SAP Experts in Austria

• Management of complex projects in technology-driven and regulated environments
• Overall responsibility for the planning, management and implementation of projects across multiple departments
• Responsibility for budget, resources, timelines, and risk and change management
• Leadership and coordination of interdisciplinary project teams of up to 25 employees
• Central interface between clients, specialist departments, external partners and management
• Establishment of structured project and reporting processes for transparent management
• Ensuring the on-time implementation of projects in demanding and regulated project environments.

Organizational Change Management for the strategic setup of a hybrid GBS rollout as part of a global, AI-driven Finance Transformation. End-to-end management of the OCM architecture in a highly complex on-, near-, and offshore partner setup [IN, PL, RO]. Successful completion of Phase 1 (Initial Strategy) and strategic pausing by the Executive Board after the early disclosure of critical vendor-side OPEX risks

• Systemic Baseline Assessment & Stakeholder Diagnostics: Evaluation of the global organization and analysis of the process landscape across 21 countries [AT, DE, CH, FR, UK, SI, RO, UA, RU, US, CD, CN, AR, MX, ZA, IN, JP] to precisely determine change requirements

• Architecting the OCM Strategy & Master Roadmap: Independent development of a comprehensive, AI-centered Change Roadmap for end-to-end management of all change initiatives across every project phase

• Data Quality & AI Agent Risk Mitigation: Auditing of Process Data Repositories (Celonis analysis); prevention of the ingestion of 58% synthetic training data to safeguard AI model reliability amid geopolitical supply chain tensions

• GBS Vendor BAFO Triage & Contractual Commitment: Critical review of Tier-1 vendor pitches and contractual commitment to a reduced Non-STP rate (from 7% to 4%) to avoid extreme manual rework with a planned FTE reduction (-63%)

• Executive Enablement & Board Alignment: Design of the GBS Transformation Executive Board Deck to strategically enable C-level executives and transparently present completely overlooked AI tokenization costs

• Targeted Change Communications & Engagement: Design and development of audience-specific communication measures to align the highly diverse, globally distributed stakeholder network

• Adoption Velocity & Resistance Measurement: Engineering of quantitative measurement tools (Pulse Check Survey) using Behavioral Dyads to identify resistance based on data and ensure sustainable success measurement

Results:

• Avoidance of disruptive misallocations: Stopping the ingestion of 58% synthetic AI-agent training data after discovering only 42% compatibility with existing processes, preventing critical GBS cascade errors
• Significant OPEX & effort reduction: Reduction of the Non-STP rate in Tier-1 vendor BAFOs from 7% to 4% alongside an impending 63% Finance-FTE reduction; avoidance of thousands of time-consuming manual correction processes
• 100% Delivery of the OCM architecture & ROI protection: Delivery of all OCM artifacts (Change Roadmap, Comms Plan, Executive Board Deck, Pulse Check Survey) and protection of ROI by identifying incalculable LLM runtime token costs

Independent practice serving clients in SAC-P and AI-enabled FP&A transformation, including financial model development for PE firm engagements, data cleansing with PowerQuery, workflow automation Claude Cowork, SAC-P scoping task-based assignments (Micro1.ai & Mercor.ai), and SAP partner network development.

• 2026 – Completed significant upgrade training for Positioning Business AI and SAP Cloud ALM Workshop (In-Person). Live Demos • SAC-P & Excel-Based Reports • Claude Partner • SAP Partner#: 1961209 (OE – Build)
• Fall 2026 – New effort to re-train/update past FI/CO, SAP BPC, SAP Platform to S/4 Finance & Core G/L Accounting
• 2026 – Upskilling for Transformation Toolchain. In-Person Workshops: Cloud ALM & SAP BTP • Joule Demo(s)
• 2025 – FP&A processes • Datasphere & Business Data Cloud • Team Workshops for AI • Toolchain & SAP Cloud ALM
• 2024 – Built key credentials on Deloitte S4 Experience • Group Reporting and SAC-P

• Project management in the PMO
• Further development of PMO and operational processes
• Development of templates and project documentation
• Management of a DACH/SOE-wide rollout project

I build. I advise. I think in systems. After years leading digital transformation at scale — Accenture, BP, Lidl — I made a deliberate choice: trade platform dependency for structural independence. My focus is at the intersection of AI systems, product strategy, and venture thinking. I work with operators and founders who want to move fast without losing control — of their data, their stack, their direction.

