Matthias Ottowski - IT Project Manager in Banking

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Euskirchen, Germany

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Apr 2026 - Present

8 months

Remote

IT Project Manager

IT service provider

Implementation of anti-money laundering requirements under AMLA/KYC for an international major bank in Munich

Services provided:

Clarification of the assignment and definition of the work package structure for the AMLA/KYC implementation project
AI-supported project planning using a custom AI workflow for project management
Preparation of the project management plan
Resource and capacity planning
Development of collaboration structures between the IT service provider and the bank client
Agreement on responsibilities (RACI matrix)
Management of 5 project members (core team)
Project control, project monitoring, project reporting
Communications management
Escalation management
Stakeholder management (11 stakeholders)
Permanent member of the Steering Committee
Project representation internally and externally
Project reporting and management of decision-making bodies
Project volume: 506 person-days (development effort)
Risk management
Quality management
Organization and delivery of workshops

Methods: PMI PMBOK, EVM, GWG, DORA, BAIT, KANBAN, AML, AMLR, AMLA, GWG, KYC

IT environment: JIRA, Confluence, Sharepoint, Kantata Kimble, AI LLM Copilot, ChatGPT, anti-money laundering systems (custom-developed and SMARAGD)

May 2025 - Dec 2025

8 months

Germany

Test Manager

Landesbank Deutschland

Introduction of a new limit system for credit risk management
Test framework and test plan in line with regulatory requirements (BAIT, DORA)
Risk-based test strategy and test methods governance
Analysis of test automation strategies
Test environment management
Organization and delivery of risk management workshops
Support for AI-assisted test case creation
Test effort estimates
Role model, resource planning, capacity planning
Support for release concept and release planning
Methods: ISTQB, DORA, BAIT, MaRisk, ISO 25010
IT environment: Opentext ALM, JIRA, Confluence, MS Sharepoint, cloud platforms/Kubernetes, Informatica-DB, PostGreSQL, ALGO Credit Manager, SAP Loans, ChatGPT, Perplexity, COBOL, z/OS, CICS, ADABAS, NATURAL

Jul 2024 - Jul 2025

1 year 1 month

AI Consulting, SAFe, Agile Project and Process Frameworks

Professional development

Training and certification as an AI Manager and AI Consultant
Training and certification as a SAFe Scrum Master
Training in TameFlow and Kanban for product processes
Methods: SAFe, SCRUM, TameFlow, KANBAN, AI, Prompt Engineering, AI process automation, AI use case development, EU AI Act, DORA
IT environment: ChatGPT, Perplexity, N8N, MS Copilot, Gamma, Canva

Aug 2022 - Jun 2024

1 year 11 months

Germany

Project Manager / Senior PMO / Agile Coach

Munich RE

2 ESG Sustainable Reporting projects in an international environment (project language: English)
Market risk management – agile transformation using SCRUM
Consulting, training and implementation of an agile-hybrid budget planning and management system in coordination with the client
Project and program management for 2 parallel projects within the program
Budget monitoring and forecasts, project change management (plan adjustments) and program reporting
Risk management, stakeholder management, communications management
Support for change management of ESG business processes
Project planning / control and transformation management (agile transformation)
Consulting on setting up agile-hybrid project structures and leading workshops
Integration of CI/CD for the agile setup into release management
Mapping project structures in the PM tools Azure DevOps, MS Project, Excel (VBA)
Mapping budget monitoring in Excel (data interfaces to MS Project + SAP FI)
Coaching 2 junior Scrum Masters and 2 junior project teams (40 and 20 members) in developing an agile mindset
Project volume of 8.418 person-days across both projects
Support for long-term product and lifecycle management
Agile business analysis and coaching in requirements engineering (Epics, Features, User Stories)
Development of 3 TOMs (Target Operating Models) for the target organization
Operational Scrum Master to achieve agile operational stability
Methods: SCRUM, SAFe, KANBAN, PMI, VAIT, KAIT, DORA
IT environment: Azure DevOps, MS Project, Miro, SAP S4/HANA, SAP BW, ALGO One, ACTIVEPIVOT, .net C#, MS Sharepoint, Planview, Excel VBA

