Entrepreneur / Founder - memecon
Stuttgart, Germany
Total years of experience :27 years, 6 Months
since 2008 Entrepreneur / Founder - memecon®
Stuttgart, Germany
Tasks:
• Realizing business plan for a worldwide operating start-up for one-stop consulting, coaching and training
• Create and execute business strategy and growth plans for memecon® with overall market assessment, competitive research and earning strategy as well as business modelling
• Develop and launch of memecon® product portfolio
• Acquire and fulfill contracts globally
• Develop and implement concept for the web shop system
including the structure, navigation, payment systems & technical
aspects
Authorities:
• Executive Management
Major achievements:
• Strategy development for international consulting company
including regulatory framework executed.
• Organizational development in the IT department of an international medical technology enterprise concerning
communication and project management performed.
• Communication Architecture for a Research & Development
cross-function in a major automotive company developed.
• Business of a Research & Development cross-function of a
major automotive company based on a business model check
adjusted
2007 Senior Manager - Daimler AG,
Stuttgart, Germany
Tasks:
• Re-orientation
• Create business plan
Major achievements:
• NLP education
Developed new competencies and gained NLP Master.
• Business Plan
Completed the business plan for memecon® foundation.
2004 - 2006 Senior Manager Research & Development IT (R&D IT) -
Mitsubishi Motors Fuso Truck & Bus, Tokyo, Japan
Tasks:
• Lead R&D IT department concerning the management of business processes and projects
• Lead integration of product documentation enabling project
• Develop, standardize, promote and roll-out of core process in
R&D, Production Engineering (PE) as well as reorganization of design standards
• Plan and realize R&D supplier survey
• Gather and integrate R&D design standards
• Manage process optimization in R&D & Production Engineering
Authorities:
• Plan, organize, control, and decide department as well as project tasks
• Select, direct, control, evaluate, motivate staff and project team
• Promote concepts, standards and guidelines
• Communicate internally and externally
• Coordinating MFTBC, Daimler and external service providers
Major achievements:
• Local implementation of relevant Daimler R&D IT System
Transfer of the Research & Development IT systems and procedures from Germany to Japan. This included the
implementation of new development procedures, the local
installation of IT systems and the integration of local systems.
• Standardization and promotion of 3D methods
The new 3D approach replaced the former 2D methods and procedures. This required a fundamentally new thinking for more
than 1500 engineers. We organized the top management
support, information material, town halls and road shows for all
engineers.
• Supplier survey
Due to the high-context language, the relationships with the suppliers were not documented. We processed an inquiry with all
suppliers concerning their collaboration, processes and communication and optimized the supply of R&D IT solutions.
• Design standards
Over the years, the R&D area defined and collected design
standards on paper base without any common format. All these
documents were hidden in cabinets and archives. This project
developed an approach for gathering and changing these
standards into a corporate format.
• Process Optimization
Based on the new standards, we coordinated the adaption of the business processes in R&D and PE.
2002-2004 Senior Manager IT Governance -
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC), Tokyo, Japan
Tasks:
• Reorganize IT Management at MMC
• Develop and roll-out IT governance and project management
• Develop and implement skill management
• Plan and realize worldwide IT security Audit
Authorities:
• Plan, organize, control, and decide project tasks
• Select, direct, control, evaluate, motivate project team
• Promote concepts, standards and guidelines
• Communicate internally and externally
• Coordinating MMC and external service providers
Major achievements:
• IT Governance
Standardizing and rolling-out the regulatory framework for MMC
IT activities. This created a new working style for the Japanese
IT organization.
• Project management methodology
This was a light approach to Project management based on the needs of the Japanese IT organization. It included the
development, adjustment, integration into the regulatory
framework of MMC and the promotion of the methods and procedures.
• General Business & IT Agreement
With this approach, we standardized the cooperation between
Business office and IT. It consisted of an explicit agreement that
defined roles and scope of responsibility for major partners.
• IT Security Audit
My department planned, realized the RFP process concerning an IT Security Audit at MMC and coordinated it (with KPMG)
• eLearning Platform
We developed an eLearning approach with external suppliers.
This consisted of a planning approach and the requirement for the implementation of eLearning software at MMC.
• Standardized IT Requirement Specification
We created a standard for the of IT requirement specification.
This included all relevant aspects from user functions to IT
interfaces.
2001-2002 Senior Manager Business Strategy B2B Coordination -
Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles (CVD), Stuttgart, Germany
Tasks:
• Order and control the planning, development and realization of global communication measures concerning eBusiness in the
Truck division
• Plan, process and control the measures for the coordination of eBusiness strategies in the Truck division
• Control the continuous implementation of general eBusiness
rules and guidelines
• Order and control the acquisition and development of eBusiness
methods and procedures
• Overall communication & coordination of eBusiness IT strategy
• Develop and implement eBusiness qualification measures for the
Truck area
Authorities:
• Plan, organize, control, and decide department as well as project tasks
• Select, direct, control, evaluate, motivate staff and project team
• Promote concepts, standards and guidelines
• Communicate internally and externally
• Coordinating Mercedes-Benz (CVD) and external service
providers
Major achievements:
• eBusiness Survey Truck division
We coordinated a worldwide survey concerning the status and the needs concerning eBusiness in all Truck locations worldwide.
