Torsten Matzak

Strategy Expert. Serial-Entrepreneur.

Bonn, Deutschland

Erfahrungen

Sept. 2024 - Bis heute
10 Monaten
Bonn, Deutschland

Owner / Director Digital Transformation

Politicy Dialog – Management Consultancy

  • Strategy Development and Organizational Design
  • Change Management
  • Project Development with a focus of digital environment and international cooperation
  • Designing and Implementation for Projects in the Public and Education Sector in fields including: organizational and process design (investigating of the existing approach and definition of the customers expectations for the future design), agile project management, and capacity development
Sept. 2024 - Dez. 2025
4 Monaten
King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi-Arabien

Head for Support Service (Founding Management) Education

TUV Rheinland Arabia / National Automotive & Vehicles Academy

  • Designing and implementation of the entire support service for NAVA´s vocational training activities in the field of electrical vehicles in close cooperation with LUCID and CEER
  • Process and organizational design, student affairs design
  • Setting the IT strategy and management of IT operation (CIO/CDO)
  • Financial planning and execution (CFO)
  • Strategy development for the near future operation (e.g. short term courses, in service trainings, further education)
Feb. 2023 - Okt. 2024
1 Jahr 9 Monaten
Köln, Deutschland

Management Consultant Public Sector Transformation

Deloitte Consulting Germany

  • Designing and Implementation for Projects in the Public and Education Sector in fields including: organizational and process design (investigating of the existing approach and definition of the customers expectations for the future design), agile project management, and capacity development
  • Digital Transformation for the Public Sector, including: Design and selection of digital instruments, Digital collaboration solutions, and Integration of digital solutions
  • Partnership Management for strategic partners for project delivery
  • Change Management & Roadmap Design
  • Business Development in the field of digital education and international cooperation
  • Global Account Manager with accountability for projects in the field of international cooperation with projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America
  • Lead Consultant für International Cooperation and Education
  • Tender Manager and Project Planning, incl. budget and staff planning and responsibility for the projects and customer communication
  • Capacity Development for Western Balkan Municipalities (project lead)
  • Re-Organization for the IT-Department for a global oriented service provider in the field of international cooperation (SME)
  • Smart City projects in India (Managing Consultant)
  • Organizational design and technology consulting for a federal authority (Project Lead)
  • Design of implementation project for an AI-based policy planning and community platform (Project Lead)
  • Nationwide rollout campaign for a digital online service platform for municipalities (Project Lead)
Aug. 2021 - Jan. 2023
1 Jahr 6 Monaten
Köln, Deutschland

Manager Consulting Public Sector

PriceWaterhouseCoopers Germany

  • Designing and Implementation for Projects in the Public Sector, especially the design and implementation of Digital Web Services with agile methods (SAFe, SCRUM)
  • Integration of Digital Web Services (analyzing the requirements, design and implementation) and integration to core applications
  • Agile Project Management
  • Partnership management
  • Project responsibility for customer projects including customer communication
  • Tender management, project planning and implementation
  • Implementation of online services for a federal state (project lead)
  • Federal user account: definition of requirements for an integration portal and development of an interim solution for improved connection of online services (project lead)
  • Requirements analysis for a digital collaboration platform for a state administration
Sept. 2019 - Juli 2021
1 Jahr 11 Monaten
Leichlingen, Deutschland

Digital Transformation & Process Development Manager

Centragon AG

  • Establishing the Public Sector division for digital transformation projects, organizational and process development
  • Executing Digital Transformation Projects with design and implementation of strategic and organizational approaches and analysis, design and implementation of digital web services projects
  • Development and optimization of processes cases with a user-centricity approach
  • Agile Project Management with Scrum
  • Project responsibility for customer projects including customer communication
  • Planning and conducting workshops with customers for solution development
  • Tender management, project planning and implementation
  • Development of a roadmap for the digital transformation of a federal agency and recording of the current situation
  • Development of a performance, project and business service portfolio management for a city-state structure with more than 6.000 services
  • Development of a digital service factory approach
  • Development staff training courses
Apr. 2019 - Juni 2019
3 Monaten
Jeddah, Saudi-Arabien

Project Expert, Senior Education & Governance Expert

TUV Rheinland

  • Project Lead Improvement Planning
  • Subject Expert Governance, Administration, IT Design
  • Methodology
  • TVET College Improvement Design
Okt. 2018 - März 2019
6 Monaten
Bonn, Deutschland

Senior Expert Project Governance

BWI

  • Development of the Framework for Project- and Project portfolio Governance based classical and agile methods frameworks
  • Support for the project leads in methodological & governance issues and in a crisis situation and reporting to the company´s senior management
  • Quality Management for project documents
  • Reporting to senior stakeholders for project results and project controlling on regular portfolio meetings
  • Management of the project governance bodies
  • Deep Dive Review of the company wide project landscape
Jan. 2018 - Bis heute
7 Jahren 6 Monaten
München, Deutschland

Board of Directors

Maat e.V. – Intercultural Exchange

  • Program Director for Projects in Development Countries
  • Business Development
  • Project Finances
Sept. 2017 - Aug. 2018
1 Jahr
La Orotava, Spanien

