Michael S.-Win11 Local Rollout Manager
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Win11 Local Rollout Manager
Hansewerk Gruppe
Coordinated with providers on the required software packages
Reviewed lists submitted by providers and coordinated with the affected specialist departments
Organized testing of newly scripted software packages in cooperation with the specialist departments and providers
Selected and named the employees responsible for testing and scheduled software acceptance appointments
Documented and filed the specialist department’s approval form
Followed up on issues and escalated them to providers
Planned and carried out the rollout by site and department, taking WAN capacity into account
Ensured that no more than half of the employees at a site or in a department were migrated at the same time
Scheduled rollout dates based on the availability of all required software packages
Migrated the PC fleet from Windows 10 to Windows 11 and upgraded core technical components: software distribution from Microsoft SCCM to Intune and sign-in via Azure AD. Approximately 2800 PCs were migrated as part of the project.
Change and Release Manager
ITZ Bund
Monitored application production from a functional and technical perspective
Provided proactive advice on potential issues and risks in the cloud environment
Developed, defined, and implemented problem-solving strategies
Communicated and explained issues and their impact to the relevant audiences
Coordinated implementation with the client’s functional and technical contacts
Designed and planned the infrastructure and interfaces for operating standard software
Structured the operational handover of third-party software, taking functional and non-functional requirements into account (e.g. high availability)
Carried out extensive quality assurance
Planned, initiated, and monitored measures to resolve issues and meet the service agreement (Incident Management)
Planned, initiated, and monitored measures to develop and optimize the infrastructure (Change Management)
Carried out final quality assurance of the implemented measures
Supported production managers
Scale: approximately 1000 clients
Volunteer External IT Consultant
Government of Lower Franconia
Worked with the Corona tracing team and was responsible for the digital workplace
Managed releases, testing, and patches for the digital workplace at public health offices (R32, SurvNet, SORMAS)
Rolled out home office workstations in line with cloud policies
Actively helped trace infection chains and issue quarantine orders
Scale: 1400 clients
External IT Consultant
Fresenius Netcare
- Interim lead for the rollout, test management, and release management subprojects
- Developed and established release management concepts for Workplace and Productivity Platforms as part of a Windows 10 rollout with Office 365/2016
- Created a release calendar for Windows 10 managed Workplace, Office 365, Managed Client Applications, and Patch Management
- Took the Microsoft Evergreen approach into account and identified dependencies
- Independently planned and managed releases based on IT demands and vendor changes
- Coordinated release content with clients and the IT departments involved
- Planned and managed release scope, resource needs, release readiness, and implementation plans
- Took part in ITSM committees to plan and approve releases
- Independently led and coordinated all activities involved in implementing releases
- Scale: 20.000 clients
External IT Consultant
Lausitz Energie AG
- Subproject manager for the Digital Workplace rollout
- Led a team responsible for detailed planning and delivery of a client rollout (Windows 10, Office 2016/365), including application migration and decoupling of decentralized systems
- Managed communications
- Analyzed project status and assessed work package plans, including resources, and proposed improvements
- Coordinated workflows for client development, rollout, commissioning, architecture, and infrastructure provisioning
- Reviewed and clarified interfaces for local and central services and applications
- Coordinated client-level dependencies
- Scale: 4000 clients
External IT Consultant
Bayerisches Justizministerium
- Project coach and change manager for preparing a rollout to Windows 10, including Office 2016/365
IT Consultant
KPMG
- Project manager for an upgrade from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013
- Project planning, coordination and management in coordination with Exchange and Lync subprojects
- Coordination of project planning with stakeholders
- Change and communication management
- SPOC for stakeholder communication
IT Consultant
Commerzbank AG
- Technical subproject lead for a rollout as part of the group-wide Access Management International project
- Preparation of an end-user handout and transfer of the authorization concept to the new BMI logic
- Middleware rollout
- Communication with business units about the introduction of the new access rights concept
- Change and communication management, as well as incident and problem management with ServiceNow
