Bernd B.

Change Manager @ IT Transformation

Bensheim, Germany

Experience

Mar 2024 - Jun 2025
1 year 4 months

Transformation associate in the way2digitalwork program

Atruvia AG

  • Migration from 25 years of Lotus Notes to M365 with the new communication and storage platforms MS Outlook, MS Teams and SharePoint, as well as software packages: Forms, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Planner, Loop, etc.
  • Collaboration in the transformation process of more than 70 Volks- und Raiffeisen banks and their affiliated cooperative banks, coordinating with their IT headquarters Atruvia AG to ensure a joint cut-over.
  • Cross-project coordination of all used digital and analog communication methods.
  • Provision and development of digital didactic and technical materials for employees.
  • Ongoing personal change communication with executives and department heads.
  • Team size: 12 people
  • Work style: multichannel communication, home office, MS Teams
  • Responsibility: project team member
  • Applications: evaluation, template creation, rollout preparation
Jan 2024 - Present
1 year 10 months

President

Deutscher Digitaler Etiquette Rat

As president of the German Digital Etiquette Council, which I founded, I successfully position it in politics, business and academia. As initiator, I also take on the leadership role to establish the council's presence in society.

  • Team size: 5 people
  • Workload: 2%
  • Work style: multichannel communication
  • Responsibility: head of vision and mission
  • Applications: tests, questionnaires, webinars, benchmarks, media selection and evaluation, in-person training, presentations
Aug 2022 - Sep 2023
1 year 2 months

Change Manager in the bag2future program: introduction of SAP S/4U Hana

E.ON Group – Bayernwerk Netz GmbH

  • Introduction of SAP S/4U Hana EAM, iConnect, peripheral systems, SmartExtranet, ASS2EAM, iBay and M365.
  • Leading change management across all projects to ensure a joint Go-Live.
  • Cross-project coordination of all used digital and analog communication methods.
  • Provision and development of digital didactic and technical self-study materials for analog-oriented employees.
  • Change communication across the organization and responsible point of contact for the field.
  • Team size: 110 people
  • Work style: multichannel communication, home office, MS Teams
  • Responsibility: program and project team member with partial responsibility
  • Applications: evaluation, template creation, rollout preparation
Jun 2021 - Jul 2022
1 year 2 months

Training and Change Manager for the introduction of SAP S/4U Hana + EAM and M365

E.ON Group – E.DIS Netz GmbH

  • Recruitment from the field and coordination of trainers and training schedules for in-person and virtual sessions.
  • Provision and creation of digital self-study materials for analog-oriented employees.
  • Creation and provision of standardized learning templates.
  • Change communication of training content and delivery across the organization.
  • Team size: 45 people
  • Work style: multichannel communication, home office, MS Teams
  • Responsibility: project team member with partial responsibility
  • Applications: evaluation, template creation, rollout preparation
Dec 2020 - Mar 2021
4 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Creation of eLearning nugget videos for Microsoft 365

Stuttgarter Straßenbahn AG

Stuttgarter Straßenbahn AG introduced Microsoft 365 to its employees. To prepare them individually for the upcoming changes, I was commissioned to create eLearning nugget videos. I developed topics for e.g. MS Teams and MS SharePoint and, after approval, produced short 3–7 minute videos.

  • Team size: 1 person
  • Work style: Final Cut Pro X, iMovie, GarageBand
  • Responsibility: project manager
  • Applications: topic selection, editing, sound mixing, transitions and banners, as well as adding lower thirds.
Nov 2020 - Feb 2021
4 months

Implementation and Template Creation of Microsoft 365 E5

EDEKA DIGITAL GmbH

  • Created template drafts for the rollout of Microsoft 365 in eight subsidiaries.
  • Introduced Microsoft 365 across the company with offline and online learning trainings, combined with new training measures such as seminars, webinars, workshops and kick-off events for end users.
  • Team size: 12 people
  • Working methods: multichannel communication, home office, MS Teams
  • Responsibilities: project team member and co-responsible
  • Activities: evaluation, template creation, rollout preparation
Nov 2019 - Mar 2020
5 months

Implementation of the online learning platform blink.it

Brack GBR

  • To offer the customer base additional marketing services, the online learning platform blink.it was introduced company-wide and combined with existing training measures such as seminars, webinars, workshops and presentations.
  • Team size: 4 people
  • Working methods: multichannel communication, home office, Scrum
  • Responsibilities: project team member and co-responsible
  • Activities: testing, questionnaires, training, evaluation
May 2019 - Present
6 years 6 months

