Matthias Ottowski - Project Manager

Q: Where is Matthias based?

Matthias is based in Euskirchen, Germany .

Q: What languages does Matthias speak?

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

Q: How many years of experience does Matthias have?

Matthias has at least 39 years of experience. During this time, Matthias has worked in at least 24 different roles and for 18 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.

Q: What is Matthias's latest experience?

Matthias's most recent position is Test Manager at Landesbank Deutschland .

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

In recent years, Matthias has worked for Landesbank Deutschland , Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen , Munich RE , and Curexus GmbH .

Q: Which industries is Matthias most experienced in?

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 .

Q: Which business areas is Matthias most experienced in?

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 .

Q: Which industries has Matthias worked in recently?

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

Q: Which business areas has Matthias worked in recently?

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

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Euskirchen, Germany

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Experience

May 2025 - Jul 2025

3 months

Germany

Test Manager

Landesbank Deutschland

Introduction of a new limit system for credit risk management
Test framework concept and test concept according to regulatory requirements (BAIT, DORA)
Risk-oriented test strategy and test methods governance
Analysis of test automation strategies
Test environment management
Organization and conduct of risk management workshops
Test effort estimation
Role concept, 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

Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen

Training and certification of AI managers and AI consultants
Training and certification as 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 derivation, 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 projects for sustainable reporting in an international setting (project language English)
Market risk management – agile transformation using SCRUM
Consulting, training and implementation of an agile-hybrid budget planning and control system in coordination with the client's project and program management for 2 parallel projects of the program
Budget monitoring and forecasts, project change management (plan adjustments) and program reporting
Risk management, stakeholder management, communication management
Support for change management in ESG business processes
Project planning/control and transformation management (agile transformation)
Advising on setting up agile-hybrid project structures and leading workshops
Integrating CI/CD of 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 in long-term product and lifecycle management
Agile business analysis and coaching requirements engineering (Epics, Features, User Stories)
Development of 3 TOMs (Target Operating Models) in 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 of the agile transformation
Scrum Master in 4 CRM projects in an international environment (project language English)
Project lead in one CRM project
Transformation management: developing a common understanding of agile terminology and supporting agile collaboration structures
Support in preparing and moderating agile workshops
Change management: supporting the implementation of agile process elements and role definitions
Support in setting up agile proposal processes, calculation structures and project templates
Support for target operating models (TOM)
Sprint planning, control and coaching of agile client teams (up to 20 members)
Developing solutions for release management (CI/CD)
Agile business analysis: setting up customer-centric strategies (PEX) and extending CRM processes with AI components
Project roadmap, migration planning, budget planning and controlling
Risk management, stakeholder management, communication management
Support in setting up operational support and member of the steering team
Methods: SCRUM, KANBAN, HOLACRACY, CRM, PEX, BPMN GDPR, 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

Assetmanagement-Gesellschaft Munich RE und ERGO

Market risk management Solvency II standard formula
BI solution daily DWH (SAP HANA / BW) and replacement of IBM ARA with ACTIVEPIVOT
Building agile project structures using SCRUM and embedding in classic waterfall structures
Transformation management: developing agile mindsets and setting up agile project structures in MS Azure DevOps / Office 365
Advising project management on controlling agile-hybrid projects
Azure DevOps integration in Excel including SAP FI reconciliation
Setting up agile monitoring processes and coordinating workshops
Support in business analysis: data governance according to VAIT, Solvency II
Scrum Master in 3 agile projects and agile coach for 3 agile teams (5 - 30 members)
Organization and facilitation of retrospectives / lessons learned
Implementation of 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 of the tendering 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

Built an international Business Test Factory (agile) for global 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 test setup into agile, SCRUM-based software development
Distinguished between agile software development process and integration test process
Advised and supported change management
Managed stakeholders at all levels (16 stakeholders)
Integrated 8 testers from international business units (France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Germany)
Led 35 testers and 4 sub-test managers
Overall planning and management of user acceptance testing
Effort estimation, capacity planning and risk management
Managed escalations and led task forces
Interface between ALM and Excel (VBA) for test KPI calculation and reporting
Methods: ISTQB, SCRUM, agile methodologies, 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

Large bank

Converted structured credit products and processes to Loan IQ in an international environment
Advised and supported project management for program governance
Established PMO structures and managed 2 PMO staff
Stakeholder management at project and program levels
Requirements management and business analysis: end-to-end process integration
Change management for outsourcing operational credit processes
Migration planning and management of legacy credit application to Loan IQ
Monitored project progress and created management reports
Permanent member of steering committee (executive level)
Planned and monitored business integration and acceptance testing (5,000 test cases, 29 integrated systems)
Managed 95 international test designers and testers at 4 locations (London, Bucharest, Munich, Hamburg)
Coordinated testing with international IT service providers (England, Italy)
Training and coaching (test case design, test methodology, 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

