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Vienna, Austria

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Jan 2024 - Dec 2025
Berlin, Germany

Change Manager / Sales Transformation

SEFE

Position Summary
Change Manager / Sales Transformation at SEFE
Industries
Professional Services
Business Areas
Sales
Strategy
  • Organizational Change Management as part of a group-wide, supranational sales transformation, serving as the core of a broad restructuring of business-critical areas, with end-to-end control of the change process and long-term embedding and securing the future readiness of sales.
  • Initiation and end-to-end steering of the sales transformation program, including in-depth analysis to identify, assess, and strategically involve all relevant stakeholders, making tactical use of their specific business interests and influence.
  • Conducting advanced, detailed change impact analyses to predict the organizational effects of the transformation, deriving a tailored change strategy, and developing a change roadmap and a change story as the core narrative of the campaign.
  • Designing and implementing an integrated communication and action plan to ensure maximum transparency, effectively manage unspoken expectations, and actively guide a change process that is clear and understandable for all stakeholders.
  • Active management of all transformation phases, including the setup of robust monitoring mechanisms for continuous progress analysis and forecasting based on recommended and jointly defined KPIs.
  • Establishing an agile analysis and adjustment cycle to continuously assess the effectiveness of implemented measures, identify challenges early, and fine-tune the change strategy in time.
  • Conducting precise gap analyses to identify skill gaps in the sales team in the context of the new strategic direction, and deriving and developing targeted qualification measures (e.g. coaching, training).
  • Comprehensive reduction of resistance to change by turning opposing stakeholder mindsets into proactive change-driving change ambassadors.
  • Deep and sustainable realignment of sales structures and processes in full alignment with the company’s overall goals.
  • Qualitative and quantitative improvement of sales efficiency and performance as a direct result of the implemented transformation initiatives and capability-building programs.
Jan 2023 - Dec 2024
Cologne, Germany

Change Manager / Product-Centric Transformation

Arlanxeo, Saudi Aramco Group

Position Summary
Change Manager / Product-Centric Transformation at Arlanxeo, Saudi Aramco Group
Industries
Chemical
Business Areas
Human Resources
Information Technology
Strategy
  • Organizational Change Management as part of a group-wide transformation initiative focused on restructuring into a product-centric organization (PCO) and at the same time agile transformation of IT (pilot area: global IT), including shaping new ways of working and strengthening leadership skills.
  • Strategic steering of the transformation process toward a product-centric organization within global IT, creating a positive pull effect across the entire group beyond silos and cultural boundaries.
  • Identification and analysis of all key stakeholders in IT and interface areas; development of a tailored change roadmap to guide the change process in a structured way.
  • Continuous support of the implementation through progress monitoring and the establishment of a robust two-way feedback system using pulse-check surveys and 1:1 stakeholder meetings for ongoing evaluation and adaptation.
  • Iterative identification of critical leadership skill gaps (e.g. prioritization, ownership, psychological safety, decision-making reluctance) through analyses in one-on-one talks, executive jour fixes, and town halls.
  • Design and facilitation of leadership off-sites (workshops) to strengthen (re-)prioritization skills, build an ownership mindset, and clarify responsibilities.
  • Delivery of executive leadership coaching sessions to foster psychological safety and trust-building at the top two leadership levels.
  • Ensuring continuous communication and real alignment throughout the process to promote transparency, acceptance, and maintain change momentum.
  • Increase in leadership effectiveness by 68% through improved prioritization skills and the establishment of a clear accountability culture in global IT.
  • Qualitative improvement of the organizational climate by 39% and increased psychological safety at leadership level, with top-down role-model effect and a more open communication and feedback culture.
  • Successful embedding of the transformation effects in global IT as a group-wide blueprint.
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Ludwigsburg, Germany

