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Mark Podella

Global Project Lead

Mark Podella
Lübeck, Germany

Experience

Jan 2024 - Dec 2025
2 years
United States

Global Project Lead

Client's goal is to migrate the entire Office client landscape from Windows 10 to Windows 11 by end of support (Oct 2025). Created the project plan and drafted the project brief, budget overview, and required resources.

Set up sub-workstreams such as: Adoption & Change, Service Process including migration process, Service Definition including SCCM software packaging and build task sequence, Security including client hardening, Application Integration including requirements and demands from power users (key users) in the company.

  • Project management, stakeholder management, Project Canvas workshops, design thinking workshops, vendor management, project controlling
Jun 2023 - Dec 2024
1 year 7 months
United States

Global Project Lead

Implementation of a globally available on-prem SIEM system. Onboarding of log sources (Windows servers, Linux servers, Windows 10 clients) with Splunk Universal Forwarders. Also deployed distributed Syslog collectors at edge locations that transmit UDP syslog information over TCP to the centralized SIEM platform.

Implementation of tenable.io as a vulnerability service provider. Introduced required Nessus agents on Windows servers, Linux servers, and Windows 10 clients. Also set up network scanners to run regular network discovery scans in both office and production environments.

  • Project management, stakeholder management, Project Canvas workshops, design thinking workshops, vendor management
Jun 2023 - Dec 2023
7 months
United States

IT Business Consultant, Facilitator, Project Manager, Change Manager

Conducted several workshops to clarify the global impact of application whitelisting. Incorporated the results into an implementation concept as part of the CISO's security roadmap. Performed thorough investigations with experts from the Windows Server team, Linux Server team, and Windows Client team. Also evaluated processes. Compiled all information into a final implementation concept and presented it to the CISO and IT security managers. The concept was approved and is being integrated and planned into the IT security roadmap.

  • Project management, stakeholder management, Project Canvas workshops, design thinking workshops, change management
Apr 2023 - Oct 2023
7 months

Consultant

Conducted several workshops with the client's main users to develop the concept for the new digital/modern workplace with MS 365.

  • Project management, stakeholder management, bottom-up strategy workshops
Apr 2023 - Oct 2023
7 months

Project Lead, Consultant

Optimized the MS365 roadmap together with the client. Managing this stream will help the client deliver MS365 products internally on time and within budget.

  • Project management, stakeholder management, Project Canvas workshops
Nov 2022 - Dec 2024
2 years 2 months

Project Manager, Change Manager

Implementation and establishment of a new IT service management department, including recruiting new employees and creating job descriptions in line with COBIT and ITIL frameworks. Development and introduction of RACIs, stakeholder management, organizational change management, and project management

Nov 2022 - Feb 2023
4 months
United States

Project Lead, Consultant

Creation of the project brief and development of a prototype implementation concept. The client's global goal is to automate the currently fully manual identity and access management. Initially, a prototype is developed in an agile approach with the HR department. The goal is to identify dependencies and clarify the underlying business processes.

  • Project management, stakeholder management, Project Canvas workshop, design thinking workshops
Oct 2022 - Dec 2023
1 year 3 months
United States

Project Lead, IT Business Consultant, Change Manager

The client's goal is to migrate the current endpoint security solution from Symantec to Microsoft. During the project, the technical and organizational solution design was developed and rolled out. At the same time, Microsoft's application control is to be introduced, i.e., a global application whitelisting. The challenge is that the application landscape has historically grown without control.

  • Overall project management, stakeholder management, business consulting regarding application control
Jul 2022 - Present
3 years 7 months
Germany

Freelance Consultant

P4IT consulting

Freelance consultant

Jul 2022 - Nov 2022
5 months

Change Manager

The Justice and Consumer Protection Authority runs its own specialized applications. After a merger within the authority, it inherited huge technical debts that had to be resolved.

The goal was to work with the client to develop an organizational change management concept. Based on this concept, a follow-up project was launched to implement the change measures and set up a new department.

Jun 2022 - Dec 2022
7 months
Austria

Project Lead, IT Business Consultant, Change Manager

The client built a new headquarters. The goal was to manage and launch all IT services before employees moved into the new building. First, we ran a design thinking workshop to create a full user story. From that we made a 100-point plan, which we then worked through step by step.

We coordinated external partners and suppliers as well as internal resources. We reached the goal.

  • Stakeholder management, project management, workshop moderator
May 2022 - Sep 2022
5 months
Switzerland

Project Lead

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the client started shifting services from on-premises to the Microsoft Cloud. The goal is to help IT staff and end users find ways to work optimally and effectively with M365.

