Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area
Since 30 years I am working as a senior advisor and architect for German banks and international enterprises, especially at the interface between functional and IT departments. Clients include Advance Bank, Also, Banque Paribas, BMW, Carl Zeiss, Commerzbank, Deka, DGZ, Dresdner Bank Lateinamerika, Deutsche Telekom, IKB Bank, KraussMaffei Technologies, MediaSaturn, PEAC, Raiffeisen Informatik, Raiffeisen International, Stada, Swiss Railways (SBB), Telefonica, Union Investment ... Specialities include program and project management for the whole software life cycle of standard and individual software from implementation and test to maintenance and retirement as well as IT strategy in general with focus on IT service management, benchmarking, sourcing and auditing. My theoretical background is an MSc in Industrial Engineering (TU Darmstadt, 1994), an MBA in General Management (Kellogg-WHU, 2006) and certificates e.g. as project manager (PMP), in IT service management (ITIL Managing Professional), ServiceNow (CSA) and MS Azure (Solution Architect).
Cognizant helps companies modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they stay ahead in a fast-changing world.
Management and technology consulting for the financial industry and beyond Project examples: - RfP preparation for the outsourcing of the IT subsidary of a German bank - Test management (leading a team of 20+) for the finance systems of two merging major German banks - Strategy and cost structure evaluation of a major Austrian banking IT provider - CIO advisory for internal offshoring
Defining the EDS portfolio of offerings and providing solution development / sales support for medium to large deals (> 3M$)
Providing IT consulting services to the German Financial Industry. Prepare proposals for sale of outsourcing services. Define strategy of EDS Germany Financial Solutions Division