May 2021 - Aug 2022

1 year 4 months

Germany

Project Manager / Agile Coach / Multi Scrum Master

Curexus GmbH

Consulting and support for the agile transformation
SCRUM Master for 4 CRM projects in an international environment (project language: English)
Project lead for a CRM project
Transformation management: developing a shared understanding of agile terminology and supporting agile collaboration structures
Support in preparing and facilitating agile workshops
Change management: support for implementing agile process elements and role definitions
Support for developing agile proposal processes, costing structures and project templates
Support for Target Operating Models (TOM)
Sprint planning, management and coaching of agile client teams (up to 20 members)
Development of solutions for release management (CI/CD)
Agile business analysis: development of customer-centric strategies (PEX) and adding AI components to CRM processes
Project roadmap, migration planning, budget planning and control
Risk management, stakeholder management, communications management
Support in setting up operational support and membership of the Steering Team
Methods: SCRUM, KANBAN, HOLOKRATIE, CRM, PEX, BPMN DSGVO, Design Thinking, AI Management
IT environment: Salesforce, Agile Accelerator, SAP FI / CO, JIRA, MS Project, MS Sharepoint, Draft.IO, Retrium, Git

Sep 2018 - Mar 2021

2 years 7 months

Germany

Senior PMO / Agile Coach / Test Manager

Asset Management Company Munich RE and ERGO

Market risk management Solvency II Standard Formula
BI solution Daily DWH (SAP HANA / BW) and replacement of IBM ARA with ACTIVEPIVOT
Setting up agile project structures according to SCRUM and embedding them into traditional waterfall structures
Transformation management: developing agile mindsets and setting up agile project structures in MS Azure DevOps / Office 365
Advising project management on steering agile-hybrid projects
Azure DevOps integration in Excel, including SAP FI reconciliation
Setting up agile monitoring processes and coordinating workshops
Business analysis support: Data Governance according to VAIT, Solv. II
SCRUM Master in 3 agile projects and Agile Coach for 3 agile teams (5 - 30 members)
Organizing and conducting retrospectives / lessons learned
Implementing an agile test management setup according to ISTQB
Problem management: setting up task forces
Project Management Office: cost planning, capacity planning and project change management
Quality assurance for the tender process for external project support
Member of the steering committee
Methods: SCRUM, ISTQB, Solvency II, VAIT, KAIT, BAIT
IT environment: MS Azure DevOps, MS Project, Sharepoint, SAP S4/HANA, SAP BW, IBM ALGO One, ACTIVEPIVOT, SimCorp, .net C#, Unix, Perl, Excel VBA

Jan 2018 - Sep 2018

9 months

Paris, France

Project Manager / Test Manager

Allianz Partners S.A.S

Set up an international Business Test Factory (agile) for worldwide travel insurance processes
Planned and set up a global Business Test Factory for B2B and B2B2C applications (UX/UI), including backend processes
Defined global test governance, planning and monitoring structures
Integrated the test setup into agile, SCRUM-based software development
Separated the agile software development process from the integration testing process
Advised and supported change management
Stakeholder management at all levels (16 stakeholders)
Integrated 8 testers from international business units (France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Germany)
Managed 35 testers and 4 sub-test managers
Overall planning and management of User Acceptance Testing
Effort estimates, capacity planning and risk management
Escalation management and leading task forces
ALM to Excel (VBA) interface for test KPI calculation and reporting
Methods: ISTQB, SCRUM, agile methods, PMBOK, PMI
IT environment: MS Project, OpenText ALM, JIRA, web applications, SAP FI / CO, z/OS, Excel VBA

