Frank D.
Sole managing director and head of my own company and advisor for corporate clients and start-ups
Experience
Jan 2010 - Present
15 years 8 monthsDarmstadt, Germany
Sole Managing Director and head of my own company and advisor for corporate clients and start-ups
FAIRMAR GmbH
- Sole managing director and head of my own company and advisor for corporate clients and start-ups.
- Highlights from the last 2 years:
- Built a global IT platform for a large logistics company to run local IT infrastructure (applications not cloud-ready) – project manager.
- FINOPS project for the multi-cloud environment of a large logistics company to significantly reduce cloud costs – project manager.
- Prepared cloud migration (AWS) for a mid-sized company (global provider of automotive aftermarket data) – project manager.
- Cloud migration preparation (AWS) for a mid-sized company (book wholesale) – project manager.
- Cloud migration preparation and migration for an insurance company (database technology change – Kubernetes cluster) – project manager.
- Evaluation project cloud vs on-premise for an insurance company (database technology change – Kubernetes cluster) – project manager.
- Highlights before 2023:
- AWS cloud migrations – project lead.
- Third-party IT risk vendor management – governance & reporting.
- IT infrastructure performance management.
- Continuous service improvement (CSI) based on ITIL.
- Start-up consulting (partially funded).
- Clients: Deutsche Bank - DEVK - DB Schenker - First Data - various mid-sized companies – start-ups.
Jan 2001 - Dec 2010
10 yearsLondon, United Kingdom
Managing Consultant with my own consulting team in Frankfurt
Sutherland Consulting GmbH
- Worked as Managing Consultant with my own consulting team in Frankfurt.
- The German GmbH was at that time a 100% subsidiary of Sutherland Consulting Ltd, UK, which is part of the French Altran Group.
- Focus areas:
- Project management / PMO in banking projects.
- Project governance, project finances including business case.
- Europe-wide data center consolidation and migration for a global bank.
- Business case for merging two payment transaction systems.
- Highlights – continued:
- Merger/outsource for a transaction bank.
- Analysis and re-engineering of a securities processing platform.
- Project to close audit points in Italy.
- Clients: Deutsche Bank - European Transaction Bank - SEB - DB Consortium Italia.
Jan 2000 - Dec 2001
2 yearsHong Kong
COO of the e-commerce online payment provider and transaction processor
Payment Group PLC
- Worked in Hong Kong, PR China, as COO of the e-commerce online payment provider and transaction processor.
- Highlights:
- Deputy to the CEO.
- Direct reporting to investors and business angels.
Jan 1981 - Dec 2000
20 yearsReutlingen, Germany
Head of Operations (COO)
Baden-Württembergische Bank AG
- Started as a trainee.
- Later served as deputy branch manager at the main branch in Reutlingen.
- Then as Head of Operations (COO) in the overseas branches in Guernsey (Channel Islands) and Hong Kong (PR China).
Summary
Advisor with 19 years of experience in the banking sector and another 22 years in consulting. Involved in global large-scale projects mainly in the IT area of banks, financial service providers, logistics companies, and medium-sized businesses.
Since 2010, sole managing director of FAIRMAR GmbH in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. The company offers its clients business and IT consulting as well as service management. Focus areas are project management and cloud consulting and migrations. FAIRMAR's clients include Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, the European Central Bank, EIOPA, and the European Patent Office. In addition, projects have been carried out for DEVK Insurance and DB Schenker.
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedCertifications & licenses
AWS Architectural Certificate (Advanced)
AWS
IHK Certified Trainer
IHK
Certified Bank Specialist
Celonis EMS – Process Mining
Celonis
EMS Technical Expert
Celonis
Google Certified
ITIL (Foundation)
PRINCE2 (Practitioner & Foundation)
Solution Creation Expert
Celonis
Value Assessment Expert
Celonis
Value Realization Expert
Celonis
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