Change Manager / Digital Transformation

Mann+Hummel

Position Summary
Change Manager / Digital Transformation at Mann+Hummel
Industries
Automotive
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Strategy
  • Organizational Change Management for a strategic flagship digitalization initiative to transform the group-wide PLM system end to end, including the creation of a digital twin of all processes with multi-scenario forecasting capabilities (design-to-cost approach with VR/AR support for product developers).
  • Comprehensive stakeholder management at executive level with the gradual build-up of a dedicated change agent network to create maximum leadership commitment.
  • Planning and execution of change communication campaigning and strategic internal communication management to ensure high acceptance before, during, and after go-live; measuring change acceptance and holding regular interactive presentations to the Executive Board.
  • Agile change management support for the parallel agile transformation of the entire company, including manufacturing plants worldwide that were initially particularly resistant to transformation.
  • Development of the change strategy and creation of the change story as the core of the cross-functional communication strategy.
  • Design, preparation, and facilitation of leadership change workshops in the form of a change roadshow to explain the digitalization program, the changes, and the new ways of working at leadership and operational level in all affected plants.
  • Implementation of broad training, communication, and engagement measures with a focus on operational execution and KPI-based success measurement.
  • Achieving a 100% acceptance rate through numerous individualized 1-on-1 stakeholder engagement meetings.
  • Sustainable establishment of the new target operating model while improving internal communication and overcoming existing silos, especially in the plants.
  • Building an agile mindset and a community-oriented, cross-silo working climate to prevent new silos from forming.
Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
New York, United States

Change Manager / Digital Transformation & Scale-Up

RTBE

Position Summary
Change Manager / Digital Transformation & Scale-Up at RTBE
Industries
Information Technology
Real Estate
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Strategy
  • Agile transformation of business units distributed worldwide, while digitally transforming the core business model to scale smoothly across three continents and establish a new target operating model during ongoing operations.
  • Complete digitalization of the core business model by building a digital twin of the entire process landscape, buildings, and building systems, including the design, setup, and use of IoT for sensor data generation as a PoC for an MVP that became the flagship product (AR headset support for early corrective actions and predictive scenarios).
  • Preparation of global expansion (EU → US → APAC) with rapid scaling to around 700% of company size; ensuring controlled, healthy growth despite pandemic-related staffing shortages and resistance to change, including securing strategic, administrative, regulatory, and operational aspects.
  • Agile transformation of all business units based on DevOps to harmonize different development processes and bridge existing silos and cultural boundaries, especially between physicists, engineers, and software engineers.
  • Sustainable establishment of the new target operating model with significantly improved internal communication after overcoming clear silos.
  • Significant increase in EBITDA despite the early scaling phase and high expansion costs.
  • Creation of an agile, efficiency-driven sense of community and mindset as a success-critical factor.
Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
Vienna, Austria

Change Manager / Digital Transformation

WRW

Position Summary
Change Manager / Digital Transformation at WRW
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Strategy
  • Operational setup of a Digital Office as the central control platform for all digitalization projects of the group, as well as consolidation of continental market leadership through the introduction of a Digital Innovation Hub based on Scrum.
  • Definition of a comprehensive, clear, and unambiguous digital governance model with impact on decision-making powers, processes, and procurement transparency (e.g. in PPPs), based on analyses of the level of digitalization, overlaps in competencies, process delays, and digital bottlenecks at interfaces with municipal network partners.
  • Setup of the Digital Office on a personnel, physical, educational, and organizational level, including recruiting, team composition, role allocation, infrastructure, workshops on change, innovation, Scrum, crisis communication, and de-escalation, as well as integration at executive level and creation of a digital roadmap.
  • Introduction of a Digital Innovation Hub to generate, execute, and steer disruptive innovation measures, for example by strongly reducing scheduling and administrative effort through automated interaction with nearshoring partners via a Digital Contractor Platform.
  • Integration of critical legacy systems together with Group IT, including revision of non-functional components and planning and steering of suitable interfaces to support a market designed for private-sector conditions.
  • Design and implementation of 27 projects and subprojects as preparation for turnkey handover to the CDO, while ensuring up to nine months of leaderless self-sustaining operation of the Digital Office to minimize PR risks.
  • Massive reduction of project turnaround times to a fraction of the original values, with corresponding savings at municipal level.
  • Establishment of the Digital Office and especially the Innovation Hub as the central driver of innovation and contact point for digitalization topics.
  • Fail-safe setup of the Digital Office through buffer design without immediate leadership requirements in case of a possible CDO failure.
Jan 2015 - Dec 2017
Vienna, Austria