Jul 2016 - Sep 2017

1 year 3 months

Germany

Program Management Senior PMO / Senior Test Management

Major Bank

Migrated structured credit products and processes to Loan IQ in an international environment
Advised and supported project management in steering the program
Set up PMO structures and managed 2 PMO employees
Stakeholder management at project and program level
Requirements management and business analysis: integration of all processes end-to-end
Change management for outsourcing operational credit processes
Planned the migration and managed the move from the legacy credit application to Loan IQ
Monitored project progress and prepared management reports
Permanent member of the steering committee (executive level)
Planned and monitored the Business Integration and Acceptance Test (5.000 test cases, 29 integrated systems)
Managed 95 international test designers and testers across 4 locations (London, Bucharest, Munich, Hamburg)
Coordinated testing with international IT service providers (England, Italy)
Trained and coached teams (test case design, testing methods, OpenText ALM / QC)
Methods: PMBOK, PMI, ISTQB, BPMN
IT environment: MS Project, OpenText ALM / QC, Sharepoint, Loan IQ, SAP BA, SAP FI / CO, SAP BW, SAS, Kondor+, z/OS, COBOL, DB2, Oracle, Excel VBA

May 2016 - Jun 2016

2 months

Germany

Test Automation Consultant

Major Bank

Test automation implementation plan using UFT
Installed UFT and set up a pilot for a browser environment
Created and documented test scripts
Reusability concept and UFT introduction concept
Methods: Test automation
IT environment: HP UFT

Mar 2015 - Jun 2016

1 year 4 months

Germany

Test Manager / Project Management Consultant

Major Bank

Introduced a new forward mortgage loan product based on EURIBOR
Advised project management on strategy, planning, risk management, change management and rollout planning
Supported business analysis (end-to-end process analysis): financing, interest calculation, risk management and overall bank management
Managed 16 stakeholders and coordinated 40 testers and IT service providers
Modeled the change process (event-driven process chains, EPK)
Created the test concept (test strategy, test levels, acceptance criteria for 16 integrated systems)
Structured the OpenText ALM / HP QC test tool and defect workflow
Trained/coached testers and coordinated the test infrastructure
Prepared test reports and test phase records
Methods: ISTQB, PMBOK, PMI, BPMN, EPK
IT environment: HP ALM, Sharepoint, OpenProj, web/portal technologies, SAP BA, SAP SA, SAP BW, SAS, Oracle, z/OS, COBOL, DB2, Excel VBA

Feb 2014 - Dec 2014

11 months

Germany

Multi-Test Manager and Business Analysis Support

Large Bank

Introduction of workflow systems for mortgage loans and consumer loans
Test planning and monitoring in coordination with project management
Business analysis: end-to-end mortgage and consumer loan processes (BPMN and use cases)
Management of 28 stakeholders
Preparation of 2 test concepts for 28 integrated systems (Front Office, Rating, Accounting, Controlling, Risk Management)
Resource planning and recruitment of test staff
Structuring OpenText ALM and coordinating the defect workflow
Management of 61 testers and 3 sub-test managers at 2 locations (Italy, Romania)
Methods: ISTQB, BPMN, EPK, UML use case definition
IT environment: OpenText ALM, Sharepoint, OpenProj, web/portal technologies, SAP BA, SAP SA, SAP BW, SAS, Oracle, z/OS, COBOL, DB2, Excel VBA

Aug 2013 - Jan 2014

6 months

Germany

Project Manager / Business Analyst

Large Bank

Conversion of SAP FI to SEPA: accounting and real estate processes
Project planning, monitoring, and SEPA test planning
Management of defect fixing and test reporting for SAP, including 4 sub-systems and 26 SAP clients
Management of 4 legally independent business units and 2 IT service providers
Stakeholder management (20 stakeholders) and risk management
SEPA process consulting: conversion of payment processes, mandate management, IBAN, BIC
Quality assurance for SAP SEPA specifications and XML data streams (SCD + SDD)
SAP SEPA rollout planning and migration management
Post-go-live support and XML analysis
Methods: PMI, PMBOK, ISTQB
IT environment: OpenProj, Sharepoint, HP ALM, SAP FI, SAP SD, SAP RE, SEPA XML

