Matthias Otterbach - Senior Consultant, Business Analyst, Program and Project Manager

Q: Where is Matthias based?

Matthias is based in Ettenheim, Germany .

Q: What languages does Matthias speak?

Matthias speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Elementary) .

Q: How many years of experience does Matthias have?

Matthias has at least 37 years of experience. During this time, Matthias has worked in at least 25 different roles and for 26 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year . Note that Matthias may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Matthias's latest experience?

Matthias's most recent position is Interim Project Lead at EnBW .

Q: What companies has Matthias worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Matthias has worked for EnBW , Energy supplier/near Cologne , Aufwind SPC Schweiz GmbH , Eastern Swiss Utility Company , and Utility company in Eastern Switzerland .

Q: Which industries is Matthias most experienced in?

Matthias is most experienced in industries like Energy , Utilities , and Information Technology . Matthias also has some experience in Professional Services , Retail , and Chemical .

Q: Which business areas is Matthias most experienced in?

Matthias is most experienced in business areas like Project Management , Strategy , and Information Technology . Matthias also has some experience in Sales , Operations , and Customer Service .

Q: Which industries has Matthias worked in recently?

Matthias has recently worked in industries like Energy , Professional Services , and Information Technology .

Q: Which business areas has Matthias worked in recently?

Matthias has recently worked in business areas like Finance , Project Management , and Business Intelligence .

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Ettenheim, Germany

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Experience

Jun 2025 - Apr 2026

11 months

Interim Project Lead

EnBW

Project lead at a German TSO & trader
Industry: Energy / trading at EnBW in Karlsruhe
Task: Bringing together two renewable direct marketing tracks (small direct marketing & large direct marketing) in compliance with group-wide rules and guidelines; implementation of a new customer and partner portal; controlling new requirements, project risk management, consulting; process creation and review, (sub-)project planning in sprints, milestone approval, budget (target) vs. actual review;

Aug 2024 - Aug 2025

1 year 1 month

Project Management/Senior Consultant

Energy supplier/near Cologne

Industry: Energy
Task: Introduction of a CRM/EDM/ERM standard software solution for B2B processes (Klafka & Hinz); interfaces to business partners; establishment of SLAs with the vendor; controlling + risk management, management and SteerCo communication; negotiations with system/IT vendors; facilitation of workshops and management strategy meetings;

May 2023 - Jun 2025

2 years 2 months

Senior Business Analyst

EnBW

Senior consulting & project management at a German TSO & trader
Industry: Energy / trading at EnBW in Karlsruhe
Task: Implementation and establishment of SLAs for operations. Controlling new requirements, bugs, extensions, and change requests (Azure DevOps), presenting them and negotiating with vendors; consulting, support, and implementation of concepts for new market rules in the system; process creation and review, (sub-)project planning in sprints, milestone approval, budget (target) vs. actual review, resource planning, validations, optimizations, management / stakeholder communication;

Dec 2019 - Present

6 years 8 months

Seltisberg, Switzerland

Founder, CEO, Senior Consultant

Aufwind SPC Schweiz GmbH

Aug 2019 - Apr 2023

3 years 9 months

Senior Consultant

EnBW

Senior consulting at a German TSO & trader
Industry: Energy / trading at EnBW in Karlsruhe
Role: Senior consultant and, from 2022, responsible project lead
Support throughout the full RFI & RFP process in the selection of a new scheduling, nomination, short-term position management, and asset dispatch system
Top management coach
CRM - RFI/RFP project management
Integration of direct marketing for renewable energy
Process support for REMIT, Redispatch 2.0, EDM integration, forecasting, billing, and merit order processes,
Registration processes for new partners, termination and renegotiation processes;
Building operations and support with SLAs and their processes

Jun 2018 - Dec 2020

2 years 7 months

Senior Consulting

Leading Swiss Retailer

Industry: Retail
Audit of the ongoing integration project, risk management, support for implementation in the new PMO, support for project controlling, harmonization of SLAs for operations incl. processes

Jan 2018 - Mar 2018

3 months

Senior Consultant

Pharmaceutical Company

"are you digital" - project at a pharmaceutical company
Industry: Pharma
The goal of the project was to find out which innovative projects for digital transformation the company could implement in the future. To do this, the best ideas were filtered out with the help of intensive workshops, interviews, and market scanning.

