of an international and intercultural project team.
- Interface to the general project management of Siemens in Syria and to the regional management of the customer.
- Steering of acceptance activities with the customer.
Commissioning Engineer
Siemens
- Rollout and expansion of fixed-network switching centres for Customer: Syrian Telecommunication Establishment.
- Commissioning of switching centres in the central and south region.
- Fault detection and fault clearance.
- Execution of acceptance test with the customer.
- Vacation replacement of the regional project manager.
- Implementation of the international roaming function for the mobile network of the royal family for Saudi Telecom in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Commissioning Engineer
Siemens
- Rollout and expansion of fixed-network switching centres for Customers: T.M.N, Telecom Portugal.
- Commissioning of switching centres in the central region.
- Fault detection and fault clearance.
- Execution of acceptance test with the customer.
System Software Developer
Siemens
- Development of CCITT CCS7 functions for fixed-network switching centres.
- Specifying, programming, documenting and testing CCS7 functionality.
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Summary
Senior Project, Program and PMO Consultant with 30+ years of international experience delivering complex telecom, infrastructure and transformation programs across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Proven track record in leading multi-million-euro rollouts, managing cross-functional and international teams of up to 150 people, and restoring delivery control in demanding stakeholder environments.
Today, I help telecom and infrastructure organizations combine Project Management excellence with AI enablement to move from experimentation to operational execution. My focus is on AI-enabled program delivery, PMO setup, governance, rollout management, stakeholder alignment, risk control and measurable business outcomes.
Certified in PMP, Scrum and AI consulting/management, I bridge the gap between emerging AI capabilities and disciplined execution in real-world operations.
Skills
Project Management
Program Management
Pmo Setup And Pmo Leadership
Ai Transformation
Ai Enablement
Ai Use Cases
Ai Governance
Eu Ai-act Readiness
Delivery Management
Transformation Management
Telecom Rollout Management
Infrastructure Programs
Stakeholder Management
Risk Management
Vendor Management
Change Management
Cross-functional Leadership
International Team Leadership
Waterfall Delivery
Agile Project Management
Hybrid Delivery Models
Process Optimization
Operational Excellence
Contractor And Partner Management
Powerbi
Ms Project
Ms Access
Ms Excel
Sharepoint
Chatgpt
Claude
Perplexity
N8n
Local Llm
Languages
Education
HTL Innsbruck
Communications-Technology and Electronics (Eng.) · Communications-Technology and Electronics · Innsbruck, Austria
Certifications & licenses
AI-Manager And AI-Consultant (HC)
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
IPMA Level B
GPM IPMA
ITIL
PMP
PMI
Prince 2
Project- And Process-Management
AIM Austrian Institute Of Management
Six Sigma
Statistics
Experience
Global Experience
Expertise
Qualifications
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