Michael S.
Independent Consultant
Experience
Jan 2025 - Present
10 monthsHybrid
Managing Director
GF Netz Bau GmbH
- Leading the company as a construction general contractor for network operators in Germany in the FTTH sector
Feb 2024 - Dec 2024
11 monthsHybrid
• Overall Project Manager
- Overall project manager for the fiber optic expansion of Stadtwerke Neumünster (Glückstadt project)
Feb 2023 - Dec 2023
11 monthsHybrid
• COO
Bracom Deutschland GmbH
- Establishment of the German business
- Acquisition of projects
- Scope of services; pricing; subcontractor procurement policy
- Capacity management
- Setup of the planning department (staff; software)
- Hiring project and construction managers
- Material management and (site) logistics
- Building authorities; site security; easements; permit management
Mar 2022 - Dec 2023
1 year 10 monthsOn-site
• Head of Planning and Construction
Liberty Deutschland (Hello Fiber)
- Setup of the planning department (staff; software)
- Drafting planning guidelines
- Hiring site managers
- Procurement of subcontractor services
- Material management and (site) logistics
- Public information & community relations
- Permit management
Jan 2019 - Present
6 years 10 monthsWeilerswist, Germany
Independent Consultant
MSBC ׀ Michael Scholz Business Consulting
- Various investment valuations / due diligence / M&A execution for broadband providers (regional providers in Germany)
- Commercial and financial due diligence and advisory for a fiber joint venture in Germany (multi-billion investment by an insurance company with a global telco)
- Establishing the German business of a French fiber expansion company
- Management consulting on the development of FTTH projects in Germany for investment banks and consulting firms
- Consulting for European construction and engineering firms on developing and implementing business opportunities with German network operators
- Regional consultant on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) for municipalities in publicly funded FTTH expansion (as a freelancer for TÜV Rheinland)
- Author and speaker on broadband topics in Germany (for Outvise and Atene Kom)
- Due diligence and valuation of passive infrastructure and its marketability in Romania
Dec 2017 - Dec 2018
1 year 1 monthSabbatical
- Travel
- Training as a rescue diver
- Family and friends
- Sports and cultural activities
Jun 2017 - Nov 2017
6 monthsBonn, Germany
Senior Expert International Strategy
Deutsche Telekom AG
- Broadband / Partnerships
Jun 2014 - May 2017
3 yearsBucharest, Romania
Head of the Strategic Projects / Transformation Office department (Business Partner of the CEO and the shareholders' meeting,
Telekom Romania Group
- Establishment of a new wholesale division with a 5% - 7% revenue increase without additional costs
- IPO / equity story in favor of a shareholder
- Sourcing of new financing channels and procurement
- Business process outsourcing (approx. 2,000 employees)
- Streamlining of reporting
- Management of the nationwide FTTH rollout program (1.3 million HHp / €160 million 3-year budget)
- Set-up and subsequent technical and disciplinary management of the department
- Advising the board of directors and implementing strategic measures
- Analyses, recommendations, and proposals
- Controlling (investments and sales)
- Forecasting and planning
- Improvement and optimization of the company's commercial processes and corporate governance
- Management of large-scale projects
- Commentary on the annual financial statements
Mar 2012 - May 2014
2 years 3 monthsBonn, Germany
Strategy Execution and Performance Manager (Business Partner of the Senior Vice President International Strategy)
Deutsche Telekom AG
- Analysis and operational restructuring of companies in distress
- Design of a capital market-related restructuring of the CEE business portfolio
- Reorganization of business reporting (timing and content, data collection)
- Consulting and operational support of the business unit manager on strategic tasks
- Controlling
- Management of the strategic and legal realignment of indirect subsidiaries
- Analyses and recommendations
- Point of contact for associations, authorities, and banks
Oct 2002 - Feb 2012
9 years 5 monthsBonn, Germany
Senior Treasury Expert ("dotted line" to the Senior Vice President Treasury & Finance, authorized signatory)
Deutsche Telekom AG
- Comprehensive implementation of a group-wide multi-currency cash management within a payment factory
- Implementation of centralized financial and liquidity planning and an associated decentralized Avis IT system
- Standardization of bank contract terms
- Creation, publication, and maintenance of the treasury manual
- Representation of the department head
- Cash management
- Process optimization
- Responsibility for treasury in the EMEA region
- Point of contact for banks and authorities
- Implementation and management of international cash pooling
- Financing of affiliated companies
- Interface with accounting (HGB / IFRS)
Feb 2002 - Sep 2002
8 monthsJakarta, Indonesia
Director of Controlling (Direct Reporting to the CFO and Shareholders)
PT Satelite Palapa Indonesia
- Maintaining business operations at the time of the divestment
- Technical and disciplinary management of the department
- Responsibility for planning, reporting and controlling
- Reporting to the Executive Board
Jan 1996 - Jan 2002
6 years 1 monthBonn, Germany
Head of the global financial strategy team; Finance Managing Director of DT Asia Holding GmbH; General Authorized
Deutsche Telekom AG / DT Asia Holding GmbH
- Numerous multi-million-dollar financings (structured financings, corporate loans, and bonds)
- M&A and post-merger projects
- Structured reporting lines in Asia operations
- Consolidation of the sub-group
- Sale of DTAG's cable business (due diligence review of buyer offers and management of the financial aspects of the transactions)
- Technical and disciplinary leadership of the central department
- Head of the finance department at DT Asia Holding GmbH
- Analyses and recommendations for action
- Responsibility for the finance areas in the ASEAN region
- Preparation of financing plans and coordination with banks
- Point of contact for associations, authorities, and banks
- Structuring project financings and negotiating financing documents
- Internal communication and preparation of templates
- Project management and representation of the Deutsche Telekom Group in Southeast Asia, Eastern and Central Europe
May 1995 - Dec 1996
1 year 8 monthsBrussels, Belgium
Advisor to the CFO (Accounting / Group Accounting)
Global One Joint Venture
- Reporting lead for over 300 group companies under various legal frameworks
- Establishment of the central department and the accounting manual
- Conceptual design and implementation of processes for consolidating approx. 300 group companies
May 1994 - Dec 1995
1 year 8 monthsBonn, Germany
Lead Manager Accounting Transformation / Group Accounting
Deutsche Telekom AG
- Implementation of deferred tax accounting
- Centralization of operational accounting (organization and SAP)
- Leading the introduction of commercial accounting under the German Commercial Code (accounting policies, processes, SAP) as well as preparation for proper bookkeeping
Mar 1989 - Apr 1994
5 years 2 monthsMülheim, Germany
Audit Assistant (initially as a working student, then full-time)
KPMG Deutschland
- Consulting on the implementation of HGB accounting standards in companies of the former GDR
- Auditing individual and consolidated financial statements
Oct 1985 - Dec 1986
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Bundeswehr
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedRomanian
IntermediateEducation
Oct 1984 - Apr 1992
University of Duisburg
Diploma in Economics, Accounting / Auditing / Controlling / Taxation · Duisburg, Germany
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