Frank Dostert

Project Management & Consulting

Ratingen, Germany

Experience

Mar 2023 - Present
2 years 5 months
Hamburg, Germany
Hybrid

Project Management & Consulting

Gasnetz Hamburg GmbH

  • Establishment and implementation of a new IT requirements management
  • Budget of €200,000 and 30 people
  • Hybrid approach
  • Tools used: Office 365, JIRA, Confluence, Teams, Conceptboard
Jan 2022 - Present
2 years 7 months
Mönchengladbach, Germany
Hybrid

Project Manager

Labtagon GmbH

  • Implementation of Matrix42 ITSM solutions
  • Budget of €100,000 and 5 people
  • Hybrid approach
  • Tools used: Office 365, Teams, Conceptboard
Jan 2022 - Oct 2023
10 months
Düsseldorf, Germany
Hybrid

Project Manager

S-Markt und Mehrwert GmbH

  • Data center migration of SMM
  • Budget of €500,000 and 20 people
  • Hybrid approach
  • Tools used: Office 365, JIRA, Confluence, Teams, Conceptboard
Jul 2022 - Present
3 years 1 month
Ratingen, Germany
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Dostert IT-Projektmanagement Consulting e.K.

Jul 2022 - Dec 2022
6 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Project Manager

ÖRAG Rechtsschutzversicherungs AG

  • Establishment of VAIT-compliant authorization management
  • Budget of €600,000 and 30 people
  • Introduction of a new ITSM tool (Matrix42)
  • Budget of €400,000 and 6 people
  • Sub-project management for data center migration of SMM
  • Budget of €300,000 and 20 people
  • Hybrid approach
  • Tools used: Office 365, Teams, Conceptboard
May 2019 - Jun 2022
3 years 2 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Head of IT Customer Management and IT Projects

ÖRAG Rechtsschutzversicherungs AG

  • Responsibility for requirements management and IT projects of the ÖRAG companies
  • ÖRAG Rechtsschutz AG, Deutsche Assistance Service GmbH, Mehrwert Service GmbH
  • Organization and coordination of all requirements in the IT organization
  • Responsible for all standard applications (SAP, SAS, Solidus eCare)
  • Responsible for the IT service desk (UHD)
  • Strategic realignment towards agile planning (SCRUM and KANBAN)
  • Development of a procedure for innovation topics and integration into the line
  • Development of a rolling controlling process
  • Responsibility: Budget of €4M | Leadership of 16 employees

Projects:

  • Establishment of VAIT-compliant authorization management
  • Budget of €600,000 and 30 people | 2020 – 2022 | Hybrid approach
  • Introduction of a new ITSM tool (Matrix42)
  • Budget of €400,000 and 6 people | 2021 – 2022 | Hybrid approach
  • Sub-project management for data center migration of SMM
  • Budget of €300,000 and 20 people | 2021 – 2022 | Hybrid approach
  • Sub-project management for building a hybrid cloud (AWS) with CI/CD pipeline for a new claims system
  • Budget of €500,000 and 10 people | 2020 – 2021 | Hybrid approach

Company achievements:

  • Established agile planning principles and implemented VAIT-compliant authorization management
Apr 2016 - Apr 2019
3 years 1 month
Cologne, Germany

eBusiness Functional Area Manager & Project Manager

Gothaer Systems GmbH

  • Responsibility for all web and integration applications: Gothaer.de and all other portals, 24/7 online delivery of customer data, integration solutions
  • Definition of an agile organizational model for “team autonomy” and DevOps
  • Promotion of a new requirements management based on the SAFe 4.0 model
  • Introduction of agile methods (KANBAN) in software development
  • Strategic realignment of web and integration development
  • Definition of a unified test and release management environment and procedures
  • Workforce planning
  • Responsibility: Revenue of €6M | Budget of €3M | Leadership of 30 employees

Relevant projects:

  • Functional extension of gothaer.de with a new customer portal
  • Budget of €1M and 8 people | 2017 – 2018 | Hybrid approach
  • Support and promotion of a new Java operations and development pipeline (CI/CD pipeline) based on open source: new operating system and application server, new development pipeline, software virtualization with Docker, Kubernetes
  • 2016 – 2018 | Hybrid approach
  • Driver in the IT efficiency program
  • Realignment of IT, redefinition of requirements management, standardization of Java development | 2016 – 2018
  • Conversion of the gothaer.de website to mobile display
  • Budget of €0.5M and 4 people | 2016 – 2016 | Hybrid approach

