Making a difference, getting things done...

9/2023 – 9/2024

- Human Protein Manufacturer / AT / € 4 bil revenue
- Term: 9/2023 – 7/2024
* IT/OT Project & Portfolio management across numerous projects in
the DACH region
* Established a KPI driven project management discipline and reporting
* Internal and external stakeholder management IT & OT
* Determination and documentation of OT side network components for
GxP compliant planning and migration during black-out period

Compliance management, GXP, IT Sicherheit (allg.), ITIL, Lieferantenmanagement (allg.), Portfolio-Optimierung, Projektmanagement (IT), Stakeholder-Analyse, Systems Network Architecture, Technologieplanung

5/2023 – 8/2023

Interim Head of IT Infrastructure | May - Aug 2023
• Executed rapid as-is assessment and target-state recommendations for IT organization and infrastructure; reset key outsourcing-vendor relationship and addressed organizational weak spots.
• Led remediation of high/medium cybersecurity audit findings, owned first business-app SaaS proof of concept and initiated M365 pilot and migration.

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Cloud-Services, Cloud (allg.), Cyber Security, It-Governance, IT-Strategieberatung, IT Sicherheit (allg.), ITIL, Leiter IT, Lieferantenmanagement (allg.), Network Architect, Organisationsentwicklung, Outsourcing, Personalentwicklung - Durchführungsplanung, Prozessoptimierung, Security Operations Center (SOC), WAN

9/2022 – 10/2026

Group Cybersecurity, Resilience & Transformation Programs | Sep 2022 - Jun 2024; Feb 2025 - Oct 2026
• €42M Cyber Defence Center / DORA program: program management, consolidation of teams and processes into group CoEs, change/communication and rollout across 33 countries, interim leadership in program streams, RFP and vendor management.
• Group-wide BCM / crisis-management rollout under DORA; board and management cybersecurity/compliance KPI dashboard.
• Led cybersecurity incident assessment and mitigation activities in Georgia and Romania across organization, applications, infrastructure and security; completed digitalization / AI approach assessment for Bulgaria.
• Led IT Strategy programs across entities; SOC2.0 strategy, charter, project leadership to modernize/restructure Cyber Defence Center

Compliance management, Cyber Security, Informationssicherheit, Interim Management, It-Governance, ITIL, Lieferantenbewertung, Nearshoring, Network Architect, Organisationsentwicklung, Outsourcing, Programm-Management, Prozessmanagement, Qualitätsmanagement / QS / QA (IT), Risikomanagement, Rollout, Security Operations Center (SOC), Software Asset Management, Stakeholder-Analyse, Tender Manager (Ausschreibungsmanager), WAN

9/2022 – 11/2022

- Timber, Panels & Construction Materials / AT / € 92mil revenue
- Term: 9/2022 – 11/2022
* ERP project rescue mission
* Resolved critical project and change management issues
* Directed the internal project manager towards best practice approach
* Implemented transparent project management and communication
approach
* Defined and implemented user training strategy

Lieferantenmanagement (allg.), Schulung / Training (IT), Manufacturing Resources Planning, Kommunikation (allg.), Projektmanagement (IT), Prozessmanagement

8/2022 – 4/2023

SOC/SIEM Project & Change Management / QA | Aug 2022 - Apr 2023
• Established governance, KPI reporting and end-to-end delivery; integrated with ITSM platform and managed outsourcing-provider performance; delivered in scope, on time and on budget with zero deviation.

Cyber Security, Cyber Security Engineer, Informationssicherheit, ITIL, Lieferantenmanagement (allg.), Outsourcing, Projektleitung / Teamleitung (IT), Prozessmanagement, Qualitätsmanagement / QS / QA (IT), Security Operations Center (SOC), Stakeholder-Analyse

2/2022 – 9/2022

SOC/SIEM Build-out & IT PMO | Feb - Sep 2022
• Built governance, reporting and internal PMO structures; managed implementation-partner performance and stakeholder change, achieving zero deviation in scope, timeline and budget

Cyber Security, Informationssicherheit, IT-Infrastrukturspezialist, ITIL, Lieferantenmanagement (allg.), Organisation (allg.), PMO (IT), Projektleitung / Teamleitung (IT), Projektmanagement (IT), Security Operations Center (SOC), Stakeholder-Analyse

2/2021 – 9/2021

Interim Manager - IT Demand Orchestration | Feb - Sep 2021
• Established ITSM incident/change processes and business-aligned SLAs; redesigned demand/governance processes and developed migration strategy from one global provider to four regional vendors.

