Head of Organisational Development and Operations
Cassidian Saudi Ltd
Total years of experience :28 years, 4 Months
Organisational Development and Operations for Border Guard Development Program
Operational Advisor Border Guard Development Program
Various mandates within Defense and Homeland Security e.g.
▪Business Development within Homeland Security for Thales Switzerland
- Strategic Planning, integration of military C4I systems within Homeland
Security, definition of requirements for organisational development and
interoperability
- Networking on governmental level
▪Further Development of a Virtual Operation Center to Mission-Oriented-Networking in the Homeland Security Context with HP Germany (Common Role-oriented Operational Picture)
- Analysis and definition of requirements within Homeland Security,
organisational development and interoperability aspects
▪Collaborative Project (Proposal) in the framework of European Union Security Research Program "Interoperability Framework to Plan and Manage large Incidents and Public Events using Distributed Heterogeneous Applications and Environments" under the lead of the Fraunhofer Institute Berlin
- Development of ‘profiles’ of standards and operating procedures that meet operationally defined interoperability needs, and detecting gaps where new technological solutions, guidelines, recommendations or standards are needed, at each level of the interoperability
- Development of requirements for Organisational Development and
Change Management within Homeland Security
▪Consulting, Know-how transfer for safety & security matters within the Football European Championships UEFA EURO 2012 to Poland and the Ukraine (MOI and Project Management) based on the Swiss experiences
Various mandates for the Swiss Governement within Homeland Security e.g.
▪Co-Project-Manager for Strategic Planning and Organisational Development for an integrated Ministry for Homeland Security,
(Continuation of the former CSC-mandate)
▪Security Adviser and Chief of Staff of the National Security Coordination Staff for the Football European Championships UEFA EURO 2008
- development of an integrated Homeland Security Strategy, special focus
on integration of intelligence services/efforts, border control and critical
infrastructure protection
- planning and set up of the National Coordination Staff (NACOS.ch) and
the National Crisis Reaction Centre
- Risk assessment, Risk Management
- conops, contingency planning on operational/strategic level
- training and exercises for staff members (staff work procedures, integrated
decision making process, civil-military cooperation, crisis management)
- Stakeholder Management
▪Strategic planning and re-design of the medical service within the the Civil Protection Department and the Armed Forces regarding the future Ministry for Homeland Security
- development of an integrated strategy, recommendations for
organisational development and change management
Various mandates for the Swiss Government and the Armed Forces, e.g.:
▪Strategic Planning, Design and Re-Design of the C4I Division within the Ministry of Defense and Civil Protection including Change Management and the planning and introduction of HR and Logistics Management Systems
▪Strategic Planning for the further development and integration of military C4I Systems within Homeland Security and national crisis management
- Requirements for Organisational Development and Change Management
▪Strategic Planning (objectives, vision and business areas) and Architecture
(requirements of affected domains of change, Description/Design of major processes, structure to guide development) of an integrated Ministry for Homeland Security
- organisational development, Change Management and planning of HR Manage systems
▪Contributions to C4I Joint Architecture Project of the Swiss Arms Procurement Agency
▪Coordinator and Adviser
▪Project manager of the Directorate for Security Policy for "Defense and Homeland Security XXI" (Security Policy Report)
- Strategic Planning, Design and Re-Design of the Ministry of Defense and Civil Protection and other relevant ministries and organisations including Change Management and the introduction of HR Management Systems
- development of an integrated (interagency/interministerial) crisis management organisation for Homeland Security
▪Member of the committee for strategic leadership training on governmental level
- training of high ranking staff members (staff work procedures, scenarios)
- planning/execution of Homeland Security staff exercises on national level
(e.g. Disaster Relief, Border Security, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Pandemic)
▪Dealing with and advising on political matters concerning the ongoing development of the Swiss Armed Forces, arms procurement, military operations
and Homeland Security
- strategic planning and organisational development
- supporting the decision making process on political level (government, parliament)
- implementation and controlling of political decisions
- development of a Change Management Strategy
▪Managing the cooperation in the framework of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC/NATO) an other International Organisations (CENCOOP, BALTSEA, ...)
- Strategic Planning, Project Management and Organisational Development within the further Development of the interministerial security cooperation
▪Controlling and monitoring the Swiss involvement in the "Geneva Centers"
(Geneva Center for Security Policy, Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining, Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces)
- strategic planning on governmental level, organisational development and
introduction of HR Management and Controlling Systems in the centers
▪Directing the Interministerial (MOD/MOI/MFA) Partnership for Peace (NATO/PfP) Office of the Swiss Federal Administration
- strategic planning and design of the interministerial coordination and decision making process including change management
- planning and coordination of offers and participations, introduction of HR Management Systems
- reporting to ministers and parliament
▪Directing the Interoperability Board of the MOD
- development of a national interoperability strategy,
- coordination of the planning and review process and the respective organisational development within Defense and Homeland Security
▪Participating in the exercise direction of various crisis management exercises and NATO/PfP command post exercises (CMX, COOPERATIVE DETERMINATION, VIKING)
- development of oporders/conops, contingency planning for Peace Support
Operations (support of civilian police and border guard, supervising demarcation lines, riot control, critical infrastructure protection, SAR, ...)
- training for staff members (staff work procedures in the framework of the Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) Headquarters Concept)
- assessments, lessons learned and the respective organisational development within Switzerlands Defense and Homeland Security
▪ Company Instructor (Mountain Infantry and Territorial Infantry)
- basic training (infantry weapons, combat training)
- civil-military cooperation (CIMIC), support of civilian police and border guard, critical infrastructure protection (CIP), disaster relief assistance
▪ Class Teacher (Infantry, General Staff)
- Leadership Training
- Tactics (combat and non combat military operations)
- Staff work procedures
1991-2004 Armed Forces training centre Luzern Leadership training courses I (company), II (battalion), III (brigade) and General Staff training courses I (Intelligence), II (planning/operations), III (logistics), IV (non combat military operations, CIMIC, PSO) 1995 Captain, company commander 1998 Major (GS), G6 (command and signal) Mountain Brigade 2002 Lieutenant Colonel (GS), J2 (intelligence, information warfare), Armed Forces Command Staff 2004 Colonel (GS), J3/5 (planning/operations), Armed Forces Command Staff Present Function: Colonel (GS), Advisory Staff Group (Reserve), J3, Armed Forces Command Staff
Career Officers commission from the Armed Forces and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich