Nenad Vlaski - Project Lead for Replacing Legacy System with Cloud Solution

Q: Where is Nenad based?

Nenad is based in Heilbronn, Germany and can operate in on-site , hybrid , and remote work models.

Q: What languages does Nenad speak?

Nenad speaks the following languages: German (Native), Croatian (Native), English (Advanced) .

Q: How many years of experience does Nenad have?

Nenad has at least 38 years of experience. During this time, Nenad has worked in at least 16 different roles and for 11 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 4 months . Note that Nenad may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Nenad's latest experience?

Nenad's most recent position is Project Lead for Replacing Legacy System with Cloud Solution at Vlaski Consulting .

Q: What companies has Nenad worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Nenad has worked for Vlaski Consulting and ROQQIO Commerce Cloud GmbH (REMIRA) .

Q: Which industries is Nenad most experienced in?

Nenad is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance , Information Technology (IT) , and Construction . Nenad also has some experience in Education , Professional Services , Media, and Entertainment and Publishing .

Q: Which business areas is Nenad most experienced in?

Nenad is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT) , Project Management , and Operations . Nenad also has some experience in Quality Assurance (QA) , Finance , and Research and Development (R&D) .

Q: Which industries has Nenad worked in recently?

Nenad has recently worked in industries like Information Technology (IT) , Banking and Finance , Media, and Entertainment and Publishing .

Q: Which business areas has Nenad worked in recently?

Nenad has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT) , Project Management , and Product Development .

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Heilbronn, Germany

Experience

Jun 2025 - Dec 2025

7 months

Germany

Project Lead for Replacing Legacy System with Cloud Solution

Vlaski Consulting

Project management at a finance service provider, correcting the project approach and realigning the project with a new project organization to achieve project success.
Operational management of the project
Conducting workshops to identify project obstacles
Creating operational transparency based on metrics/data/facts
Developing an approach model to drive project success
Secured approval from the board in the steering committee for the new project approach
Project planning (schedule, resources, milestones, budget)
Full project responsibility (accountability for results)

Jan 2025 - Jun 2025

6 months

Germany

Subproject Lead for Cloud Migration

Vlaski Consulting

Project management at a finance service provider: analysis and feasibility study for migrating on-prem legacy business applications to a modern cloud environment using the 'lift-and-shift' method.
Operational management of the project
Project planning (schedule, resources, milestones, etc.)
Conducting a technical proof-of-concept (POC)
Conducting a functional proof-of-concept (POC)
Driving decisions at the project level; escalating when necessary
Reporting to internal responsible parties: program management, steering committee, project board
Budget responsibility at the project level

Jun 2023 - Jan 2025

1 year 8 months

Germany

Interim IT Manager - Project Lead for Cloud Migration

Vlaski Consulting

Disciplinary and functional leadership of 20 IT staff.
Direct reporting line to management and the investor.
Reorganizing and optimizing software development processes (C#, Python, Java).
Sustainable improvement of software quality by introducing quality gates (pull requests and pair programming).
Converting custom software from monolithic architecture to microservices.
Increasing software delivery speed by introducing automation (CI/CD).
Operational management of the cloud migration.
Migrating a market-leading AI-based monolithic on-prem platform for the music industry to Google Cloud (GCP).
Project planning (schedule, resources, milestones, etc.).
Driving decisions at the project level; escalating when necessary.
Reporting to internal responsible parties: program management, steering committee, project board.

Apr 2023 - Dec 2024

1 year 9 months

Germany

Consulting: Test Concept and Test Automation for Document Management System

Vlaski Consulting

The central bank uses OpenText's document management system, and it should be set up on a new infrastructure, upgraded to the program standard, and updated to version 24.1 as part of a project.
Conceptual consulting on test automation.
Conceptual groundwork for load and performance tests.
Reviewing the test concept.

Jan 2022 - Dec 2025

4 years

Heilbronn, Germany

Founder

Vlaski Consulting

Project management, interim management, consulting and coaching in the context of complex, strategic, and/or critical IT projects.

Jan 2022 - Apr 2023

1 year 4 months

Germany

Project Manager for document system migration from on premise to MS Azure

Vlaski Consulting

Project management at a finance service provider, migrating the on-premises CRM and DMS landscape to a modern cloud environment using SAP C4C, SAP PI/XI and OpenText xECM.
Operational control of the project.
Project planning (time, resources, milestones, etc.).
Driving decisions at project level; escalate when necessary.
Reporting to internal program management/steering committee/project board.
Budget responsibility at project level.

Apr 2020 - Dec 2021

1 year 9 months

Germany

CEO, COO, Managing Director

ROQQIO Commerce Cloud GmbH (REMIRA)

Full responsibility for ROQQIO Commerce Cloud GmbH.
Direct responsibility for the following business areas with over 45 employees: Development, Customer Onboarding and Consulting Department (projects & configuration), Solution Design (consulting), Support, Cloud infrastructure, Office management.
Development (PHP, Java).
Transitioned software development to agile methods.
Introduced 3-tier architecture.
Established quality gates (dev tests, SIT, UAT).
Established software automation (CI/CD).
Introduced technical requirements management.
Responsible for strategic business development and building up market position.
Strategic, operational, and financial leadership of the operating division in the ROQQIO group.
Direct responsibility for 84 employees.

Sep 2014 - Mar 2020

5 years 7 months

Wiesloch, Germany

Head of IT Project Management and Functional Expertise

MLP Finanzberatung SE

Functional and disciplinary responsibility for two organizational units with a total of 10 internal and about 20 external employees.
Overall program management for the two major projects BudgetGuide (PgF) and Product Selection.
Managed 100 project staff, total budget > 15 million EUR, program duration 1.5 years, direct reporting to the executive board.
Program control within the 'IT target state 2022' – restructuring the entire IT department from a traditional to an agile organization and migrating from on-premise to cloud services.
Member of the strategic and tactical decision-making committee with the IT head and executive board.