Director Operations & Projects

Litterarius

  • Daily business for education and certification providers, including the disciplinary responsibility for staff
  • Project Management and Business Development
  • Partnership Strategy
  • Design of a digital learning platform
März 2016 - Dez. 2016
10 Monaten
Riyadh, Saudi-Arabien

Manager Planning & Project Management

Ajyad Knowledge for Education

  • Education Startup development Business Plan for K12 to TVET education KSA
  • Development partner evaluation
  • Bid, tender and proposal management
  • Establishing of a global partnership circle worldclass education institutions
  • Project Implementation and execution
  • Business Development and Business partner management
  • Consortium Development for the delivery of international best-practice education programs
  • Developing strategic plans for growth
  • Process Development
  • Process design and design of the project management standards
  • Development of an international partner circle for education development of projects
Nov. 2015 - Feb. 2016
4 Monaten
Riyadh, Saudi-Arabien

Business Development Manager / Head of Knowledge Management

Siemens Ltd. Saudi Arabia (Healthcare Division)

  • People Development and Performance Improvement System
  • Staff Training Development and Evaluation
  • Structuring of the internal knowledge managements
  • Design of an MBA course in the field of Healthcare as part of Saudization
März 2014 - Juli 2015
1 Jahr 5 Monaten
Riyadh, Saudi-Arabien

Project Manager

GIZ German Development Cooperation

  • Definition and compliance management of project goals
  • Bid Preparation & Project closure
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Process Design, Finance Management
  • Transformation & Communication Management
  • Preparation planning for a TVET college
  • Process design for a country office
Nov. 2012 - März 2014
1 Jahr 5 Monaten
Riyadh, Saudi-Arabien

Executive Officer & Manager Deans Office

GIZ Technical Trainers College

  • Line Manager Deans Officer
  • Change & Transformation Management, communication management
  • Corporate & Communication Affairs Management
  • Reporting to senior management stakeholders in GIZ and to clients environment
  • Process Controlling & Design, Rules & Regulation Design
  • Contact point to the TVET colleges in the Kingdom
  • Contract Manager for consultant staff
  • Management of operational activities of Deans Office
  • Customer Relationship Management for high-level questions, esp. toward TVTC as a customer
  • Adviser to the Dean
Dez. 2010 - Okt. 2012
1 Jahr 11 Monaten
München, Deutschland

Governance and Communication Manager, Assistant to CEO

it@M The Munich IT Service Provider

  • Preparation and Implementation of the main governance processes and rules for a new subsidiary (regulatory matters for the board, personnel and financial rules, corporate design guideline)
  • Design and implementation of the main company rules & procedures
  • Design and implementation of onboarding material for employees
März 2006 - Nov. 2010
4 Jahren 9 Monaten
München, Deutschland

Project Office & Project Manager Communication & Organisation

City of Munich

  • Building PMO: Team, workflow and project methodology, based on ITIL and Prince2-Framework - Design and implementation of project rules and procedures
  • Building communication channels & methods towards the government divisions; Change Management in the Transformation Management
  • Building communication channels with main suppliers to ensure having right order processing and project execution in terms of Scope verification and technical editing, site planning, pre-installation requirements, and delivery schedules.
  • Establishing of a network of external and internal partners for the project execution
  • Project reporting to senior stakeholders and City Council committees
  • Monitoring the work process against the project goals, budget and project schedule
  • Produced conferences on topics and designed and organized workshops and seminars
  • Performed legislative analysis, including forecasting impact of project proposals and budget proposals, recommending position strategy and composing summaries of project legislation
Jan. 2004 - Dez. 2020
16 Jahren
München, Deutschland

Executive Vice President

Deutsch-Ghanaian Friendship Association

  • Responsible for the operation of a Vocational & Senior Secondary Education Center
  • Project development and management for development & education projects
  • Budget planning, donorship management, recruiting & work contract management
  • Communications management
Juni 2003 - Feb. 2006
2 Jahren 9 Monaten
München, Deutschland

Project- and Contract Manager

City of Munich – Social Department

Jan. 1998 - Mai 2003
5 Jahren 5 Monaten
München, Deutschland

Principal Affairs Manager

City of Munich – Department for Law and Order

Zusammenfassung

Torsten Matzak is a distinguished expert in organizational & process strategy and operating model transformation within the public sector, particularly emphasizing efficiency, process optimization, digitization, and TOM models. With over a decade of strategy consulting experience, Torsten advises national and international entities, public institutions and IT service providers across Europe and the Middle East.

Sprachen

Deutsch
Muttersprache
Englisch
Verhandlungssicher
Arabisch
Grundkenntnisse
Russisch
Grundkenntnisse
Spanisch
Grundkenntnisse

Ausbildung

Okt. 2001 - Juni 2006

Ludwig-Maximilian-University – Geschwister Scholl College

Master, Minor in Law · Political Science · München, Deutschland

Sept. 1993 - Nov. 1996

Bavarian State University for Public Administration

Diploma · Public Administration · Hof, Deutschland

Zertifikate & Bescheinigungen

Change Manager

German – Light Vehicle Driver’s Licence

Objectives & Key Results (OKR)

Prince2 Practitioner

Scrum Product Owner

Six Sigma Green Belt