Stephan Merkel

About

International Project Manager, Shoring/Sourcing, Agile Transformation, Test Management

Experience

• Commerzbank AG (Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany)
  • Principal Project Manager
    Mar 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

    Test Data Provisioning Platform

  • Principal Project Manager
    Nov 2018 - Feb 2023 · 4 yrs 4 mos

    Ramp-up IT nearshore centers

• Principal Project Engineer at Commerz Systems GmbH
  Apr 2017 - Oct 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos

  Shoring and Outsourcing of IT Development/Operations from Commerzbank

• Commerzbank AG (Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany)
  • Department Head IT Service Management
    Jan 2012 - Mar 2017 · 5 yrs 3 mos

    Line manager for Incident-, Problem-, Change-, Request- and Availability-Management; Management Reporting for IT-Operations; Product Management for Service-Management-Tools (HPSC/HPSM)

  • Head Of Project Management Department
    Jan 2006 - Dec 2011 · 6 yrs

    Line Manager of ~50 Project Managers Change Management during organisational transformations and merger projects Development and rollout of career model for overall IT area

  • Team Lead Testmanagement/Processes
    Jan 2000 - Dec 2005 · 6 yrs

    Test Management and Test Automation projects, Testing tool workshops and coaching, Rollout of SDLC framework in IT Investment Banking Area

• Project Engineer at DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH
  Jul 1996 - Sep 1997 · 1 yr 3 mos

  Requirements management, OO-analysis and prototyping for flight data processing systems

• Bundeswehr (German Federal Armed Forces) (Full-time · 7 yrs 6 mos)
  • Luftwaffenoffizier
    Jul 1990 - Jun 1996 · 6 yrs

    Test Manager at NATO Programming Centre

  • Luftwaffenoffizier
    Jan 1989 - Jun 1990 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Air Defence Fighter Controller