Oct 2008 - Sep 2014

6 years

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Senior Manager Financial Services

BearingPoint GmbH

Solution leader for core banking and payment.
Workstream lead for test planning and test management in the retail banking area for the harmonization release during a large bank merger in Frankfurt am Main.
Leadership responsibility for eight work packages with about 250 employees.
Responsibility for IT subproject portfolio including corporate business field planning for a public-law bank.
Planning responsibility for 3,500 man-days in the IT area.

Aug 2003 - Oct 2008

5 years 3 months

Ettlingen, Germany

Senior Consultant and Team Lead for Payments (comm.)

entory AG (Deutsche Börse Group)

Responsible for payment runs at a leading automotive bank.

Jan 2003 - Aug 2003

8 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Chief Information Security Officer (acting) – freelance management consultant

mg technologies AG

Led the implementation of a global VPN.

Aug 2001 - Jan 2003

1 year 6 months

Mannheim, Germany

Senior System Engineer (Security), Strategic-Security-Consulting

it´ Services and Solutions

Set up and expanded an IT security team.

Aug 1998 - Jul 2001

3 years

Heilbronn, Germany

Account Manager, Security

IntegralisCentaur GmbH

Accounting, key account management, presales, project management, consulting.

Oct 1996 - Jul 1998

1 year 10 months

Saarbrücken, Germany

Diploma in Business Informatics (University of Applied Sciences)

FH Saarbrücken

Thesis topic: Neural network applications for visual and audio peripherals.

Sep 1993 - Jul 1996

2 years 11 months

Heilbronn, Germany

Physical Technology (pre-diploma)

FH Heilbronn

Sep 1987 - Jun 1993

5 years 10 months

Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

Training as an electrician

Industrial-Technical Vocational College

Industries Experience

See where this freelancer has spent most of their professional time. Longer bars indicate deeper hands-on experience, while shorter ones reflect targeted or project-based work.

Experienced in Banking and Finance (20.5 years), Information Technology (12.5 years), Construction (6 years), Education (4.5 years), Professional Services (3 years), and Media and Entertainment (1.5 years).

Banking and Finance

Information Technology

Construction

Education

Professional Services

Media and Entertainment

Business Areas Experience

The graph below provides a cumulative view of the freelancer's experience across multiple business areas, calculated from completed and active engagements. It highlights the areas where the freelancer has most frequently contributed to planning, execution, and delivery of business outcomes.

Experienced in Information Technology (21 years), Project Management (19 years), Operations (11 years), Quality Assurance (7.5 years), Finance (5 years), and Research and Development (4.5 years).

Information Technology

Project Management

Operations

Quality Assurance

Finance

Research and Development

Skills

Prince2 Project Management
Agile (Scrum, Kanban), Devops And Hybrid Methods
Bearingpoint Delivery Framework (Based On Prince2 And Pmi)
Bearingpoint Tmf (Test Management Framework Based On Istqb)
Leading And Managing Software Development Teams
Personnel Responsibility And Leadership Of Staff, Including Direct Technical And Disciplinary Leadership Of Managers
Building And Expanding Organizational Units, Taking Into Account Strategic, Operational, And Commercial Requirements
Strategic, Operational, And Commercial Corporate Management
Corporate Planning Including Financial, Personnel, And Investment Planning
Strategic Alignment
Planning And Coordinating Complex Large-scale Projects (Major Bank Mergers, Test And Release Planning, Sepa Direct Debits)

Languages

German

Native

Croatian

Native

English

Advanced

Education

Oct 1996 - Jul 1998

FH Saarbrücken

Diploma in Business Informatics (FH), thesis topic: neural network applications for visual and audio peripherals · Business Informatics · Saarbrücken, Germany · 1.2

Sep 1993 - Jul 1996

FH Heilbronn

Pre-diploma · Physical Engineering · Heilbronn, Germany

Sep 1991 - Jun 1993

Berufskolleg Gewerblich-Technisch

Apprenticeship as an electrician · Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

Profile

Created

December 2025

Last Update

February 2026

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Where is Nenad based?

Nenad is based in Heilbronn, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Nenad speak?

Nenad speaks the following languages: German (Native), Croatian (Native), English (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Nenad have?

Nenad has at least 38 years of experience. During this time, Nenad has worked in at least 16 different roles and for 11 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 4 months. Note that Nenad may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Nenad be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Nenad would be well-suited for roles such as: Project Lead for Replacing Legacy System with Cloud Solution, Subproject Lead for Cloud Migration, Interim IT Manager - Project Lead for Cloud Migration.

What is Nenad's latest experience?

Nenad's most recent position is Project Lead for Replacing Legacy System with Cloud Solution at Vlaski Consulting.

What companies has Nenad worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Nenad has worked for Vlaski Consulting and ROQQIO Commerce Cloud GmbH (REMIRA).

Which industries is Nenad most experienced in?

Nenad is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Information Technology (IT), and Construction. Nenad also has some experience in Education, Professional Services, Media, and Entertainment and Publishing.

Which business areas is Nenad most experienced in?

Nenad is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Project Management, and Operations. Nenad also has some experience in Quality Assurance (QA), Finance, and Research and Development (R&D).

Which industries has Nenad worked in recently?

Nenad has recently worked in industries like Information Technology (IT), Banking and Finance, Media, and Entertainment and Publishing.

Which business areas has Nenad worked in recently?

Nenad has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Project Management, and Product Development.

What is Nenad's education?

Nenad holds a Bachelor in Business Informatics from FH Saarbrücken.

What is the availability of Nenad?

Nenad is immediately available part-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Nenad?

Nenad's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.