Corporate Circle for Change and Digitalization

Braun.Social GmbH

  • At regular intervals, this exclusive circle of CEOs, managing directors, board members and top executives meets to exchange on a strategic level about the challenges and opportunities of digitalization. I initiated this forum and personally moderate it to ensure a focused and inspiring dialogue at the highest level.
  • Team size: 6–8 people (CEOs, managing directors, board members), rotating
  • Working methods: face-to-face meetings, MS Teams, messenger
  • Responsibilities: project lead, project initiated by me
  • Activities: benchmarks, selection and evaluation of digitalization strategies, coaching, consulting
Sep 2018 - Present
7 years 2 months

PEG MICE Lead

GSA

  • As PEG lead for the Meeting-Incentive-Conference-Exhibition (Events) MICE specialist group, I drive the connection between GSA and the MICE and hotel industry further and raise members' awareness of this industry's needs to create a win-win situation for both parties.
  • Team size: 2 people
  • Workload: 1%
  • Working methods: multichannel communication
  • Responsibilities: Professional Expert Group (PEG) lead
  • Activities: tests, questionnaires, webinars, benchmarks, selection and evaluation of media, in-person training, presentations
Sep 2018 - Mar 2021
2 years 7 months

Real-Digital Corporate Management Excellence

Unternehmensbaum

  • In the Unternehmensbaum project team with Monika Weitz, we created real-digital scenarios for companies driving their digitalization forward without losing their analog strengths. We focused on the company's visions, missions and values and involved them, including all employees, in the new real-digital world.
  • Team size: 2 people
  • Working methods: face-to-face meetings, Teams, messenger
  • Responsibilities: co-project lead
  • Activities: benchmarks, selection and evaluation of networks, training, presentations, roadshows
Sep 2018 - Jul 2019
11 months

Introduction of the electronic signature for Surface

ATLAS Dienstleistung für Vermögensberatung GmbH

In the course of the Windows hardware initiative, in coordination with the company's partner organizations nationwide, the electronic signature for Surface was technically implemented alongside the iPad, and training was provided to the field service.

  • Team size: 12 people
  • Working method: Multichannel communication, testing & home office
  • Responsibilities: Project team member
  • Applications: tests, questionnaires, training, evaluation
Mar 2018 - Dec 2021
3 years 10 months

APPetizer column in ManagerSeminare magazine

ManagerSeminare

  • Column about business & enterprise apps.
  • Due to the overwhelming number of supporting apps for companies and business, I tested, evaluated, and published them, preparing them journalistically for the business audience of the trade magazine ManagerSeminare.
  • Team size: 1 person
  • Working method: Gathering information via web, blogs, apps & press
  • Responsibilities: Published more than 120 business apps from the Apple Store and Google Play Store. In recent issues, more and more web-based applications were added.
  • Applications: web browsers, app stores, trade magazines
Jan 2018 - Apr 2019
1 year 4 months

Company-wide rollout of the ILIAS Learning Management System

HORIBA Europe GmbH

The LMS – Learning Management System was first rolled out successfully across Germany, then worldwide to 7,200 employees and is still in active use today.

  • Team size: 10 people
  • Working method: Multichannel communication, home office, workshops
  • Responsibilities: Project manager
  • Applications: tests, surveys, IT applications, setups, presentations
Oct 2017 - Jan 2018
4 months

Implementation of skill usage for the Amazon Echo (Alexa) system

ATLAS Dienstleistung für Vermögensberatung GmbH

  • Distribution and training on using Amazon Echo Dot devices for the field service.
  • Introduced skills – voice apps – as a forward-looking extension of the company's own apps in a hands-on way.
  • Team size: 4 people
  • Working method: Multichannel communication, home office, presentations
  • Responsibilities: Project team member
  • Applications: tests, surveys, presentations
May 2017 - Jun 2017
2 months

Training and handover of hardware and software presentation tools to the executive board

Horiba Europe GmbH

With mobility in mind, presentations will be held in the future using company-provided iPhones. The necessary hardware and software, such as Apple TV, Screencast, AirPort Express, adapter cables, Keynote, and other apps, were covered in training.

  • Team size: 1 person
  • Working method: Direct personal communication, coaching
  • Responsibilities: Project lead
  • Applications: use of new hardware tools
Jan 2017 - May 2018
1 year 5 months

Company-wide Introduction of Webinars

ATLAS Dienstleistung für Vermögensberatung GmbH

With the rollout of webinars, the company created for the first time a digital learning link between sales agents and internal staff.

  • Team size: 2 / 7 people
  • Way of working: multichannel communication, tests & working from home
  • Area of responsibility: project management, selection and evaluation of the LMS – Learning Management System, trial and test operation, creation of scripts and editorial plans, development of technical and physical setup for webinar rooms.
  • Technical, methodological and didactic training of speakers and moderator (5 people).
  • Tools used: test, webinar, training, presentation
Nov 2016 - Feb 2019
2 years 4 months

Implementation of the Online Learning Platform blink.it

ATLAS Dienstleistung für Vermögensberatung GmbH

To train the field force of over 35,000 people more effectively, the online learning platform blink.it was rolled out across the company and combined with existing training measures like seminars, webinars, workshops and lectures.

