David Thibault - Building a Knowledge Community for Applying Generative AI (AI) in the Consulting Environment

Monheim am Rhein, Germany

Experience

Jan 2022 - Present

2 years 7 months

Building a Knowledge Community for Applying Generative AI (AI) in the Consulting Environment

Jan 2022 - Present

2 years 7 months

Development of AI-based Business Models

Jan 2022 - Present

2 years 7 months

IT Startup Investor, Mentor & Coach

Oct 2021 - Apr 2022

7 months

Dormagen, Germany

Project Management Smart City Strategy for the City of Dormagen

SWD Dormagen mbH

Business Impact: Responsible for creating a holistic digitization strategy for the city of Dormagen, based on which it makes its digitization decisions.
Project description: Development and support of a Smart City strategy (digitization strategy)
Project coordination, planning and execution
Planning and facilitation of expert discussions & workshops
Coordination of 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 that the platform meets all requirements and is usable by all applicants for the Corona bridging aid from Bavaria.
Project description: Process and application digitization for the Corona aid in the state of Bavaria.
Gathering and preparing requirements for the platform
Conducting tests of 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 on building knowledge around Generative AI (Gen AI) for various existing clients and business development of Gen AI use cases
Managing director duties

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 one third of federal administrative services while maintaining time, quality and budget.
Project description: Digitization of all administrative services of the Federal Republic of Germany and their digital provision.
Project coordination, planning and execution
Communication interface and coordination among all stakeholders (stakeholder management & partner management)
Visualizing processes and gathering all requirements
Concept development 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

Subproject Lead for Process Transformation

T-Systems International GmbH

Business Impact: The newly created business processes enabled T-Systems to adopt the new business model without interruption. Additionally, processes were optimized and simplified, resulting in future cost savings.
Project description: Due to the change in a major customer's business model with an annual revenue volume of >€4 billion for T-Systems, business processes had to be changed from a hardware retail model to a licensing fee model.
Gathering all requirements
Conducting current-state analysis
Designing and optimizing business processes for the new business 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 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 Platform & App Development

T-Systems International GmbH

Business Impact: Successful implementation of the Monheim Pass through continuous support from the idea to go-live: The Monheim Pass (MHP) provides citizens with a simple digital handling of city services. The Monheim Pass bundles city services such as library access or public transport usage. Local offers become more attractive and access to city services is simplified.
Project description: Planning, conceptualization and implementation of the Monheim Pass, offering citizens a simple and consolidated digital handling of local services.
Project coordination, planning and execution
Gathering requirements from citizens and technical feasibility
Scrum Master for the development and DevOps team
Creation of data security and privacy concept, including roles and permissions concept
Coordination and communication among all project participants (stakeholder management & partner management)
Tools/Technologies: Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office, Scrum Master (SAFe Framework), BI Tools (Tableau, Power BI), ServiceNow

Jan 2018 - Apr 2019

1 year 4 months

Germany

Subproject Lead for Process Transformation

T-Systems International GmbH

Business Impact: The COO and other T-Systems sponsors received a weekly concise project report, enabling timely decisions. Additionally, sales master data was fully and successfully migrated into the new system.
Project description: Optimization of T-Systems' business processes and transformation of the entire organizational structure.
Reporting responsibility to the COO of T-Systems
Creation of migration concept for data and processes
Subproject lead 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
Establishment and leadership of the blockchain unit
Establishment and leadership of the Smart City unit Germany
Coach and mentor for junior consultants

Oct 2017 - Dec 2017

3 months

Germany

Consultant for Omni Channel Implementation

T-Systems International GmbH

Business Impact: Presented a comprehensive feasibility analysis and recommendation for further action to the customer, enabling a clear and sustainable decision.
Project description: Conceptualization & implementation of an omni-channel approach for T-Systems' sales processes.
Cost-benefit analysis for consolidation/migration options
Creation and execution of the feasibility analysis
Preparation and presentation of the results
Tools/Technologies: Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office, ITIL V4

Jan 2016 - Oct 2027

10 years 10 months

Belgium

Advisor to Executive Management

Deutsche Telekom Belgium

Oct 2014 - Sep 2017

3 years

Germany

Presales Consultant (IoT)

T-Systems International GmbH

Reporting responsibility to SVP (C-1)
Subproject lead and PMO for IoT projects

Jan 2011 - Oct 2013

1 year 10 months

Founder and CEO

Sport Equipment Manufacturer

Summary

Experienced project manager with high personal responsibility aiming to create added 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