Large bank

Implementation plan for test automation using UFT
Installed UFT and set up a pilot for browser environment
Created and documented test scripts
Developed reusability concept and UFT rollout plan
Methods: test automation
IT environment: HP UFT

Mar 2015 - Jun 2016

1 year 4 months

Germany

Test Manager / Project Management Consultant

Large bank

Introduced 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 led 40 testers and IT service providers
Modeled change process (event-driven process chains, EPC)
Developed test concept (test strategy, test levels, acceptance criteria for 16 integrated systems)
Structured test tool OpenText ALM/HP QC and defect workflow
Trained/coached testers and coordinated test infrastructure
Created test reports and phase protocols
Methods: ISTQB, PMBOK, PMI, BPMN, EPC
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

Implemented workflow systems for mortgage loans and consumer credits
Test planning and monitoring in coordination with project management
Business analysis: mortgage financing and consumer credit processes end-to-end (BPMN and use cases)
Managed 28 stakeholders
Developed 2 test concepts for 28 integrated systems (front office, rating, accounting, controlling, risk management)
Resource planning and recruiting test personnel
Structured OpenText ALM and aligned defect workflow
Managed 61 testers and 3 sub-test managers at 2 locations (Italy, Romania)
Methods: ISTQB, BPMN, EPC, 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

Transition of SAP FI to SEPA: finance and real estate processes
Project planning, monitoring, and SEPA test planning
Managing defect fixing and test reporting for SAP including 4 subsystems and 26 SAP clients
Managing 4 legally independent business units and 2 IT service providers
Stakeholder management (20 stakeholders) and risk management
SEPA process consulting: migration of payment processes, mandate management, IBAN, BIC
Quality assurance of SAP SEPA specifications and XML data streams (SCD + SDD)
SAP SEPA rollout planning and migration control
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 return mail workflow
Project planning (scope, schedule, budget) and capacity planning
Leading 11 employees and managing an external vendor
Process design, role definitions, and process transition (Kanban)
Establishing release management and ensuring quality assurance
Monitoring 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 custody system - AnlSVG and SEPA
Reviewing business specifications and functional design, and deriving test cases
Developing a test strategy and test concept for SEPA (output management, customer communication)
Defining acceptance criteria and test objects considering SEPA specifics
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

Setting up support and operational processes for webMethods
Outsourcing webMethods operational support from Siemens AG to Curexus GmbH
Building 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 operation process design (Kanban)
Defining service processes according to ITIL and establishing KPIs/SLAs
Involving 2 external subcontractors and leading 2 staff members
Process design and scripting for data quality management
Creating an 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

State Bank

Pre-study for evaluating own bond issuances
Business analysis for modeling spread curves for regulatory reporting (Basel II / MaRisk)
Defining IT architectures and planning the IT implementation
Clarifying technical requirements, defining the IT scope, and coordinating 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 setup of profit center and provided banking domain consulting
Designed process model and conducted business analysis for a comprehensive banking advisory approach
Defined boundaries for different process levels
Defined required skills and established 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

Migrated custody bank solution Sungard V3 to Profidata XENTIS
Created functional test plans, test concepts, and test strategies
Conducted XENTIS functionality tests (corporate actions, master data, transactions, interfaces)
Planned and managed all testing activities based on ISTQB
Led the testing team (3 IT staff, 6 business staff)
Managed and monitored using HP Quality Center
Performed 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 Calypso and Front Arena systems to the Risk Vision limit system
Managed annual maintenance project and implemented order management process for Risk Vision
Integrated credit and interest derivatives as well as bonds and money markets into limit control
Restructured risk calculation models and limit structures
Project planning using SCRUM process frameworks
Planned and managed data migration of transaction data
Led 17 project team members and managed overall project portfolio
Established requirements management and change processes
Handled stakeholder management, risk management, and escalation management
Set up 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 core banking system OSPlus (Finanz Informatik)
Introduced retail systems (checking, savings, teller services, ATMs) and conducted business analysis of retail processes
Integrated master data, credit, limit, and embargo systems according to data governance and KYC
Outsourced payment processing to IT service providers
Automated overdraft approval workflow for single and framework loans
Managed 9 subprojects and led 28 staff (impacting over 800 employees)
Organized test management process and SLA processes
Handled escalation management (sounding boards) and board-level decisions
Designed migration concept and master data synchronization (webMethods)
Methods: PMOPlus Finanz Informatik, 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