- SPOC for stakeholder communication
IT Consultant
Commerzbank AG
- Project manager for upgrading Windows XP and MS Office 2003 to Windows 10 and MS Office 2013
- Project planning, monitoring and management in coordination with Exchange and Lync projects
- Planning and coordination of branches in cooperation with the relevant departments
- Communication and change management
- Introduction of test and release management
- Incident and problem management with ServiceNow
- SPOC for stakeholder communication
- Scale: approx. 64.000 clients
- Environment: Windows 10, Windows 7, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS SharePoint, HPSM
IT Consultant
Schaeffler Group
- Project manager for upgrading MS Office 2007 to MS Office 2013
- Project planning, coordination and management involving Exchange and Lync projects
- Change and communication management
- Advising on and coordinating project planning with department heads
- ITSM with ServiceNow
- SPOC for stakeholder communication
- Scale: approx. 50.000 clients
- Environment: Windows 7, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS SharePoint
Information Technology Consultant
Talanx Versicherung AG
- Rollout Manager on the APS rollout project
- Planned and managed the migration from Windows XP to Windows 7 and Office 2013 on thin clients
- Managed the technical and operational aspects of the rollout pilot in Hannover and Cologne
- Migrated SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013
- Scope: approx. 8,000 clients
Information Technology Consultant
KfW-Bank
- Project Manager for the Windows 7 rollout on behalf of Dell
- Planned and scheduled the rollout from Windows XP to Windows 7 and Office 2013
- Managed and monitored the migration in close cooperation with the end customer
- Responsible for change and communications management
- Scope: approx. 8,500 clients
IT Consultant
E.ON
- Project Manager for various projects on behalf of HP
- Planned, monitored, and managed the projects
- Coordinated and aligned project plans with stakeholders
- Scope: approx. 88,000 clients
- Environment: Windows 7, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS SharePoint
IT Consultant
Volkswagen AG
- Planned the migration of Active Directory to Windows Server 2008 R2
- Planned the email migration to Exchange 2010
- Managed, monitored, and administered the migration project
- Coordinated with related projects (Win7 migration)
- Scope: approx. 250,000 clients
- Environment: Windows Vista, Windows 7, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS SharePoint
IT Consultant
Bundesamt für Informatik und Telekommunikation (BIT)
- Managed and planned the rollout migration to Windows 7 at the Federal Office of the Interior
- Managed, directed, and led the migration project on site
- Coordinated with project managers at the offices
- HERMES Swiss Project Team Professional (HSPTP) certification
- Scope: 3,800 clients
- Environment: Windows XP, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project
IT Consultant
Carl Zeiss AG
- Project Manager for AD integration at Zeiss locations in North America on behalf of HP
- Coordination and management of the integration project
- Coordination of project planning with local IT coordinators
- Scope: 4.000 clients
- Environment: Windows XP, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project
IT Consultant
Carl Zeiss AG
- (Deputy) Project Manager for various projects (laptop encryption, integration of new locations) on behalf of HP
- Project management, coordination and administration of several projects
- Coordination of project planning with local IT coordinators
- Volume: 12.000 clients
- Environment: Windows XP, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project
IT Consultant
Carl Zeiss AG
- Project Manager Rollout DMS on behalf of HP
- Project management, monitoring and administration of the project
- Coordination of rollout planning with local IT coordinators
- Planning and coordination of rollout technicians
- Scope: 5.000 clients
- Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project
External IT Consultant
Deutsche Bahn (Railion)
- Project Manager for the Railion process client redesign subproject
- Analysis of existing process clients and design of a new client
- Coordination with related projects and rollout planning
- Technical responsibility for 4 employees
- Scope: approx. 2500 clients
- Environment: Windows XP, Windows 2000, IBM OS/2, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project
External IT Consultant
SWISSCOM Fixnet
- Project Manager for the CCM Hotline redesign subproject
- Coordination of subsystems and monitoring of development and integration tests
- Planning and coordination of the IVR systems rollout
- Coordination of external suppliers
- Technical responsibility for 6 employees
- Environment: Windows XP, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, Notrel IVR, SAP RMCA
External IT Consultant
Cognis AG
- Project Manager, Website Discovery
- Management and planning of the website discovery teams
- Review and validation of questionnaires with local editors
- Job design and creation of website access