Change Manager / Digital Transformation

Esperta

Position Summary
Change Manager / Digital Transformation at Esperta
Industries
Professional Services
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Strategy
  • Strategic realignment to increase the competitiveness of an outdated business model through deep operational changes, organizational development, and project management for system integration and upgrade of key applications and technology platforms (Secure Translation Brokerage Platform).
  • Conducted comprehensive fundamental analyses of the organizational structure, processes, standards, critical workflows, strategic partnerships (triage of a globally distributed, heterogeneous expert network), internal and external communication, go-to-market strategy, diversification efforts, competitive landscape, market regulation, industry-specific standards, sourcing aspects, and legacy systems in use.
  • Designed and implemented business process re-engineering measures, including repositioning from a translation provider to a full-service translation agency with a focus on project management for more efficient use of onshore resources.
  • Built a strategic competitive advantage by introducing disruptive innovations, especially a radical reduction of effort through efficient use of the global offshore contractor network across all time zones.
  • Conducted a comprehensive technology analysis, redesign, and implementation of the entire ICT area with multi-stage, incremental, and cross-platform migration of the legacy enterprise software environment using agile methods (Scrum, Kanban).
  • System integration and upgrade of all operating systems for all internal ICT components (notebooks, servers, back-up systems, external data storage, cloud storage connection, audio and video calling systems, mobile devices) while keeping operations running.
  • Clear reduction of internal process complexity and shorter go-to-market intervals.
  • Reduced qualitative and organizational inconsistency to avoid further critical HR situations.
  • Reduced project lead times by around 80 %.
Jan 2014 - Present
Vienna, Austria

Founder; Change Manager

Embrace

Position Summary
Founder; Change Manager at Embrace
Industries
Professional Services
Business Areas
Product Development
Strategy
  • Built a small, effective, highly flexible, and globally operating management consultancy specializing in change management.
  • Focus on digital transformation, strategic change management, innovation management, as well as crisis prevention, intervention, and business restabilization.
  • Developed and delivered projects in the core business areas of business transformation, innovation think tanks, and transfer of business.
Jan 2014 - Dec 2015
Vienna, Austria

Change Manager; Senior Project- & Program Manager

Global Blue

Position Summary
Change Manager; Senior Project- & Program Manager at Global Blue
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management
  • Crisis intervention, restabilization, and coordination of a large, intercontinental expert team, as well as project and program management, system integration, and upgrade of core business-relevant big data applications and technology platforms (Tax-Free Shopping Processing & Real-Time Currency Conversion).
  • Immediate triage and intervention in a repeatedly failed, historically grown project closely tied to the core business, involving many on-, near-, and offshore teams with an average of 2,000 experts.
  • Restabilization of massive turnover effects caused by leadership weaknesses and psychological attachment issues, and bringing fragmented teams together to restore fast, efficient decision-making processes.
  • Integration of legacy systems and DWH-ready preparation of data from end-of-life-cycle systems, as well as substitution and harmonization of diverging technology stacks (e.g. Microsoft .NET and IBM BPM).
  • Definition of an approach for seamless embedding of the newly created IBM BPM-based processes into the organization and continuous progress reporting at board level.
  • Program management in a highly dynamic, hybrid development environment (Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall) with constantly changing business requirements and as a bridge between business and IT.
  • Mediation between team leads, elimination of toxic behavior patterns, reduction of bullying structures, and reduction of silo thinking with the restoration of interdisciplinary collaboration vertically, horizontally, and intercontinentally.
  • Overall responsibility for the design and sustainable implementation of a change management program in line with cost, time, and quality targets.
Jan 2012 - Dec 2014
Vienna, Austria

