David Thibault - Building a knowledge community for applying Gen AI (AI) in consulting

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Monheim am Rhein, Germany

Experience

Jan 2023 - Present

2 years 7 months

Building a knowledge community for applying Gen AI (AI) in consulting

Jan 2023 - Present

2 years 7 months

Developing AI-based business models

Jan 2023 - Present

2 years 7 months

IT startup investor, mentor & coach

Oct 2021 - Apr 2022

7 months

Dormagen, Germany

Project management of smart city strategy for the city of Dormagen

SWD Dormagen mbH

Business Impact: Responsible for creating a comprehensive digitization strategy for the city of Dormagen, which bases its decisions on this strategy.
Project description: Creating and facilitating a Smart City strategy (digitization strategy)
Project coordination, planning, and execution
Planning and conducting expert talks & workshops
Coordinating all project participants (stakeholder management)
Strategic partnership planning
Gathering all requirements
Tools/technologies: Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office, Miro

Sep 2021 - Nov 2021

3 months

Germany

Business Architect

Greenfield AG

Business Impact: Ensured the platform met all requirements and was usable for all applicants of the corona bridging aid from Bavaria.
Project description: Digitalization of processes and applications for corona aid in Bavaria.
Capturing and preparing requirements for the platform
Testing the implemented platform
Tools/technologies: Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office, Low-code software (Pega), Miro

Apr 2021 - Present

4 years 4 months

Project manager & managing director

umagine GmbH

Project management in an agile environment for eGovernment and Smart City projects
Current focus is on building knowledge on Generative AI (Gen AI) for various existing clients and business development of Gen AI use cases
Managing director activities

Apr 2021 - Nov 2023

2 years 8 months

Berlin, Germany

Project management, business analyst and requirements management for Federal digitization program (OZG)

INIT AG

Business Impact: Responsible for digitizing 1/3 of federal government services while meeting time, quality, and budget targets.
Project description: Digitalizing all administrative services of the Federal Republic of Germany and their digital delivery.
Project coordination, planning, and execution
Communication interface and coordination among all stakeholders (stakeholder & partner management)
Visualizing processes and gathering all requirements
Creating concepts from current-state analysis to target-state
Tools/technologies: Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office, BPMN tools (Draw.io, Camunda, Visio), MS Project, MS SharePoint, Miro

Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

5 months

Germany

Sub-project manager for process transformation

T-Systems International GmbH

Business Impact: The newly created business processes allowed T-Systems to adopt the new business model without interruption. The processes were also optimized and simplified, saving additional costs in the future.
Project description: Due to a change in a major customer's business model with annual revenue >€4 bn for T-Systems, the business processes had to be changed from a hardware retail model to a licensing fee model.
Gathering all requirements
Performing the current-state analysis
Process design and optimization of business processes for the new model
Partner management
Scrum master
Tools/technologies: Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office, BPMN tools (draw.io, Camunda, Visio), ITIL V4, MS Project, MS SharePoint, Miro, Scrum Master (SAFe Framework)

Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

1 year

Hackathon to develop rapid-response solutions during the corona pandemic

Apr 2019 - Aug 2020

1 year 5 months

Founder and CEO

Startup for ecological sustainability

Apr 2019 - Aug 2020

1 year 5 months

Monheim am Rhein, Germany

Project manager for platform & app development

T-Systems International GmbH

Business Impact: Successful implementation of the Monheim Pass by guiding it consistently from idea to go-live: The Monheim Pass (MHP) provides citizens with an easy digital handling of municipal services. The Monheim Pass bundles city services like library access or public transport use. Local offers become more attractive and access to municipal services becomes easier.
Project description: Planning, design, and implementation of the Monheim Pass. The Monheim Pass offers citizens a simple and bundled digital handling of local services.
Project coordination, planning, and execution
Gathering requirements from citizens and assessing technical feasibility
Scrum master for the development and DevOps team
Creating data security and privacy concept, including roles and permissions
Coordination and communication among all project participants (stakeholder & partner management)
Tools/technologies: Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office, Scrum Master (SAFe Framework), BI tools (Tableau, Power BI), Service Now

Jan 2018 - Apr 2019

1 year 4 months

Germany

Sub-project manager for process transformation

T-Systems International GmbH

Business Impact: The COO and other sponsors at T-Systems received a clear weekly report to track the project, enabling early decision-making. The sales master data was fully and successfully migrated to the new system.
Project description: Optimizing T-Systems business processes and transforming the entire organizational structure.
Reporting responsibility to the COO of T-Systems
Creating the migration concept for data and processes
Sub-project management for master data migration in the sales process
Scrum master for various Scrum teams
Tools/technologies: Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office, BPMN tools (draw.io, Camunda, Visio), ITIL V4, MS Project, MS SharePoint, Scrum Master (SAFe Framework)

Oct 2017 - Mar 2021

3 years 6 months

Germany

Management Consultant

Detecon International GmbH

Project management in an agile environment for process transformation, Smart City projects and app development
Setting up and leading the blockchain unit
Setting up and leading the Smart City unit Germany
Coach and mentor for junior consultants

Oct 2017 - Dec 2017

3 months

Germany

Consultant for the omni-channel implementation

T-Systems International GmbH

Business Impact: Presented a comprehensive feasibility study and recommendation for the customer, enabling a clear and sustainable decision.
Project description: Design & implementation of an omni-channel approach for T-Systems sales processes.
Cost-benefit analysis for consolidation/migration options
Creating and conducting the feasibility study
Creating and presenting the results presentation
Tools/technologies: Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office, ITIL V4

Jan 2017 - Oct 2027

10 years 10 months

Belgium

Executive consultant

Deutsche Telekom Belgium

Oct 2014 - Sep 2017

3 years

Germany

Presales Consultant (IoT)

T-Systems International GmbH

Reporting responsibility to SVP (C-1)
Sub-project management and PMO for IoT projects

Jan 2012 - Oct 2013

1 year 10 months

Founder and CEO

Sport equipment manufacturer

Summary

Experienced project manager with high personal accountability and the goal to create value and solve challenges!

Several years of experience leading teams as managing director and project manager. Senior Management Consultant with state-of-the-art and best-practice methods.

Focus: Agile methods, project management

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

Oct 2017 - Sep 2020