Michael Seitz - Win11 Local Rollout Manager

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Kahl am Main, Germany

Experience

Jan 2022 - Sep 2024

2 years 9 months

Win11 Local Rollout Manager

Hansewerk Gruppe

Administrative coordination with providers on the required software packages
Reviewing the lists provided by the providers and coordinating with the relevant departments
Organizing tests of the newly scripted software packages in collaboration with the departments and providers
Selecting and assigning employees responsible for testing and scheduling dates for software acceptance
Documenting and filing the approval form from the department
Tracking and escalating issues with the providers
Rollout planning at the site and department level and executing the rollout while considering WAN capacity
Ensuring that no more than half of the employees at a site or in a department are migrated at the same time
Scheduling based on the availability of all required software packages

Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

1 year

Change and Release Manager

ITZ Bund

Functional and technical production monitoring of applications
Proactive advice on potential issues and risks in the cloud environment
Developing, defining and implementing problem-solving strategies
Audience-specific communication and explanation of issues and their impact
Coordination of implementation with the client's business and technical contacts
Conceptualizing and planning the infrastructure and interfaces for operating standard software
Structuring the takeover of third-party software operations, considering functional and non-functional requirements (e.g., high availability)
Extensive quality assurance
Planning, initiating and monitoring measures for problem resolution and compliance with the service agreement (Incident Management)
Planning, initiating and monitoring measures for further development and optimization of the infrastructure (Change Management)
Final quality assurance of implemented measures
Supporting production managers
Scale: approx. 1000 clients

Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

5 months

Volunteer External IT Consultant

Regierung von Unterfranken

Working in the corona tracing team and responsible for the digital workplace
Release, test and patch management for the digital workplace of the health departments (R32, SurvNet, SORMAS)
Rolling out home office workstations in compliance with cloud guidelines
Actively involved in tracing infection chains and issuing quarantine orders
Scale: approx. 1400 clients

Sep 2018 - Mar 2020

1 year 7 months

External IT Consultant

Fresenius Netcare

Interim lead of the subprojects for rollout, test management and release management
Developing and building release management concepts for Workplace and Productivity Platforms as part of a Windows 10 rollout with Office 365/2016
Creating a release calendar for Windows 10 managed workplace, Office 365, managed client applications, and patch management
Considering the Microsoft Evergreen approach and deriving the dependencies
Independently planning and controlling releases based on IT demands and vendor changes
Coordinating release contents with clients and involved IT departments
Planning and managing release scope, resource requirements, release readiness and implementation plans
Participating in ITSM committees for release planning and approval
Taking full responsibility for leading and coordinating all activities related to release implementation
Scale: approx. 20,000 clients

Feb 2018 - Aug 2018

7 months

External IT Consultant

Lausitz Energie AG

Subproject manager for digital workplace rollout
Leading a team for detailed planning and execution of a client rollout (Windows 10, Office 2016/365) with accompanying application migration and decoupling of decentralized systems
Managing communication
Analyzing project status and evaluating work package planning, including resources, with optimization proposals
Coordinating workflows for client development, rollout, commissioning, architecture and infrastructure provisioning
Reviewing and clarifying interfaces for services and applications both locally and centrally
Coordinating dependencies at the client level
Scale: approx. 4000 clients

Sep 2017 - Jan 2018

5 months

External IT Consultant

Bayerisches Justizministerium

Project coach and change manager for the preparation of a rollout to Windows 10 including Office 2016/365

Feb 2017 - Aug 2017

7 months

IT Consultant

KPMG

Project manager for an update from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013
Project planning, control and administration in coordination with Exchange and Lync subprojects
Aligning project planning with stakeholders
Change and communication management
SPOC for stakeholder communication

Oct 2016 - Jan 2017

4 months

IT Consultant

Commerzbank AG

Technical sub-project lead in the rollout as part of the group project Access-Management International
Creation of an end-user handout and transferring the authorization concept into the new logic of the BMI
Rollout of a middleware
Communication with business units for the introduction of the new authorization concept
Change and communication management as well as incident and problem management with ServiceNow
SPOC for stakeholder communication

Oct 2015 - Aug 2016

11 months

IT Consultant

Commerzbank AG

Project manager for the update from Windows XP and MS Office 2003 to Windows 10 and MS Office 2013
Project planning, control and administration in cooperation with Exchange and Lync projects
Planning and management of branches in cooperation with responsible departments
Communication and change management
Introduction of test and release management
Incident and problem management with ServiceNow
SPOC for stakeholder communication
Volume: approx. 64,000 clients
Environment: Windows 10, Windows 7, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS SharePoint, HPSM

Oct 2014 - Mar 2015

6 months

IT Consultant

Schaeffler Group

Project manager for the update from MS Office 2007 to MS Office 2013
Project planning, control and administration involving Exchange and Lync projects
Change and communication management
Advising and aligning project planning with department heads
ITSM with ServiceNow
SPOC for stakeholder communication
Volume: approx. 50,000 clients
Environment: Windows 7, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS SharePoint