  • Stakeholder management, project planning including budget/resources, solution design, change/transformation roadmap
Mar 2022 - Oct 2022
8 months

Project Lead

As part of a global unified endpoint management with M365, the goal is to set up an end-to-end zero-touch approach for all end-user devices. Concept and planning of the implementation strategy for M365. Preparation for the transformation and setting up the first projects.

  • Stakeholder management, project planning including budget/resources
Sep 2021 - Jun 2022
10 months

Project Manager, Change Manager

Design, planning, and implementation of change and communication measures in IT outsourcing.

  • Conducting change impact assessments, evaluating stakeholder groups, creating personas, and user journeys
Aug 2021 - Jul 2021

IT Project Lead, Organizational Change Manager

Oiltanking GmbH

Head of change and communication within the IT department during IT outsourcing.

Technical and organizational lead for the Adoption & Change Management subproject in the global rollout of M365 (web version)

Mar 2021 - Dec 2021
10 months

Project Manager, Change Manager

Sub-project lead: Exchange Online. Tenant split, migration and carve-out. Sub-project lead: split, migration and carve-out of the IBM Domino infrastructure.

  • Project control, stakeholder management, reporting, steering project results, managing communication with end users and stakeholder groups
Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
2 years

Project Lead, Head of Adoption and Change

Planning, evaluating and implementing various ACM formats for users as part of the global M365 rollout, conducting change impact assessments and use-case workshops, stakeholder management, project controlling

Jul 2019 - Dec 2019
6 months

Project Lead

Piloted an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) called Cloudbased Workplace based on M365. Main challenge: connecting Intune-managed clients to the on-premises/legacy infrastructure (WLAN, AD, etc.).

Planning, coordinating and leading the pilot project to introduce M365, vision work through interviews with the CIO and senior management, stakeholder management, reporting

Oct 2018 - Sep 2019
1 year

Project Lead

Conducting interviews (change impact assessments), evaluating the interviews, preparing objectives, defining the project team structure, implementing the Azure Landing Zone at the organizational level, stakeholder management, project controlling

Oct 2018 - Jun 2019
9 months

Project Lead

Planning, coordinating and carrying out a global Microsoft license audit (SAM self-assessment).

Project controlling, change impact assessments, stakeholder analysis and management, risk management, stakeholder management

Jul 2018 - Jul 2021
3 years 1 month

IT Project Lead

Marquard & Bahls AG

Sustainable implementation of adoption & change management within the holding company and its affiliated companies in software rollout and change projects

Professional and organizational management of adoption and change management (ACM)

Development of an organizational change management framework for the rollout of M365

Stakeholder management, reporting, controlling, team leadership

Conducting change impact assessments (Azure & M365 rollout)

Leading the IT master plan (IT strategy) for IT infrastructure and operations

Leading various IT infrastructure projects

Oct 2017 - Oct 2018
1 year 1 month

Project Lead

Planning, coordinating and executing the hardware renewal of SER Doxis 4.

  • Project controlling
  • Stakeholder management
  • Reporting
  • Team size: 15
Jun 2017 - Oct 2017
5 months

Project Lead, Roll Out Manager

Hospital: planning, coordinating and executing the re-equipping of PC workstations in the new building of the Children's UKE

Jan 2017 - May 2017
5 months

Project Lead

Bank: planning, coordinating and executing the renewal of Cisco network core and edge components

Feb 2014 - Jun 2018
4 years 5 months
Hamburg, Germany

Head of Project Management Team

Bechtle IT Systemhaus Hamburg

Head of the project management team

Planning, leading, monitoring and ensuring project objectives are met

Change request management

Stakeholder management, reporting/controlling, team leadership

Escalation management

Jan 2012 - Oct 2013
1 year 10 months

Account Manager

Goetzfried AG

Customer acquisition and support for large customers in northern Germany. Focus on IT contracting

Jan 2006 - Dec 2012
7 years

Sales Manager

tecis Finanzdienstleistungen AG

Sales representative and private health insurance expert

Jan 2003 - Dec 2006
4 years
Lübeck, Germany

IT System Merchant Apprentice

soIT GmbH

Apprenticeship as an IT system clerk

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 2020 - May 2021

IRBW

Relational/systemic consulting · Germany

Sep 2015 - Mar 2019

Fresenius University of Applied Sciences

B.Sc. Business Psychology · Business Psychology · Hamburg, Germany · 1.7

Oct 2003 - Jun 2006

soIT GmbH

IT systems management clerk · Lübeck, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Prince2 Project Management Foundation

AXELOS

Prince2 Project Management Practitioner

AXELOS

ITIL v3 (2011)

EXIN

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