• Development and implementation of AI and digitalization strategies
• Identification and evaluation of automation potential
• Development of hybrid automation solutions
• Strategic support from potential analysis through implementation

• From 02/2023 to 05/2024: IT interim manager within an international construction chemicals group headquartered in Germany as Global TSA Manager in a carve-out project responsible for the IT workstream.

• End-to-end management of an international IT carve-out and TSA program, including transition of five service providers, governance and operating structures, service continuity, provider performance, SLA/KPI and cost management, SIAM and supplier management, security services, operational readiness, and transition into stable operations.

• From 06/2024: IT consulting in project management and IT service management areas, providing PM/PMO coaching and support.

Oracle PL/SQL, Oracle SQL, ITIL

• Built Enterprise Architecture practice covering business, application, data, and integration layers
• Created a multi-year Integration Strategy, delivering annual cost savings of several hundred thousand euros
• Defined portfolio simplification roadmap, identifying redundant systems and cost reduction opportunities
• Designed target-state enterprise architecture around D365 FSCM, enabling a best-of-breed future landscape
• Developed Master Data Management (MDM) strategy and roadmap to improve data quality and operational efficiency
• Provided enterprise-wide architectural direction ensuring alignment and eliminating redundant initiatives
• Established reusable architecture patterns adopted by delivery teams
• Facilitated cross-functional architecture forums to align product and delivery teams
• Translated enterprise architecture guidance into practical delivery decisions
• Drove practical adoption of architecture guidance across initiatives rather than acting as a gatekeeper
• Identified redundant systems enabling substantial cost reduction potential
• Enabled cost transparency in integration landscape
• Enabled fact-based investment prioritization decisions

Senior Expert / Program Manager

IT Services

• Management of internal projects for infrastructure modernization: setup and maintenance of test environments that realistically replicate complex customer networks.
• Resource coordination: planning server capacities and cloud resources for automated test runs.
• Implementation of CI/CD pipelines to integrate automated tests into the build process.
• Evaluation of performance bottlenecks through load testing (NeoLoad/JMeter) to ensure scalability.

Tools / Technologies: Jenkins, Docker, GIT, ButBucket, NeoLoad, Azure

• Focus on digital transformation in the energy and mobility sector, including SAP R3 transition to S/4HANA
• Project management and requirements engineering in the energy sector (workshops, requirement specification creation, process development)
• Advice on the mobility strategy for public transport/transport of Stadtwerke Wien
• Development of digital strategies for after-sales program at Daimler-Benz

• Set up and managed operational security in an upscale seasonal hotel. Responsible for staff training, risk analysis, emergency and access management, security documentation, and coordination with hotel management, employees, guests, partners and authorities.

SAP Business Data Cloud / Datasphere rollout

Technologies: SAP Datasphere | SAP BTP | SAP Analytics Cloud | ETL / ELT | Security & Governance

Tasks / Responsibilities:

• Designing and implementing data architectures in SAP Business Data Cloud / Datasphere
• Designing spaces, data products, and data flows for integrated data models
• Connecting SAP and non-SAP systems via SDI, ODP, APIs
• Integration with SAP Analytics Cloud for self-service analytics
• Building governance, security, and authorization concepts
• Creating architecture guidelines & performance optimization

Results / Achievements:

• Introduced a central data catalog & authorization concept
• Laid the foundation for self-service analytics

• Interim management: Temporary leadership in supply chain, logistics, and operations - including budget, investment, and personnel responsibility.
• Project management: Steering infrastructure, construction, and automation projects as well as transformation and digitalization programs.
• Supply chain consulting: End-to-end strategies, network and site planning, intralogistics, and automation - from international corporations to regional SMEs.
• Process and organizational development: Optimization of workflows, systems, and control logic; building KPIs and reporting structures.
• Executive mentoring: Supporting leaders in growth, change, and crisis situations.