- Technical responsibility for 8 employees
- Scale: approx. 8,000 clients in 48 countries
- Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project
External IT Consultant
Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB)
- Project Manager for Workplace Development 2006 on behalf of Swisscom IT Services
- Management of client engineering and leadership of packaging
- Coordination with SBB and oversight of development and integration testing
- Rollout tuning and planning with local IT managers
- Planning and oversight of rollout technicians
- Technical responsibility for 5 client engineering and 70 packaging employees
- Scale: 16,000 clients
- Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, SMS 2003
External IT Consultant
Gothaer Versicherung
- Technical Project Manager, CSI XP Rollout 2005
- Oversight of XP client development and validation of hardware/software
- Software consolidation and rollout coordination
- Oversight of hardware suppliers and planning of rollout technicians
- Quality assurance of hardware and software data
- Scale: approx. 6,500 clients
- Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project
External IT Consultant
Dresdner Bank
- Project Manager for XP client rollout at branch offices
- Oversight of integration testing and review of test results
- Planning test dates and coordinating rollout plans with local IT managers
- Scale: 20,000 clients
- Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, Windows 2000, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Project
External IT Consultant
Hessische Zentrale für Datenverarbeitung
- Project Manager for XP client rollout
- Organizational implementation of an existing rollout concept
- Oversight of rollout technicians in collaboration with Product Owners
- Delivery of the rollout during the pilot phase
- Developing improvements with system technicians
- Scale: 1650 clients
- Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project
External IT Consultant
TUI AG
- Project Manager for XP Client Rollout
- Coordination of rollout technicians with Product Owners and departments
- Project support for NT4 migration
- Software distribution with OnCommand and design of rollout processes according to ITIL
- Scale: approx. 4500 clients
- Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project
External IT Consultant
Sinius GmbH
- Development of an action plan to improve the performance and stability of the IT infrastructure
- Introduction of Reuters RWT and standardization of service processes according to ITIL
- Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project
External IT Consultant
Sinius GmbH
- Sales support for the Competence Center Technology with specifications and cost estimates
- Coordination with providers and alignment with other departments
- Central technical contact for sales consultants and Delivery Managers
- Project management
- Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project
External IT Consultant
Andreae-Noris Zahn AG
- Replacement of the Novell and NT4 environment with Windows Terminal Server
- Rollout of XP clients and active participation in the operation of the Microsoft environment
- Project coordination with the customer and redesign of processes according to ITIL
- Project assistance with migration of an NT4 domain
- Software distribution with SMS and RADIA
- Development and testing of the Core-Client
- Volume: around 1500 clients
- Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, Citrix
External IT Consultant
Deutsche Post AG
- Project management of operational coordination and rollout control
- Support with the organization and control of ITIL service processes
- Supervision of the field service team
- Project management for Desktop XP migration and NT4 domain migration
- Software distribution with TV SAX
- Scale: approx. 110.000 clients
- Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project
External IT Consultant
Andreae-Noris Zahn AG
- Analysis of the existing server farm and assessment of consolidation options
- Coordination of project activities between departments
- Project management for Windows 2000 desktops
- Scope: approx. 1500 clients
- Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project
External IT Consultant
Siemens AG
- Preparation and review of the plan to replace Windows NT with Windows 2000
- Coordination of project activities between departments and the external service provider
- Management of project activities and external representation
- Scope: approx. 50.000 clients
- Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project
External IT Consultant
Deutsche Bank
- Migration from NT4 to Windows 2000 alongside Linux firewalls
- Rollout of Windows 2000 clients and development of the standard client
- Scope: approx. 500 clients
- Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project
External IT Consultant
Nokia AG
- Team trainer for 4 employees during Tivoli rollouts
- Organization, planning, and documentation in the Tivoli-DMO area
- Scope: 700 servers
- Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project
External IT Consultant