Implemented a limit system for market and credit risks
Project planning and team leadership (34 staff)
Represented project in decision-making bodies and engaged C-level
Developed integration concept for near-time interfaces
Managed 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 of payroll workflow for 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
Execution of 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 purchasing and logistics processes
Project planning, management and leadership of 12 employees (affecting approx. 60 employees)
Definition of the target process with improvement potentials and KPI definition
Preparation of the transformation concept and approval by C-level for group-wide rollout
Methods: BPMN, matrix diagram technique, MS Project

Apr 2000 - Sep 2000

6 months

Germany

Project Manager

Union Investment Gruppe

Implementation of a company-wide master data maintenance
Methods: UML
IT environment: Persis, Paisy, SAP FI/CO, fund systems, custody systems, distribution systems, MS Project

Jan 2000 - Mar 2001

1 year 3 months

Luxembourg

Project Manager / Process Manager

Union Investment Gruppe

Implementation of the personnel information system Persis
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 of e-invoices and archiving
Project planning, control and conceptual 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

System integration of SAP R/3 FI/CO into the Union Group
Interface concept, migration concept and implementation
Outsourcing concept and implementation
Line 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
Proposal creation 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

Main Focus Areas

Project Manager, Agile Coach (Senior-Level, Experience > 15 Years; Complex Projects With Up To 9 Subprojects; Management Of Vendors And Teams Up To 30 Members; International)
Test Manager Classical / Agile (Senior-Level, Experience > 8 Years; E.G., E2e Test Design For 29 Integrated Systems Per Project; Management Of International Vendors And Test Teams Up To 95 Members; International)
Process Manager / Ai Consultant (Ai Management, Ai Consulting And Digital Transformation; Determining Process Kpis; Experience > 6 Years; International)

Industries

Banking
Asset Management Companies / Asset Managers
Insurance
It Consulting

Professional Focus

Capital Markets, Credit, Risk Management, Bank Management, Retail
Asset Management, Fund Administration, Custody
Travel Insurance, Reinsurance, Health Insurance
Crm Processes (Marketing, Sales, Service)
Ai Transition And Digitization
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 Many Years Experience (+++)
Safe Practical Experience (++)
Holacracy Basic Knowledge (+)
Design Thinking Practical Experience (++)
Bpmn 2.0 Many Years 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 Many Years Experience (+++)
Confluence Practical Experience (++)
Sharepoint Many Years Experience (+++)
Excel Vba Many Years 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 Many Years 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 Many Years Experience (+++)
Oracle Many Years Experience (+++)
Sybase Basic Knowledge (+)
Sql Many Years 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

Bank internal IT training · Computer Science and Business Analysis · Frankfurt, Germany

Oct 1982 - Jun 1985

Helaba Frankfurt

Bank clerk · Banking · Frankfurt, Germany

Certifications & licenses

AI Consultant and AI Manager, certified by HC Training

Hilker Consulting

Matthias Ottowski, Certified SAFe® 6 Scrum Master

Agile Certification Academy

ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level Extension - Agile Tester

iSQI GmbH

ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Manager

iSQI GmbH

Project Management Professional PMP®

PMI Prometric Testing Ctr Munich

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Scrum Alliance

ITIL® Foundation Examination

APMG-International

Certified Project Manager (GPM) IPMA LEVEL C®

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 30

Experience in Banking and Finance 29.5 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 Test Manager, AI Consulting, SAFe, Agile Project and Process Frameworks, Project Manager / Senior PMO / Agile Coach

Main industries Banking and Finance, Insurance, Information Technology

Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance

Qualifications

Highest degree Bachelor

Certifications earned 8

Profile

Created

July 2025

Last Update

May 2026

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Where is Matthias based?

Matthias is based in Euskirchen, Germany.

What languages does Matthias speak?

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

How many years of experience does Matthias have?

Matthias has at least 39 years of experience. During this time, Matthias has worked in at least 24 different roles and for 18 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.

What roles would Matthias be best suited for?

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

What is Matthias's latest experience?

Matthias's most recent position is Test Manager at Landesbank Deutschland.

What companies has Matthias worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Matthias has worked for Landesbank Deutschland, Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen, Munich RE, and Curexus GmbH.

Which industries is Matthias most experienced in?

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.

Which business areas is Matthias most experienced in?

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.

Which industries has Matthias worked in recently?

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

Which business areas has Matthias worked in recently?

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

What is Matthias's education?

Matthias holds a Bachelor in Banking from Helaba Frankfurt.

Does Matthias have any certificates?

Matthias has 8 certificates. Among them, these include: AI Consultant and AI Manager, certified by HC Training, Matthias Ottowski, Certified SAFe® 6 Scrum Master, and ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level Extension - Agile Tester.

What is the availability of Matthias?

Matthias is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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