Zurich, Switzerland
Executive with over 20 years of experience in technology and business consulting. He is a renown leader in the system and software delivery domain specializing in DevOps for SAP, Agile, factory implementation, delivery organization transformation and process optimization. He prepares organisations, programs and projects to have repeatable go-live success in complex scenarios.
Experienced leader driving SAP transformation and innovation, with a focus on collaboration, business impact, and sustainable growth.
Coach a large energy company transforming to an Agile DevOps Organisation in an SAP-heavy context with focus on smooth and silent transition while continuously introducing DevOps principles and implementing respective optimizations in a measurable way.
Develop a strategic vision and road map towards SAP S/4 HANA for a large transportation and mobility company and ensure that value is realized in all aspects of the transformational change journey. Work with C-suite to build a sustainable change capability. Lead tool-chain and delivery transformation assessment at a large beverage company to support Agile delivery and DevOps in light of a large finance transformation centering around SAP S/4. Lead detailed delivery and operation organization assessment at a large retail group with focus on Agile and DevOps in the context of SAP. Create aligned roadmap to DevOps and Agile, considering change capacity of the organization and ROI needs. Coach a large chemical company to implement Agile delivery concepts in SAP, including lights out test automation and DevOps style orchestration of delivery procedures.
Lead a planning project with the leader in stainless steel production focusing on a 5 year IT Roadmap transforming the world wide SAP backbone to incorporate new technologies, harmonize governance for over 30 countries, enforce highest quality standards in 16 production sites, consolidate over 700 applications and manage challenging budget considerations.
Lead an assessment on how to optimize the convergence of the IT and Telecom Departments at Hydro Quebec – focussing on the methodologies and supporting tools. Take on the delivery lead role for Hydro Quebec’s optimisation of SAP Collection Management; Lead and coordinate an interdisciplinary team of internal (Accenture) consultants and client managers, experts and consultants. Drive out a coherent optimisation of Hydro Quebec’s SAP Collection Management as solution architect. Lead the testing related activities for a large CRM Upgrade at Hydro Quebec. Conceptualized the road to a Testing Center of Excellence at Hydro Quebec, igniting related business development activities. Special Results: Through highly structured approach built a reputation that allowed Accenture to penetrate new organization units in Hydro Quebec that they never succeeded before (figures undisclosed).
Took on business development activities as key presenter on client site resulting in CGI winning several new projects. Joined bid team as active member on Agropur, TVA, GazMétro, Hydro Québec, Uniselect and Rio Tinto Alcan; responsible for one or more vital sections and validation of global effort estimation. Managed project planning, integration and testing for SAP R/3 upgrades at Cirque du Soleil and GazMétro, applying the ASAP methodology. Performed an upgrade assessment at STM. Assessed fitness of the delivery process in Hydro Québec's SAP environment, then implementing beneficial optimisations towards RunSAP compliancy. Special Results: With CGI being the only major local Montreal player in consulting and outsourcing – struggling at that time with presence in SAP market – I quickly built a reputation resulting in winning significant new business.
Managed transition to SCRUM-based agile development by implementing a new set of quality measures and processes capable to support changing to agile methodologies across internal organisations. Led a CRM 2007 quality team consisting of 35 specialists responsible for the areas Claims and Funds (Intel), Trade Promotion Management (Nestlé, PepsiCo), Pharmaceuticals (Johnson & Johnson) and Public Sector (Government of Canada). Established quality management research in collaboration with local universities, creating a platform capable of supporting SAP’s new software development process. Special Results: Brought down release cycles from 18 to 6 months while improving field quality.