Ronald Foerster - Senior IT Consultant for Requirements

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Experience

Mar 2026 - Dec 2026

10 months

Senior IT Consultant – Requirement Engineer

Deutsche Bank - Strivion

Methodology: Agile project management

Goal: Digitization and implementation of CCD2 requirements within the Consumer Finance systems.

Analysis, identification, and assessment of business requirements, as well as their transfer into technical implementation requirements. Coordination and status reporting of the various requirements. Documentation and process management using UML and BMPN. Cross-functional stakeholder management, UAT testing, data management, API architecture management.

Tools: Jira, Confluence, Visual Code, Sql Developer, Enterprise Architect, MsOffice, Bruno, ALM, Camunda, Figma

Jan 2025 - Dec 2025

1 year

IT Consultant & Training

Various Small Projects & AI Training

Development of several websites for small businesses (6)
SEO/SEM
Business Consulting (implementation of ERP systems (Fresha / MS Dynamics))
AI tooling, prompting & coding
GenAI chatbot (GPT 4.0)
Development of a telephone agent (NLP services, Twilio, Python, Azure Services)
Python coding, report & dashboard creation
Stakeholder management and consulting throughout the entire project lifecycle

Further training and certifications in AI:

Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals
Develop Gen AI Solutions with Azure Open AI Service
Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution
Artificial Intelligence for the Business Professional
Generative AI for the Business Professional
Certified Artificial Intelligence Practitioner

Dec 2023 - Jan 2025

1 year 2 months

Demand Manager & Process Owner

Daimler Trucks

Establishment of demand management within an international project organization
Collection, analysis, and quality checks of requirements for the application and system landscape
Customer management, coordination, and management of work packages in the after-sales logistics process
Automation and optimization of processes and reporting
Establishment and integration of controlling
Process modelling and process mining
Establishment and optimization of test management
Process responsibility for system implementations for deliveries at a global hub
Documentation

Sep 2023 - Feb 2024

6 months

IT Business Analyst - GDPR

Native Instruments

Collection, analysis, assessment, and implementation of EU data protection guidelines
Collection, analysis, and quality checks of requirements for the application and system landscape
Collection, analysis, and quality checks of processes
Reporting and controlling
Stakeholder management and project organization
Interviews with business departments
Creation of a process register
System and data warehouse consolidation

Jul 2023 - Sep 2023

3 months

IT Consultant

Web Consultant & Web Development

Requirements gathering, design, and implementation of a website using PHP, WordPress, JavaScript, MySQL
Use of Adobe Photoshop
SEO/SEM design, UX/UI
Test management
AI tooling & prompting
Stakeholder management throughout the entire project lifecycle

Jul 2022 - Jul 2023

1 year 1 month

Frankfurt, Germany

IT Business Analyst

Commerzbank / Questax

Co-responsible for the further development of the central order management system in trading and the introduction of a new trading system
Requirements management, project and task coordination
Execution of compliance and audit tasks
Security requirements analysis, change and release management
Cross-functional stakeholder management
Planning and implementation of user stories and backlog
Documentation, development and optimization of test management
Process capture and process mining
Preparation of relevant audits for LKSG and IT risk management

Feb 2022 - Jul 2022

6 months

Frankfurt, Germany

IT Product Manager

DVAG AG

Responsible for the further development of the central asset management system
Requirements management, coordination and organization of emerging topics
Change and release management
Business unit and service provider stakeholder management
Quality gate management for microservices
Planning and implementation of user stories
Process management and application ownership for all contract management systems
Application management and Salesforce migration

Nov 2021 - Jan 2022

3 months

Neckarsulm, Germany

IT Project Management Consultant

PVS Fulfillment-Service / Maersk

Integration of MS Dynamics 365 and system connections
Technical requirements management and process definitions
Definition of project increments and deliverables
Change and release management
Project coordination, stakeholder management
Moderation of regular meetings at business unit level
Project communication, organization and reporting

Apr 2021 - Jan 2022

10 months

Stuttgart, Germany

IT Business Analyst

Daimler Bank – Questax

Participation in and partial leadership of a 6-person team in Romania
International rollout and further development of the online leasing management platform
Specifications, change and release management
Project coordination and stakeholder management
Development and optimization of test management
Requirements management, process documentation
CRM replacement, Azure Readiness Checks & Setup, data warehouse consolidations

