In this project assignment, a short-term staff shortage was covered. Several projects were continued, backlogs in documentation were worked off and the support team was introduced to agile methods (self-organization, task prioritization, etc.) alongside.
Project management, PMO, team agile coaching.
Development and operation of an interrogation solution. In this project, a centralized interrogation system for audiovisual recording of interrogations was developed from hardware and software and put into operation. Details confidential.
Service Level Engineer MCCM pilot project. In this project, a pilot for modern payment options was tested. Details confidential.
Service Level Engineer Omnichannel Payment Provider Dunning. In this project, dunning was switched to the new payment provider introduced in the main project and the underlying interfaces and processes were developed.
Service Level Engineer Comsafe 6a. In this project, the on-premise solution for commission calculation was migrated to a service provider hosted cloud solution due to end of life.
Service Level Engineer Webticket 2.0 TED. In this project, a dashboard for outage overview was added to the self-service portal for business customers and the backend was reworked.
Solution Integration Manager Enterprise Liable. Project to introduce new marker SOCs for authentication in KIAS for employee liable customers as employees of business customers. In this project, employee authentication towards Vodafone was developed as an automated and recurring process, triggering automatic setting and removal of SOCs.
Solution Integration Manager Employee Liable SIM Swap. In this project, a manual workaround for replacing SIM cards when onboarding an enterprise liable customer by partner companies was replaced by an automated process.
Subproject Manager Environment/QA LoginB. The migration of a system cluster to a virtual infrastructure as well as the migration of all connected hardware (>50000 units). Due to increased security requirements, the platform was implemented geo-redundantly on virtualization clusters.
Tester PoC OnNet/OffNet functionality Enjoy More. In this proof of concept, charging/billing and the underlying functionality to separate valued data volume for OnNet/OffNet based on added flat rates was successfully demonstrated.
Tester VoLTE Interconnect Phase II. In the VoLTE Interconnect project, interoperability of network operators for pure 4G calls without fallback to 2G was developed and tested.
Tester VoLTE Interconnect. In the VoLTE Interconnect project, interoperability of network operators for pure 4G calls without fallback to 2G was developed and tested.
PreSales. The migration of a system cluster to a virtual infrastructure and the migration of all connected hardware (>50000 units). Details confidential.
PreSales activities with clients, suppliers and internal project stakeholders. These include:
Vodafone VIP Labs. Activities in various roles (project manager, subproject manager, environment manager) in the test operations of Vodafone Germany.
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Project Office. Project support in the 'Workplace 2014' project at the client NRW.Bank in Düsseldorf.
Rollout coordination at various sites for the client Thyssen-Krupp TKI.
Workplace Manager on temporary assignment at the client Bayer BBS. As service coordinator, independently managing a client area with around 4500 employees.
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Mr. Schmalz has over 20 years of experience in the ICT industry and has been working in consulting since 2013 in various roles. His focus areas include planning, preparation and execution of different types of projects.
With his long history in various industries and positions, and his training as an IT systems electronics technician plus several internal and external trainings, Mr. Schmalz quickly learns new processes and organizations and always works solution- and goal-oriented.
He has been deployed at his clients in different roles and departments, both in project management and in quality assurance and service topics, as well as in product development.
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