Feb 2013 - Jul 2013

6 months

Switzerland

Project Manager

Large Bank

Release process design for output management and returned mail workflows
Project planning (scope, deadlines, budget) and capacity planning
Management of 11 employees and oversight of an external vendor
Process design, role definitions, and process transition (KANBAN)
Set up release management and ensured quality assurance
Monitoring of work products: requirements, software architecture, test plans, and deployment
Stakeholder management, risk management, and escalation management
Methods: RUP, BPMN, KANBAN
IT environment: z/OS, DB2, SQL, COBOL, ISIS Papyrus, POSY, DOPiX, PEGA, Unix, MS Project

May 2012 - Jan 2013

9 months

Germany

Test Manager

Investment Company

Expansion of a securities portfolio system - AnlSVG and SEPA
Review of business concepts and functional design, and derivation of test cases
Development of a test strategy and test concept for SEPA (output management, customer communication)
Derivation of acceptance criteria and test objects, taking SEPA specifics into account
Test management: tracking test execution, controlling bug fixing, and reporting
Methods: ISTQB
IT environment: z/OS, CICS, COBOL, DB2, Oracle, SQL, ISIS Papyrus, MANTIS

Aug 2011 - Mar 2012

8 months

Germany

Project Manager / Process Manager / Test Engineer

Curexus GmbH and Siemens AG

Set up webMethods support and operations processes
Outsourced webMethods operations support from SIEMENS AG to curexus GmbH
Set up EAI architectures to connect a data hub to a CRM system (12.000 users)
Project management in an international environment (USA, India)
Consulting on webMethods operations process design (KANBAN)
Defined service processes according to ITIL and set KPIs/SLAs
Integrated 2 external subcontractors and provided technical leadership to 2 employees
Process design and scripting for data quality management
Prepared operations manual (monitoring, exception handling)
Methods: ITIL, KANBAN
IT environment: webMethods 8.2, WebServices, JEE, Oracle DB, Linux, Unix scripting, Java, MS Project

Jan 2011 - May 2011

5 months

Germany

Project Manager and Business Analyst

Landesbank

Preliminary study for the valuation of own issues
Business analysis to model spread curves for regulatory reporting (Basel II / MARisk)
Definition of IT architectures and planning of IT implementation
Business requirements clarification, defining the IT scope and agreeing on calculation methods
Project organization and test planning to prepare for implementation
IT environment: JEE, Oracle, SAP-BA/-SEM, Kondor+, Calypso, Asset Control, MS Project

Jun 2010 - Dec 2010

7 months

Braunschweig, Germany

Process Manager and Business Analyst

Ckc AG Braunschweig

Supported the establishment of a profit center for banking advisory services
Designed a process model and conducted business analysis for a holistic banking advisory approach
Defined the boundaries between the different process levels
Defined the required skills and built a skills database
Developed an advisory approach for Basel III and MARisk
Methods: Creativity techniques
IT environment: MS Office tools

Jan 2010 - Jun 2010

6 months

Germany

Test Manager / Test Coach

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg

Migration of the Sungard V3 custodian bank solution to Profidata XENTIS
Prepared business test plans, test concepts and test strategy
Performed XENTIS functionality tests (corporate actions, master data, transactions, interfaces)
Planned and managed all test activities based on ISTQB
Managed the test team (3 IT staff, 6 business department staff)
Managed and monitored testing using HP Quality Center
Test reviews, test reporting and escalation management
IT environment: z/OS, Oracle, SQL, OpenText ALM, Profidata XENTIS