  • Team size: 8 people
  • Way of working: multichannel communication, working from home, Scrum
  • Area of responsibility: project team member and partial responsibility
  • Tools used: tests, surveys, training, evaluation
Nov 2016 - Jun 2018
1 year 8 months

Vice President of Social Media and Mentoring

bvfsi

As Vice President for the social media and new learning media divisions of the Federal Association for Color, Style & Image, I successfully positioned the association in social media. As the initiator of the mentoring program, I also took on the leadership role for this program and its implementation.

  • Team size: 1 person
  • Way of working: multichannel communication
  • Area of responsibility: project management
  • Tools used: tests, surveys, training, benchmarks, selection and evaluation of media, training, lecture, roadshow
Apr 2015 - Sep 2019
4 years 6 months

Monitoring and Controlling in Seminars and Webinars

ATLAS Dienstleistung für Vermögensberatung GmbH

To make the company-wide training measures more effective, a monitoring and controlling system was introduced. One result of this was the later rollout of the blink.it learning platform.

  • Team size: 3 people
  • Way of working: multichannel communication
  • Area of responsibility: project management
  • Tools used: selection and evaluation of controlling instruments
Feb 2015 - Sep 2019
4 years 8 months

Nationwide iPad Awareness in Customer Use

Deutsche Vermögensberatung AG

  • B2C and B2B, leading to D2CP.
  • The iPad changes the sales process with end customers. To train 17,500 agents on the digitization of their sales process, special courses were set up and offered continuously.
  • Result: Company revenues continued to rise by 30% annually in a shrinking market.
  • Team size: 7 people
  • Way of working: multichannel communication + group sessions & working from home
  • Area of responsibility: sole responsibility for creating trainer guides for application follow-up, partial responsibility for organizing and carrying out all used routines in Germany.
  • Tools used: training, workshop, lecture, IT fair
Feb 2015 - Oct 2016
1 year 9 months

Introduction of electronic signature for the iPad

Deutsche Vermögensberatung AG

To support mobility, we technically implemented the electronic signature on the iPad nationwide in coordination with the partner companies and trained 17,500 full-time and 15,000 part-time sales agents.

  • Team size: 12 people
  • Working methods: Multichannel communication, tests & home office
  • Area of responsibility: Project collaboration
  • Applications: Tests, questionnaires, training, evaluation
May 2014 - Apr 2015
1 year

Vice President of Social Media and New Learning Media

BDVT

As Vice President of Social Media and New Learning Media at the Federal Association of Trainers, Consultants, and Coaches, I successfully positioned the association in social media and explored new learning formats for our members.

  • Team size: 1 person
  • Working methods: Multichannel communication
  • Area of responsibility: Project manager
  • Applications: Tests, questionnaires, training, benchmarks, media selection and evaluation, training, presentation, roadshow
Nov 2013 - Mar 2014
5 months

Introduced in-house cloud (electronic customer file) nationwide via IT coaches

ATLAS Dienstleistung für Vermögensberatung GmbH

The challenge was to integrate the company's own cloud solution into an analog-oriented field service and convey its benefits for their work.

  • Team size: 5 people
  • Working methods: Multichannel communication + group sessions & home office, Scrum and frameworking
  • Area of responsibility: Project management and creating handouts in a presentation (150 slides) format, which were then provided to IT coaches for further training.
  • Applications: Training, IT trade show
Nov 2012 - Sep 2019
6 years 11 months

Nationwide iPad training in customer-facing sales and distribution

Deutsche Vermögensberatung AG

With over 1,500 seminars and trainings as well as presentations to more than 50,000 participants, I have gained extensive knowledge about using digital devices in B2B and B2C sales directly with customers. From this knowledge, my D2CP strategy was developed.

  • Team size: 7 people
  • Working methods: Multichannel communication, group sessions, home office
  • Area of responsibility: Sole responsibility for creating advanced application trainer guides, partially responsible for organizing and carrying out all used routines in Germany.
  • Applications: Training, workshop, presentation, IT trade show
Apr 2012 - Oct 2012
7 months

InfoTainment events on iPad usage

Deutsche Vermögensberatung AG

The InfoTainment events were a combination of knowledge transfer and social gathering. This combination helped embed the actual IT content more permanently and increased the virality of the knowledge.

  • Team size: 9 people
  • Working methods: InfoTainment – workshop fairs, leisure activities
  • Area of responsibility: Partial responsibility for on-site execution
  • Applications: Presentation, workshop, event organization
Mar 2011 - Oct 2012
1 year 8 months

Company-wide iPad rollout for field service

ATLAS Dienstleistung für Vermögensberatung GmbH

As the first financial services company, the iPad was rolled out across the field operations six months after its release. This required an awareness campaign as well as intensive digital-analog training and workshops.

