Kristian (Dr.) Carstensen
Owner
Experience
Owner
CARSTENSEN MANAGEMENT GMBH
Managing Director
DEUTSCHE POST DIREKT GMBH
Managing Director
CLARITAS DEUTSCHLAND DATA + SERVICES GMBH
Managing Director
HOPPENSTEDT FINANCIAL INFORMATION GMBH
Analyst
PRIMARK WEFA GMBH
Research Associate
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Professional Services (23 years), Transportation (6 years), Education (6 years), Advertising (3 years), Information Technology (3 years), and Banking and Finance (3 years).
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Experienced in Strategy (24 years), Research and Development (11 years), Operations (8 years), Business Intelligence (8 years), and Finance (3 years).
Summary
Leader with 22 years of experience as a General Manager at IT-related service companies; for twelve years as an independent interim manager. Strong project management skills at the intersection of business and IT. Many years of experience in analyzing and reorganizing business processes, as well as initiating and managing change processes.
Management and line roles in IT service and IT services companies
Optimization and digitization of business processes in the IT environment
Professionalization and taking on program and project responsibility (agile, waterfall and hybrid approaches)
Realignment and restructuring of business units (turnaround & change management)
International management and project experience (USA, UK, NL, Sweden)
Management experience in small and medium organizations up to DAX30 corporations
Leadership responsibility for up to 150 employees and budget and P&L responsibility up to €30M
Leading and professionalizing project teams on-site and virtually; cross-functional, cross-departmental and cross-company
Proven successes through forward-looking planning, business-based decision-making and clear, situationally adapted and persuasive leadership
Analytical mindset, strong abstraction skills, structured and methodical
Skills
User Skills
- Methods And Tools For Process Modeling (Bpmn, Uml, Aris)
- Project Management And Collaboration Software (Ms Sharepoint, Ms Project, Jira, Confluence)
- Products Of The Ms Office 365 Family (Ms Excel, Ms Powerpoint, Ms Teams)
Industry Expertise
- Healthcare (Health Insurance Funds, Ögw, Large Hospitals)
- It-related Services And It Services
- Insurance Companies And Health Insurers
- E-commerce, Retail And Wholesale
Languages
Education
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
PhD in Economics · Economics · Frankfurt, Germany
Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research
Economics · New York, United States
University of Bremen
Diploma in Economics · Economics · Bremen, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP by IIBA)
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner
Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
New School for Social Research, New York, USA
Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO)
New School for Social Research, New York, USA
Service Management (ITIL® v4)
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