Aug 2017 - Present

9 years

Senior Consultant

Eastern Swiss Utility Company

Senior Business Consulting at an Eastern Swiss utility company
Industry: Energy
Support with market-relevant, strategic questions. Preparation of a requirements specification, selection process for a new portfolio management system, execution and coordination of IT and business department questions, presentations, and other management questions relevant to decision-making. In addition, preparation for the second Swiss market opening.

Sep 2016 - Jul 2017

11 months

Senior Consultant

Preparation of requirements specification, RFI/RFP tendering, and subsequent support in contract negotiations
Industry: Retail
After a requirements specification phase, about 8 potential providers were searched for in the market that could successfully carry out an international retail project. Around 20 companies in one corporate group had to be harmonized in about 6 different countries. (Project volume approx. CHF 50 million) This project was completed very successfully.

Aug 2016 - Dec 2017

1 year 5 months

Senior Consultant, Project Manager

Large Chamber of Commerce in Switzerland

ERP requirements specification, RFI & RFP tendering, contract negotiations, and subsequent project management
After preparing a complete requirements specification and a tender process, the task led to project management for the integration of the selected ERP system. This integration runs until October 2017.

Mar 2016 - Aug 2016

6 months

Senior Consultant, Project Manager

RFI/RFP tender for a utility company
Industry: Banking
In parallel with a market scan, a complete requirements specification / requirement profile was created for the client. The “longlist” of 14 providers was reduced step by step to 3 very interesting providers. Contract negotiations were successfully completed with the best provider, and the project was finished “just in time and in budget”.

Jan 2016 - Present

10 years 7 months

Project Manager

Utility company in Eastern Switzerland

Industry: Energy
Role: Project manager for evaluations, implementations and energy billing, as well as innovations through a new BI system

Mar 2015 - Dec 2015

10 months

Head of Communication & Changes

Energy company

QlikView). This was followed by the automated digital transformation. The client was extremely satisfied with the result and the “added value” it created for the company
Support for the PMO
Industry: Energy
Communication planning and making sure it was carried out. Asking for feedback and checking its quality. Documenting changes in the organization and project, and publishing them if needed.

Jul 2014 - Dec 2015

1 year 6 months

Zürich, Switzerland

Business Consultant & Account Manager Energy Industry

Engineering & consulting company in Zurich

Building a new industry team and its services
Industry: Engineering / IT / Consulting
Building a new industry team and its service offerings. Potential and market analysis, SWOTs, risk management, competition, team and resource building, visits to the first potential customers, development of possible services and offerings, preparing proposals, responding to tenders, giving presentations, arranging and coordinating meetings with new prospects, follow-up and analysis, and initiating further actions. Revenue responsibility for 2015 of CHF 2 million.

Apr 2014 - Dec 2019

5 years 9 months

Herisau, Switzerland

Partner & Senior Consultant

november ag

Apr 2014 - Jul 2014

4 months

Germany

Senior Project Manager

Large utility company & municipal utility in Northern Germany

Anonymous tender project for a risk & limit checking system
Industry: Energy
Anonymous system tender for a risk and limit monitoring system. Before that, all system requirements were collected in a requirements specification and sent out anonymously.

Feb 2014 - Jul 2014

6 months

Germany

Senior Project Manager

Large utility company & municipal utility in Northern Germany

Energy trading, risk and controlling project
Industry: Energy
As part of the system tender for a risk and limit monitoring system, all processes and rules related to energy trading, middle office and back office were reviewed, adjusted where needed, and documented.

Nov 2013 - Mar 2014

5 months

Project Manager

Pharma company

Business Intelligence project
Industry: Pharma
Role: Project manager for the implementation of new controlling requirements
After a short time, the new controlling requirements were implemented and put into operation by management.

Jun 2013 - Mar 2014

10 months

Ettenheim, Germany

Project Manager, Managing Director and Founder

AUFWIND SPC GmbH

Mar 2012 - Sep 2013

1 year 7 months

Project Manager

Transmission system operator (TSO)

Integration of a new gas and power scheduling & nominations system
Industry: Energy
Role: I supported the project manager in his daily work in the form of project planning, steering meetings, management meetings, negotiations for system extensions, and planning of their implementation.
After six months of system testing in the area of gas nomination for the DACH market area, the customer decided to use the system for the daily nomination of gas and power in all European markets. My mandate was to make sure that the necessary resources were available and that the milestones were met.

