Heinz Walter

Business Analyst & Project Manager

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Brazil

Experience

Mar 2025 - Present
11 months

Consulting | IT project management | Operational support

HEW Consulting (Self-employed)

  • Energy sector: On behalf of one of Switzerland's largest producers, supporting the transformation into a service provider:

  • Untangling the project portfolio from mutual dependencies by redesigning the overall process (project portfolios). Focus: risk reduction

  • Consolidating existing and defining new processes as a service provider, with a focus on predictive maintenance: creating a system map, naming all Level 1 and 2 processes with short descriptions

  • Creating various materials (methods, models) as know-how transfer, for example: system fact sheets, system lifecycle management, process fact sheets, drafting system concept documents (descriptions)

May 2024 - Feb 2025
10 months
João Pessoa, Brazil

Private investor / consulting | IT project management | Operational support

HEW Consulting (Founder)

  • Cosmetics industry: Supporting a start-up from opening the branch to ERP system implementations, including product cost calculations and taking over accounting
  • Service provider sector (energy and real estate): Supporting a start-up, consulting on ERP setup, and taking over and training accounting
  • Relocation from Liechtenstein to Brazil
  • Renovation and conversion of a private penthouse apartment in João Pessoa PB, Brazil
  • Investment in real estate (João Pessoa PB, Brazil)
  • Designing a PV system with battery storage
Apr 2022 - May 2024
2 years 2 months
Landquart, Switzerland

Sales Manager

esolva ag

  • IT service provider for the energy sector (smart meters, communication, MDM, EDM, billing (Innosolvenergy), financial solution (Abacus))

  • Acquiring new customers outside Eastern Switzerland

  • Gathering and analyzing requirements together with internal and external stakeholders

  • Leading proposals for complete system replacements, tenders > CHF 5 million

  • Presenting solutions at C-level and to decision makers

  • Supporting marketing in developing flyers, website, campaigns, and pricing

  • Won the largest contract in 2022: smart meters including MDM and communication, approx. CHF 3 million plus CHF 2 million optional

  • Won the largest contract in 2023 for esolva ag: almost the complete solution portfolio including various services (ASP and FSP) > CHF 5 million

Mar 2021 - Feb 2022
1 year
St. Gallen, Switzerland

Sales Manager

SoftProject Digital AG

  • IT industry (process digitization on a low-code basis)

  • Responsible for acquiring new customers across Switzerland

  • Managing existing accounts, up- and cross-selling

  • Gathering and analyzing requirements together with internal and external stakeholders at home and abroad

  • Presenting solutions at C-level and to decision makers

  • Supporting marketing in developing flyers, website, campaigns, and pricing

  • Proof of concept aimed at replacing one of the largest ETL infrastructures in Switzerland

  • Proof of concept for digitization, replacing resource planning on Excel

  • Reviewing implementation development of capex processes

Jan 2016 - Feb 2021
5 years 2 months
Arbon, Switzerland

Key Account Manager

Wilken AG

  • IT industry (ERP, billing, asset management, CRM and portals)

  • Creating competitive and market analyses including pricing strategies (rental model, SaaS) and level-based sales partnership contracts

  • Evaluating the adaptability of the strategic direction in Germany to Switzerland (MS NAV to Business Central, market entry opportunities for e-marketing and smart card solutions for the energy industry)

  • Preparing proposals for public tenders (CHF 1.5 million)

  • Maintaining an international network in the DACH region

  • Acquiring new customers across Switzerland

  • Pre-sales support (business analysis and project management in the proposal process)

  • After-sales solution optimizations

  • Software solution for gas trading, procurement, and large customer billing

Sep 2010 - Dec 2015
5 years 4 months
Wil, Switzerland

Sales / Business Analyst

Robotron Schweiz GmbH

  • IT industry in the energy sector

  • Sales of specialized solutions for the energy industry (1.5 million CHF)

  • Data management, energy trading and optimization, remote meter reading (Smart Metering)

