Michael Kunz - Enterprise Architect, Lead Architect of the transformation program and coach

Q: Where is Michael based?

Michael is based in Cologne, Germany .

Q: What languages does Michael speak?

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

Q: How many years of experience does Michael have?

Michael has at least 35 years of experience. During this time, Michael has worked in at least 53 different roles and for 50 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 7 months . Note that Michael may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Michael's latest experience?

Michael's most recent position is Enterprise Architect, Lead Architect of the transformation program and coach at Swiss Ministry .

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

In recent years, Michael has worked for Swiss Ministry , Swiss IT services company , International energy utility company , Public utility company in Switzerland , and International insurance company in Switzerland .

Q: Which industries is Michael most experienced in?

Michael is most experienced in industries like Education , Insurance , and Media and Entertainment . Michael also has some experience in Information Technology , Telecommunication , and Automotive .

Q: Which business areas is Michael most experienced in?

Michael is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Project Management , and Research and Development . Michael also has some experience in Strategy , Product Development , and Business Intelligence .

Q: Which industries has Michael worked in recently?

Michael has recently worked in industries like Education , Media and Entertainment , and Insurance .

Q: Which business areas has Michael worked in recently?

Michael has recently worked in business areas like Strategy , Research and Development , and Information Technology .

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Cologne, Germany

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Experience

Feb 2026 - Mar 2026

2 months

Switzerland

Enterprise Architect, Lead Architect of the transformation program and coach

Swiss Ministry

Development of the overall architecture
Support for the respective workstreams in developing architectures in the areas of infrastructure, data centers, security, and network topology
Coordination of the architect pool
Support for program management in building the transformation project based on agile methods
Consideration of regulatory requirements for IT projects in the federal administration

Jun 2025 - Sep 2025

4 months

Switzerland

Enterprise Architect, Lead Architect of the transformation program and coach

Swiss IT services company

Clarification of goals and scope
Analysis of the initial situation
Development of a target picture on the levels of future business model, products/services, business architecture, processes, IT systems
Introduction of LeanIX

Jul 2024 - Jan 2025

7 months

Enterprise/Lead Architect

International energy utility company

Analysis of the current situation
Derivation of a phased concept for introducing EAM
Definition of APM and derivation of measures
Planning and running workshops to capture the current state of the IT environment
Evaluation of EAM tools (including LeanIX)
Creation of an as-is analysis of the current situation
Development and derivation of a phased concept for introducing EAM
Preparation of documentation covering all project steps
Evaluation of EAM tools (including LeanIX)

Mar 2024 - Mar 2025

1 year 1 month

Switzerland

Enterprise/Lead Architect

Public utility company in Switzerland

Development and implementation of EAM strategies
Collaboration with stakeholders at all levels
Ensuring technical value creation and efficiency through innovative solutions
Coordination with operations/CMDB
Evaluation of EAM tools (including LeanIX)

May 2023 - Apr 2024

1 year

Switzerland

Enterprise/Lead Architect and Solution Architect

International insurance company in Switzerland

Introduction of architecture management by establishing the necessary methods, processes, and structures
Development of results and coordination with operations (CMDB/ServiceNow) as well as the international level
Coaching of employees and transfer into projects
Application of an end-to-end approach based on "Digital Transformation with System" in the context of an omnichannel strategy
Use of Business Model Generation, Design Thinking, capabilities, and service orientation
Execution of EAM processes such as site planning and project portfolio planning

May 2023 - May 2023

1 month

Hamm, Germany

Lecturer

SRH Hamm, University of Logistics and Business

Lecture "Process Design and Management" in the Master's program
Introduction to process management: History of process management, Case Study 1
Reducing wastefulness: How to make a process better
Modelling with BPMN 2.0: How to create a process model
Working with Bizagi Modeller
Lean Management in general
Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
Kaizen
Kanban, 5 S
Workshop
Presentation + colloquium