Jan 2021 - Sep 2022

1 year 9 months

Frankfurt, Germany

IT Project Manager / Product Owner

VTB Bank – Vicoland / Coocmore

Further development of the marketing website
Change and release management
Leadership of a Scrum team (8 people)
Project coordination and stakeholder management
HR contracting and moderation of regular meetings
Project communication, organization and reporting
Requirements engineering, planning and implementation of user stories and backlog management
SEO audit and implementation
Resource planning and budgeting
Development and optimization of test and quality management
Project documentation and UX/UI coordination

Aug 2020 - Jan 2021

6 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Remote

Senior IT-Consultant

IT-Web Consultancy & Training

Creation of 2 web presences (online shop & website)
Requirement engineering, organization, programming and configuration of an eCommerce platform and a content management system
SEO/SEM and best-fit consulting
Further training to become a certified Product Owner and Microsoft Cloud Architect & Designer
Working with Kubernetes, Docker, containers, VMs, PowerShell/Azure Cloud Shell, security hardening
Linux Bash, Postgres/Oracle/Azure SQL/MongoDB/CosmosDB
Microservices, service-oriented architectures, data fabrics, Pureview
Setup of data pipelines and data modeling

May 2020 - Jul 2020

3 months

Cologne, Germany

Business Analyst - FS

Toyota Kreditbank

Introduction of an EU-wide leasing management system
Ensuring the consistency of requirements at the level of the country organizations
Supporting, reviewing and approving requirements
Coordinating technical support
Ensuring project goals and vision through open communication between headquarters and country organizations
Strategic-level reporting on status and probability of success
External risk assessment and feedback to the project team
Monitoring the requirements engineering process between business, consultants and internal departments
Moderation of regular meetings, project communication and organization
Process mining and process documentation

Sep 2019 - Mar 2020

7 months

Stuttgart, Germany

IT-PMO & Testmanager

Mercedes Benz AG

SAP development and integration project in the SC/WTO department
Coordination of the department's internal test team
Test planning, test strategy and test management
Project coordination between IT and the department
Moderation of regular meetings at department level
Project communication, organization and test progress reporting

Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

3 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Business Analyst & Testmanager

ING Bank

Implementation of PSD2 compliance
Test documentation and optimization of test concepts
Preparation of compliance documents
Execution of the new customer product process
Preparation of documents for the Executive Board

Jan 2019 - Mar 2019

3 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Projektmanagement Consultant & Business Analyst

Itscare - AOK

Implementation of an insurance-wide ordering platform (Shopify)
Replacement of a service management platform (ServiceNow)
Requirement engineering, identification, analysis and evaluation of system requirements
Stakeholder management and backlog creation
Preparation of project management deliverables (planning, controlling, organization)
Process capture and process documentation

Jun 2018 - Dec 2018

7 months

Stuttgart, Germany

IT PMO & Project Management Consultant

Daimler AG

Digitalization projects in the legal tech sector
Portfolio management and multi-project management
Project controlling and budgeting
Supporting projects in the GDPR area (reporting & controlling)
Identification, analysis and assessment of business and system requirements
Establishment of PMO and service processes
Development of automated, cross-functional reporting

Jan 2018 - Jun 2018

6 months

Hamburg, Germany

Lead Business Analyst

Carnival Maritime / AIDA

GDPR Governance & Compliance implementation
Identification, analysis and assessment of business and system requirements in systems and data warehouses
Conducting interviews and workshops
Investigation of systems, data and content (Data Fabrics, Pureview)
Preparation of records of processing activities (DPR)
TOGAF architecture analyses
Process capture and process documentation
Preparation of relevant Sox and PCI audits

Dec 2017 - Jan 2018

2 months

Munich, Germany

Experienced Analyst

Frogdesign / Allianz

Short-term assignment to identify, analyze and assess requirements for a prototype of software to be rolled out internationally
Backlog planning
Agile product development, UX/UI, Design Thinking
IT product management

Aug 2017 - Dec 2017

5 months

Augsburg, Germany

IT Project Coordinator

Airbus / Premium Aerotec / Cimpa

Requirements management and implementation of IT and business processes
Definition and coordination of subprojects and the DevOps team
Stakeholder management and process analyses
Status reporting and variance reports
Quality management, project and release planning

