Lars Lönnecke
IT Consultant | Program/Project Manager | Prince2®, ITIL®, CSM® certified Freelancer
Experience
Epic & Journey Owner for Digital Transformation of IT Architecture (RAITT)
Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG
- Implementation of a new partner management solution
- Epic Owner & Journey Owner in an international environment
- Responsible for epics from blueprinting to commercial launch
- Stakeholder management & reporting
Senior Project Manager for Major Release Deployment of the Central Routing & Voice Platform
Deutsche Bank AG
- Global rollout of a central routing & voice platform (150K ports) including server replacement in ~30 data centers
- Program management in an international environment
- Control and monitoring of the phases: framework planning, securing project foundation (resources, finances), project organization (team, skills, work packages), project steering until achieving project goals (deliverables, deadlines, budget), management reporting for the Executive Committee and Steering Committee
- Leadership of up to 30 employees and vendors
Release & Test Manager for the implementation of the customer portal
Avaya / AOK
- Release and test management for the introduction of the Avaya customer portal at AOK
- Soft clients in a Citrix environment (65K IP/SIP ports)
Senior Project Manager for Global Carrier SIP Trunking
Deutsche Bank AG
- Project leadership for the transition of decentralized ISDN telephony to a central EMEA SIP Trunking solution
- Setting up a SIP hub in a data center in the UK
- Migrations and porting in the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal
- Technical governance
Senior Project Manager for Carrier SIP Trunking (Germany)
Deutsche Bank AG / Postbank AG
- Project leadership for the implementation of an on-premise Carrier SIP Trunking solution, including porting of around 50,000 voice ports
- Technical governance
Senior Project Manager for MiFiD II Compliance for Voice Recording
Deutsche Bank AG
- Project management for the MiFID II compliant update of Voice Recording on Demand & Dial-in Voice Recording
Senior Project Manager for Global Release Deployment of a Voice Platform & Global Salesforce / Breeze Connector Development
Deutsche Bank AG
- Release update for the global voice platform in ~30 data centres
- Development of an Avaya Breeze Connector for Salesforce (Agile software development)
- Project management in an international project environment
- Planning and control of phases: framework planning, securing the project basis (resources, finances), project organisation (team, skills, work packages), project control until project goals are reached (deliverables, schedule, budget)
- Management reporting for the Executive Committee and Steering Committee
- Leading up to 35 employees and vendors
Senior Project Manager for Global SHA-2 Certificate Renewal (PKI)
Deutsche Bank AG
- Project management for the global SHA-2 certificate renewal in ~30 data centres
Senior Project Manager for Global Windows 2003 Server Remediation
Deutsche Bank AG
- Project management for the global replacement of Windows 2003 servers with Windows 2012 servers in ~30 data centres
Senior Project Manager for Major Release Deployment of a Voice Platform
Deutsche Bank AG
- Global rollout of a voice platform including server replacement in ~30 data centres
- Project management in an international project environment
- Planning and control of phases: framework planning, securing the project basis (resources, finances), project organisation (team, skills, work packages), project control until project goals are reached (deliverables, schedule, budget)
- Management reporting for the Executive Committee and Steering Committee
- Leading up to 30 employees and vendors
Senior Project Manager for Carrier SIP Trunking Proof of Concept
Deutsche Bank AG
- Project management for executing a proof of concept for carrier SIP trunking
- Creation of decision proposal including business case for management
Senior Project Manager for Site Consolidations
Berliner Bank AG / Deutsche Bank
- Project management as part of a cost improvement program
- Leadership of up to 10 staff and vendors
- Decommissioning of decentralized VoIP components (Avaya) at 20 sites
- Changes to call routing in DTAG's intelligent network
IT Consultant for the implementation of a new telephony infrastructure and Unified Communications & Collaboration (UCC)
DZ BANK AG
- Technical IT consulting, requirements management
- High-level concept creation for UCC (Microsoft Lync) with ~5000 global workstations
- Preparation of an RFP for the implementation of a new telephony infrastructure and UCC
Senior Project Manager for Unified Communications & Collaboration
SAP AG
- Outsourcing project to introduce IP telephony with Microsoft Lync (Enterprise Voice) at 255 sites
- Proof of concept with Microsoft Lync and Cisco CUPC, including product evaluation
