Michael Bohlen - Freelance Management Consultant / Interim IT Manager

Bonn, Germany

Experience

Apr 2024 - Present

1 year 4 months

Bonn, Germany

Freelance Management Consultant / Interim IT Manager

Advising companies in IT management in general and software licensing / IT Asset Management (ITAM/SAM) in particular

Jan 2021 - Mar 2024

2 years 3 months

Cologne, Germany

Director IT Asset Management (ITAM) and Software Asset Management (SAM)

TIMETOACT Software & Consulting GmbH

Establishment & further development of the ITAM / SAM business unit
Advising German mid-market and major clients on establishing, operating and optimizing their ITAM / SAM, focusing on ITAM/SAM governance
Service management / customer retention
Business development and new client acquisition

Oct 2019 - Dec 2021

2 years 3 months

Bonn, Germany

Key Account Manager Software Asset Management (SAM)

AnglePoint (Group) Deutschland GmbH

Establishment of the German national subsidiary for AnglePoint
Advising German major clients on establishing, operating and optimizing their Software Asset Management (SAM)
Service management / customer support
Sales and new client acquisition

Mar 2019 - Sep 2019

7 months

Bonn, Germany

Freelance Management Consultant / Interim Manager

Advising companies in IT management in general and software licensing / IT Asset Management (ITAM/SAM) in particular

Oct 2018 - Feb 2019

5 months

Heilbronn, Germany

Global Business Solution Owner SAMSimple (IT Service Manager)

SoftwareONE Deutschland GmbH

Global IT management with service product responsibility for "SAMSimple" (standardized SAM service for small and medium enterprises SMEs with clients in 82 countries worldwide)

Feb 2015 - Sep 2018

3 years 8 months

Ulm, Germany

Practice Leader Managed SAM (IT Service Manager)

Axians IT Solutions GmbH (ehem. Fritz & Macziol)

New build-up and strategic development of the Managed Service Software Asset Management area; incl. product/service development and marketing
Sales; i.e., new client acquisition, existing client maintenance at executive/chief level and account management enablement
Project management for the introduction of Managed SAM
Service management for ongoing Managed SAM operations (incl. customer liaison, staffing, budgeting, controlling, etc.)
Key achievements: establishment of a completely new service in a very short time and acquisition and retention of long-term clients (approx. 30 clients with approx. 1 million euros in revenue per year)

Jul 2010 - Jan 2015

4 years 7 months

Bonn, Germany

Managing Partner, Principal Consultant

BTP BohlenTechPartner GmbH

Advising companies in IT management in general and software licensing / asset management (SAM) in particular
Business establishment and management; business planning, marketing, resource, delivery and partner management, financial management
Sales for new client acquisition and existing client maintenance
Key achievements: establishment and establishment of an own startup for consulting specifically in the niche topic of SAM with successful acquisition and service delivery for renowned companies in Germany

Jan 2008 - Jun 2010

2 years 6 months

Bonn, Germany

Group Operations License Manager / Overall Project Manager; Vice President IT Management Group Headquarters & Shared Services

Deutsche Telekom AG

Operational control of the group-wide software license management of Deutsche Telekom Group; virtual organization with approx. 50 (international) employees distributed across the group
Control and monitoring of software license management for all strategic business units within the group and service providers
Complete transformation/project management for the conception, setup and roll-out of the group license management (approx. 20 project staff, budget: approx. 5 million euros)
Key achievements: achieving compliance for the group with major software vendors with cost savings of approx. 30 million euros per year
Responsible for the IT and voice infrastructure provision of GHS; i.e. traditional telephony, Voice-over-IP and mobile communications for GHS employees (approx. 22,000) and executives in all business areas in the group (approx. 2,900)
Budget responsibility: approx. 35 million euros
Staff responsibility: approx. 70 employees
Key achievements: nationwide roll-out of Voice-over-IP, introduction of Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM), standardization of IT workstation systems

Apr 2005 - Dec 2008

2 years 9 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Vice President International Procurement Systems

T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH, Headquarters Einkauf

Responsible for the procurement systems of T-Systems (national and international; esp. SAP SRM & MM), multi-project management
Budget responsibility: approx. 10 million euros
Staff responsibility: 5 employees + technical leadership of distributed procurement system staff (8 national, 10 international)
Key achievements: international roll-out of the standard eProcurement system (SAP SRM), international standardization of procurement systems, establishment of eSourcing

Feb 2003 - Apr 2005

2 years 3 months

Bonn, Germany

Associate Partner

Deutsche Telekom AG, Inhouse Consulting (ICT)

Advising internal clients on e-business and IT topics
IT strategy, potential analyses, concept and implementation support, business process (re-)engineering, (re-)organization, project management

Apr 1999 - Dec 2003

3 years 9 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Principal Consultant

PricewaterhouseCoopers Unternehmensberatung GmbH

Service unit financial services; esp. banking
e-procurement (esp. SAP SRM Enterprise Buyer Professional); cost/benefit analysis, selection, concept and implementation
SAP module MM (procurement)
Document and workflow management systems
Business process (re-)engineering, project management

May 1997 - Mar 1999

1 year 11 months

Düsseldorf, Germany