Apr 2008 - Jun 2010

2 years 3 months

Germany

Multi-Project Manager / Portfolio Manager

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg

Connected the Calypso and Front Arena systems to the Risk Vision limit system
Managed the annual maintenance project and introduced an order management process for Risk Vision
Integrated credit and interest rate derivatives, as well as bonds and money markets, into limit management
Restructured risk weighting models and limit structures
Project planning using SCRUM processes
Planned migration and managed transaction data
Managed 17 project staff and coordinated project portfolio management across projects
Set up requirements management and change processes
Stakeholder management, risk management and escalation management
Established test management and designed test automation
Methods: SCRUM, ISTQB
IT environment: Risk Vision, Solaris, Sybase, JEE, Tibco, MQ, Calypso, Front Arena, Kondor+, MS Project

Jan 2004 - Mar 2008

4 years 3 months

Germany

Project Manager / Process Manager

LRP Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz

Implemented the OSPlus banking system (Finanz Informatik)
Introduced retail systems (current accounts, savings, branch counters, ATMs) and conducted business analysis of retail processes
Integrated master data, credit, limit and embargo systems in accordance with Data Governance and KYC
Outsourced payment processing to an IT service provider
Automated the overdraft approval workflow for individual and revolving credit facilities
Managed 9 subprojects and led 28 employees (impacting > 800 employees)
Organized the test management and SLA processes
Escalation management (sounding boards) and board decisions
Designed migration and master data synchronization (webMethods)
Methods: PMOPlus Finanzinformatik, EPK process modeling, MARisk
IT environment: z/OS, DB2, COBOL, CICS, Oracle, SQL, Siron, webMethods, SAP FI / CO, OPC

Jan 2003 - Dec 2003

1 year

Germany

Project Manager / Test Manager

LRP Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz

Implementation of a limit system for trading and credit risks
Project planning and staff management (34 employees)
Project representative on decision-making committees and engagement with C-level executives
Integration concept for near-real-time interfaces
Software rollout and hypercare phase
IT environment: z/OS, Unix, DB2, CICS, COBOL, Oracle, SQL, Zeidon, Siron, Murex, Front Arena, Kondor+, OPC

Jan 2002 - Mar 2002

3 months

Germany

Business Analyst

LRP Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz

Preliminary study for a workflow for personnel management and overtime
Methods: matrix diagram technique
IT environment: z/OS, Windows 2000, DB2, Oracle, SQL, SAP HR

Dec 2001 - Dec 2002

1 year 1 month

Germany

Test Manager / Test Engineer

LRP Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz

Implementation of the LeDIS contract database
Conducting test procedures and test automation
IT environment: z/OS, Windows 2000, DB2, Oracle, SQL, Siron, Rexx, Excel VBA, FTP

Jan 2001 - Nov 2001

11 months

Switzerland

Project Manager / Process Manager / Business Analyst

Union Investment

Restructuring of procurement and logistics processes
Project planning, coordination, and management of 12 employees (affecting approx. 60 employees)
Defining target processes with potential improvements and KPI definitions
Preparing the transformation concept and obtaining C-level approval for a group-wide rollout
Methods: BPMN, matrix diagram technique, MS Project

Apr 2000 - Sep 2000

6 months

Germany

Project Manager

Union Investment Gruppe

Implementation of standardized master data management across the group
Methods: UML
IT environment: Persis, Paisy, SAP FI / CO, fund systems, custody systems, sales systems, MS Project

Jan 2000 - Mar 2001

1 year 3 months

Luxembourg

Project Manager / Process Manager

Union Investment Gruppe

Introduction of Persis HR information system
Methods: BPMN, UML
IT environment: Windows 2000, Oracle, SQL, VB, Persis, Paisy, MS Project

Jan 2000 - Sep 2000

9 months

Germany

Project Manager

Union Investment

Generation and archiving of e-invoices
Project planning, management and concept support for e-invoices and SAP processing
Rollout planning and organization of the hypercare phase
Methods: BPMN, SAP standard
IT environment: SAP FI / CO, ABAP/4, MS Outlook, MS Project