Senior Consultant

IBM

Position Summary
Senior Consultant at IBM
Industries
Banking and Finance
Transportation
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Project management, business analysis, pre-sales, and use case design in the big data area with a focus on data warehousing, business intelligence, content analytics, and business process re-engineering.
  • Multi-project management for an average of 17 clients from industries such as banking/finance, oil & gas/energy, transportation & logistics/forwarding, and electronic engineering across all project phases from initiation to rollout and stabilization, acting as a bridge between business and IT.
  • Leading a ten-person development team, coaching and mentoring a junior project manager, and managing external implementation partners.
  • Worked as Senior Business Analyst and domain DWH/BI Solution Architect for Raiffeisen Bank International, including analysis, re-engineering, transformation, integration, and migration of the cDWH-based core banking system to an eDWH-based overall solution, as well as designing a Master Test Plan for all banking areas.
  • Delivered a digital transformation project for a leading European machine manufacturer (automotive, robotics) with the introduction of real-time streaming sensor data analysis via a big data-capable DWH and predictive analytics for machine failure forecasting and plant monitoring, including AR-based mobile monitoring.
  • Analysis, planning, and implementation of management dashboards/cockpits in IBM Cognos to simplify the presentation of complex relationships, trends, and patterns in heterogeneous information architectures.
  • PreSales support through use case design, including analysis of existing business processes of potential clients and presentation of concrete BI solutions on site at the customer.
  • Additional BI specialization in customer insight, market analytics, supply chain, and human resources.
Jan 2010 - Dec 2014
New York, United States

Change Manager; Council Consultant

Gerson Lehrman Group

Position Summary
Change Manager; Council Consultant at Gerson Lehrman Group
Industries
Banking and Finance
Manufacturing
Professional Services
Business Areas
Information Technology
Legal
Strategy
  • Delivered numerous consulting projects in the areas of contactless/wireless/mobile payments, mobile banking, AML, KYC, and CRM with, for, and on behalf of companies from the strategy, packaging, and investment banking sectors.
  • Advised strategy firms such as Bain & Company, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey, and Ernst & Young.
  • Supported packaging companies such as MeadWestvaco.
  • Advised investment banks and financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs, MFC Global Investment Management, Fir Tree Partners, and La Financière de l'Echiquier.
Jan 2008 - Dec 2010
Vienna, Austria

Head of Treasury BackOffice

DenizBank Financial Services, Dexia Group

Position Summary
Head of Treasury BackOffice at DenizBank Financial Services, Dexia Group
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Finance
Information Technology
Operations
  • Restructuring of the entire Treasury BackOffice, including the securities settlement, international payments, and domestic payments departments.
  • Planning and execution of treasury-trading-specific tests, usability assessments, and specialist reviews as the final step before the full migration from the AS/400-based core banking system to a modern Windows-based system.
  • Self-initiated analysis, concept development, planning, and execution of the integration of separately running banking applications (SWIFT, SEPA, Reuters, Bloomberg, Svenson, etc.) into the core banking system.
  • Creation of a multi-part, fully illustrated manual for the setup and operation of Treasury and Treasury BackOffice, including special cases, worst-case scenarios, and troubleshooting, made specifically for fast onboarding of people switching into the role from other fields.
Jan 2007 - Dec 2008
Cape Town, South Africa

Strategic Consultant

Petroleum, Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa

Position Summary
Strategic Consultant at Petroleum, Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa
Industries
Energy
Business Areas
Logistics
Strategy
Supply Chain Management
  • Introduction of a risk management system for the company.
  • Delivery of intensive, multi-stage training for all employees in the Trading department as well as the Supply & Logistics department on the new risk management approach.
  • Creation of a manual on how it works, use cases, special variants, and special cases in commodity trading and Supply & Logistics, including troubleshooting.
Jan 2007 - Dec 2007
Mumbai, India