Jan 2017 - Apr 2017

4 months

Stuttgart, Germany

PMO – Financial Markets & Private Banking

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg

Introduction of a core banking system
Project organization and resource management
Definition of project-specific processes
Ensuring the coordination and approval of IT and business concepts through a standardized workflow process

Sep 2016 - Nov 2016

3 months

Frankfurt, Germany

IT Consultant – E-Payment Solutions

Paydirekt GmbH

Database development
Preparation and maintenance of reports
Process optimization at the operational level
Merchant onboarding and technical integration
Stakeholder management with banks, merchants and merchant aggregators

Mar 2016 - Jul 2016

5 months

Stuttgart, Germany

IT-Project Management Consultant

Daimler AG / Braincourt GmbH

Support for several SAP projects
Project and quality management according to HoustonIT
Quality gate management
Project organization, communication and planning
Test management and compliance checks
Requirement engineering and IAM

Jul 2015 - Sep 2015

3 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Technical Interface Consultant

tepOver GmbH

Restructuring of service management according to ITIL V3
Requirement engineering and product documentation
Test management (agile testing, test automation, test conception, test analysis, test execution, test documentation, black-box/white-box, unit testing)
Presales and after-sales support

Feb 2015 - May 2015

4 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Developer – IT-Consultant

Mantuano Design GmbH

Planning, design and implementation of a web presence
Business consulting and support within the SCM startup architecture
UX/UI

Jun 2014 - Sep 2014

4 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Academic Project Manager Trainee

FDM Group Ltd.

Training in Professional Communication & Team Leading Skills, SQL, Excel, VBA, Project Support Office
Prince2 certification, ISEB Business Analysis certification, ITIL V3
Training in Financial Industry Awareness

Jan 2014 - Apr 2014

4 months

Aidlingen, Germany

Hybrid

IT Developer

SYS - Softwarehaus GmbH

Development of hybrid mobile apps with PhoneGap
Mobile travel management enhancement
Requirements engineering, project planning, and architectural design of the application for customers such as IBM

Mar 2013 - Aug 2013

6 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Junior Project Manager / Project Lead

Fischer Software Entwicklung

Project planning and management of a Scrum team (5–6 people)
Project organization, controlling, and documentation
Stakeholder management
Project accounting for backend solutions for Deutsche Bahn

Jan 2013 - Jun 2014

1 year 6 months

Duisburg, Germany

Team Lead

BS Management GbR

Planning and execution of rollout projects
Team management (5–8 people)
Field service as well as 1st- and 2nd-level service in government institutions

Dec 2012 - Jan 2013

2 months

Ludwigsburg, Germany

IT Assistant

Human Internet Consult AG

Planning and execution of rollout projects
Field service as well as 1st- and 2nd-level service in government institutions

Sep 2012 - Mar 2013

7 months

Waltham, United States

Internet Assessor & Ad Assessor

Lionbridge Technologies Inc.

Evaluation and assessor activities for the Bing search engine

Sep 2010 - Jul 2012

1 year 11 months

Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany

Dual Student in the M2M Field

T-Systems International

Connected Car project in the Diagnostic & Solutions department
Implementation of a software tool for the internal project management tool Polarion
Test management for a TTL web platform
Technical documentation of a prototype product for OBD vehicle diagnostics
Frontend design and development of a native app for vehicle diagnostics
Competitor analyses, market reports, and creation of product portfolios in the telematics market

Industry experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Automotive, Banking and Finance, Government and Administration, Insurance, and Transportation.

Information Technology

Automotive

Banking and Finance

Government and Administration

Insurance

Transportation

Business area experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Product Development, Business Intelligence, and Marketing.

Information Technology

Project Management

Quality Assurance

Product Development

Business Intelligence

Marketing

Summary

Degrees: Business Information Systems (B. Sc.); Business Administration (B. A.); State-certified Business Information Systems Assistant

Skills

Project Management

Planning
Reporting
Communication
Controlling
Risk Management
Budget/Cost Management
Organization
Resource Management
Stakeholder Management
Multi-Project Management

Software Systems

Ms Office
Ms Project
Ms Visio
Sap (R/3, Co, S/4hana, Gt, Mm, Pp, Qm, Pm, Hr, Fi, Co)
Ms Navision
Ms Access
Ms Sharepoint
Adobe Worksuite
Jira
Sas
Hp Alm
Doors
Eclipse
Azure Devops
Docker
Kubernetes
Jenkins
Servicenow
Ms Dynamics Business Central
Leanix
Aws
Tableau
Ai Azure Cloud Services
Data Fabrics
Camunda