- Creation of an RFI and RFP (based on TPI – ISG) for the outsourcing of Unified Communications (~80k ports)
- Project management at C-level in an international project environment
- Oversight and control of framework planning, securing the project base (resources, finances), project organization (team, skills, work packages), and project control up to achieving project goals (deliverables, schedule, budget), including management reporting for the Steering Committee, CIO, and executive board
- Leadership of up to 50 staff and vendors
Senior Project Manager for Green Towers core refurbishment
Deutsche Bank AG
- Outsourcing project to introduce IP telephony with Avaya at 10 sites, including executive support and migration
- Equipping the corporate headquarters after the core refurbishment with indoor mobile and IP telephony infrastructure
- Support for employees' relocation back to the corporate headquarters
- Project management in an international environment
- Oversight and control of framework planning, securing the project base (resources, finances), project organization (team, skills, work packages), and project control up to achieving project goals (deliverables, schedule, budget), including management reporting for the Executive Committee and Steering Committee
- Leadership of up to 10 staff and vendors
- Technical governance
Senior Project Manager for Outsourcing VoIP / IPT Migration / Contact Center
Zurich Financial Services / Orange Business Services
Outsourcing project VoIP / IPT Migration / Contact Center
- Outsourcing project for the introduction of IP telephony and a contact center solution (new services) with Avaya at 15 sites including reporting
- Project management in an international project environment
- Control and monitoring of phases: framework planning, securing the project base (resources, finances), project organization (team, skills, work packages), project control up to the achievement of project goals (deliverables, deadlines, budget)
- Management reporting for the Executive Committee and Steering Committee
- Managing up to 30 employees and suppliers
Freelance Management Consultant
Freelance Management Consultant
Head of Sales for Deutsche Telekom
Alcatel SEL AG
Tender Manager / Business Consultant
Alcatel SEL AG
Senior Project Manager
Alcatel SEL AG
Development Engineer
Alcatel SEL AG
Entrepreneur, Managing Director
Instructor Team
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Professional Services (20.5 years), Telecommunication (13.5 years), Banking and Finance (13 years), Education (3 years), Insurance (0.5 years), and Information Technology (0.5 years).
Business Areas Experience
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Experienced in Strategy (24 years), Operations (23.5 years), Project Management (19 years), Information Technology (18 years), Sales (4.5 years), and Customer Service (2.5 years).
Skills
Special Skills
- Project & Program Management
- It Service Management According To Itil
- Prince2® Practitioner
- Business Strategy, Reengineering
- Certified Scrummaster® (Csm)
- It Outsourcing, Transition
- Microsoft Certified Professional
- Process Management
- Budgeting, Reporting
- It Governance
- Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
- Requirements Management
Soft Skills
- Strong Communication Skills
- Team Player
- Analytical Thinking
- Quick Learner
- Flexibility
- Conflict Resolution
- Solution-oriented
- Organization
Industry Experience
- Telecommunications
- Utilities
- Banking & Finance
- Public Sector, Government Agencies
- Insurance
- It & Software
- Healthcare
- Traffic, Transport
- Trade
Technical Focus Areas
- It Consulting
- Cloud Computing
- It Outsourcing Services
- Enterprise Voice (Voip, Ipt), Contact Center Solutions & Voice Recording
- Carrier Sip Trunking
- Network-based In & Telecommunication Solutions
- Unified Communications & Collaboration
- Indoor Mobile (Vodafone, T-mobile)
- Data Center & Firewalls
- Rollout, Deployment
Leadership Experience And Budget Responsibility
- Project Leadership And Management - Traditional, Agile & Hybrid: >25 Years, Technical, Team Size Up To 50 Employees
- International & Virtual Teams
- P&l Volume: >35 Million Euros
Tools / Applications
- Microsoft Office 365 (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Teams, Outlook, Sharepoint, Visio)
- Microsoft Project
- Salesforce
- Clarity
- Jira
- Confluence
- Servicenow
- Trello
Languages
Education
The Open University
Master of Business Administration · Business Administration
Stuttgart Cooperative State University
Diploma in Engineering (BA) · Information Technologies · Stuttgart, Germany
Certifications & licenses
ITIL V3 Foundation
Maxpert GmbH
Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM)
Microsoft Certified Professional
Prince2® Practitioner
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