  • Energy data management sales, including portfolio management, at two large municipal utilities

  • Quotation and billing solution for one of the largest multistage hydropower plants in Graubünden

  • Smart Meter solutions at several plants

  • EDM sales at multiple plants

Oct 2008 - Aug 2010
1 year 11 months
Baden, Switzerland

IT Consultant

Axpo Informatik AG

  • IT industry (contract assignments)

  • Strategic mandates: development of decision-making criteria for

  • Department setup 'energy data management, non-SAP solutions'

  • Department setup Project Office

Nov 2006 - Sep 2008
1 year 11 months
Baden, Switzerland

IT Project Manager

Axpo Informatik AG

  • IT industry (contract assignments)
  • Solution rollouts, largest project
  • Project management for a fully integrated solution environment: intranet, document management and business process management (1.2 million CHF project with 15 project team members)
Nov 2005 - Oct 2006
1 year
Aarau, Switzerland

Energy Industry Specialist

AEW Energie AG

  • EDM evaluation
  • Electricity procurement => developing decision criteria for integrating run-of-river power plants
Dec 2002 - Oct 2005
2 years 11 months
Bern, Switzerland

Power Plant Operations Manager / Energy Trading / Project Manager

BKW Energie AG

  • Energy industry
Oct 1998 - Nov 2002
4 years 2 months
Hinwil, Switzerland

Sales Engineer

Cymax AG

  • Hydraulic system engineering, including steel hydraulic construction projects for control of ball valves, shut-off valves, flaps, and Pelton turbine injection
Nov 1995 - Sep 1998
2 years 11 months
Otelfingen, Switzerland

Project Technician, Inside Sales

Robert Bosch AG

  • Hydraulic plant engineering
May 1993 - Oct 1995
2 years 6 months
Davos, Switzerland

Deputy Technical Manager

Bergbahnen Brämabüel & Jakobshorn AG

  • Mountain railways
Dec 1991 - Mar 1993
1 year 4 months
Vaz/Obervaz, Switzerland

Assistant to the Technical Manager

Rothornbahn & Scalottas AG

  • Mountain railways
Jul 1989 - Aug 1991
2 years 2 months
Dübendorf, Switzerland

Technical Administrator

Hypramag AG

  • Hydraulic plant engineering
May 1988 - Jun 1989
1 year 2 months
Dübendorf, Switzerland

Clerk

Maag Technology AG

  • Sealing technology and industrial seals (hydraulic cylinders)
Dec 1987 - Mar 1988
4 months
Arosa, Switzerland

Cable Car Operator

Arosa Transport Company

  • Mountain railways
Oct 1987 - Nov 1987
2 months
Untervaz, Switzerland

Steel Construction Fitter (temporary)

Municipal Waste Incineration Plant

May 1987 - Oct 1987
6 months
United States

Farm Worker

Wilhelm Family

  • Stay abroad

Summary

Motivated, proven expertise, professional, attractive hourly rates, ready to start immediately.

Requirements are growing. You need to respond to changes in an agile way while keeping good control. With 40 years of experience and extensive expertise in the energy industry, I'm here to help you master today's challenges.

Depending on existing work, we can start at any point in the model. The focus is always on strengthening your competitiveness.

My service excellence: I support you from thorough analysis to tailored solution implementation; my involvement frees up your resources; an outside perspective can make a big difference.

Do you have questions, ideas, or need support? I'm happy to help and look forward to hearing from you.

Skills

  • Strategy, Organization, Business Models

  • Project Management

  • Operational Services

  • Set Up Methodological Approaches

  • Document, Optimize, Or Renew

  • Define Requirements

  • Evaluate Solutions

  • Implement Solutions

  • Methodologies

  • Communication, Presentation

  • Leadership

  • Problem Solving

  • Organization

Languages

German
Advanced
Portuguese
Elementary

Education

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Executive MBA, Project Management · Project Management

Certifications & licenses

Scrum Certifications

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