Core Technologies

Java
Javascript
Php
Perl
Asp.Net
Vbscript
Vb
Css
Sass
Html
Xml
Json
Xslt
Bootstrap
Mysql
Postgresql
Data Warehouses
Python
Rest Apis
Microservices
Genai
Llms

Test Management

Agile Testing
Test Automation
Test Design
Test Strategy
Test Analysis
Test Execution
Test Documentation
Blackbox/Whitebox
Unit Testing

Business Analysis

Investigation Techniques
Stakeholder Analysis & Management
Modelling Business Systems
Business & Financial Cases
Documenting & Managing Projects
Change Management
Requirement Engineering

Software Engineering & Project Management Methods

Prince2
Houston.It 3.0
Scrum
Pmi
Ipma
V-Modell Xt
Rup
Din 69901
Safe
Iterative And Incremental Models
Design Thinking
Nexus

It Management (S.T.O.P.)

It Compliance
It Governance
It Risk Management
It Security
It Service Management
It Strategy
Business Intelligence

Business Process Management

Cmmi
Tqm
Bpmn 2.0
Tom
Uml
Process Mining
Ms Power Automate
Zapier
Signavio
Bizagi

Compliance

Psd2
Marisk
Money Transfer Regulation
Mifid
Sepa
Swift
Open Banking
Sox
Pci
Gdpr
Iso 27001
International Payments

Soft Skills

Conflict Management
Teambuilding
Agile Leadership

Certifications

Business Analysis / Iseb Ba
Itil V.3
Prince2
Sap R/3
Financial Markets
Cehv10-Cybersecurity
Scrum Master
Product Owner
Ms Azure Architect & Designer
Ai Engineer
Generative Ai Practitioner
Ai Consultant
Agile Requirement Engineer
Camunda Process Engineering

Language Skills

English - Fluent At A Professional Level
Spanish - Fluent, Spoken And Written
French - Basic Knowledge

Languages

German

Native

English

Native

Spanish

Advanced

French

Elementary

Education

Sep 2013 - Jun 2016

International Business Hogeschool Fontys

Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration · Business Administration

Oct 2012 - Jun 2016

Hochschule für Ökonomie & Management FOM

Bachelor of Science, Business Information Systems · Business Information Systems

Oct 2010 - Jun 2012

Duale Hochschule Baden Württemberg

Bachelor of Science, Business Information Systems · Business Information Systems

...and 1 more

Certifications & licenses

AI-Consultant

AI-Engineer

Agile Requirement Engineer

Artificial Intelligence For The Business Professional

Camunda Process Engineering

Certified Artificial Intelligence Practitioner

Develop Gen AI Solutions With Azure Open AI Service

Financial Markets

Generative AI For The Business Professional

Generative AI Practitioner

MS Azure Architect & Designer

SAP R/3

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 31

Experience in Information Technology 8 y

Avg length 6 m

Longest experience 1 y 10 m

Global experience

Countries worked in 2 (Germany, United States)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Senior IT Consultant – Requirement Engineer, IT Consultant & Training, Demand Manager & Process Owner

Main industries Information Technology, Automotive, Banking and Finance

Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance

Qualifications

Certifications earned 20

Profile

Member since

September 2025

Last update

October 2026

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

Ronald speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Native), Spanish (Advanced), French (Elementary).

Ronald has at least 14 years of experience. During this time, Ronald has worked in at least 30 different roles and for 31 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 5 months. Note that Ronald may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Ronald would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior IT Consultant – Requirement Engineer, IT Consultant & Training, Demand Manager & Process Owner.

Ronald's most recent position is Senior IT Consultant – Requirement Engineer at Deutsche Bank - Strivion.

In recent years, Ronald has worked for Deutsche Bank - Strivion, Various Small Projects & AI Training, Daimler Trucks, Native Instruments, and Web Consultant & Web Development.

Ronald is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Automotive, and Banking and Finance. Ronald also has some experience in Government and Administration, Insurance, and Transportation.

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

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

Ronald has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development.

Ronald attended International Business Hogeschool Fontys for Business Administration.

Ronald has 20 certificates. Among them, these include: AI-Consultant, AI-Engineer, and Agile Requirement Engineer.

Ronald is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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