Stefan Helmrich - Interim IT Service & Project Manager

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Samerberg, Germany

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Experience

Apr 2025 - Present

1 year 6 months

IT Project Manager / Business Consultant

Freiberuflich

Business development, tender management, professional development, smaller projects

Nov 2023 - Mar 2025

1 year 5 months

Wuppertal, Germany

Hybrid

Interim IT Service & Project Manager

Vorwerk Services GmbH

IT/OT infrastructure projects (agile & hybrid) for the plant in Laaken/Wuppertal.
Execution of projects in the areas of ePlan, Desigo CC, Performance Observer, Izytronic, Digital Signage, USV and IT security.
IT environment: Office 365, SharePoint, MS Project, MS Teams, ServiceNow.

May 2023 - Oct 2023

6 months

Interim IT Project Manager

HAWE Hydraulik SE

Management of an international IT security project (Europe, Asia, North America).
Replacement and upgrade of Windows 2012 servers or older systems.
Preparation of the decision-making basis for transferring various sites to Azure and implementing the transfer.
IT environment: Office 365, SharePoint, MS Project, MS Teams, Kanban.

Jul 2022 - Mar 2023

9 months

Release Manager Aftersales

Volkswagen AG

Release management and controlling for Volkswagen AG in the After Sales area, worldwide and for all VW brands.
Planning, coordination and communication of releases with architects, developers, testers and specialist departments.
IT environment: Alm, Confluence, DMS, Jira, Office 365, SharePoint, MS Project.

Mar 2022 - Jun 2022

4 months

Ebersberg, Germany

IT Infrastructure Project Manager

Eurofins

Management of the IT COVID team at the Ebersberg site, responsible for all IT matters relating to the COVID laboratory staff.
IT project management for a new office building, including the setup and construction of the attached data center.
Relocation of the data center, renovation of the old data center and preparation of both data centers for the segregation project.
Creation and tracking of sub-project and overall project plans for the international segregation project.
Local project responsibility at the Ebersberg site.
IT environment: Windows 10, Office 365, ServiceNow, Apple, Azure CheckMk, DevOps Server, Jira, ITIL, Kanban, MS-Azure, MS Outlook, MS SharePoint, MS-Visio, OTRS, process design, Scrum, Wrike.

Mar 2021 - Mar 2022

1 year 1 month

Work Stream Lead 'Work Environment'

Uniper SE

Management of the Home Office stream in the customer project 'The NewNormal' on behalf of the publicissapient group.
Development of the company's requirements for a flexible work environment to promote collaboration and a sense of belonging.
Stream lead for the Home Office and Geo-Flex areas.
Coordination and support of the development of an application tool in SAP SuccessFactors and a ServiceNow DB with processes in Tax, Accounting, Facilities, Procurement and HR.
IT environment: Windows 10, Office 365, ServiceNow, Apple, Jira, ITIL, Kanban, MS-Azure, MS Outlook, MS SharePoint, MS-Visio, Scrum, process design.

Apr 2020 - Mar 2021

1 year

Mechelen, Belgium

IT Infrastructure Project Manager

Galapagos N.V.

Project management in infrastructure projects: ServiceNow, Micro CT, Base Docker, ADFS Server, E5 + Basel project (new locations in EU), Proxyclick, Digital Signage, Non-GXP & GXP projects.
Project controlling.
Agile project management according to Scrum and waterfall hybrid.
Execution of datacenter relocations.
IT environment: Windows 10, Office 2016, Office 365, ServiceNow, Active Directory, Apple, Jira, ITIL, Kanban, Scrum, Lotus Notes 8.5, MS-Azure, MS Outlook, MS SharePoint, MS-Visio, Network infrastructure, DC.

Nov 2019 - Mar 2020

5 months

Interim Project Manager

Eugster / Frismag AG

Analysis of the initial client security situation.
Hands-on planning and pilot phase for the rollout of the Fortinet client security solution.
Technical pilot phase with the supplier and practical pilot phase at locations in Switzerland, Portugal, China and Hong Kong.
Creation of a security concept.
IT environment: Active Directory, BeyondTrust Remote Support, FortiGate, FortiClient, FortiClient Endpoint Management Server, Snow Licence Manager, Symantec Management Console (Altiris), Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, Apple, Jira, ITIL, Kanban, Lotus Notes 8.5, MS-Azure, MS Office 2016, MS Outlook, MS SharePoint, MS-Visio, Network infrastructure, Scrum.

