IAM tool evaluation & POC definition
Target picture for the IAM landscape, evaluation of candidate tools, design of POC scenarios and decision papers for top management.
Available for new projects
Senior IT Multi-Project Management
for complex infrastructures.
25+ years of experience steering critical IT programs — from data center migrations and IAM & platform rollouts to eGovernment systems in highly regulated public sector environments.
Profile
Experience. Structure. Reliability.
A partner for steering complex IT infrastructure programs — with experience where availability, compliance and political sensitivity are decisive.
Key facts
Senior IT Multi-Project Manager with 25+ years of experience leading complex IT infrastructure programs — from data center operations and critical platform migrations to public-sector IT.
Specialised in steering multiple parallel projects in highly available infrastructure environments with multi-vendor structures, strict security and compliance requirements, and complex stakeholder constellations.
Experienced in coordinating data-center infrastructure, platforms and specialist applications in the public-sector context, and in managing change, release and incident processes according to ITIL. Proven track record in eGovernment and projects involving federal agencies, ministries and politically sensitive decision structures.
Strong focus on transparency, risk management, structured communication and safe operational handovers — with the ability to translate technical topics for public-sector decision makers and provide steering committees with solid decision-making foundations.
Core competencies
Method meets infrastructure.
Clear delivery management across disciplines — from the data center to the sprint review.
Infrastructure & data center
- IT multi-project management (infrastructure)
- Data center operations & handovers
- Critical infrastructures & high availability
- Virtualisation (VMware), storage
ITIL & processes
- Change, release & incident management
- Cut-over & hypercare steering
- Service & operations design
- ITIL Foundation certified
Security & compliance
- KRITIS environments & regulatory requirements
- COBIT, NIST, MaRisk, ISAE
- IAM & audit architectures
- Audit-findings mitigation
Steering & stakeholders
- Stakeholder management at ministry level
- Steering of external service providers & vendors
- Steering committees & decision papers
- Risk & budget management
Agile frameworks
- Scrum Master (certified)
- SAFe & Scrum of Scrums
- Kanban & hybrid setups
- Product Owner (CSPO)
Public sector
- eGovernment & public-sector specialist applications
- V-Modell XT & PRINCE2
- Federal agencies & ministries
- Politically sensitive decision structures
Cloud & platforms
- Azure & AWS multi-cloud architecture
- OpenShift, Kubernetes, DevOps
- Oracle, PostgreSQL, SAP BTP
- API & integration concepts
Tools & reporting
- Jira / XRay, Confluence, MS Project
- Power BI, KPI dashboards
- BPMN, ArchiMate, TOGAF, NAF
- Management presentations
AI & automation
- LLM tools: Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot
- Workflow automation with n8n, Make & Zapier
- Prompt engineering & RAG concepts
- AI evaluation in regulated / KRITIS environments
Services
How I support you.
Operational delivery, methodical depth and strategic advisory — tailored to your program.
01
Program & multi-project steering
End-to-end responsibility across parallel streams in multi-vendor environments — from DC migration and platform rollouts to cut-over & hypercare.
02
IAM, security & compliance
IAM/PAM optimisation, tool evaluation, audit-grade recertification processes and mitigation of audit findings according to MaRisk, COBIT & NIST.
03
Cloud & platform migration
Co-design of service-based target architectures on Azure and AWS — including governance, API concepts and steering of international architecture teams.
04
eGovernment & public sector
Steering of critical specialist applications according to V-Modell XT / PRINCE2 — with direct alignment at ministry and supervisory-authority level.
05
Interim management
Interim CIO, IT department lead or task-force lead — to stabilise, restructure and transition into sustainable structures.
06
Strategy & service design
Global operating models, hybrid cloud strategies and service harmonisation — from target picture to international rollout support.
07
AI integration & workflow automation
Strategic adoption of LLMs in daily project work and automation of recurring processes — including data-protection, IP and compliance assessment for regulated and KRITIS industries.
- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Perplexity
- Microsoft Copilot
- n8n
- Make
- Zapier
References
Selected projects.
Excerpt from project experience across banking, industry, public-sector and technology environments.
IAM recertification & audit-grade processes
Audit-proof recertification of entitlements — specification of SailPoint adjustments and alignment with audit, compliance and IT security.
OpenShift, fraud systems & SharePoint migration
Test and go-live coordination of security-critical platforms including containerised OpenShift environments in a regulated banking context.
Quadient Inspire — introduction & rollout
Replacement of EOL systems Papyrus/DOPiX. Agile overall delivery management, release management, cut-over and hypercare during live banking operations.
Multi-cloud architecture & migration
Co-design of a decoupled target architecture on Azure & AWS — coordination of international architecture, DevOps and development teams.
Program lead — data center migration
Overall program steering for the migration of critical IT infrastructure to a new high-availability data center — multi-vendor, ITIL steering, steering committees.
Task force IT & compliance
Leadership of six squads in a SAFe task-force setup — security & incident measures, SIEM/SOC integration, Windows 10 rollout.
Interim CIO eCommerce
End-to-end responsibility for IT and platform architecture of an international eCommerce platform — stabilisation, governance, vendor steering.
eGovernment — church-tax procedure
Steering of a critical public-sector specialist procedure according to V-Modell XT and PRINCE2 — alignment with federal agencies, ministry and supervisory bodies.
Global service structure & governance
Build-up of a global operating model to harmonise and digitise service and offer processes — internationally scalable target processes.
Strategy & IT advisory mobile payment
Professionalisation of a growing mobile-payment startup — PCI-DSS audits, SLA definition, architecture reviews according to NIST, COBIT and TOGAF.
IAM / PAM optimisation with Nexis
Introduction of the IGA tool Nexis in a major corporation — data migration of > 100,000 records via SQL, connectors to SAP, ServiceNow, AD; KPMG acceptance.
Qualifications
Education, languages & certifications.
Certifications & training
- ✓ Trainer for Scrum, Scrum Master, Product Owner
- ✓ Nexis Certified Expert
- ✓ Inspire Flex Certified Expert
- ✓ COBIT certified
- ✓ NIST Cyber Security
- ✓ ITIL Foundation
- ✓ Dipl.-Wirtschaftsinformatiker (Business IT)
- ✓ Banking professional
Languages
GermanNative
EnglishBusiness fluent
ItalianConversational
PortugueseBasic
International assignments
ItalyPolandSwitzerland
FranceSpainRussia
BelgiumNetherlandsCzech Republic
GreeceEnglandDenmark
Contact
Let's talk about your project.
Planning an infrastructure program, a migration, or do you need experienced steering at short notice? I look forward to hearing from you.