Jan 2014 - Sep 2014

9 months

Information Technology Consultant

Talanx Versicherung AG

Rollout manager in the APS rollout project
Planning and leading the migration from Windows XP to Windows 7 and Office 2013 on thin clients
Technical and functional management of the rollout pilot in Hanover and Cologne
Migration from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013
Scope: approx. 8,000 clients

Nov 2012 - Jun 2013

8 months

Information Technology Consultant

KfW-Bank

Project manager for Windows 7 rollout on behalf of Dell
Planning and scheduling the rollout from Windows XP to Windows 7 and Office 2013
Managing and controlling the migration in close cooperation with the client
Responsible for change and communication management
Scope: approx. 8,500 clients

Feb 2012 - Nov 2012

10 months

IT Consultant

E.ON

Project manager for various projects on behalf of HP
Planning, controlling and managing the projects
Coordinating and aligning project planning with stakeholders
Scope: approx. 88,000 clients
Environment: Windows 7, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS SharePoint

Dec 2010 - Dec 2011

1 year 1 month

IT Consultant

Volkswagen AG

Project planning for migration of the Active Directory to Windows Server 2008 R2
Planning the email migration to Exchange 2010
Project management, controlling and administration of the migration project
Coordination and alignment with related projects (Win7 migration)
Scope: approx. 250,000 clients
Environment: Windows Vista, Windows 7, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS SharePoint

May 2010 - Nov 2011

1 year 7 months

IT Consultant

Bundesamt für Informatik und Telekommunikation (BIT)

Project management and planning for the Windows 7 rollout migration at the Federal Office of the Interior
Management, control and direction of the on-site migration project
Coordination and alignment with the office project managers
HERMES Swiss Project Team Professional (HSPTP) certification
Scope: 3,800 clients
Environment: Windows XP, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project

Jul 2009 - Feb 2010

8 months

IT Consultant

Carl Zeiss AG

Project manager for AD integration of Zeiss sites in North America on behalf of HP
Steering and management of the integration project
Coordination of project planning with local IT coordinators
Scale: 4,000 clients
Environment: Windows XP, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project

Jul 2007 - Jun 2009

2 years

IT Consultant

Carl Zeiss AG

(Co-)Project manager for various projects (laptop encryption, integration of new sites) on behalf of HP
Project management, coordination and administration of multiple projects
Coordination of project planning with local IT coordinators
Scale: 12,000 clients
Environment: Windows XP, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project

Jan 2007 - Jun 2007

6 months

IT Consultant

Carl Zeiss AG

Project manager for DMS rollout on behalf of HP
Project management, monitoring and administration of the project
Coordination of rollout planning with local IT coordinators
Planning and management of rollout technicians
Scale: 5,000 clients
Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project

Nov 2006 - Dec 2006

2 months

External IT Consultant

Deutsche Bahn (Railion)

Project manager for the subproject redesign of the Railion process client
Analysis of existing process clients and design of a new client
Coordination with involved projects and planning of the rollout
Technical responsibility for 4 team members
Scale: approx. 2,500 clients
Environment: Windows XP, Windows 2000, IBM OS/2, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project

Sep 2006 - Nov 2006

3 months

External IT Consultant

SWISSCOM Fixnet

Project manager for the subproject redesign of the CCM hotline
Coordination of subsystems and oversight of development and integration tests
Planning and management of the rollout of IVR systems
Coordination of external suppliers
Technical responsibility for 6 team members
Environment: Windows XP, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, Notrel IVR, SAP RMCA

Aug 2006 - Aug 2006

1 month

External IT Consultant

Cognis AG

Project lead for website discovery
Management and planning of website discovery teams
Evaluation and validation of questionnaires with local editors
Job design and setup of website access
Technical responsibility for 8 employees
Scale: approx. 8,000 clients in 48 countries
Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project

Oct 2005 - Jul 2006

10 months

External IT Consultant

Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB)

Project manager for Workplace 2006 development on behalf of Swisscom IT Services
Managing client engineering and leading packaging
Coordination with SBB and oversight of development and integration tests
Rollout tuning and planning with local IT managers
Planning and supervision of rollout technicians
Technical responsibility for 5 client engineering and 70 packaging staff
Scale: 16,000 clients
Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, SMS 2003

Mar 2005 - Sep 2005

7 months

External IT Consultant

Gothaer Versicherung

Technical project manager for CSI XP rollout 2005
Monitoring of XP client development and hardware/software validation
Software consolidation and coordination of the rollout
Monitoring of hardware suppliers and planning of rollout technicians
Quality assurance of hardware and software data
Scale: approx. 6,500 clients
Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project