Demand Management, Identitätsmanagement, Interim Management, IT Service Management (ITSM), ITIL, Lieferantenmanagement (allg.), Offshoring, Outsourcing, Service-Level-Management (SLA), Servicenow, Stakeholder-Analyse, Strategische Kommunikation

1/2017 – 1/2019

ASGC Group | UAE | $1.5B revenue | Jan 2017 - Jan 2019
• Led group-wide digitization and digital transformation; developed business/digital strategy, IT strategy, governance model and roadmap; consolidated independent company IT organizations into one group IT.
• Built security, governance and compliance function from the ground up and prepared the organization for ISO 2700x certification.
• Owned Oracle Fusion HCM and Oracle EBS programs; moved on-prem/in-house data center to cloud/IaaS managed services, increasing system availability to 99.982% while reducing cost.

Cloud-Services, Cloud (allg.), Cyber Security, Digitale Transformation, Digitalisierung, Enterprise Resource Planning, Fusionen und Übernahmen, Iaas, It-Governance, IT Service Management (ITSM), IT Sicherheit (allg.), ITIL, Leiter IT, Maschinelles Lernen, Organisationsentwicklung, PMO (IT), Portfolio-Optimierung, Projektleitung / Teamleitung (IT), Saas

5/2015 – 1/2017

United Arab Shipping Company | UAE | $4.5B revenue | May 2015 - Jan 2017
• Consolidated business ITs into one global group IT / CoE, reducing headcount by 28% and cost by 36%; personally led people/process/technology transformation and communications.
• Built global security, compliance and governance organization and achieved ISO 27001 certification; led smooth post-merger integration on time and below budget.
• Created global single-instance ERP platform and outsourcing/off-shore model; launched machine-learning initiative identifying >$50M in operational cost and revenue opportunities.

Business Intelligence (BI), Cloud (allg.), Cyber Security, Digitale Transformation, Digitalisierung, Enterprise Resource Planning, Iaas, Informationssicherheit, ISO / IEC 27001, It-Governance, IT-Strategieberatung, IT Service Management (ITSM), ITIL, Leiter IT, Maschinelles Lernen, Offshoring, Organisation (allg.), Outsourcing, PMO (IT), Portfolio-Optimierung, Projektmanagement (IT), WAN

1/2010 – 2/2015

Stryker | Switzerland / US | $20B revenue | Jan 2010 - Feb 2015
• Led enterprise-wide global IT/OT infrastructure and security transformation; consolidated business-unit ITs into enterprise IT/CoEs, reducing headcount 15%, including an India offshore CoE.
• Built global security, governance and compliance function; achieved zero deviations across HIPAA, SOX, PCI and GxP/FDA controls.
• Delivered 20+ post-merger integrations/divestitures covering approximately $4B M&A; initiated data-center consolidation from 33 to 3 with $15.6M p.a. manufacturing loss avoidance.
• Drove application/ERP rationalization saving $10M p.a.; optimized managed-service providers by >$1.5M p.a.; consolidated 22 IT helpdesks into one global 24/7 outsourced service with >$500K p.a. savings.

Carve-Out, Compliance Manager, Cyber Security, ERP-Projektleiter, Fusionen und Übernahmen, GXP, Iaas, It-Governance, IT Service Management (ITSM), IT Sicherheit (allg.), ITIL, Leiter IT, Nearshoring, Offshoring, Organisation (allg.), Outsourcing, PMO (IT), Portfolio-Optimierung, Projektleitung / Teamleitung (IT), Telekommunikation / Netzwerke (allg.)

1/2006 – 7/2009

ACS Inc. (prior to Xerox acquisition) | Switzerland / US | $9B revenue | Jan 2006 - Jul 2009
• Integrated IT teams and budgets across multiple business units into a unified EMEA IT near-shore operation in Spain with cost allocation/charge-back transparency.
• Maintained SOX compliance with zero audit findings; improved project delivery speed by 30% and reduced IT cost base by $700K; built near-shore customer-service center in Poland.

Auditor, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Compliance Manager, Cyber Security, Informationssicherheit, It-Governance, IT-Strategieberatung, IT Service Management (ITSM), IT Sicherheit (allg.), ITIL, Leiter IT, Lokale Netzwerke, Nearshoring, Offshoring, Organisation (allg.), Outsourcing, PMO (IT), Portfolio-Optimierung, Projektleitung / Teamleitung (IT), Telekommunikation / Netzwerke (allg.)

1/1995 – 12/2005

McDonald's Corporation | Austria / US | $26B revenue | Sep 2002 - Dec 2005
• Developed scalable global infrastructure/connectivity architectures, financing models and early digital/IoT frameworks supporting WiFi hotspots, digital menu boards, wireless ordering, PCI-DSS/SOX compliance and real-time operational reporting.

Compliance Manager, Cyber Security, Enterprise Architect (EA), IT-Strategieberatung, IT Service Management (ITSM), IT Sicherheit (allg.), ITIL, Leiter IT, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Windows (allg.), Nearshoring, Offshoring, Organisation (allg.), Outsourcing, Projektleitung / Teamleitung (IT), Solution Architektur, Stakeholder-Analyse, Telekommunikation / Netzwerke (allg.)