Thomas Martin-Senior Program & Project Manager (PMP®) · Dipl.-Ing. Electrical and Information Engineering (TU Munich)
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Lead AI/Agentic Engineering
AI-/Agentic-Engineering (Independent Research)
AI-supported development and PM acceleration with agentic workflows; deep reinforcement learning; fully automated 24/7 setup.
System Architect & IT Consultant (KRITIS/OT)
Gospodarstwo specjalistyczne
End-to-end protection of a highly sensitive control system: attack surface systematically reduced through hardware hardening (BIOS/CMOS, zero-intervention setup), virtualization (Proxmox), redundancy and out-of-band concept.
Project Manager & Technical SME
Plusnet
Technical separation of the WLL infrastructure from the corporate group; organizational analysis (units/processes/roles/interfaces), CMDB handover, TSA/SLA negotiations, target operating model (ITIL), risk tracking according to PMI. Separation completed on time and handed over without interruption to customer operations — with no critical open issues.
Project Manager & Technical SME
DZS GmbH
Led the migration and rollout of the fiber-optic infrastructure of a leading provider; stakeholder management, deployment tracking (JIRA/Salesforce). Critical cutover risks identified early and escalated in documented form; established an advanced troubleshooting process and handed it over to the local team.
Pilot Deployment / Service / Project Manager & Technical SME
DZS GmbH
Pilot rollout for a new mobile carrier on behalf of a leading network equipment vendor; HLD/LLD, L2/L3 support (CET), KPI reporting, international team coordination. Guided the pilot to production readiness; established service and escalation processes adopted as the standard.
Project Manager
Manufacturer of large diesel/drive/energy systems
Migration of the existing ISDN lines to a central SIP trunk of the acquiring international carrier (national, then across the EU); upgrade of the Unify environment (OpenScape Voice, OS4k, IPDA, UC, CallCenter, Xpressions; partner Unify/ATOS); PM reporting to PMO, steering board, and sponsors, preparation and execution of quality gates; requirements engineering for central telephony/Skype4B/Teams user management (One Identity Manager) and procurement planning; creation of an operations concept across all systems. Remote.
Subject Matter Expert (eCDN)
EZCon
Technology comparison for enterprise content delivery and town hall live-streaming events (multicast, caching, CDN, eCDN, peer-to-peer); network analysis/traffic engineering, security requirements, as well as feasibility/effort analysis. Remote. Customer: STRABAG
Project Manager & SME
International trading and services group
Project management for the setup of the test and training lab (TnT lab) to simulate the Avaya Aura migration 7.1 → 8.1; ticket/incident handling and troubleshooting, management support, network consulting as well as support for tenders and network assessments. Use of the PowerShell Active Directory module for cleaning up user data / AD hygiene.
Environment: Avaya Aura 7.1/8.1, Extreme Networks, Skype for Business/MS Teams, VMware vSphere, network monitoring (OpenNMS/PRTG), FCAPS, PKI, CTI.
Consulting subproject communication system (BOS)
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Consulting in the control center renewal project for authorities and organizations with security tasks (BOS).
Consulting Project Manager
Southern German energy supplier
Preparation of tender documents with a focus on risk management, seamless integration, and BSI regulations (IT baseline protection, KRITIS ordinance, BSI Act).
Integration into the security concept
MAHLE
Standardized rollout process and scaled it to around 200 sites worldwide (Cisco ASA/FPR); NAC rollout, failover/acceptance tests.
Project Manager (public administration / state level)
BLKA
Led the introduction/migration of VoIP telephony for the Bavarian police (state authority / security authority); requirements and stakeholder management, rollout control, and acceptance in a public authority environment. Used the PowerShell Active Directory module to clean up user data before the VoIP rollout. Uninterrupted availability of the authority had top priority and was maintained.
Rollout Manager
ThyssenKrupp
Managed migrations from the current to the future mode of operations with clear go/no-go criteria; in case of critical issues, ordered rollback without hesitation and restored business operations immediately. Stakeholder management in a complex corporate environment, handover to IT service (ITIL).
Planning & Lab Management (IP networks)
Deutsche Telekom
Setup and planning of IP network / lab environments; lab management and technical coordination in a carrier environment.
General / Program Manager with P&L responsibility
Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG
Turnaround of a program in red status (OSS/BSS replacement, geo-redundant data centers) for the US Army: all milestones ahead of schedule and within budget. Awarded the US Army “Certificate of Appreciation”.
Customer Project Manager II
Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG
Exclusive technical and commercial (P&L) responsibility for telecommunications software projects for national and global telecom providers; leadership of project teams; reporting to senior stakeholders internally and at the customer. During this time, I also turned around the OSS/BSS replacement (CAIRS) for a military customer in Europe – project value US$13.5 million, awarded the US Army “Certificate of Appreciation”.
Integration Project Manager
Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG
Technical project management for the implementation and integration of next-generation network (NGN) solutions; leadership of technical project teams.
Systems Engineer for Network Solutions
Siemens AG
Technical presales specialist for end-to-end solutions (hardware and software); solution design and ensuring interoperability of all network and software components; responsibility for costs/calculations, business cases, and break-even analyses; preparation and delivery of customer presentations for mid-sized, enterprise, and carrier customers.
Systems Networking Engineer
Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMC)
Technical support for distributors, VADs (Value Added Distributors), and VARs (Value Added Resellers) with full personal responsibility; pre- and after-sales service for large projects; setup and delivery of technical support and training; sought-after contact person for all application and training topics, in close cooperation with the US parent company.
Research Assistant
Technical University of Munich – Chair of Communications Engineering
Setup and operation of the chair’s computer network system (UNIX workstations, Ethernet/TCP/IP, central user administration/NIS, domain name service, automatic data backup); supervision of two diploma theses.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Sales, Finance, Strategy, and Operations.
Summary
Senior program and project manager with many years of experience in managing complex IT and infrastructure projects in critical infrastructure and public administration. Experienced at the interface of IT security and access control – Network Access Control (NAC), Cisco ASA/Firepower, Active Directory and BSI baseline protection/KRITIS – as a project lead who defines and documents requirements, develops solution concepts and manages teams through to successful implementation. Further focus areas: turnaround and crisis management (“Red Projects”), project controlling/earned value, telco/carrier networks, KRITIS and data center, as well as the use of AI in project management. P&L responsibility of up to USD 13.5 million; strict application of PMI standards combined with a pragmatic hands-on mindset.
Skills
Program & Project Management
Turnaround/Crisis Management
Interim Management
Project Controlling/Earned Value (Evm)
Risk & Stakeholder Management
Organizational Analysis (Ou)
Change Management
Pmi/Pmbok + Agile Approaches
Telco/Carrier (Fttx/Pon, Gpon/Xgs-Pon, Open-Ran, Voip/Sip, Mpls, Wdm/Dwdm, Oss/Bss)
Legacy Migration (Sdh/Pdh)
Rollout/Cutover Management
Carve-Out (Tsa/Sla)
Data Center/Data Center Migration
Kritis/Bsi Baseline Protection
Network Design (Hld/Lld)
It Security & Access Control (Nac, Cisco Asa/Firepower, Active Directory)
Iam Project Coordination
Powershell (Active Directory Module) For User Data Cleanup / Ad Hygiene
Ai/Agentic Workflows In Pm
Llm Prompt Engineering
Requirements Engineering
Technical Consulting
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Education
TU Munich
Dipl.-Ing. (Univ.) · Electrical and Information Engineering · Munich, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Project Management Professional (PMP®)
Project Management Institute
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