Dresdner Bank
- Planning and documentation of operational processes for server administration at branch offices
- Server administration
- Scope: approx. 1400 servers
- Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project
External IT Consultant
Deutsche Bank
- Team trainer for 7 employees during migration from OS/2 to NT
- Administration of NT servers and rollout of NT4 clients
- Scope: approx. 1000 clients
- Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project
External IT Consultant
DG Bank
- Project management coordinating foreign branches and Y2K testing
- System administration of the Windows NT test environment and connection to AS/400 and Sun Solaris
- Technical support for foreign branches on EURO and Year 2000 issues
- Scope: over 300 clients and 35 servers
External IT Consultant
UBS AG
- Project management for the rollout of 25.000 NT workstations in Switzerland
- Development of effective operating system-level solutions for Windows NT clients
- System integration of heterogeneous systems (IBM 3070, AS/400, Unix variants, CTOS-E, OS/2, Windows)
- Setup of an Ethernet-based LAN
- Branch support and professional team management
- Quantity: 25.000 clients
Assistant to the IT Manager
Eisenwerke F. W. Düker GmbH & Co. KG
- System administration of heterogeneous networks running DOS/Windows, Windows NT, Unix and CTOS
- System integration into a company-wide LanManager network for AIX and Windows NT
- Project support and coordination of all IT projects with departments
- User support for hardware and software
- Testing software applications and installing various systems
- Technical leadership of the department during the IT manager's absence
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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Metals and Mining, Energy, Utilities, Manufacturing, and Government and Administration.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance, and Operations.
Summary
Mr. Michael Seitz is a certified project manager (HERMES) with solid experience in project management. He has more than 17 years of professional experience as a (sub-)project manager at a wide range of companies, as well as for two of the largest PC manufacturers (HP and DELL). Since 1996, his work has focused on migrating Windows operating systems as part of the “Digital Workplace” strategy, often in connection with rolling out new hardware. Naturally, this has also included a focus on AD, networks, storage, and VDI.
In all projects, the main focus has been on planning, internal and external reporting, tracking the open issue list, and escalating issues to the program manager as part of a “Digital Workplace” strategy. In his most recent project, Michael Seitz worked at Hansewerk as a local project manager on a Digital Workplace rollout (WIN11 and Office 365). In this role, he communicated with both the group’s internal IT team and the specialist departments and respective product owners.
Michael Seitz has solid expertise in project management, backed by a strong technical background in “Digital Workplace,” with a focus on Microsoft client operating systems, Active Directory, and printing (especially HP printer solutions). Thanks to his many years of professional experience, he has no difficulty integrating into an existing team. His reliability in meeting deadlines and quick understanding should also be highlighted.
Skills
Rollout Management
Languages
Education
Business IT Specialist (IHK) · Business Informatics
Certifications & licenses
HERMES Swiss Project Team Professional HSPTP
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Experience
Global experience
Expertise
Qualifications
Frequently asked questions
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Michael is based in Kahl am Main, Germany and prefers 100% remote projects.
Michael speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).
Michael has at least 33 years of experience. During this time, Michael has worked in at least 7 different roles and for 32 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 10 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: Win11 Local Rollout Manager, Change and Release Manager, Volunteer External IT Consultant.
Michael's most recent position is Win11 Local Rollout Manager at Hansewerk Gruppe.
In recent years, Michael has worked for Hansewerk Gruppe and ITZ Bund.
Michael is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Metals and Mining, and Energy. Michael also has some experience in Utilities, Manufacturing, and Government and Administration.
Michael is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Quality Assurance. Michael also has some experience in Operations and Sales.
Michael has recently worked in industries like Energy, Utilities, and Information Technology.
Michael has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Operations.
Michael attended education in Business Informatics.
Michael has 1 certificate: HERMES Swiss Project Team Professional HSPTP.
Michael is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
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