Oct 2022 - Mar 2023

6 months

Switzerland

Enterprise/Lead Architect

Swiss federal authority

Recording, analysis of processes and compilation of the SBB (Solutions Building Blocks)
Definition of the required target IT architecture/overall IT architecture (information system and technology architecture incl. data flows) using TOGAF
Conducting workshops with architecture, process and business leads
Development of the new target IT architecture in line with the IT strategy and taking ongoing projects into account
Coordination of stakeholder needs in compliance with legal and security requirements (working with the CISO)

Aug 2022 - Sep 2022

2 months

Enterprise Architect

Energy utility company

Execution, consulting and further development of the Enterprise Architecture management process
Organization and execution of the architecture board
Screening and review of IT-related project requests based on architecture principles and compliance
Consulting and coordination of the Solution Team EA
Data maintenance and reporting in the application management system LeanIX
Coordination and execution of an AS-IS application survey of the Common Technology platform
Regular review of survey progress

Jun 2022 - Jun 2022

1 month

Interim Project Manager Digital Business and overall responsible for remediation activities

International service provider for insurance companies

Overall responsibility for the remediation activities of a software for claims management (BPO) and fleet management due to major operational issues

Apr 2022 - May 2022

2 months

Enterprise Architect and methodology expert

Medical insurance sector

Preparation of the specification for an EU-wide tender for a cloud-based technology platform
Contribution of expert knowledge and definition of the approach
Definition of the documents to be created

Mar 2022 - Apr 2022

2 months

Program Manager ad interim

Mobility Services

Interim management of a modernization program for the complete renewal of the system landscape

Oct 2021 - Jun 2022

9 months

Germany

IT Overall Project Manager and Architect

German Insurance Company

Strategic development of the digital sales channel in the context of an omnichannel strategy
Creation of a production report for digital sales
Solving core problems in a complex application landscape, such as assigning new applications to contracts
End-to-end capture of various sales channels for access to DMS and DWH

Aug 2021 - Sep 2021

2 months

Solution Architect

Telecom Provider

Conducting a time-critical preliminary study for a B2B cooperation in the fixed-line wholesale area

Jun 2021 - Feb 2022

9 months

Product Owner, IT Overall Project Manager and Methodology Expert

Consulting Company

Development of a business reference model for Riester processes to review and assess end-customer processes
Modeling business processes based on "Digital Transformation with System"
Technical implementation in Innovator

Nov 2020 - Jul 2021

9 months

Consultant, Coach and Enterprise Architect

International Submetering Company

Consultant and coach for the implementation of an integrated methodology for digital transformation
Development of new platform business models and a new IT strategy
Building an EAM area including methodology and selection of LeanIX
Definition of the target application landscape and planning of change projects
Support for major IT projects such as the migration to SAP S/4HANA
Conducting EAM analyses on behalf of the Chairman of the Management Board

Mar 2020 - Dec 2021

1 year 10 months

Germany

Product Owner, Overall IT Project Manager, Methods Expert and Lead Architect

German Insurance Company

Steering the product development of an external supplier to replace the Riester standard software
Running the integration project into the existing IT landscape
Solving complex data migration issues

Mar 2020 - Jul 2020

5 months

Consultant and EAM Expert

International Real Estate Group

Consultant for building an integrated methodology for digital transformation at all levels
Designing an international platform business model
Analyzing and improving business processes and value chains
Further developing EAM with the introduction of business capabilities
Analyses on the current state and potential of digitalization

Nov 2019 - Mar 2020

5 months

Interim Line Manager

IT Department for Hospitals

Interim management of an IT department with 25 internal employees and 20 million in revenue
Stabilizing the department in a critical organizational and staffing situation
Managing crisis-ridden customer relationships and saving a major project at risk
Ensuring secure-critical operations

