Achim Zeh
Freelance Senior Project Manager
Experience
Jan 2024 - Present
1 year 7 months Austria
Freelance Senior Project Manager
IT department at Kelag (energy supplier)
- Responsible project manager for the IT department of the City of Vienna
- Functional leadership of the team
- Project management
- C-Level stakeholder management
- Facilitation of steering committees
- Analysis and concept development for the further development of the existing service catalog, including multi-cloud and IT infrastructure outsourcing services
- Creating services/service catalogs for the internal IT
- Modeling and designing IT services
- Process optimization of billing processes
- Process optimization of price calculation processes
Jan 2021 - Dec 2025
3 years Vienna, Austria
Freelance Senior Project Manager
IT department of the City of Vienna
- Responsible project manager for the IT department of the City of Vienna
- Functional leadership of various teams
- Project control, controlling and process optimization
- C-Level stakeholder management
- Facilitation of steering committees
- Mediation between involved parties
- Analysis and concept development for the further development of the existing service catalog, including multi-cloud and IT infrastructure outsourcing services
- Creating services/service catalogs for the internal outsourcing service provider of the City of Vienna (around 750 services)
- Modeling and designing IT services
- Renegotiation of framework agreements with key clients
- Process optimization of billing processes
- Process optimization of price calculation processes
- Further development of the governance model for key clients
- Optimization of service provider management
Jan 2020 - Dec 2022
2 years Frankfurt, Germany
Freelance Negotiation Lead
Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba)
- Contract change negotiations for outsourcing agreements with various service providers for Helaba
- Content and thematic preparation of negotiations
- Internal bank coordination and implementation of the bank’s position with service providers
- C-Level stakeholder management
- Improvement of security standards (patch management) in respective outsourcing contracts
- Implementation of contract changes according to the bank’s guidelines
Jan 2019 - Dec 2021
3 years Munich, Germany
Freelance Senior Project Manager
FI-TS GmbH
- Responsible project manager for FI-TS GmbH
- Functional leadership of the teams
- Project control, controlling and process optimization
- C-Level stakeholder management
- Facilitation of steering committees
- Analysis and concept development for creating services/service catalogs for the outsourcing service provider FI-TS GmbH
- Implementation of standard multi-cloud and IT infrastructure outsourcing services (around 900 services)
- Introduction of standard outsourcing service products into contracts at various banks
Jan 2015 - Dec 2019
4 years Nuremberg, Germany
Freelance Interim Manager / Supervisory Board Member
Adenin Technologies AG
- Advisor during a company acquisition
- Supervisory board member of an international software development joint-stock company
Jan 2009 - Dec 2015
7 years Paris, France
Senior Project Executive
IBM Europe
- Crisis management for various “at risk” outsourcing contracts in banking, online retail and financial services
- Improvement of financial results in respective outsourcing projects
Jan 2004 - Dec 2009
6 years Paris, France
EMEA (Europe Middle East Africa) Benchmarking Program Manager
IBM Europe
- Leadership of IBM Central Region pricing benchmark projects
- C-Level stakeholder management
- Significant reduction of pricing benchmark revenue risk for IBM
Jan 2002 - Dec 2004
3 years Paris, France
EMEA (Europe Middle East Africa) Project Executive Competency Leader
IBM Europe
- Europe-wide project support and responsibility
- Development and implementation of an account management program
- Development and implementation of a customer satisfaction improvement program
- Revenue growth programs
- Responsible for risk projects
- C-Level stakeholder management
Jan 1999 - Dec 2003
3 years Hamburg, Germany
Director (C-Level)
IBB GmbH (IBM subsidiary)
- Revenue responsibility up to 150 million DM
- Functional and personnel leadership of 370 employees
Jan 1998 - Dec 2000
2 years Hanover, Germany
Division Manager
ICA GmbH (IBM subsidiary)
- Revenue responsibility up to 100 million DM
- Functional and personnel leadership of 350 employees
Jan 1996 - Dec 1999
4 years Wuppertal, Germany
Managing Director (C-Level)
IBB GmbH (IBM subsidiary)
- Revenue responsibility up to 15 million DM
- Functional and personnel leadership of 100 employees
Jan 1993 - Dec 1997
3 years Bonn, Germany
Managing Director (C-Level)
INASYS GmbH (IBM subsidiary)
Jan 1988 - Dec 1994
6 years Stuttgart, Germany
Project Executive, Product Manager
IBM Deutschland GmbH
Jan 1987 - Dec 1989
2 years Sindelfingen, Germany
Department Manager
IBM Deutschland GmbH
Jan 1985 - Dec 1988
4 years New York, United States
Liaison Engineer
IBM-USA
Jan 1977 - Dec 1986
8 years Sindelfingen, Germany
Department Manager, Project Manager
IBM Deutschland GmbH
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Education
Oct 1975 - Jun 1978
Technical University of Ulm
Diploma Engineer · Telecommunications Engineering · Ulm, Germany · 1.8
Furtwangen University of Applied Sciences
Subject-specific University Entrance Qualification · Furtwangen, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Certified SAFe Agilist
Scaled Agile Inc
Certified Scrum Master
IUE University of Applied Sciences Basel
Certified IT Consultant
IBM Europe, Paris
Certified Senior Project Executive
IBM Europe, Paris
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