Christoph Stoelzel

Project Manager & Scrum Master

Christoph Stoelzel
Karlsruhe, Germany

Experience

May 2022 - Oct 2022
6 months
Germany

Program Manager

PTC

Implementation of a Digital Operational Platform in production as part of the IoT program of a German pharmaceutical company.

  • Takeover of the escalated program
  • Restructuring and integration of appropriate PMO processes (controlling,reporting)
  • Support of the new program management
  • The program is de-escalated after 4 months

Responsibility: International team of 15 employees in Canada, USA and Germany

Tools: MS Office, Jira, Confluence, Share Point

Dec 2019 - Apr 2022
2 years 5 months
Eschborn, Germany

Scrum Master & Project Manager

Deutsche Bank

Introduction of a management system for digital certificates in the crypto area. Integration of certificates of approx. 2,500 applications into the certificate management system.

  • Initializing the project in an agile structure with 2 teams (Scrum & Kanban)
  • Transitioning the project into a squad structure according to Spotify as part of the introduction of agility at the customer
  • Restructuring the project into 3 squads (Scrum & Kanban) based on support levels according to ITIL
  • Fulfilling tasks as project manager: creating business case, responsible for project control and managing suppliers

Responsibility: Managing an international team of 40 employees in Germany, India, USA

Tools: MS Office, Jira, Confluence, Share Point

Jul 2018 - Present
6 years 8 months

Freelancer | Project & Program Manager, Agile Coach, Team Coach & Personal Coach

Nov 2017 - Sep 2019
1 year 11 months
Eschborn, Germany

Project Manager & Agile Coach

Techem Energy Services GmbH

Introduction of an ultrasonic energy meter

  • Developed a new ultrasonic energy meter program with radio technology (OMS) that complies with GDPR requirements and integration of the device into the core business processes of installation, meter reading and billing
  • Responsible for program management and controlling with 6 device types and approx. 300 variants, incl. reporting
  • Managed suppliers and implemented firmware according to agile methods

Responsibility: Budget of 2,700 man-days | managed 40 employees

Tools: Classic project management, Kanban, Stage-Gate process, embedded software development, MS Office, HP Alma, SAP FI

Nov 2014 - Sep 2015
11 months
Cologne, Germany

Program Manager

Unity Media GmbH

Carrier grade operations B2B

  • Established carrier structures in the company as well as a performant fault management with provision of management processes
  • Integrated a B2B SLA management and developed a B2B CRM system
  • Remediated and structured a time-critical, escalated program after 14 months of operation and managed the IT, technical and B2B departments, responsible for conflict management

Responsibility: Managed the concert-wide program with 4 project managers

Tools: Classic project management, MS Office, MS Project

May 2013 - Feb 2015
1 year 10 months
Cologne, Germany

Program Manager & Product Owner

Unity Media GmbH

Introduction of SEPA

  • Analyzed and realized SEPA requirements in the finance and customer communication processes
  • Analyzed compliance and defined governance regarding SEPA
  • Analyzed processes in the corporate environment and adapted processes
  • Built and structured the program in 27 subprojects (maintenance projects, SAP projects, software projects, organizational projects, customer communication projects…)
  • Responsible for software engineering as well as IT service management

Responsibility: Group-wide realization with a core team of 5 employees

Completion: SEPA was adopted in regular operation

Oct 2012 - May 2013
8 months
Cologne, Germany

Project Manager

Unity Media GmbH

Introduction of Master Print Interface

  • In the context of the merger with Kabel BW: Introduced an output management solution for letter and mail dispatch, as well as for archiving documents
  • Carried out industry analysis and feasibility study, "output management"
  • Introduced the tool and integration of the solution into the business processes
  • Established support and development structures for the group's output management processes

Responsibility: Managed the system introduction and building of the new service unit