Company achievements:

  • Agile transformation of the team and recruitment of 13 new employees in a challenging hiring environment
  • Ensured delivery capability despite resource constraints
Aug 2009 - Mar 2016
6 years 8 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Head of IT Applications

ÖRAG Rechtsschutzversicherungs AG

  • Responsibility for all IT applications of the ÖRAG companies
  • ÖRAG Rechtsschutz AG, Deutsche Assistance Service GmbH, Mehrwert Service GmbH
  • Strategic realignment towards web development
  • Standardization of the technology base
  • Development of a strategy for the gradual migration to web dialogs
  • Definition of a unified development approach for new products
  • Responsibility: Budget of €4M | Leadership of 20 employees

Relevant projects:

  • New design of a company-wide software architecture for the development of Java-based web applications
  • Budget of €1.2M and 8 people | 2013 – 2016 | SCRUM
  • Design and adjustments to the ÖRAG process model
  • Budget of €50,000 and 20 people | 2013 – 2016 | traditional approach
  • Windows 7 and Office 2010 migration
  • Budget of €150,000 and 3 people | 2013 – 2014 | traditional approach
  • Migration of the client environment to Virtual Desktop (VDI)
  • Budget of €0.4M and 4 people | 2012 – 2012 | traditional approach
  • Initiation of enterprise architecture setup
  • Budget of €300,000 and 3 people | 2011 – 2011 | traditional approach

Company achievements:

  • Established agile practices and implemented a virtual desktop infrastructure
Apr 2007 - Jul 2009
2 years 4 months
Germany

Program Manager System Integration and Development

Itellium Systems & Services GmbH

  • Project leadership for the technical transition to the EDS infrastructure
  • Sub-project management for a major transformation program from HOST technologies to client/server systems
  • Program manager for the implementation of a personalized corporate intranet
  • Deputy division manager for 60 employees
  • Annual budget €7M
Dec 2005 - Mar 2007
1 year 4 months
Germany

Business Unit Manager E-Business

Itellium Systems & Services GmbH

Feb 2001 - Nov 2001
10 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Business Consultant

Cap Gemini E&Y Deutschland GmbH

Jan 2001 - Nov 2005
4 years 11 months
Germany

Project Manager E-Business B2B/EDI

Itellium Systems & Services GmbH

Jan 1999 - Jan 2001
1 year 1 month
Düsseldorf, Germany

Business Consultant

Wincor Nixdorf GmbH & Co. KG

Jan 1996 - Dec 1999
4 years
Düsseldorf, Germany

Senior Consultant

debis Systemhaus Dienstleistungen GmbH

Sep 1991 - Sep 1993
2 years 1 month
Neuss, Germany

Dealer IT Support Specialist

Nissan Motor Deutschland GmbH

Sep 1990 - Sep 1991
1 year 1 month
Gerolstein, Germany

Military Service

Fernmeldebataillons 930

Aug 1987 - Sep 1990
3 years 2 months
Mettmann, Germany

Wholesale and Export Sales Representative

Sun Electric Deutschland GmbH

Summary

Implementation-focused leader and project manager with extensive industry and process experience in complex IT infrastructures for the insurance industry, retail, and energy providers.

Technical focus is web-based JAVA development with agile and traditional methods.

Solid domain expertise: further development of workplace infrastructure and internal application landscape, interface management, innovation and strategy development, ensuring SLA, audit, and compliance conformity, VAIT, architecture development, team leadership, planning, and controlling.

Leadership of up to 30 internal employees.

Solution-oriented project manager with excellent communication skills, high social competence, and team spirit. Initiator and driver of change projects.

Strategic, independent, results-oriented, resilient, open, reliable.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 1993 - Sep 1995

b.i.b.

State-certified Computer Scientist, focus on Business Informatics, Programming, Databases · Business Informatics, Programming, Databases · Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Oct 1987 - Jul 1990

Städt. Realschule

Intermediate School Certificate · Mettmann, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Prince2 Practitioner

State-certified Computer Scientist (Business)