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Andreas (v.) Merveldt
Project Manager Office Building Modernization
Experience
Oct 2024 - Jul 2025
10 monthsProject Manager Office Building Modernization
Large Reinsurance Company
- Rollout of AV media technology in meeting rooms for board members
- Selection, commissioning, and management of subcontractors
- Implementation of an operating concept for service & maintenance
Sep 2023 - Apr 2024
8 monthsHead of Networks Germany
Internet Service Provider
- Managed an organization of 24 employees
- Carried out backbone planning
- Ensured rollout in municipalities
- Integrated another team from a merger with another ISP
Sep 2022 - Jul 2023
11 monthsProject Manager Public Safety Sector
BDBOS
- Prepared and executed a network modernization with over 4,000 TETRA sites
- Planned possible nationwide rollout scenarios
Mar 2021 - Aug 2022
1 year 6 monthsProject Manager Public Safety Sector
Hesse State Police
- Executed a network rollout and modernized the access network at over 500 sites in Hesse
Feb 2019 - Nov 2020
1 year 10 monthsProject Manager IT Management
Health Care Sector
- Standardized IT requirements
- Multi-project management
- IT services for dialysis centers
- Rolled out IT for over 70 medical care centers
Jun 2018 - Sep 2018
4 monthsProject Manager Supply Management
IT Cyber Command of the German Armed Forces
- Standardization of IT requirements
Aug 2017 - Apr 2018
9 monthsProject Manager Crisis Management
Data Center Operator
- Rebuild of a virtualized storage solution under high time pressure (€8M volume)
Jun 2016 - May 2017
1 yearProject Manager 3rd Level
Large ISP
- Development and implementation of ticket reduction measures in IT operations
- Optimization of order processes in the DSL product area to increase the rate of automated order processes
Sep 2015 - Feb 2016
6 monthsApp Developer Customer Loyalty App
Development Project
- Development of an app for customer retention between grocery retailers and manufacturers of reverse vending machines
Jun 2014 - Sep 2015
1 year 4 monthsVP Services CEE
Tomra Systems Germany GmbH
- Leading an organization with 240 employees
- Ensuring rollout and operation of an installed base of approx. 28,000 reverse vending machines
- Increasing service revenue by 10% to €66M
- Defining the digitalization strategy in service and introducing a predictive maintenance concept
Oct 2013 - May 2014
8 monthsProduct Expert and Crisis Manager
Offshore-Windpark-Projekt
- Relaunch of the PMR rollout project
- Setup, commissioning, training, and implementation of 24/7 operations after the radio system failure (penalties of nearly €200k per day)
Jan 2013 - Present
13 years 1 monthOwner
Quaestur
- Development of a managed services portfolio for mission-critical communications and security solutions for IT threat scenarios
- Interim mandates in industry, trade, and ICT focusing on management and project leadership (Fire Fighting)
Aug 2009 - Dec 2012
3 years 5 monthsDirector Programs & Customer Care
Cassidian Communications GmbH
- Analysis of the organization for technical services at more than 60 high-security data centers and winning a bid for a €14 million contract
- Development of new business areas (offshore wind energy, smart grid) with an addressable market of €200 million
- Portfolio cleanup, sale of the analog radio segment (~€5 million revenue), and a 15% increase in efficiency
- Secured a million-euro project for radio integration at an airport in Berlin
- Consolidation of service operations for Bavarian control centers and securing maintenance contracts in the six-figure range
- Restructuring from 9 to 3 regional offices, reducing management overhead by 25%
- De-escalation of large projects (€12 million, €100 million) and successful turnaround of a 4,500 base station rollout project
- Profiling the presales and service segments and implementing prequalification for better RfQ management
Jan 2004 - Jun 2009
5 years 6 monthsSenior Manager Project & Service Management Retail Germany; Member of the Supervisory Board
Verizon Deutschland GmbH
- Responsible for project delivery and account management of new and existing business for multinational major corporations
- Revenue responsibility for project and service business (€200 million)
- Leadership of two organizational units with 51 employees
- Implementation of customer segmentation (stratification) and Satmetrix customer satisfaction analyses to improve efficiency and service quality
Apr 2001 - Dec 2003
2 years 9 monthsManager Technical Consulting Corporate Accounts Germany
MCI Deutschland GmbH
- Responsible for presales business with sales support and order intake planning (€30 million–€40 million)
- Management of the sales engineering department with regional teams (32 employees)
Jan 2000 - Mar 2001
1 year 3 monthsSenior Bid Manager Corporate Accounts
Worldcom Deutschland GmbH
Jul 1998 - Dec 1999
1 year 6 monthsTeam Leader Bid Management
Nortel Dasa Network Systems GmbH & Co. KG
- Successful handling of large RfQs (€20M–€150M)
- Compilation of technical and commercial data
- Addressing USPs and increasing win probability through prequalification
Mar 1997 - Jun 1998
1 year 4 monthsSpecialist Operations
Nortel Dasa Network Systems GmbH & Co. KG
Summary
Interim project as responsible head of department / project manager / program manager for a mid-sized company / a subsidiary of an international company with B2B focus in the ITC / technology / crisis management environment
Seasoned sales-focused manager from the information technology and telecommunications (ITC) industry with proven expertise in rollout, operations management, transformation, and business development
- 36 years of professional experience and 30 years of leadership responsibility in cross-functional / international organization at leading ITC companies (e.g., member of executive board, supervisory board)
- 21 years of experience as project manager, extensive know-how in restructuring companies to solve troubled projects (7 years) or to adapt to current or future market situations
- Expert in developing and structuring presales-postsales and project service processes, also for international ITC / outsourcing projects (€10M - €100M)
- Strategically acting decision-maker with strong business and technical expertise, responsible for large budgets, order intake and revenue (€50M - €200M)
- Customer oriented and trust-building with 'hands-on' mentality, large personal network in industry and public sector
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedFrench
IntermediateEducation
Nov 1996 - Present
University GH Paderborn
Diploma in Business Administration, specializing in Marketing and Business Psychology · Paderborn, Germany
Jun 1986 - Present
Telecommunications Training Company 811
Officer career, HF radio telegraphy · Wuppertal, Germany
Jun 1982 - Present
Cusanus Gymnasium Erkelenz
General university entrance qualification · Erkelenz, Germany
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