BAIT Experts in Berlin

Piet Quade

Managing Partner

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IT Project Manager at no release

Industry: Publishing, media Project management for the concept of a RAG-based archive access solution: a secure on-prem or hybrid compute architecture for LLM and embedding operations, pipeline for transcription and automatic tagging, semantic search across audio and video archives. Use case evaluation and make-or-buy together with editorial team, archive, and legal department, taking into account copyright, broadcasting law, and the AI Act. Differentiator: practical LLM infrastructure experience from two own productive platforms combined with C-level program management in regulated industries.

Paul Karnowka

Program Manager – Multi-Project Operational Stabilization (Operational Excellence)

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Program Manager – Multi-Project Operational Stabilization (Operational Excellence) at ITDZ - IT Dienstleistungszentrum Berlin

Overall leadership of multiple strategic operations projects focused on workplace services, SLA framework, access management, certificate management, e-learning, backup & recovery, test management, and capacity management, as well as implementing system monitoring and feasibility studies for a 24x7 operation, partly including ServiceNow implementation
Development of various ServiceNow operating concepts related to training, permissions, and emergency management as part of a new cloud-hosting initiative for the ServiceNow platform
Board reporting and leading steering committees within the framework of corporate strategic objectives, as well as establishing new balanced scorecards to measure KPIs for optimization-driven project results

Flamur Abdyli

Fractional Chief Information Security Officer

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Fractional Chief Information Security Officer at VR Smart Guide GmbH

Enhance and develop the Information Security Management System (ISMS) in compliance with ISO 27001 and TISAX standards by continuously updating and refining the ISMS to align with evolving global standards.
Ensure that security practices and policies are integrated into all business processes to achieve and maintain certifications.
Lead the effort to identify, evaluate and mitigate risks across the organization, setting benchmarks for security measures.
Oversee and refine security processes, with an emphasis on incident management and rapid response by developing and enforcing policies for rapid detection, investigation and remediation of security incidents.
Train and lead the incident response team to handle breaches effectively, minimizing impact and ensuring swift recovery.
Implement continuous monitoring solutions to detect and respond to threats in real time.
Conduct comprehensive security assessments for internal and external IT projects, ensuring adherence to GDPR, DORA and other relevant standards.
Oversee security evaluations for all IT projects to ensure they comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
Integrate security measures from the planning phase through deployment to ensure all projects uphold the organization’s security standards.
Collaborate with project teams to address findings and ensure that security risks are managed effectively.
Serve as the principal security advisor to the IT department and senior management, offering insights on potential security challenges.
Facilitate a culture of security awareness throughout the organization through training and regular communication.
Lead security initiatives that align with the organization’s long-term strategic goals.
Establish and oversee a robust third-party risk management framework to mitigate external security threats by regularly assessing third-party security practices and compliance and developing contingency plans and mitigation strategies.
Provide regular updates and security briefings to the executive leadership and relevant committees, highlighting recent security incidents, responses, lessons learned and recommending strategic improvements.

Gunnar Menzer

Head of IT & Procurement

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Head of IT & Procurement at S-Servicepartner Deutschland GmbH

Responsibility for IT infrastructure across 8 sites, 2,500 users, 80 systems, 8,000 assets
Responsibility for IT/non-IT procurement with €18M annual budget
Central service provider management, digitalization of contracts and procurement
Project management for scanning solution, site integration, MS SharePoint
Leadership of 18 FTE across 3 teams
Agile leadership in implementation of Digital Office and Digital Coach

Henryk Orantek

Security Consultant

Blankenfelde-Mahlow

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Security Consultant at Daimler AG

Development of a cloud security strategy
Implementation of cloud security governance to comply with ISO/IEC 27017 and the CSA CCM
Creation of a management system to control cloud security with a focus on process design as well as roles and responsibilities
Definition of security measures to safeguard cloud solutions
Conducting requirements analyses and defining the scope for cloud security projects
Achievements: Established an effective NIS2-compliant cloud security governance that meets industry-specific requirements and effectively minimizes cloud security risks

Benjamin Quecke

Transformation Advisor and Overall Program Manager