  • Team size: 5 people
  • Working method: multichannel communication + group sessions & home office
  • Responsibility: Solely responsible for creating application-specific trainer guides, partly responsible for organizing and conducting all routines used across Germany.
  • Activities: Training, workshop, presentation, and IT trade fair
Oct 2010 - Sep 2017
7 years

Academy Director

EBA

The Exzellenz Business Academy served entrepreneurs, specialists and executives, as well as sales and customer service staff who wanted to expand their personal skills. My project focus was on promoting digital competence through seminars, workshops, and presentations.

  • Team size: 2 people
  • Working method: multichannel communication
  • Scope of responsibility: project lead
  • Activities: tests, questionnaires, training, benchmarks, media selection and evaluation, training, presentation, roadshow
Feb 2007 - Present
18 years 9 months

Professional Online Brand Profile

Braun.Social GmbH

I help leaders and sales professionals develop a powerful online brand profile that's both authentic and strategic. I show how to leverage a professional digital presence to increase visibility, build trust with customers, and generate sustainable referrals and leads.

  • Team size: 1 person
  • Working method: multichannel communication, messenger, social media networks
  • Scope of responsibility: selection and onboarding for the Professional Online Brand Profile
  • Activities: benchmarks, network selection and evaluation, training, presentation, roadshow
Aug 2006 - Aug 2006
1 month
Mettlach, Germany

Co-organizer of the aristocratic wedding

Villeroy & Bloch

  • Co-organizer of the aristocratic wedding at Saareck Castle.
  • I co-organized over 100 other weddings in the following 7 years.
  • Team size: 25 people
  • Working method: personal direct approach
  • Responsibility: partly responsible for organizing and executing the wedding.
Mar 2005 - Feb 2011
6 years
Höchst im Odenwald, Germany

Event Manager

Eventlocation Schloss Höchst

  • Team size: 5-50 people
  • Working method: personal direct approach, multichannel communication + group sessions & home office
  • Responsibility: solely responsible for the event location during all events with full key authority. Team sizes vary depending on the event.
Aug 2004 - Aug 2004
1 month
Cologne, Germany

Co-organizer of the 125th company anniversary

Kaufhof Warenhaus AG

  • Co-organizer of the event at RheinEnergie Stadium with over 20,000 attendees.
  • Team size: 170 people
  • Working style: personal direct communication
  • Responsibility: Main person responsible for organizing and running the VIP area.
Feb 2004 - Feb 2011
7 years 1 month
Frankfurt, Germany

Head of the VIP Lounge Ascoli

Messe AG Frankfurt am Main

  • Team size: 5 people
  • Working style: multichannel communication + group meetings & home office
  • Responsibility: Sole person responsible for the entire VIP Lounge Ascoli during all trade fairs in Frankfurt, in close cooperation with Messe Frankfurt's international protocol team.
Feb 2004 - Feb 2006
2 years 1 month
Frankfurt, Germany

Supervisor

Ball des Sports

  • Team size: 250 people
  • Working style: direct personal communication, home office
  • Responsibility: Sole person responsible for half of the festival hall

Summary

  • Managing Director of Braun.Social GmbH with its attached Institute for Digital Communication & AI Competence in leadership development
  • Successful implementation of training strategies and change management processes for banks, insurance companies, energy sector & industry.
  • Specialist in digital communication, leadership training, time management
  • Implementation of training concepts & interactive in-person and online trainings.
  • Process consultant & sparring partner for companies in IT transformation processes

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Elementary

Education

Mar 1997 - Sep 1999

VWA

Business Administration · Mainz, Germany

Aug 1992 - Jan 1995

Treff Hansa Hotel Rhein-Main

Hotel Management · Hofheim, Germany

Jun 1990 - Jun 1990

Tilemann-Gymnasium

Vocational high school diploma in business · Limburg, Germany

Certifications & licenses

AI Manager

Academy for Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization

Project Manager (TÜV®)

TÜV Nord Academy GmbH & Co. KG

Microsoft 365 Certified: Fundamentals MS-900

Microsoft

Design Thinking

karriere tutor

ITIL® Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management

AXELOS/PeopleCert®

Professional Scrum Master I

Scrum.org

Certified European eLearning Manager

CELM

SAFe 4 Certified Practioner

Scaled Agile Framework

Certified OER Specialist

Lübeck University of Applied Sciences

Certified Microtrainer

Institute of Microtraining

Train the Trainer

Adam Academy

Certificate Quality – Transparency – Integrity

Forum for Value Orientation in Continuing Education e.V.

Certified Business Trainer BDVT

TAM Academy

Psychological Counselor – Personal Coach

sgd

Certified Knigge Trainer

Typ Academy

Certified Business Coach

V.I.E.L Coaching + Learning

Trainer qualification exam

IHK Wiesbaden

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