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Tobias HessTH

Tobias Hess

IT Transformation & Project Lead

€700/day
Miami, US
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Tobias

I help mid-market companies in the US and Europe fix processes that don't scale: a system nobody adopted, a manual workflow eating hours every week, or an IT setup that's outgrown the business. I've built and run companies myself, not just advised them, so I focus on what actually gets used, not what looks good in a slide deck.

Over the past 10+ years I've led cloud and ERP migrations, RPA automation rollouts (UiPath), Microsoft 365 tenant migrations, and PMO setup for organizations ranging from a healthcare group in Germany to a lime distribution company operating across Mexico and the US. Recent work includes replacing legacy accounting software to meet local fiscal compliance, automating warehouse and logistics workflows, and running the training and communication that gets a 15-person, trilingual team through a system change without the usual chaos.

What tends to set me apart: I work fluently across German, English, and Spanish, and across US and European business practices, so I can sit with headquarters in Munich and a warehouse team in Mexico on the same project. Engagements are scoped clearly upfront (a 30-day diagnostic sprint is a common starting point), delivered remotely, and reported on plainly.

Typical deliverables: process maps and automation roadmaps, RPA implementations, M365 migrations and license restructuring, PMO frameworks and status reporting, and adoption plans for teams going through a system transition.

If you're dealing with a process costing you time, a rollout that needs someone to actually drive it, or a transformation that needs a project lead who won't disappear into a 40-slide strategy deck, let's talk.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • German

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Basic

Can work on-site
Miami (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Mexican Agricultural Export Company
    IT Transformation & Project Lead
    DIGITAL AND IT
    January 2026 - June 2026 (5 months)
    Veracruz, Mexico
    End-to-end IT modernization for a lime distribution company operating between Mexico, the US, and international markets. Migrated core systems (Siigo Aspel to CONTPAQi) to meet Mexican fiscal compliance requirements (SAT/CFDI) and moved the team from ad hoc OneDrive use onto SharePoint as a shared workspace. Before rollout, mapped how the changes would affect finance, warehouse, and sales staff, then built the training and communication plan that carried the 15-person, trilingual (German, English, Spanish) team through the transition. Also assessed and designed automated warehouse workflows covering measurement, planning, and distribution, and stayed the single point of contact for stakeholders throughout.
    Tools: Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Entra ID, Exchange Online, CONTPAQi, Movebot.io, Teams
    M365 Digital Transformation Project Management automation Cloud
  • Truck Parts Retailer
    Project Lead, E-Commerce
    DIGITAL AND IT
    August 2024 - April 2025 (8 months)
    Miami, United States
    Built a fully automated e-commerce platform for drop-shipping truck and auto parts: specifications, negotiation with offshore development companies, leading the build team, and testing through launch. The project was planned and executed by myself and developed with offshore developer.
    Tools: Shopify, Stripe, QuickBooks
    Shopify automation Digital Transformation Technical project management API
  • Automotive Manufacturer (OEM)
    PMO for Global Cloud Transformation
    DIGITAL AND IT
    February 2022 - June 2022 (4 months)
    Munich, Germany
    PMO, Global Cloud Transformation
    Supported a worldwide data center transformation from on-prem to cloud. Ran communication and reporting for the program, planned and facilitated workshops, tracked milestones, and worked in agile methods alongside the delivery teams. The initiative audited different cloud providers, the on-prem database, and executed first test uploads.
    Tools: Jira, Confluence, Microsoft 365
    Digital Transformation Change Management Cloud Audit PMO

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Education

  • Master's Thesis
    Tiba Managementberatung GmbH
    2015
    Master's Thesis
  • Bachelor's Thesis, Research Assistant
    Landshut University of Applied Sciences
    2013
    Bachelor's Thesis, Research Assistant

Certifications

  • Basic Certificate in Project Management
    GPM German Association for Project Management
    2014
    Project Management Project owner

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