Sep 2019 - Nov 2019

3 months

Germany

Product Owner, Overall IT Project Manager and Analyst

German Insurance Company

Preliminary project to replace the Riester standard software
Analysis of existing processes and interfaces
Description of a target scenario and preparation of tender documents
Evaluation of offers and running vendor workshops

Jul 2019 - Oct 2019

4 months

Overall IT Coordinator

Network Operator (TSO/DSO)

Building a KRITIS-relevant digital platform for data exchange and coordination between network operators
Running a requirements analysis regarding IT technology, security and interfaces
Specifying IT-related requirements and preparing tender documents
Carrying out detailed planning and offer evaluation
Building and running an agile implementation project

Mar 2019 - Dec 2019

10 months

Germany

Product Owner, overall IT project manager and lead architect

German intralogistics provider

Implementation project for a digitalization platform for project sales and automated intralogistics solutions
Change of business processes and introduction of a complex software platform
Setting up agile project processes
Managing external product vendors and integration with SAP systems

Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

4 months

Germany

Lead IT Architect

German Armed Forces

Task force "Digitalization of the healthcare services of the German Armed Forces"
Capture of as-is processes and data for target modeling
Creation of an overarching IT system architecture (Enterprise Architecture)
Integration of existing IT systems and identification of improvement potential through innovative solutions

Aug 2018 - Nov 2018

4 months

Product Owner (agile IT project manager)

Machine tool manufacturer

Concept for a new enterprise platform for API management & services
Establishment of technical integration standards and reference architectures
Creation of technical concepts and management of interface implementation
Design of APIs for SAP and management of external service providers

Aug 2018 - Oct 2018

3 months

Germany

Consultant

Financial services company

Benchmarking and development of suggestions for improving IT
Analysis in the areas of EAM (APM, PPM) and introduction of SOA/API management

May 2018 - Sep 2018

5 months

Germany

Consultant for business processes and EAM

Public health insurer

Development of a method for digital transformation by integrating business process modeling and design thinking
Initiation of an EAM initiative to redesign the interface between business and IT

May 2018 - Jun 2018

2 months

Coach

Garantieversicherungsunternehmen

Development of an IT strategy to modernize IT in the context of the omnichannel strategy
Fulfillment of regulatory requirements according to VAIT

Feb 2018 - Jul 2018

6 months

Berater, Product-Owner and Technical Lead Architect

Internationales Versicherungsunternehmen

Program for digital transformation and modernization of the frontend landscape
Selection and introduction of an API management platform
Change of the organization toward agility based on SAFe principles

Oct 2017 - Apr 2018

7 months

Germany

Product-Owner and Coach

Intra-Logistics Provider

Strategic digital transformation of the company
Delivery of various projects and programs as Product-Owner
Coaching for digital and agile transformation

Sep 2017 - Aug 2021

4 years

Hamm, Germany

Master's Program Lecturer

SRH Hamm, University of Logistics and Economics

Lecture "Big Data and Artificial Intelligence" (WS 2019/2020, SS 2020)
Introduction & Case Study "Big Data/Data Science"
Case Study "Machine Learning"
Workshops on Big Data and Machine Learning using KNIME
Lecture "IT Strategy and IT Governance" (WS 2017/2018, WS 2018/2019, WS 2020/2021)
Application Portfolio Management, Capabilities, EA Frameworks (TOGAF, Frameworx)
IT controlling, EAM tools, architecture governance and digital transformation

Aug 2017 - Oct 2017

3 months

Germany

Interim Chief Digital Officer (CDO)

Construction Materials Trading Company

Comprehensive modernization of the company regarding business models, ecosystem strategy, technology and innovation processes

Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

3 months

Germany

Product Owner, Coach, and Lead Architect

Intralogistics provider

Pre-project for a digital platform for project sales and automated solutions
Development of a business product model for 3D design and SAP integration
Management of external product vendors and service providers