Strategic Consultant

HPCL - Hindustan Petroleum Corporation

Position Summary
Strategic Consultant at HPCL - Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
Industries
Energy
Business Areas
Finance
Operations
  • Introduction of a risk management system for the company.
  • Delivery of intensive, multi-stage training for all employees in the Trading department and the Refineries department.
  • Creation of a manual on how it works, special variants, and special cases of commodity trading in a refinery environment, including troubleshooting.
Jan 2006 - Dec 2007
Mumbai, India

Strategic Consultant

Essar Oil Ltd, Hutchison Group

Position Summary
Strategic Consultant at Essar Oil Ltd, Hutchison Group
Industries
Energy
Business Areas
Finance
Operations
  • Co-introduction of a risk management system for oil and gas activities.
  • Broad and in-depth training of the risk management team on hedging strategies against physical cargo or freight loss on large oil tankers and stationary oil and gas platforms in offshore areas of the Indian Ocean.
  • Creation of a manual on how it works, options, special variants, and special cases of risk management, including troubleshooting.
Jan 2005 - Dec 2005
Belgrade, Serbia

Change Manager

Galenika Fitofarmacija Serbia

Position Summary
Change Manager at Galenika Fitofarmacija Serbia
Industries
Pharmaceutical
Business Areas
Human Resources
Strategy
  • Introduction of broad organizational development measures after evaluating all business areas with greenfield and blue-ocean approaches to transform the company into an international player without internal friction.
  • Company-wide setup of innovation teams (internal micro think tanks), including support for the process with selected internal experts, mid-managers, and plant staff; goal: rebranding as an innovation driver in the SEE region instead of low-cost differentiation.
  • Restructuring, rebuilding, coaching, mentoring, and training of the Sales Executive Team, including the General Director Sales and 14 regional Sales Directors, to improve negotiation results with international, especially Western European, business partners.
  • Design, planning, and delivery of a multi-part intercultural training for the entire management team to secure competitive market advantages over international competitors.
  • Introduction of an open, less restrictive and less patriarchal communication culture to promote internal knowledge transfer based on a partnership-driven, mutual trust-building approach in top management (based on Nash equilibrium).
Jan 2003 - Dec 2004
Vienna, Austria

Online & Wireless Marketing Manager

Universal Communication Platform Group

Position Summary
Online & Wireless Marketing Manager at Universal Communication Platform Group
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Marketing
  • Transformation of the entire market communications setup into a permission marketing-based communication landscape, including the introduction of multiple opt-in for electronic newsletters and mobile counterparts.
  • Building a highly granular customer master data segmentation that enabled new targeted direct marketing activities based on customer preference instead of mass communication.
  • Achieving high click-through rates and exceptionally strong ROIs for customers through the targeted use of improved existing data after cleansing communication measures.
Jan 2002 - Dec 2002
Vienna, Austria

Project Manager Digital Transformation

Zurich Insurance Group

Position Summary
Project Manager Digital Transformation at Zurich Insurance Group
Industries
Insurance
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Sole responsibility for the primary digitalization of all internal and external forms across the entire group.
  • Complete elimination of the previously cost-intensive manual data entry.
  • Enabling the automated transfer of form data into internal ERP systems.
Jan 2001 - Dec 2002
Vienna, Austria

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Goldbach Media Group

Position Summary
Senior Product Marketing Manager at Goldbach Media Group
Industries
Advertising
Media and Entertainment
Business Areas
Marketing
Product Development
  • Introduction of permission marketing in an environment where spam was still seen as a common way to increase reach.
  • Preparation of the merger with Goldbach Media, including marketing strategy and product-related groundwork.
Jan 2000 - Dec 2001
Parma, Italy

