Peter Walden - Information Security Consultant for ITSM

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Furth, Germany

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Experience

Dec 2020 - Jul 2023

2 years 8 months

Landau an der Isar, Germany

Information Security Consultant

actago GmbH

External information security officer for public administrations (municipality, market town, city) and municipal utilities and educational institutions

Sep 2018 - Jul 2019

11 months

Munich, Germany

Project

Bayerische Landesbank BayernLB

Introduction of TopEase as a new platform for document management
CMDB with relations to data protection/confidentiality, etc.
Visualization of business processes and their resources
Decision and approval workflows with change management
Monitoring for analysis and reporting
Error analysis and incident/problem/change/release management

Feb 2018 - Jul 2018

6 months

Offenbach, Germany

Project

Hessische und Thüringische Landesbank HeLaBa

Adaptation of cross-functional work instructions for efficient IT-SCM
Creation of template documents for recovery plans
Development of orchestration rules for IT-SCM in IT-SM
Integration of IT-SCM into IT-SM and BCM

Jan 2013 - Present

13 years 9 months

Freelancer projects and IT service management

Freelancer

IT-SM according to ITIL, IT services for elastic data center architecture and infrastructure, IT-SCM and BCM with BIA, virtualization, migration methods with implementation (Vibracoustic PL and as part of the team for "technology swap backbone data center from concept, tendering to replacement during live operation")
Visualization of data and processes, setting up workflows, IT security and documentation requirements (BayernLB Munich with TopEase)
Rules and technical instructions for monitoring and automation of infrastructures, IT change management with requirements, planning, implementation according to Landesbanken standard (HeLaBa Offenbach)

Aug 2008 - Dec 2012

4 years 5 months

Ismaning, Germany

Senior Account Technology Consultant (PreSales)

EMC Deutschland GmbH

Consulting for public sector clients in Bavaria for the full EMC product portfolio with a focus on services, virtualization, IT-SM
Preparation and delivery of product presentations
Handling tenders, preparation of quotations
Interface between customer, sales, technical specialists and partners, trade fair organization
Development of software for SAN switch migrations for seamless switching of virtual paths in fiber optic networks
Introduction of innovation management and communication with Web 2.0 in the intranet and also for the education market
Building test/demo platforms including VMware farm, RSA Archer

Jul 2008 - Jul 2008

1 month

Unterföhring, Germany

Project Manager

Allianz Shared Infrastructure Services GmbH

Data center transformation project (consolidation, integration)

Feb 2007 - Jun 2008

1 year 5 months

Unterschleißheim, Germany

Senior Consultant

santix AG

Consulting on IT governance and services according to ITIL
Implementation of requirements and commissioning management project
Design and support of software platform certification for international automated software distribution in cross-hardware release management, creation of interfaces in XML, UML with logbook adapter in HP-Mercury for documenting tests for international certification (Credit Suisse Zurich)
Data center relocation incl. consolidation, platform migration in VMware with process integration, data center documentation in semantic MediaWiki and archival formats (AGCS London / Allianz data center)

Jan 2007 - Sep 2007

9 months

Zürich, Switzerland

Project

Credit Suisse

Software platform certification for rollout
Structuring of test automation for IT security, roll forward, roll back, restart, OS recovery, data recovery

Jan 2001 - Jan 2007

6 years 1 month

Moosburg, Germany

Consultant for BCM, ISO 27001, focus on IT-SCM, fallback concepts and high availability

Heine & Partner GmbH

Project planning/execution and management (systemic approach) around emergency planning (e.g. 70 Bavarian savings banks with IZB Soft, HVB Munich, RaiZE St. Gallen, SUVA Lucerne, Alte Leipziger)
Carrying out operational risk analyses (BIA), emergency planning, recovery concepts for business functions and processes, recovery tests with risk, compliance and policy management
Data center relocations with fallback strategy, integration of business continuity into ITIL and business processes (e.g. debitel Stuttgart, Generali Vienna to Aachen, HVB/Unicredit Munich to Milan)
Administration of intranet/internet, central IT and telephony, replication via WAN, recovery procedures, encryption, indexing, performance tuning, optical document archiving and integration of smartphones
Creation of numerous scripts for data transfer and integration into emergency manuals with CAPT, CM and various intranets
Analysis of complex backup systems, physical storage locations and paths for risk assessment and migration according to policy (with PHP, Perl, HTML), integration with incident and change management (BMW Munich / Dingolfing)