Jan 1999 - Dec 1999

1 year

Switzerland

Project Manager / Process Manager

Union Investment

Integration of SAP R/3 FI / CO into the Union Group
Interface and migration concepts and implementation
Outsourcing concept and implementation
Disciplinary management responsibility for 4 employees
Methods: BPMN, SAP standard
IT environment: AIX, Oracle, SQL, SAS, SAP FI / CO, ABAP/4, Paisy, MS Project

Aug 1993 - Dec 1998

5 years 5 months

Switzerland

Designer / Developer

Union Investment

Maintenance and further development of securities systems
Methods: UML
IT environment: z/OS, VM, VSE, CMS, CICS, DB2, SQL, QMF, VSAM, COBOL, Rexx

Jul 1991 - Jul 1993

2 years 1 month

Germany

Designer / Developer / Business Analyst

Software Union

Software development and design for an airline
Business analysis for a health insurance company: data migration concept and mainframe reporting
Preparation of proposals for fixed-price projects
Methods: ISOTEC
IT environment: VM, CMS, Predict-Case, Adabas, Natural, MVS, IMS-DB/DC, DB2, COBOL, PL/1, Delta-Tools

Jan 1985 - Jun 1991

6 years 6 months

Germany

Designer / Developer / IT Auditor

Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen

Software development and IT audits
Methods: Decision table technique, FAMA 1/87
IT environment: z/OS, CICS, COBOL, Assembler, Adabas, Natural, Delta-Tools

Industry experience

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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Insurance, Information Technology, Professional Services, Aerospace and Defense, and Education.

Banking and Finance

Insurance

Information Technology

Professional Services

Aerospace and Defense

Education

Business area experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Finance, Audit, and Sustainability Management.

Information Technology

Project Management

Quality Assurance

Finance

Audit

Sustainability Management

Skills

Focus Areas

Project Manager, Agile Coach (Senior Level, > 16 Years Of Experience; Complex Projects With Up To 9 Subprojects; Management Of Service Providers And Teams Of Up To 30 Members; International Experience)
Test Manager, Traditional / Agile (Senior Level, > 8 Years Of Experience; E.G. E2e Test Design For 29 Integrated Systems Per Project; Management Of International Service Providers And Test Teams Of Up To 95 Members; International Experience)
Process Manager / Ai Consultant (Ai Management, Ai Consulting And Digital Transformation; Identification Of Process Metrics (Kpi); > 6 Years Of Experience; International Experience)

Industries

Banks
Investment Companies / Asset Managers
Insurance Companies
It Consulting

Subject Matter Focus

Capital Markets, Credit, Risk Management, Bank Management, Retail
Asset Management, Fund Administration, Securities Accounts
Travel Insurance, Reinsurance, Health Insurance
Crm Processes (Marketing, Sales, Service)
Ai Transition And Digitalization
Sepa Payments
Output Management

It Focus

Jee, Soa / Eai, Webmethods, Vba
Ibm Mainframe (Z/Os, Cics, Ims, Cobol, Rexx, Pl/1, Siron)
Databases (Oracle, Db2) / Sql
Sap, Loan Iq, Algo One, Activepivot, Salesforce, Osplus, Ledis
Ai Tools (Llm, Ai Models, Chatgpt, N8n)

Special Skills – Methods / Frameworks

Pmbok Expert (++++)
Ipma Expert (++++)
Istqb Expert (++++)
Scrum Expert (++++)
Kanban Several Years Of Experience (+++)
Safe Practical Experience (++)
Holokratie Basic Knowledge (+)
Design Thinking Practical Experience (++)
Bpmn 2.0 Several Years Of Experience (+++)
Rup Practical Experience (++)
Itil Practical Experience (++)
Babok Practical Experience (++)
Epk Practical Experience (++)
Uml Practical Experience (++)
Pmoplus Practical Experience (++)
Ai Prompting Practical Experience (++)
Dora Practical Experience (++)
Vait Practical Experience (++)
Kait Practical Experience (++)
Bait Basic Knowledge (+)
Eu Ai Act Basic Knowledge (+)
Okr Basic Knowledge (+)