May 2019 - Jun 2019

2 months

Interim Service Manager

MVZ Labor Dr. Limbach

Analysis of technical customer support.
Development of proposals and processes to improve SLAs.
IT environment: Apple, Jira, ITIL, Kanban, multi-project management, MS Office 2016, MS Outlook, MS SharePoint, MS-Visio, Scrum, ticket systems, TSMP

Mar 2018 - Apr 2019

1 year 2 months

Project Manager

Apinauten GmbH

Project management in the field of agile front- and backend software development according to Scrum.
Project manager for software development projects at LBBW, BASF and Clariant.
Project coordination and controlling.
LBBW: Joint project management for the app development of the 'Corporates Portal', including frontend, middleware and backend integration.
BASF & Clariant: Project management for integrating the middleware in cooperation with the respective frontend providers.
Execution of agile projects while taking customer requirements into account.
IT environment: Apple, Confluence, Skype, HP QC Alm, IBM-Lotus Notes, Jira, Kanban, multi-project management, MS Office 2016, MS Outlook, MS SharePoint, MS-Visio, Scrum, DC

Dec 2017 - Mar 2018

4 months

Germany

IT Coordinator

Autoliv B.V. & Co. KG. / Veoneer Deutschland GmbH

Technical project coordination in the Infrastructure Country IT project for the installation of the Win10 and Office 2016 infrastructure.
Coordination and consolidation of new requirements during the transition of the 'Autonomous Driving' (Electronics) division from Autoliv to Veoneer.
Consolidation and transfer of software licenses and supplier contracts to Veoneer Deutschland GmbH.
IT environment: Network infrastructure, Skype for Business, multi-project management, MS Office 2016, MS Outlook, MS-Project, MS SharePoint, MS-Visio, ticket systems, DC.

May 2017 - Nov 2017

7 months

Linz, Austria

PMO & Sub-Project Manager

Raiffeisen Software GmbH

PMO and sub-project management in the 'International Financial Reporting Standard 9 Financial Instruments (IFRS 9)' project for the Austrian Raiffeisen Landesbanken & Hypobanken.
IT environment: Cisco Jabber, HP Application Lifecycle Management, IBM-Lotus Notes, ITIL, multi-project management, MS Office 2010, MS Outlook, MS SharePoint, MS-Visio, MS-Project, PlanMill.

Nov 2016 - Apr 2017

6 months

Infrastructure Integration & ProdManagement Project Manager

Talanx Systeme AG

System responsibility for the services of the monitoring service operated by ATOS.
Coordination, alignment and consolidation of new requirements for the provider.
Consulting and technical implementation of monitoring requirements for application development and operations.
Handover of monitoring scripts and specifications to the external operations service provider.
Creation of scripts for complex end-to-end monitoring with ServiceTracer, ZIS, Nagios & Splunk.
Operation and further development of system monitoring for Windows (focus), Linux and AIX.
Performance analyses and service-level management for business-critical applications.
Automation of systems management tasks and resolution of incidents in 3rd-level support.
IT environment: Citrix, MS Office 2010, MS Outlook, MS SharePoint, Planview, Portal Server, MS-Access, MS-Project, MS-Visio, Network infrastructure, Nagios, ServiceTracer, ServiceNow, Splunk, TSMP (IBM-Maximo), W2K8, W2k12, W2k16, Windows 7, ZIS, DC.

Oct 2016 - Oct 2016

1 month

Active Directory Migration & Azure Rollout

Microsoft Corp.

IT migration of a WestRock INC. site with 250 users.
Execution of the Active Directory migration, Network Infrastructure and Azure rollout.
IT environment: Windows Server 2k8, 2k12, Active Directory, VMware, Azure, Android, iOS, IBM-Lotus Notes, MS Office 2016 (Azure-365), MS Outlook, MS SharePoint, MS-Exchange, MS-Project, MS-Visio, VM-Mirage, Windows 7, DC.

Jul 2015 - Aug 2016

1 year 2 months

Ottobrunn, Germany

Administrator Server & Infrastructure

Panasonic Automotive & Industrial Systems Company Europe

Server consolidation project (AD & File Server) for PAISEU, PEWEU & PISCEU.
Management of servers and infrastructure and preparation for the transfer to IBM.
Execution of backups and shutdown of legacy systems.
On-site user support (2nd and 3rd level) in Ottobrunn.
Project responsibility for quality assurance, process and change management during the remote support transition.
IT environment: Windows Server 2k3, 2k8, Active Directory, Exchange, VMware, Cisco Unified Communication, IBM-Maximo, IBM-Lotus Notes, EcholoN, Landesk, multi-project management, MS Office 10/13, MS-Visio, Network infrastructure, VM-Mirage, Windows 7, DC.

Sep 2010 - Dec 2014

4 years 4 months

Ulm, Germany

Shift Lead 7x24 Administration of the IPTV T-Home Entertain Application

Deutsche Telekom

Monitoring of the IPTV product T-Home Entertain (Microsoft Mediaroom) in 7x24 shift operations.
Technical shift coordination and live operations monitoring.
Ensuring communication with Microsoft and various suppliers.
Coordination of Remedy tickets (Mars).
Execution of technical changes, problem ticket processing, and error analysis.
IT environment: Windows Server 2k3, 2k8, Microsoft Mediaroom 2.1, MS Office 10/13, MS SharePoint, MS-Exchange, Network infrastructure, Remedy, SQL-Windows, Service management, Ticket systems, Windows XP, DC.