Jan 2001 - Dec 2006

6 years

St. Gallen, Switzerland

Project

RaiZe

Emergency planning: analysis, concept, need for action with project draft (cost estimate, schedules) in the form of lists and a kind of benchmark
Vulnerability analysis for IT recovery and reprocurement in the form of studies after an emergency (maximum scenario: site outage)
Coordination and training with employees from specialist departments
Presentation of results to management and executive board

Apr 2000 - Dec 2000

9 months

Sauerlach, Germany

IT Project Manager

neusoft GmbH

Planning, implementation and service for integrating voice computers (IVR) into trading platforms (online shops, credit checks, auction and logistics systems), Openshop partner training
Data Protection Officer

Oct 1994 - Mar 2000

5 years 6 months

Unterföhring, Germany

Head of IT Administration

ProSieben Group

Administration of the SAP and Unix platforms of the company group
Organization of the strategic growth from 6 to 130 Unix systems
Since 1997 head of department with 10 internal employees and external staff in the highly dynamic environment of media companies
Planning and implementation of, among other things, automation, authorization concepts in SAP R/3, programming (ABAP, SQL, parser), administration (including Unix, storage, Windows, Legato)
Programming of rollouts in a highly available data center environment, including SAP transport management, software distribution and log analysis in granular firewall zones

Feb 1990 - Sep 1994

4 years 8 months

Munich, Germany

System Technician for the TARGON System Family (Unix) / Systems Specialist in the Support Center for Unix/Sinix Servers

Siemens Nixdorf AG

Support for customers and colleagues for the TARGON/RM operating systems and platform software, central and decentralized peripherals, networks
Performance tuning, remote configuration and release upgrades

Feb 1987 - Jan 1990

3 years

Paderborn, Germany

Training as a communications electronics technician with a focus on information technology (IHK) and consultant for integrated

Nixdorf Computer AG

Training as a communications electronics technician with a focus on information technology
Consultant for integrated systems

Industry experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Automotive, Professional Services, Media and Entertainment, and Education.

Information Technology

Banking and Finance

Automotive

Professional Services

Media and Entertainment

Education

Business area experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Operations, Supply Chain Management, Product Development, and Sales.

Information Technology

Project Management

Operations

Supply Chain Management

Product Development

Sales

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

Feb 1987 - Jan 1990

Nixdorf Computer AG

Communications electronics technician specializing in information technology and consultant for integrated systems · Paderborn, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Training as a communications electronics technician specializing in information technology

IHK

Driver's license class 3 (up to 7.5 tons)

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 14

Experience in Information Technology 32.5 y

Avg length 3 y 6 m

Longest experience 13 y 8 m

Global experience

Countries worked in 2 (Germany, Switzerland)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Information Security Consultant, Project, Freelancer projects and IT service management

Main industries Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Automotive

Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Operations

Qualifications

Certifications earned 2

Profile

Member since

February 2024

Last update

September 2026

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Peter is based in Furth, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

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

Peter has at least 40 years of experience. During this time, Peter has worked in at least 11 different roles and for 14 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 3 years and 10 months. Note that Peter may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Peter would be well-suited for roles such as: Information Security Consultant, Project, Freelancer projects and IT service management.

Peter's most recent position is Information Security Consultant at actago GmbH.

In recent years, Peter has worked for actago GmbH and Freelancer.

Peter is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Automotive. Peter also has some experience in Professional Services, Media and Entertainment, and Education.

Peter is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Operations. Peter also has some experience in Supply Chain Management, Customer Service, and Product Development.

Peter has recently worked in industries like Automotive, Banking and Finance, and Information Technology.

Peter has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Operations, and Project Management.

Peter attended Nixdorf Computer AG for Communications electronics technician specializing in information technology and consultant for integrated systems.

Peter has 2 certificates. These include: Training as a communications electronics technician specializing in information technology and Driver's license class 3 (up to 7.5 tons).

The availability of Peter needs to be confirmed.

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