Special Skills – Tools

Ms Project Expert (++++)
Opentext Alm Expert (++++)
Ms Azure Devops Expert (++++)
Jira Several Years Of Experience (+++)
Confluence Practical Experience (++)
Sharepoint Several Years Of Experience (+++)
Excel Vba Several Years Of Experience (+++)
Miro Practical Experience (++)
Agile Accelerator (Salesforce) Practical Experience (++)
Hp Uft Practical Experience (++)
Lotus Notes Practical Experience (++)
Planview Basic Knowledge (+)
Isis Papyrus Practical Experience (++)
Svn Practical Experience (++)
Git Basic Knowledge (+)
Ai Tools Practical Experience (++) (Chatgpt, Perplexity, N8n, Gamma, Make)

Special Skills – Applications

Sap Fi / Co Several Years Of Experience (+++)
Loan Iq Basic Knowledge (+)
Algo One Basic Knowledge (+)
Activepivot Basic Knowledge (+)
Salesforce Basic Knowledge (+)
Osplus Practical Experience (++)
Ledis Practical Experience (++)

Special Skills – Databases

Db2 Several Years Of Experience (+++)
Oracle Several Years Of Experience (+++)
Sybase Basic Knowledge (+)
Sql Several Years Of Experience (+++)

Special Skills – It

Webmethods (8.2) Practical Experience (++)
Jee Practical Experience (++)
Xml, Html Practical Experience (++)
Eai / Soa Strategies Practical Experience (++)
Linux Practical Experience (++)
.Net C# Basic Knowledge (+)
Ibm Mainframe, Z/Os Expert (++++) (Z/Os, Tso, Ispf, Cics, Ims Db/Dc, Cobol, Rexx, Pl/1, Siron)

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

Oct 1987 - Jun 1989

Helaba Frankfurt

In-house bank IT training · Computer Science and Business Analysis · Frankfurt, Germany

Oct 1982 - Jun 1985

Helaba Frankfurt

Banking specialist · Banking · Frankfurt, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Hilker Consulting

Agile Certification Academy

iSQI GmbH

PMI Prometric Testing Ctr Munich

Scrum Alliance

APMG-International

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 31

Experience in Banking and Finance 30.5 y

Avg length 1 y 4 m

Longest experience 6 y 5 m

Global experience

Countries worked in 4 (Germany, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles IT Project Manager, Test Manager, AI Consulting, SAFe, Agile Project and Process Frameworks

Main industries Banking and Finance, Insurance, Information Technology

Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance

Qualifications

Highest degree Bachelor

Certifications earned 8

Member since

July 2025

Last update

October 2026

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Matthias is based in Euskirchen, Germany.

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

Matthias has at least 40 years of experience. During this time, Matthias has worked in at least 25 different roles and for 19 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 4 months. Note that Matthias may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Matthias would be well-suited for roles such as: IT Project Manager, Test Manager, AI Consulting, SAFe, Agile Project and Process Frameworks.

Matthias's most recent position is IT Project Manager at IT service provider.

In recent years, Matthias has worked for IT service provider, Landesbank Deutschland, Professional development, Munich RE, and Curexus GmbH.

Matthias is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Insurance, and Aerospace and Defense. Matthias also has some experience in Information Technology, Professional Services, and Education.

Matthias is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Quality Assurance. Matthias also has some experience in Finance, Audit, and Business Intelligence.

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

Matthias has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Sustainability Management.

Matthias holds a Bachelor in Banking from Helaba Frankfurt.

Matthias has 8 certificates. Among them, these include: KI Berater und KI Manager, zertifiziert nach HC Training, Matthias Ottowski, Certified SAFe® 6 Scrum Master, and ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level Extension - Agile Tester.

Matthias is immediately available part-time for suitable projects.

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