Nov 2004 - Jan 2005

3 months

External IT Consultant

Dresdner Bank

Project manager for XP client rollout in branches
Monitoring of integration tests and test result review
Scheduling test dates and coordinating rollout planning with local IT managers
Scale: 20,000 clients
Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, Windows 2000, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Project

Apr 2004 - Oct 2004

7 months

External IT Consultant

Hessische Zentrale für Datenverarbeitung

Project manager for XP client rollout
Organizational implementation of an existing rollout concept
Supervision of rollout technicians in collaboration with product owners
Execution of the rollout in the pilot phase
Development of improvements with system engineers
Scale: 1,650 clients
Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project

Nov 2003 - Jan 2004

3 months

External IT Consultant

TUI AG

Project manager for XP client rollout
Coordination of rollout technicians with product owners and departments
Project support for migration from NT4
Software distribution with OnCommand and designing the rollout processes according to ITIL
Volume: approx. 4500 clients
Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project

Sep 2003 - Oct 2003

2 months

External IT Consultant

Sinius GmbH

Development of a catalog of measures to increase performance and stability of the IT infrastructure
Implementation of Reuters RWT and standardization of service processes according to ITIL
Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project

Aug 2003 - Sep 2003

2 months

External IT Consultant

Sinius GmbH

Sales support for the technical competence center with specifications and cost estimates
Coordination with providers and alignment with other departments
Central technical contact for sales consultants and delivery managers
Project management
Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project

Sep 2002 - Jul 2003

11 months

External IT Consultant

Andreae-Noris Zahn AG

Replacement of the Novell and NT4 environment with Windows Terminal Server
Rollout of XP clients and active involvement in the operation of the Microsoft environment
Project coordination with the client and redesign of processes according to ITIL
Project assistance for the migration of an NT4 domain
Software distribution with SMS and RADIA
Development and testing of the core client
Volume: around 1500 clients
Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, Citrix

Jan 2002 - Jul 2002

7 months

External IT Consultant

Deutsche Post AG

Project management of operational coordination and rollout control
Support of organization and control of ITIL service processes
Supervision of the field service team
Project management of Desktop XP migration and NT4 domain migration
Software distribution with TV SAX
Volume: approx. 110,000 clients
Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project

Nov 2001 - Dec 2001

2 months

External IT Consultant

Andreae-Noris Zahn AG

Analysis of the existing server farm and consolidation assessment
Coordination of project activities between departments
Project management for desktops on Windows 2000
Scope: approx. 1500 clients
Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project

Jul 2001 - Oct 2001

4 months

External IT Consultant

Siemens AG

Development and review of the concept for replacing Windows NT with Windows 2000
Coordination of project activities between departments and external service provider
Management of project activities and external representation
Scope: approx. 50,000 clients
Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project

May 2001 - Jun 2001

2 months

External IT Consultant

Deutsche Bank

Migration from NT4 to Windows 2000 in conjunction with Linux firewalls
Rollout of Windows 2000 clients and development of the standard client
Scope: approx. 500 clients
Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project

Nov 2000 - Apr 2001

6 months

External IT Consultant

Nokia AG

Team trainer for 4 staff in Tivoli rollouts
Organization, planning and documentation in the area of Tivoli-DMO
Scope: 700 servers
Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project

Jan 2000 - Sep 2000

9 months

External IT Consultant

Dresdner Bank

Planning and documentation of operational procedures in the area of server administration in branches
Server management
Scope: approx. 1400 servers
Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project

Jan 2000 - Oct 2000

10 months

External IT Consultant

Deutsche Bank

Team trainer for 7 staff during migration from OS/2 to NT
Managed NT servers and rolled out NT4 clients
Volume: approx. 1000 clients
Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP, MS Office, MS PowerPoint, MS Project

Sep 1998 - Dec 1999

1 year 4 months

External IT Consultant

DG Bank

Project management for coordinating foreign branches and Y2K tests
System administration of the Windows NT test environment and connection to AS/400 and Sun Solaris
Technical support for foreign branches on EURO and year 2000 issues
Volume: over 300 clients and 35 servers

Jun 1996 - Aug 1998

2 years 3 months

External IT Consultant

UBS AG

Project management for the rollout of 25,000 NT workstations in Switzerland
Developed effective OS-level solutions for Windows NT clients
Integrated heterogeneous systems (IBM 3070, AS/400, Unix variants, CTOS-E, OS/2, Windows)
Built an Ethernet-based LAN
Provided branch support and professional team management
Volume: 25,000 clients

May 1990 - May 1996

6 years 1 month

Assistant to the IT Manager

Eisenwerke F. W. Düker GmbH & Co. KG

System administration of heterogeneous networks under DOS/Windows, Windows NT, Unix and CTOS
Integrated systems into a company-wide LanManager network for AIX and Windows NT
Project support and coordination of all IT projects with departments
User support for hardware and software
Testing software applications and installing various systems
Acting head of department during IT manager absence