Project Manager

Responsible for multiple projects in a corporation (5,000 employees, industry: traffic safety and management) as Project Manager (partially as Project Manager):

• Datacenter Migration within the group to the cloud (08/2020 – 12/2022)

• To consolidate and enhance the cybersecurity of the IT landscape, the goal was to migrate all local datacenters of the sister companies, based on group-wide standards, to the private cloud and Azure Cloud following a hub and spoke design. For each branch, a customized concept had to be developed and implemented in consultation with local responsible personnel due to diverse requirements. (Number of subprojects: 18 individual projects per sister company)

• Used technologies & solutions:

• Azure

• M365

• Delegate365

• CUBID platform

• ShareGate and SharePoint Migration tool

• Role & responsibilities in the project:

• Analysis of the current situation

• Planning of the migration type depending on the workload

• Coordination of the executing company and local IT staff

• Creation of a project schedule

• Leading and recording regular meetings

• Creation of presentations from general project approach to change management and other training materials

• Defining group-wide standards

• Implementation of a cybersecurity solution for privileged clients (08/2020 – 12/2022)

• Due to a new cybersecurity insurance, it was necessary to remove privileged accounts such as local administrator accounts from the clients and replace them with an Endpoint Privilege Manager (EPM) solution. After a successful proof of concept, the solution was rolled out at headquarters and standards were established for company-wide rollout. The software enforces least privileges and assigns each employee exactly the rights they need through policy creation.

• Used technologies & solutions:

• EPM solution

• Delegate365

• Microsoft Visio

• Azure

• Role & responsibilities in the project:

• Conducting vendor and requirements analyses

• Carrying out a proof of concept

• Creating user training materials

• Continuous development of standards and policies in the software environment

• Implementation of a cloud printing solution (10/2021 – 07/2022, role: project manager for this specific project)

• The goal of the implementation was to consolidate the company’s printing environment, making it more secure and user-friendly. With features not available with directly installed printers, such as secure printing, location-independent print & scan capabilities and more.

• Used technologies & solutions:

• Delegate365

• uniFLOW Online

• Azure Active Directory

• Role & responsibilities in the project:

• Support activities for project implementation

• Creation of end-user guidelines

• Coordination of IT staff for troubleshooting

• Company-wide rollout

• Communication to stakeholders

• Migration of an access control system to the cloud (01/2021 – 07/2021)

• To make the corporate headquarters “serverless,” it was necessary to migrate the access control system’s software to the cloud and integrate it into the company’s security concept.

• Used technologies & solutions:

• Windows Server 2019

• Vendor’s GUI

• Role & responsibilities in the project:

• Requirements analysis for the new environment

• Configuration and coordination with the vendor

• Collaboration with stakeholders

• Transition to Microsoft Teams telephony (01/2022 – 12/2022)

• Since the service contract with the old telephone provider was expiring, a cloud-based telephony solution was sought, leading to the decision to switch telephony to MS Teams. As the company’s headquarters, it is important to test new technologies and establish standards for company-wide implementation. Various packages were selected regarding SLAs and minimizing the number of vendors.

• Used technologies & solutions:

• MS Teams Telephony

• SIP trunks

• SLAs

• Role & responsibilities in the project:

• Stakeholder management

• Implementation and enforcement of the developed plan across the company

• Project controlling

• Supporting the external provider for the proof of concept and rollout