• eBusiness Skill Profiles
With this concept we prepared the Truck IT for eBusiness
activities in all locations worldwide.
1999-2001 Senior Manager of IT Planning Methods, Consolidation and
Process Development at DaimlerChrysler, Stuttgart, Germany
Tasks:
• Plan and implement a central unit for global IT-Controlling,
Supply and Asset management
• Develop and roll-out standardized processes and global
reporting system
• Plan and manage Benchmarking
• Develop and implement an IT Balanced Scorecard globally
Authorities:
• Plan, organize, control, and decide department as well as project tasks
• Select, direct, control, evaluate, motivate staff and project team
• Promote concepts, standards and guidelines
• Communicate internally and externally
• Coordinating Daimler IT Management and external service
providers
Major achievements:
• Global Monitoring System
This IT-system integrated the report systems of all
DaimlerChrysler IT locations worldwide. It gathered and provided
regularly reports from worldwide IT locations.
• Balanced Scorecard IT Management
We developed the method for the IT Balanced Scorecard in a
German-American team. This provided the essential status of all,
worldwide IT business areas and activities to the Daimler CIO.
1995-1999 Manager of IT Planning Methods at Daimler-Benz (DBAG),
Stuttgart, Germany
Tasks:
• Assist in the development of the Mercedes-Benz AG IT Strategy
• Assist in the integration of the IT areas of MBAG and DBAG
• Manage back office in the Post-Merger-Integration
DaimlerChrysler
• Coordinate enterprise-wide IT Data Integration and Business
Process Optimization as well as support, plan, design and initiate
departmental modeling projects
• Coordinate INet-activities (including Internet, Extranet, and
Intranet) in the IT and support corporate INet activities
Authorities:
• Plan, organize, control, and decide project tasks
• Select, direct, control, evaluate, motivate project team
• Promote concepts, standards and guidelines
• Communicate internally and externally
• Coordinating Daimler IT Management and service providers
Major achievements:
• Executive-Information-System
I developed a secret Management-Information-System together with the financial department for the CEO of Mercedes-Benz.
• Handbook of System Design
This publication standardized the methods and procedures of any IT development worldwide. It is the basis for all IT-contracts and obliges all suppliers to follow Daimler standards. I was
responsible for the chapter of Business Process Engineering.
• Intranet Coordination
I supported the smooth implementation of INet at Daimler
through effective IT-coordination of core areas (like
Communications, BU-headquarters and the Workers Council)
The INet activities of Daimler were recognized internationally as the most advanced Internet site at the time.
1991-1995 System Planner at Mercedes-Benz,
Stuttgart, Germany
Tasks:
• Develop and promote Business Processes Reengineering (BPR)
methods and procedures including Enterprise modeling with
ARIS
• Develop and maintain corporate-wide data model, norms,
conventions and guidelines for the standardization of data,
methods, tools and quality management procedures for data
modelling, and data recovery concepts and migration strategies
• Coordinate and support of decentralized data management
functions (mainly in Europe) as well as integration and communication of the resulting Enterprise Data Model
• Support of IT projects in the conception and development of IT
requirement specification
Authorities:
• Plan, organize, and control project tasks
• Decide within the framework of the directives
• Present concepts, standards and guidelines
• Communicate internally and externally
• Coordinating project team and external service providers
Major achievements:
• Enterprise modeling
I supported the development and introduction the ARIS model
together with Prof. A.W. Scheer. Additionally, I developed the process management handbook of Mercedes-Benz that was
published for all business units in Germany. In this context, I
introduced the approaches and trained people all over Germany,
Spain, and Brazil. Additionally, I gave lectures at Universities in
Germany and Austria.
• Data management Workshop
This committee consisted of representatives of all German plants and temporary international guests twice a year in Stuttgart. In
this group, I coordinated the development of further
standardization of Database Management Systems and Data
Modeling methods and procedures at Mercedes-Benz AG.
1987-1991 System Designer at Mercedes-Benz plant,
Wörth, Germany
Tasks:
• Maintain mainframe systems
• Plan, program, implement IT systems & programs
• Analyze IT system landscape
Authorities:
• Plan, organize, and control project tasks
• Decide within the framework of the directives
• Present concepts, standards and guidelines
• Communicate internally and externally
• Coordinating project team and external service providers (mainly IBM)
Major achievements:
• Big Data project (IBM DB2, CSP, SQL-Generation)
This was the first and biggest DB2-Development at the time.
Millions of trucks could be evaluated in headquarter sales
departments within a minute instead of weeks.
• Application System Catalogue
It required the development of a meta model for the data
elements in the plant and a concept for the analysis of application systems. It replaced paper-based folders with IT-
based evaluation.
Certified IT Governance Manager
Neuro-Linguistic Programming Master Degree
Data processing education