Feb 2017 - Apr 2026

9 years 3 months

Author

Michael Kunz, Wolfgang Keller, Hermann Ladner

Digital Transformation with a System (Edition 2026), 2nd edition
Digital Transformation with a System, 1st edition

Jan 2017 - Jan 2017

1 month

Methods consultant

Startup

Development and evaluation of platform business models for "Mobility as a Service"

Mar 2016 - Dec 2016

10 months

Germany

Enterprise/Lead Architect and Product Owner

German insurance company

Introduction of SOA and API management in the context of an omnichannel strategy
Development of architecture and software development methods as well as governance
Development of a platform for an ecosystem of digital services
Analysis of future business models in the field of the platform economy

Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

1 year

Strategy consultant

Consortium of car-sharing companies

Development of the business strategy and product roadmap
Consolidation of IT structures and processes after company acquisitions

Jan 2016 - Mar 2016

3 months

Digitalization expert

Automotive company

Development of a strategy for a business area for digital services at board level
Analysis of business models in the platform economy

Nov 2015 - Mar 2016

5 months

Germany

Enterprise architect

Utility company

Building architecture management on the business side as part of a corporate split
Revising the capability map and application landscape in IteraPlan

Oct 2015 - Dec 2015

3 months

Interim Head of IT Architecture

Insurance company

Development of a plan for new IT architecture management
Interim leadership of the IT architecture area to stabilize after production outages

Sep 2015 - Oct 2015

2 months

Reviewer and consultant

Car-sharing provider

Due diligence of the IT organization and software for acquisition alternatives
Support of the acquisition process at executive level

Aug 2015 - Oct 2015

3 months

IT project manager and architect

Insurance company

Independent architecture review of a disrupted sales application and the product management system
Development of a target architecture in an omnichannel context and prototyping

Aug 2015 - Sep 2015

2 months

Enterprise Architect

Railway company

Preliminary study for modernizing personnel planning and dispatching
Market research for new application software and development of a target architecture

Jun 2015 - Jul 2015

2 months

Enterprise Architect

International insurance company

Study for modernizing the system landscape in the life insurance area
As-is analysis and development of a target architecture for the omnichannel strategy

Oct 2014 - Jun 2015

9 months

Germany

Product Owner (agile overall IT project lead)

DB Group (car and bike sharing subsidiary)

Building a B2B mobility platform in cooperation with an automotive group
Development of a platform business model
Recovery of the project from a critical state using agile methods

Aug 2013 - May 2014

10 months

Switzerland

Lead for EAM methodology and planning

Swiss federal authority

Building the EAM methodology based on TOGAF to renew 120 applications
Development of program standards, capabilities, and business services
Building the business object and data model with Sparx EA
Planning the overall program and setting up architecture governance

Jul 2013 - Jul 2013

1 month

Project management

Building materials trade

Recovery of a model-driven ERP product development project

May 2012 - Jul 2012

3 months

Switzerland

Project Management

Swiss major bank

International compliance and change management project on the business side

Apr 2011 - Jun 2013

2 years 3 months

Strategic Advisor

Modeling tool vendor

Research for a consistent methodology "Enterprise Business Architecture"
Creation of a product concept based on TOGAF, ArchiMate and SOA Reference Architecture

May 2010 - Mar 2011

11 months

Switzerland

Architecture Lead (SOA, operations architecture, outsourcing)

Swiss property insurer

Definition and implementation of an SOA reference architecture incl. ESB and automated deployment
Interim management of the operations architecture area and design of architecture processes
Strategic outsourcing consulting and platform strategy redesign incl. RFQ design
Technologies: Windows, Unix, z/OS, JEE

Oct 2008 - Jul 2009

10 months

Program Management

Mobile network provider

Strategic realignment of the IT landscape based on SOA, BPM, SID and eTOM
Execution of platform selection and blueprint definition
Technologies: Enterprise Architect, MS SharePoint, MS BizTalk, .NET, SQL Server

Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

1 year

Architecture Lead

Insurance company

Building a business architecture and implementing it in a cross-line policy administration system
Technology: Innovator

Jan 2006 - Aug 2008

2 years 8 months

Agile Lead, Release Management and QA

Mobile network provider

Design and implementation of a company-wide model-driven SOA
Definition of the agile development process and setup of a CI process
Design of model-driven test methods for the SOA
Technologies: MagicDraw, openArchitectureWare, Hibernate, Oracle, Subversion, WSDL/XML

Apr 2005 - Dec 2005

9 months

Architecture Reviewer

Insurance

Support of the strategic Java EE direction of application development
Review of the architecture designed by IBM and criteria catalog for off-the-shelf software

Jan 2002 - Mar 2005

3 years 3 months

Head of Architecture Staff and Recovery/Subproject Lead

Insurance

Technical and administrative leadership of the architecture team as well as selection of frameworks and security strategies
Lead of the recovery project "Group-wide Work Basket" incl. load and performance tests (10 employees)
Design of a model-driven architecture for the componentization of policy administration (15 employees)
Technologies: Rational Rose, WSAD, openArchitectureWare, MPF/J, WebSphere AS, CICS, IMS, DB/2

Oct 2000 - Oct 2002

2 years 1 month

Overall IT Project Lead

Insurance

Design and implementation of an EJB-based Java EE architecture for online sales
Connection to host systems for partners, policy administration, and document management
Leadership of a team of 10 employees

Jan 1998 - Dec 2001

4 years

Group Architecture Lead and Call Center Architecture

Insurance

Leadership of group architecture and multi-project management for all OO projects (50 employees)
Design of the Java EE application and system architecture as well as middleware strategy
Architecture design of software for first loss notification for call center agents
Technologies: Rational Rose, Visual Age Java, WebSphere AS, CICS, IMS, DB/2, Swing, RMI

Nov 1991 - Sep 1994

2 years 11 months

Freelance IT trainer and IT consultant

Lenze + Grützner OHG / CompuNet

Conducting seminars on standard software, networks, and project management methods
Consulting in system development, software engineering, and database design

Jan 1991 - Sep 1991

9 months

Germany

Freelance employee

BIFOA

Freelance work as part of the preparation of the diploma thesis

Jan 1990 - Nov 1993

3 years 11 months

Bergheim, Germany

Lecturer

Volkshochschule Bergheim

Conducting various IT seminars

Jan 1987 - Nov 1992

5 years 11 months

Cologne, Germany

Student assistant and tutor

University of Cologne

Student assistant in the office for data processing systems
Tutor for the course "Methodology of COBOL Programming" (winter semester 1987/88)

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Education, Insurance, Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Telecommunication, and Automotive.

Education

Insurance

Media and Entertainment

Information Technology

Telecommunication

Automotive

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Research and Development, Strategy, Product Development, and Business Intelligence.

Information Technology

Project Management

Research and Development

Strategy

Product Development

Business Intelligence

Summary

After studying business administration with a focus on management and computer science at the University of Cologne, Michael Kunz has worked for more than 25 years as a project manager/product owner, architect, enterprise architect, consultant, and manager in the IT industry. He has worked for end-user companies as well as consulting and product companies. His long-standing industry focus is the insurance sector, where he has led demanding projects and developed architectures for many years in life and property insurance, often in sales and in the context of omnichannel strategies. In recent years, he has also advised on or led projects in the car sharing/automotive, telecommunications, banking, and public administration sectors, including topics such as innovative business models, digitalization, and digital transformation. Michael Kunz is especially interested in innovative topics and the many changes that come with them in organizational, strategic, business, and technical terms. New business models, digital transformation, project/enterprise architectures, BPM, SOA, and MDSD have been key areas of his work for a long time. Alongside project recoveries, his special interest over the last 15 years has been all topics and especially holistic approaches in the area of "enterprise architecture" and "digital transformation" - from the development of (digital or platform) business models and strategic realignment of IT to the introduction of modern integration architectures based on "API management"/"agile integration architecture". In this context, he has further refined the approaches described by Wolfgang Keller in "IT Enterprise Architecture" and expanded them with (strategic) business aspects, including business models. He regularly presents the insights gained through his consulting work at conferences and in publications.

