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Independent Management Consultant in COO topics, Project & Cost Manager & PMO Lead and Lean Startup Expert, with 17 years of experience in international roles in multinational corporations, in founding own startups and supporting companies and technology startups
▪ Strong competencies in leading cross-functional teams with a clear focus on budget, time, and quality goals.
▪ Expertise: Project Management | Program Planning | Project Monitoring and Control | Finance & Cost Management | Lean Startup | Operations Management | Human Resources & Organization | Sizing and Benchmarking | Digital Marketing | Human Resource Management | Program and Multi-Engagement Management | Transformation and Change Management | Digital Transformation
▪ Achievements: Successful digital transformation program at a DAX company with 12 country organizations to migrate all data centers to private, public, and hybrid clouds, laying the foundation for the subsequent Quantum Computing project | Head of PMO for IT carve-out of two German DAX / M-DAX companies, project volume over €150 million / Led a cross-functional project team of over 200 FTEs, successfully splitting into all 20 workstreams | Established financial monitoring for IT transformation project portfolio with top 2 German energy providers, volume over €250 million | Cost management of over €500 million (banks) | €50 million cost savings through rightsizing in 14 countries | Head of one of the world's largest 'Pre-Seed Startup Accelerator Programs' in Madrid for scalable technology startups
German
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Native or bilingual
Italian
Fluent
French
Fluent
Can work on-site
Berlin (up to 50km), Hamburg (up to 50km), Düsseldorf (up to 50km), München (up to 50km)
Experience
- E.ON Digital TechnologyProject Manager for the User Experience Performance Framework & Dashboard Pilot Project,ENERGY AND UTILITIESJanuary 2026 - April 2026 (3 months)Essen, Germany• Led workshops with business stakeholders to identify and prioritize IT and use cases• Translated business requirements into actionable IT backlog items and delivery plans• Coordinated delivery between business units, IT teams, and external partners• Defined data integration requirements and assisted with solution design• Led the delivery of the pilot solution, including go-live and handover for rollout• Ensured alignment on scope, timelines, and dependencies among all stakeholders• Managed parallel delivery activities and coordinated multiple workstreams within tight deadlines
- ERGOProject Manager Digital Operational Resilience ActBANKING AND INSURANCEApril 2025 - November 2025 (7 months)München, Germany• Conducted gap analyses of IT processes and controls concerning the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and BaFin requirements using MS Project and risk management methodologies.• Led the assessment of measures, control actions, and resource allocation to maintain compliance, enhance operational resilience, and ensure full regulatory readiness prior to DORA's effective date.• Coordinated cross-functional stakeholder workshops to refine project milestones, achieve consensus on regulatory priorities, and accelerate implementation timelines for digital compliance initiatives.
- SÜWAGPMO / Business Case & Cloud Best Practice EnablerENERGY AND UTILITIESJanuary 2025 - May 2025 (4 months)Frankfurt (Oder), Germany• Moderated executive workshops to interpret business case results, engage stakeholders through comprehensive presentations, and support strategic decisions for cloud migration.• Conducted cost assessment by modeling current data center expenditures against proposed cloud-based landing zone expenses, utilizing scenario planning with Excel and pivot dashboards to ensure optimal cost allocation.• Summarized scenario analysis findings into clear, actionable recommendations for cloud adoption, employing complex modeling and presentation skills with Excel and PowerPoint.
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Education
- Artificial Intelligence and Exponential Technologies for BusinessThe Valley Business School2025
- Executive Program: Digital Business Strategy / Digital TransformationMIT Sloan School of Management2021Executive Program: Digital Business Strategy / Digital Transformation