May 2010 - Jul 2010

3 months

Project Manager and Account Manager

EVU Abteilung: Energiehandel

Build-up of a Business Intelligence System / QlikView
The client wanted a system with which they could compare different HPFCs (hourly price forward curves) at hourly resolution. The company’s own HPFC was compared with the HPFC from Carl Clien and the HPFC from the University of St. Gallen (ior/cf). The QlikView system is excellent for this, and the project was completed to full satisfaction.

May 2010 - Jul 2010

3 months

Project Manager and Account Manager

Energiehändler

Build-up of a Business Intelligence System / QlikView
The client wanted a system that could visually display time series (energy, price and value) in hourly and half-hourly resolution. The challenge was the amount of data and the performance required. In addition, different views and filters were meant to provide an always up-to-date picture so that decisions could be made quickly.

May 2007 - May 2013

6 years 1 month

Basel, Switzerland

Founder, CEO, Project Manager, Sales Manager, Member of the Executive Board and Member of the Board of Directors (VR)

Delta Energy Solution AG

May 2004 - May 2008

4 years 1 month

Project Manager, Key Account Manager

Energieversorgungsunternehmen

Energy Trading Project Management and Key Account Management
Role: I was assigned as Project Manager and later as Key Account Manager in the integration project.
During a one-year integration phase for a large scheduling and nominations system, my role as the link between the supplier and the business specialist team was highly valued. For system enhancements, I was valued and needed in management steering meetings. After the system went live, the client saw me as the Key Account Manager. System enhancements were carried out in the following years.

Feb 2004 - Jun 2013

9 years 5 months

Project Manager, Key Account Manager

Energieversorgungsunternehmen

Grid System Integration Project (Scheduling, BGV, Metering, Accounting)
Role: As Project Manager, I first had the task of working with the integration team to integrate the system and put it into operation. I was then appointed as Key Account Manager.
The solution the client was using no longer met the required performance, functionality and ease of use. For that reason, the client decided to move to a new system. The goal was to get this system live as quickly as possible and within budget, in order to ensure the company’s business requirements were met.

Feb 2004 - Aug 2005

1 year 7 months

Germany

Account Manager

Large German utility company

Integration of an energy trading solution (including risk management)
Role: As Account Manager, I was responsible for supporting the project team. I was also valued and used as the link between the customer and the development team.
The customer, a large German utility company, wanted to integrate a complete power trading solution with an attached risk management system. This was achieved with some interruptions and delays (caused by changing market rules) and was put into operation to the full satisfaction of everyone involved.

Aug 2002 - Dec 2012

10 years 5 months

Project Executive Manager, Key Account Manager

Energy supply company & trading

Integration of a new trading system
Role: Project Executive Manager and, after go-live, Key Account Manager
After a long tender phase, the customer chose a large international trading solution for Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and the Czech Republic. After successful individual go-lives, the systems were combined and brought into a shared portfolio. After that, many interfaces (e.g. power exchange, billing system, metering system) were developed, installed, and put into operation. A 7x24 service was then established. After that, I became Key Account Manager and thus the link between the customer and the company.

May 2001 - Aug 2013

12 years 4 months

Energy supplier for Continental Europe

Implement energy trading system
Role: As the person responsible for the company, the customer wanted management to always be part of the planning and steering committee during the integration period. During the project phase, weekly conference calls were held to review project progress and, if needed, take action.
The customer, a large Scandinavian energy supplier and power & gas trader, commissioned a new system platform. This was to be implemented as quickly as possible. After that, interfaces to other systems (GMSL, Reuters, EEX, SAP, etc.) were to be installed. After go-live, many change requests were developed and supported by me.

Oct 1999 - Apr 2007

7 years 7 months

Basel, Switzerland

Founder, CEO/Managing Director, Sales Manager, Member of the Executive Board and Member of the Board of Directors (BoD)

Delta Energy Solution AG

Jan 1998 - Dec 1998

1 year

Sales & Key Account Manager

Chemical company in Switzerland

Set up a service desk for 3000 users
The customer wanted to run an in-house service desk, available 7x12 hours.