Skills

Hard Skills

Digital Transformation | Digitalization | Change Management | Agile Transformations | Scrum | Safe | Introduction And Coaching
Business Model Design | Platform Economy/Ecosystems
Domain Architectures | Iaa/Vaa | Frameworx/Etom/Sid/Tam
Business Process Analysis/Modeling | Bpmn | Uml
Project Management | Program/Multi-Project Management | Project Audits/Project Recovery | Risk Management | Hermes
Enterprise Architectures | Architecture Management | Apm | Ppm
Business Capability-Based Eam | Managed Evolution | Cobit
Strategy Maps | Balanced Scorecards
Opengroup: Togaf | Archimate | Soa Reference Architecture
Soa | Enterprise Integration | Modernization | Legacy-To-Soa
Architecture Driven Modernization (Adm) | Managed Evolution
Esb/Bpm/Repository/Registry Technologies And Tools
Project Architectures (Jee And Host)
Model-Driven Development/Mdsd | Model-Driven Testing
Security And Security Concepts
Design And Methodology In The Above Areas As Well As Their Qm/Qa Systems | Risk Management | Itil
Data Science | Machine Learning
Kritis

Soft Skills

Team Leadership Skills
Difficult Project Situations
Strong Motivational Ability
Independent And Team-Oriented Work

Technical Skills

Cobol | Java | C++ | C
Various Java Ee Technologies (Ibm And Open Source)
Various Tp Monitors
Various Relational Dbms
Product Modeling | Object-Oriented Modeling | Wsdl/Xml
Mdsd/Mda/Product Line Engineering | Er Modeling, Prototyping
Iteraplan | Leanix | Adoit | Sparxsystems Enterprisearchitect | Ms Project | Ms Office | Adonis | Lotus Notes
Knime
Sap S/4hana

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Latin

Advanced

French

Elementary

Education

Oct 1986 - Jun 1993

University of Cologne

Diploma in Business Administration · Business Administration · Cologne, Germany

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 59

Experience in Education 16 y

Avg length 1 y

Longest experience 9 y 2 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 2 (Germany, Switzerland)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Enterprise Architect, Lead Architect of the transformation program and coach, Enterprise/Lead Architect, Enterprise/Lead Architect and Solution Architect

Main industries Education, Insurance, Media and Entertainment

Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Research and Development

Profile

Created

May 2026

Last Update

July 2026

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Michael is based in Cologne, Germany.

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

Michael has at least 35 years of experience. During this time, Michael has worked in at least 53 different roles and for 50 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 7 months. Note that Michael may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Michael would be well-suited for roles such as: Enterprise Architect, Lead Architect of the transformation program and coach, Enterprise/Lead Architect, Enterprise/Lead Architect and Solution Architect.

Michael's most recent position is Enterprise Architect, Lead Architect of the transformation program and coach at Swiss Ministry.

In recent years, Michael has worked for Swiss Ministry, Swiss IT services company, International energy utility company, Public utility company in Switzerland, and International insurance company in Switzerland.

Michael is most experienced in industries like Education, Insurance, and Media and Entertainment. Michael also has some experience in Information Technology, Telecommunication, and Automotive.

Michael is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Research and Development. Michael also has some experience in Strategy, Product Development, and Business Intelligence.

Michael has recently worked in industries like Education, Media and Entertainment, and Insurance.

Michael has recently worked in business areas like Strategy, Research and Development, and Information Technology.

Michael attended University of Cologne for Business Administration.

Michael is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

Michael'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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