Completion: The tool is operationally used in the specialist department

Tools: Traditional project management, MS Office, MS Project

Jul 2011 - Apr 2012
10 months
Karlsruhe, Germany

Project Manager & Head of App Innovation

1&1 Internet AG

SaaS marketplace business app

  • Realized a SaaS marketplace for a cloud application in the B2B area
  • Restructured the division for integration into the organizational structure

Responsibility: Managed 10 employee

Methods: Kanban

Tools: Classic project management, Kanban, Intellishop eCommerce Suite 5.0, MySQL, Google Analytics/ eTracker /Bugtracker Bugzilla

Feb 2008 - Jun 2018
10 years 5 months
Frankfurt, Germany

Senior Consultant

Proventa AG

Management consultancy | revenue: €14 million | 70 internal & 140 external employees

  • Managed and coordinated complex customer projects, among others through agile project management methods as Scrum master and agile coach
  • Achieved strong customer loyalty through long-term and successful project assignments
  • Function as in-house personal coach and communication trainer for employees
  • Further developed companies (near shore) and handled offer management
Jan 2007 - Aug 2007
8 months
Bonn, Germany

Project Manager

Deutsche Telekom AG

Consolidation of the realization of permission marketing of the group pillars

  • Analyzed and optimized IT-supported processes for controlling the data protection clause regarding customer data. Initialization of the measure and establishment of the project technical side
  • Responsible for group-wide requirements management – software engineering

Responsibility: Group-wide realization with a core team of 6 persons

Apr 2005 - Dec 2009
3 years 9 months
Bonn, Germany

Project Manager

Deutsche Telekom AG

Group-wide customer view on the point of contact

  • Realized a group-wide intranet application to display customer data at the point of customer contact initialization of the measure and built a project specialist area
  • Responsible for a group-wide requirement engineering, software engineering und roll-out of the solution in the T-Punke shops and in the call center

Responsibility: Group-wide realization with a core team of 9 persons

Nov 2001 - Dec 2008
6 years 2 months
Frankfurt, Germany

Senior Consultant

T-Systems International GmbH

Information and communications technology service provider | revenue: €8.6 billion | 37,500 employees

  • Managed and coordinated various major projects within the Group as well as in customer projects
  • Responsible for bid management and sales consulting
Nov 2000 - Sep 2001
11 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Senior Consultant

Heiler Software AG

Feb 1999 - Jun 2000
1 year 5 months
Aschaffenburg, Germany

IT Consultant

PASS Consulting Group

Jul 1996 - Jan 1999
2 years 7 months
Karlsruhe, Germany

Freelancer Software-Development

Summary

- Freelance senior project & program manager with extensive experience in controlling and implementing challenging IT and migration projects - Distinct competences in the goal-oriented management of complex projects and programs with strategic conception of viable solutions - Profound expertise: Agile & classic project management | nearshore & offshore business integration & development | program management | change & conflict management | IT system implementation | requirements & software engineering | process optimization - Coaching: Individual development of team members to increase the achievability of project goals - Industry focus: Telecommunications | energy services | finance | software engineering - Achievements: Completion of numerous projects within the specified cost and time | turn around and structuring of escalated projects - Responsibility: Volume of up to 2,700 person days in cross-functional teams of up to employees - Self-reflective and collaborative leader with a high level of commitment, solution-oriented hands-on mentality and strong communication skills - Assertive | goal-oriented | organized | able to work under pressure | responsible

Languages

German
Native
English
Intermediate

Education

Mar 1994 - Jan 1999

University of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe

Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur FH · Industrial Engineering · Karlsruhe, Germany

Aug 1992 - Jun 1993

Commercial College Offenburg

University Entrance Diploma · Offenburg, Germany

Oct 1985 - Feb 1988

Arno Bönte GmbH

Clerk · Wholesale and Foreign Trade · Offenburg, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Scrum Master

srum.org

Certified Pentaho BI Platform Consultant

pentaho

ITIL V3 Foundation

Technical Supervisory Association TÜV Süd Akademie

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