Björn W.

Interim Managing Director

Michelfeld, Germany

Experience

Jan 2022 - Jun 2022
6 months

Interim Managing Director

Björn Wessel Consulting

General activities:

  • Payment consulting
  • Interim management
  • Strategy consulting

As Interim Managing Director (general):

  • Payment consulting
  • Strategy consulting
  • Value added services consulting
  • Global product definition for wallet
  • Overall responsibility for the mobile payment solution of an international smartphone manufacturer
  • Responsible for wallet go-live in Europe

As Interim Managing Director (for Alzura Pay):

  • Payment consulting
  • Strategy consulting
  • Development of the business model
  • Application for ZAG license
  • Definition of an independent PSP for B2B marketplace applications
  • Partnerships with selected payment providers to expand the payment mix
Sep 2020 - Mar 2022
1 year 7 months

CEO / Managing Director

transactiv GmbH

As CEO / Managing Director:

  • Payment gateway development
  • Payment strategy consulting
  • Company setup
  • Recruiting
  • Sales
  • Project management
  • Payment gateway development for a European car manufacturer
  • Development of our own payment gateway framework
Sep 2019 - Aug 2020
1 year

Department Head / Head of POS Global Product Management

Wirecard AG

As Department Head and Head of POS Global Product Management:

  • Project management
  • Global roadmap
  • Strategic initiatives
  • Head of POS global product management
  • Definition of the global POS product
  • Analysis of regional payment projects
  • Development of the POS product roadmap
  • Setting up product controlling
  • Setting up technical/functional operations
  • Pre-sales payment consulting
  • Strategic initiatives (e.g. Tap to Phone; mobile payment concept, SoftPOS)
  • Regulatory scheme coordination
Feb 2015 - Aug 2019
4 years 7 months

COO / Chief Operating Officer

TWINT AG

As COO / Chief Operating Officer:

  • Project management
  • Wallet definition
  • Payment consulting in retail
  • Chief Operating Officer TWINT AG
  • Building operational organization
  • Developing the TWINT end-customer story
  • Recruiting new employees
  • Wallet product definition
  • Setting up/managing payment schemes
  • Developing mobile payment solution strategies in retail
  • Responsible for issuing and acquiring business
  • Responsible for payment operations
Mar 2011 - Jan 2015
3 years 11 months

Department Head / Project Manager

Loyalty Partner Group

General responsibilities as Department Head / Project Manager:

  • IT & business consulting
  • Pre-sales consulting

Project WALLY (SBB) at Loyalty Partner Solutions (LPS) (ca. 2014-2015):

  • Head of business development
  • Mobile payment project
  • Aligning project organization
  • Steering the consortium
  • Team leadership
  • Business case responsibility
  • Recruiting new employees
  • Developing the payment product vision
  • Setting up project controlling
  • B & C level management communication

Project Relaunch Miles & More at Loyalty Partner Solutions (LPS) (ca. 2012-2014):

  • Responsibility for Miles & More
  • Strategy consulting
  • Aligning project organization
  • Requirement engineering
  • Team leadership
  • Coordination of system integration
  • Recruiting new employees
  • Overall project responsibility
  • Setting up project controlling
  • B & C level management communication

Projects Grouponing Platform & Global Loyalty Platform at PAYBACK (ca. 2011-2012):

  • Integration concept for PAYBACK.de
  • Requirement engineering (Grouponing platform)
  • Service provider management
  • Pre-sales consulting (for Grouponing project)
  • Overall project responsibility (Grouponing platform)
  • Requirement engineering (global loyalty platform)
  • Developing rollout strategy
  • Functional project responsibility (global loyalty platform)
  • Top level management communication
  • Offshore management
Nov 2007 - Feb 2011
3 years 4 months

Project Manager / Team Lead / IT & Business Consulting

Swiss Post Solutions

General responsibilities:

  • Project management (general)
  • IT & business consulting (general)
  • Pre-sales consulting (general)

As Interim Division Manager & Process/Quality Management (Client Vela, ca. Nov 2007 - 2008):

  • Setting up process management
  • Setting up quality management
  • ISO 9001 certification
  • Data warehouse project management
  • Strategy consulting
  • Team leadership

As Team Lead IT Consulting and Project Manager smile&drive Loyalty Platform (Client Vela, ca. 2008-2009):

  • Portfolio and service definitions
  • New business acquisition
  • Team leadership
  • Recruiting new employees
  • Workshop moderation
  • Top level management communication
  • IT project management (incl. coaching)
  • Interface between business and IT
  • Developing the testing approach
  • Conducted tender process

As Team Lead Sales & Solution Management and Project Manager Swatch-Club Loyalty Platform (ca. 2010):

  • New business acquisition
  • Portfolio and service definition
  • Team leadership
  • Recruiting new employees
  • Trade show presentations
  • Top level management communication
  • Strategy consulting
  • Concept development
  • Overall project responsibility
  • Business case development
  • Workshop moderation
Jan 2007 - Oct 2007
10 months

Project Manager

arxes NCC AG & 3wBox

General responsibilities as project manager:

  • ITIL and Prince2 training
  • IT consulting
  • Process management

Project management for setting up requirement engineering (3wBox):

  • As-is analysis of existing system
  • Concept development and KPI definition
  • Process adaptation
  • Overall responsibility for implementation project
  • Rollout

Project management Service Definition & Output Management (arxes NCC AG):

  • Documentation of existing processes and IT systems
  • Definition of unified processes and standard systems
  • Implementation of service center tool
  • Training in ITIL processes (Service Support & Delivery)
  • Business case development
  • Concept development
  • Conducting tender
  • Project management for the overall project
Jan 2002 - Dec 2006
5 years

Project Manager / Team Lead / IT & Business Consulting

AZ direct GmbH

General responsibilities at AZ direct GmbH:

  • Project management
  • IT & business consulting
  • Team leadership
  • Process management

Within projects for arvato AG (ca. 2004-2006): Team Lead Content Systems:

  • Team leadership
  • Building controlling structures
  • Setting up PMO
  • Definition of project processes
  • Definition of project standards

Project management for building Consumer DB:

  • IT project management for the development of a consumer database
  • Concept development for maintenance
  • Pre-sales consulting
  • Integration of new technologies

Project management electronic health card:

  • Project management
  • Business case development
  • System design
  • Pre-sales consulting (for the electronic health card)

Project management postal validation CH:

  • Solution concept development
  • IT project management & budget responsibility
  • Definition of test approach
  • Software acceptance

Languages

German
Advanced
English
Advanced
French
Elementary

Education

Oct 2002 - Jun 2006
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Diploma in Business Informatics (FH) · Business Informatics

Oct 1999 - Jun 2002

arvato

IT Specialist

Ostseegymnasium Sassnitz

High School Diploma · Sassnitz, Germany

Certifications & licenses

LP-Group Leadership Program

ISO 9001 Certification

Client Vela Leadership Program

Project Manager Training

IT Service Manager Training

MDP (Management Development Program)

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