Jan 2007 - Dec 2009

3 years

Germany

Quality Assurance Windows Servers

HypoVereinsbank Member of UniCredit

Installation of newly developed software on Windows servers and support of virtual environments.
Automated software distribution with HP-Opsware, troubleshooting, and script analysis.
Responsible for quality assurance of central Windows systems (OS, Storage, Applications).
Support in projects from integration testing through QSU to production rollout.
Management and deployment of integration and QA environments, as well as technical application acceptance.
IT environment: ITIL, MS Office, Multiproject management, MS Proxy Server, MS-DOS, VMWare ESX, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, DC.

Feb 2001 - Jun 2005

4 years 5 months

Germany

Support / Team Leader

Cable & Wireless Deutschland

Customer support for line outages in cooperation with GSOC.
Implementation of leased and dial-up lines (network maintenance).
Maintenance of POP3, management of zone files on NS servers and MX servers.
Team leadership in Customer Support, escalation management, and operational department management.
Responsibility for department integration following the acquisition of ISP POP-HH.
IT environment: Clarify, DNS, Datacenter, FTP, Firewall, ISDN, LAN Manager, Linux, Multiproject management, MS Proxy Server, MS-SQL-Server, MS-Visio, Network infrastructure, OpenView, POP3, Router, Remedy, Siebel CRM, TCP/IP, Ticket systems, Unix, VPN, Windows 2000, Windows XP, DC.

Mar 1999 - Dec 2006

7 years 10 months

Germany

Software Distribution

HypoVereinsbank

Work on the Hypovereinsbank NT software provisioning project on behalf of Prometheus Inc. for Debis PCM.
Automated software distribution with a customer-specific tool, troubleshooting, and script analysis.
IT environment: Compaq, LAN Manager, Legato NetWorker, Windows NT.

Jan 1995 - Dec 1999

5 years

Germany

Service provider in office organization, marketing sales, and IT

Werndl Büromöbel (Steelcase)

Services in the areas of office organization, marketing sales, and IT.
IT environment: Apple Macintosh, Compaq, Corel Draw, HTML, ISDN, MS-Office, Netscape Navigator, Siemens, TCP/IP, Windows 95.

Industry experience

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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Telecommunication, Manufacturing, Automotive, Information Technology, and Professional Services.

Banking and Finance

Telecommunication

Manufacturing

Automotive

Information Technology

Professional Services

Business area experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Operations, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service.

Information Technology

Project Management

Operations

Sales

Marketing

Customer Service

Skills

Administration
Escalation Management
Project Management
Quality Assurance
Deployment
Microsoft

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

French

Elementary

Education

Berufsgrundschule Rosenheim

Technology · Rosenheim, Germany

Berufsbildende-Schule Rosenheim

Kaufmann · Kaufmann · Rosenheim, Germany

Bundeswehr

Funk & Scars - Computer

...and 1 more

Certifications & licenses

systemischer Executive Coach, certified Master Practitioner

Hagen Law School Uni Hagen

Practitioner Of The Art And Science Of NLP

Hagen Law School Uni Hagen

IHK

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 20

Experience in Banking and Finance 12.5 y

Avg length 1 y 8 m

Longest experience 7 y 9 m

Global experience

Countries worked in 3 (Germany, Belgium, Austria)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles IT Project Manager / Business Consultant, Interim IT Service & Project Manager, Interim IT Project Manager

Main industries Banking and Finance, Telecommunication, Manufacturing

Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Operations

Qualifications

Certifications earned 3

Profile

Member since

May 2025

Last update

September 2026

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Stefan is based in Samerberg, Germany.

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

Stefan has at least 30 years of experience. During this time, Stefan has worked in at least 19 different roles and for 20 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 6 months. Note that Stefan may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Stefan would be well-suited for roles such as: IT Project Manager / Business Consultant, Interim IT Service & Project Manager, Interim IT Project Manager.

Stefan's most recent position is IT Project Manager / Business Consultant at Freiberuflich.

In recent years, Stefan has worked for Freiberuflich, Vorwerk Services GmbH, HAWE Hydraulik SE, Volkswagen AG, and Eurofins.

Stefan is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Telecommunication, and Manufacturing. Stefan also has some experience in Automotive, Information Technology, and Professional Services.

Stefan is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Operations. Stefan also has some experience in Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service.

Stefan has recently worked in industries like Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Professional Services.

Stefan has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Sales.

Stefan attended Berufsgrundschule Rosenheim for Technology.

Stefan has 3 certificates. These include: systemischer Executive Coach, certified Master Practitioner, Practitioner Of The Art And Science Of NLP, and Wirtschaftsmediator.

Stefan is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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