Markus S. - Change - Transformation - Transition

Vienna, Austria

Experience

Oct 2024 - Present

11 months

Austria

IT Transition

Bundesrechenzentrum

Replacement of the ITSM landscape and modernization of processes for a ministry as a blueprint for federal administration in Austria

Jan 2024 - Jan 2025

1 year 1 month

Austria

Multi-Program Management

Bundesrechenzentrum

IT transformation of a public organization with 6000+ employees

Oct 2021 - Dec 2023

2 years 3 months

Austria

Program Manager (Consolidation Program)

Bundesrechenzentrum

Stabilization of the concept phase.
Development of implementation variants.

Feb 2020 - Dec 2021

1 year 11 months

Austria

Program Manager (Vendor Transition)

Bundesrechenzentrum

Design and execution of the complete IT vendor transition into Bundesrechenzentrum.
Scope: 5000+ users and 150+ sites with legacy systems and services (ERP, clients, CRM, network, service center)

Mar 2019 - Dec 2019

10 months

Switzerland

Program Director (Governance Program)

UPC / Liberty

Design and leadership of the split of the Swiss Liberty Global subsidiary from Liberty.
Alignment with Liberty, the local organization, and the M&A team.

Oct 2018 - Oct 2019

1 year 1 month

Germany

Program Manager Rollout

Osram/Siteco

Creation of blueprint and rollout of SAP (FI/CO/MM/SD) in 10 countries.
Design and execution of an asset deal in SAP for Siteco in Germany.

Jan 2018 - Sep 2018

9 months

Switzerland

Program Director (Governance Program)

UPC / Liberty

Design and leadership of the split of the Austrian & Swiss organizations (~2600 employees) and carve out (approx. 200 employees).
Preparation of the sale of the Austrian company to T-Mobile Austria.
Objective: achieve operational continuity and independence of all three companies.

Oct 2017 - Jan 2018

4 months

Switzerland

Program Manager (HR Change Switzerland and Austria)

Redesign of HR processes and alignment with global processes.
Objective was to complete the design phase.

Mar 2017 - Jun 2017

4 months

Germany

Project Manager (Technical Focus and Processes)

Deutsche Telekom

Management of a partnership project with a Chinese telecommunications group – aligning processes and IT integration.
Consolidation of existing topics and intercultural as well as internal alignment to meet the target date.

Sep 2015 - Nov 2016

1 year 3 months

Germany

Transformation Project Manager

Vodafone GmbH

Design and implementation of a German solution for revenue reporting and BI processes, including integration into a global SAP solution (SAP HANA, Simple Finance, RAE).
Management in a complex international environment with multiple IT vendors and system integrators (e.g.: IBM, Accenture, Atos, CGI/Teradata, SAP, Ab Initio, Amdocs).
Took over and stabilized a project in a crisis situation.

Jan 2015 - Aug 2015

8 months

Germany

Program Manager

Vodafone GmbH

Restart after a project cancellation with a Chinese vendor.
Project setup/restructuring.
Successful restructuring and stabilization of the program.

Jan 2013 - Dec 2014

2 years

Germany

Overall IT Program Manager

Vodafone GmbH

More than 110 IT systems and over 200 interfaces affected.
Complex environment with multiple IT vendors, system integrators, and existing framework agreements.
Delivered on schedule – 15% under budget.

Mar 2010 - Dec 2012

2 years 10 months

Germany

Scrum Project Manager

Unicredit

Development and enhancements of a SWIFT-like system for internal bank payments & SEPA implementation.
Successfully delivered Scrum projects with clients in Germany, Croatia, and Austria, with development in Belarus.

Jan 1997 - Feb 2010

13 years 2 months

Austria

IT Operations Manager, ERP Project Manager, Group TechLab Initiator and Manager, Marketing & Corporate Communications

mobilkom austria AG

IT Operations Manager
ERP Project Manager (10+ million €)
Initiator and manager of a group-wide TechLab (innovation management, trend scouting, standardization and research)
Marketing & corporate communications
M&A IT projects (greenfield and post-merger integration)

Summary

Markus is a line and interim manager with over 25 years of experience in the ICT industry. He held IT, finance and innovation management positions / mandates – mostly at the interface between business and technology and reporting directly to executive management (CxO).