Oct 1996 - Sep 1999

3 years

Sales and Key Account Manager, Member of Management

Cap Gemini Switzerland

Sep 1996 - Aug 1999

3 years

Project Manager

Salesforce - System Integration
Role: Project Manager (standard version only, no development)
Large internal project. Integration of the system, setting up the sales processes, carrying out test cases, go-live and then rollout to all branches;

Jul 1994 - Sep 1996

2 years 3 months

Bern, Switzerland

Project Manager and Salesperson

Data Dynamic AG

Apr 1992 - Jun 1994

2 years 3 months

Basel, Switzerland

Salesperson and Member of the Management Team

KHK Software AG

Jan 1991 - Mar 1992

1 year 3 months

Basel, Switzerland

Product Manager (PM)

KHK Software AG

Jul 1989 - Dec 1990

1 year 6 months

Basel, Switzerland

Quality Manager (QM)

KHK Software AG

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Energy, Utilities, Information Technology, Professional Services, Retail, and Chemical.

Energy

Utilities

Information Technology

Professional Services

Retail

Chemical

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Project Management, Strategy, Information Technology, Sales, Operations, and Customer Service.

Project Management

Strategy

Information Technology

Sales

Operations

Customer Service

Summary

My strengths are my many years of leadership experience and my drive to develop things, take action, and build something new or expand existing structures. I also have a good sense for the added value for the customer/client, including support and the further development of system landscapes, processes, or system integrations. I am used to handling difficult and critical projects in challenging situations. I have a feel for critical project situations and the ability to bring them to a positive close with ambition.

Over 20 years of success in sales, project work, and consulting. Over 12 years of enjoyment in building, leading, and further expanding a company I founded myself, Delta Energy Solution AG, and more recently also a second start-up, Aufwind SPC Schweiz GmbH. I have supported, worked on, and played a key role in the success of several large-scale projects as a project manager or as a team member.

Skills

Project And Program Management
Coaching And Mediation
Energy Industry
Tenders
Introduction And Optimization Of Energy Data Management Solutions
Edm
Crm
Pricing Management
Trading
Risk Management
Billing
Direct Marketing
B2b
C2c
Operational Optimization
Sla Definitions And Optimization
Negotiations With System Vendors
Governance
Reporting And Steering
Process Analysis
Developing Decision-Making Foundations
Pro And Con Analyses
Controlling
Testing
Approval
Operations
Key Account Management
Process Documentation And Optimization
Key Supplier Management
Internal And External Audits
Leadership Tasks
Sales Of Projects And Services

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

French

Elementary

Education

University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Freiburg

Dipl. Electrical Engineer, focus: data engineering · Electrical Engineering

Trade Academy Freiburg

Dipl. Business Economist · Business Administration

Certifications & licenses

Energy Manager

University of St. Gallen

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 36

Experience in Energy 26.5 y

Avg length 3 y 2 m

Longest experience 12 y 3 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 2 (Switzerland, Germany)

Primary country Switzerland

Expertise

Recent roles Interim Project Lead, Project Management/Senior Consultant, Senior Business Analyst

Main industries Energy, Utilities, Information Technology

Main business areas Project Management, Strategy, Information Technology

Qualifications

Certifications earned 1

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Created

July 2026

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Where is Matthias based?

Matthias is based in Ettenheim, Germany.

What languages does Matthias speak?

Matthias speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Matthias have?

Matthias has at least 37 years of experience. During this time, Matthias has worked in at least 25 different roles and for 26 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year. Note that Matthias may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Matthias be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Matthias would be well-suited for roles such as: Interim Project Lead, Project Management/Senior Consultant, Senior Business Analyst.

What is Matthias's latest experience?

Matthias's most recent position is Interim Project Lead at EnBW.

What companies has Matthias worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Matthias has worked for EnBW, Energy supplier/near Cologne, Aufwind SPC Schweiz GmbH, Eastern Swiss Utility Company, and Utility company in Eastern Switzerland.

Which industries is Matthias most experienced in?

Matthias is most experienced in industries like Energy, Utilities, and Information Technology. Matthias also has some experience in Professional Services, Retail, and Chemical.

Which business areas is Matthias most experienced in?

Matthias is most experienced in business areas like Project Management, Strategy, and Information Technology. Matthias also has some experience in Sales, Operations, and Customer Service.

Which industries has Matthias worked in recently?

Matthias has recently worked in industries like Energy, Professional Services, and Information Technology.

Which business areas has Matthias worked in recently?

Matthias has recently worked in business areas like Finance, Project Management, and Business Intelligence.

What is Matthias's education?

Matthias attended University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Freiburg for Electrical Engineering.

Does Matthias have any certificates?

Matthias has 1 certificate: Energy Manager.

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