Co-Founder; Head of Sales & Media Planning

Buongiorno Digital

Position Summary
Co-Founder; Head of Sales & Media Planning at Buongiorno Digital
Industries
Advertising
Media and Entertainment
Business Areas
Marketing
Sales
Strategy
  • Co-founding of the first company branch outside Italy.
  • Strategic planning and preparation of the expansion into further European countries with a high affinity for newsletter marketing.
  • Execution of the corporate roll-out in the UK, Switzerland, Austria, and Germany.
  • Exploration of the US market in preparation for the later merger with Vitaminic to form Buongiorno Vitaminic (USA).
Jan 1999 - Dec 2000
Vienna, Austria

Project Manager Custody & Reconciliation/Treasury

Raiffeisen Service Center

Position Summary
Project Manager Custody & Reconciliation/Treasury at Raiffeisen Service Center
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Finance
Project Management
  • Development and implementation of a fast, accurate, software-supported automated method for reconciling securities accounts.
  • Improving efficiency and accuracy in the custody and reconciliation area of treasury.
Jan 1998 - Dec 1999
Vienna, Austria

Project Manager; Trade Fair Coordinator

Wiener Messen & Kongresszentrum

Position Summary
Project Manager; Trade Fair Coordinator at Wiener Messen & Kongresszentrum
Industries
Arts and Crafts
Information Technology
Business Areas
Marketing
Project Management
  • Concept, planning, and delivery of a multi-day music fair that reached 26,000 paying visitors despite a small ad budget and tight deadlines.
  • Repositioning and reactivation of the badly weakened IFABO, which was under pressure from competitors and was then Austria's largest IT trade fair.
Jan 1998 - Dec 1998
Vienna, Austria

Project Manager; Process Manager Smart Grid

One / Hutchison

Position Summary
Project Manager; Process Manager Smart Grid at One / Hutchison
Industries
Telecommunication
Business Areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management
  • Thorough analysis of internal processes with a focus on network optimization and the integrated migration and harmonization of decentralized legacy data into a central database.
  • Digitization and qualitative preparation of all planning data from legacy systems to map the network architecture and topology for all of Austria using Microsoft Visio.
  • Concept development for a smart grid taking regional regulatory requirements into account by optimizing base transceiver station positioning and the required transmission power.
  • Support during the first experimental proto-UMTS tests in Austria (lab/indoor) as a basis for decisions on license acquisition and grid upgrade.
Jan 1996 - Dec 1997
Lyme Regis, United Kingdom

Marketing Manager / IoT

Evtacon Limited

Position Summary
Marketing Manager / IoT at Evtacon Limited
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Marketing
  • Sole responsibility for the analysis, planning, development, and execution of the market communication strategy for the EU and US markets to support sales of a modular microprocessor (Universal Emulator) as a precursor to an IoT solution.
  • Programming of the company's first website and thus establishing Evtacon as one of the first microelectronics companies with a web presence.
  • Creation of a consistent corporate identity and corporate design, including their consistent use across print materials, website, press releases, giveaways, and trade fair booths.
Jan 1994 - Dec 1995
Vienna, Austria

Jr Project Manager / Telemarketing Coordinator

BP

Position Summary
Jr Project Manager / Telemarketing Coordinator at BP
Industries
Energy
Business Areas
Marketing
Project Management
  • Introduction of the Routex Billing & Fleet Management System in the Austrian B2B market.
  • Expansion of the telemarketing team by 250% to support the market launch.
  • Reduction of target costs to 33% by redefining and bundling the target group (fleet and truck fleet operators, transport & logistics, later SMEs through industry associations).

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Professional Services, Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Manufacturing, Energy, and Transportation.

Professional Services
Information Technology
Banking and Finance
Manufacturing
Energy
Transportation
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Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Strategy, Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management, Marketing, and Operations.

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Summary

Thomas Pacal is an experienced change manager specializing in digital transformation, strategic change management, innovation management, and crisis prevention, intervention, and business stabilization. With more than 20 years of relevant professional experience in this field, he founded EMBRACE in 2014 - a small, effective, highly flexible, globally operating consultancy focused on change management. Core business areas: business transformation, innovation think-tanks, and transfer of business.

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Skills

Erp, Bpm/Bpre, Pm, Bi, Dwh, Iot

  • Epicor Iscala
  • Sap Business Objects / Crystal Reports
  • Microstrategy Analytics
  • Ibm Cognos, Infosphere, Websphere
  • Planview Enterprise One, Innotas, Projectplace, Leankit
  • Microsoft Project, Crm, Sharepoint, Power Bi
  • Atlassian Jira, Confluence
  • Workday
  • Aris
  • Adonis
  • Agile Methodologies: Scrum, Kanban, Devops, Dad (Disciplined Agile Delivery)

Financial

  • Reuters
  • Bloomberg
  • Swift Alliance Server, Workstation, Web Platform Se
  • Geos
  • Internext
  • Svenson
  • Aml / Kyc / Crm Applications

Productivity

  • Ms Office 365 (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook)
  • Openoffice (Writer, Impress, Calc, Base, Etc.)
  • Adobe Cc (Photoshop, Premiere, Indesign, After Effects, Audition)
  • Conferencing: Cisco Webex, Zoom Video Communications, Google Meet, Ms Teams, Skype
  • At&T Mobile Network Ops Suite
  • Autocad

Coding / Languages

  • Html5
  • Xml
  • Json
  • Xhtml (Shtml/Mhtml/Dhtml Etc.)
  • Wml
  • Asp
  • Css
  • Cl For Ibm As/400
  • Sql
  • Sgml

Systems & Cloud Services

  • Microsoft Windows 11, Microsoft Azure
  • Apple Macos
  • Unix, Linux, Aix, Solaris, Hp-Ux
  • Google Android, Google Cloud Platform
  • Ibm Os/400

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Spanish
Advanced
Croatian
Advanced
Italian
Elementary
...and 1 more

Education

Harvard University

Masterclass in Change Management · Change Management · Cambridge, United States

Hult International Business School

Change Management · Boston, United States

Open University Business School

Change Management · Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Certifications & licenses

ICF-accredited diploma in systemic coaching

ISO/IEC 17024 certification

Harvard University

ISO/PRF 20700 certification

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 24
Experience in Professional Services 16.5 y
Avg length 2 y 5 m
Longest experience 12 y 6 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 8 (Austria, Germany, United States, India, South Africa, +3)
Primary country Austria

Expertise

Recent roles Change Manager / Sales Transformation, Change Manager / Product-Centric Transformation, Change Manager / Digital Transformation
Main industries Professional Services, Information Technology, Banking and Finance
Main business areas Strategy, Information Technology, Product Development

Qualifications

Highest degree Master
Certifications earned 3

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Thomas is based in Vienna, Austria and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

Thomas speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Advanced), Croatian (Advanced), Italian (Elementary), Serbian (Elementary).

Thomas has at least 33 years of experience. During this time, Thomas has worked in at least 20 different roles and for 24 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 4 months. Note that Thomas may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Thomas would be well-suited for roles such as: Change Manager / Sales Transformation, Change Manager / Product-Centric Transformation, Change Manager / Digital Transformation.

Thomas's most recent position is Change Manager / Sales Transformation at SEFE.

In recent years, Thomas has worked for SEFE, Arlanxeo, Saudi Aramco Group, Mann+Hummel, RTBE, and Embrace.

Thomas is most experienced in industries like Professional Services, Banking and Finance, and Information Technology. Thomas also has some experience in Manufacturing, Energy, and Transportation.

Thomas is most experienced in business areas like Strategy, Information Technology, and Product Development. Thomas also has some experience in Project Management, Marketing, and Operations.

Thomas has recently worked in industries like Professional Services, Chemical, and Information Technology.

Thomas has recently worked in business areas like Strategy, Product Development, and Information Technology.

Thomas holds a Master in Change Management from Harvard University, a Master in Change Management from Hult International Business School and a Bachelor in Change Management from Open University Business School.

Thomas has 3 certificates. These include: ICF-accredited diploma in systemic coaching, ISO/IEC 17024 certification, and ISO/PRF 20700 certification.

Thomas will be available full-time from September 2026.

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