Olaf Kiese

Core services:

• IT strategy, architecture, and roadmap development/review/assessment
• PE/M&A/Carve-out IT/Tech due diligence, asset valuation and cost estimate
• Large-scale project assurance, review, and recovery
• Reorganization / IT Target Operating Model development
• Optimization of IT governance and development/ITSM processes
• Enterprise architecture management (EAM)
• Transformation program planning and project portfolio management
• IT service provider / vendor selection (RfI, RfP)
• IT project management (agile, classic)
• Interim management

Industries (selection):

• Insurance
• Banking
• Financial services
• Energy
• Telecommunications
• Retail/wholesale
• Logistics
• Media
• Digital services

Projects (selection):

• Interim management of Enterprise Architecture & group target architecture/roadmap development (METRO)
• Reorganization: Design and introduction of agile IT target operating model at international wholesale group (METRO)
• Design and implementation of agile BizDevOps target operating model (E.ON Grid Solutions)
• Platform/vendor selection for renewal of core insurance solution of start-up (ELEMENT Insurance)
• Establishment of project assurance capability and review/recovery of critical transformation projects (ERGO)
• Enterprise architecture management and development of divisional/solution architectures (Deutsche Post DHL)
• Strategic pricing architecture decisions in digital sales application landscape (E.ON Energie)
• IT due diligence: Architecture evaluation and monetary valuation of IT assets (ProSiebenSAT.1 Media)
• Interim management of group-wide security/compliance programme (ERGO)
• Enabling an application landscape for different sales organizations and product structures (E.ON Energie)
• Realignment of business/IT strategy and InsurTech platform selection (RfI, RfP) (nexible, ERGO Digital Ventures)
• Stabilization/optimization of an agile/SAFe business/IT DevOps landscape transformation (Lufthansa AirPlus)
• Process optimization and design/management of digitization and robotics introduction in power plants (RWE Nuclear)
• BSS target architecture development for fixed/mobile networks convergence (Deutsche Telekom)
• Optimization of IT organization model and methodology in application development and testing (Deutsche Telekom)
• Evaluation of fulfillment of a general contractor agreement for run-off/migration of contract portfolios (ERGO)

Line management of 15-20 IT architects, reporting line to C-level / Managing Director

Core topics:

• Development of IT strategies, architectures, application landscapes and roadmaps
• Review/recovery of critical large-scale IT projects
• PE/M&A/Carve-out Tech/IT due diligence and cost estimates
• Evaluation of IT architectures and enterprise architecture management (EAM)
• IT project portfolio management/optimization
• Planning/management of transformation programs / large-scale IT projects
• Development of IT organization structures, TOM and IT governance
• Optimization of IT development and operations processes, agile methods
• Software, vendor and service provider selection (RfI, RfP)
• Requirements management, development of business/IT solution concepts

Industries (selection):

• Insurance
• Banking
• Financial services
• Energy
• Telecommunications
• Media
• Industrial goods

Projects (selection):

• Digitalization and classical/AI optimization of claims business processes (Allianz PKV)
• Cross-country reorganization of IT, Finance, HR (E.ON)
• IT target architecture assessment and IT project portfolio optimization (Basler Versicherungen)
• Review/optimization of test concept for a stock exchange core system renewal (Börse Stuttgart)
• Development of BCG project review/recovery framework ESP Ensuring Successful Projects (BCG Platinion)
• Development of target architecture and integration test design (GEMA Joint Venture)
• Modernization of application landscape and IT service management (GEMA)
• Mainframe / core banking system replacement and migration (ING)
• Set-up of data warehouse for worldwide purchasing data to optimize procurement processes (Thyssenkrupp)
• Program review and recovery of Banking Retail PMI and core banking system renewal (Deutsche Bank)
• Project, quality and test management for renewal of gas industry processes and applications (E.ON)
• Review/re-planning of a renewal project for the operational management system for nuclear power plants (E.ON Kraftwerke, E.ON IT)
• Estimation of IT costs for a banking carve-out (Lloyd Banking Group)
• Pre-merger comparison of central IT service providers of two health insurance companies (AOK)
• Cross-country cost optimization in mobile telco application landscapes and processes (Telia Sonera)
• Architecture feasibility analysis for renewal of (car, accident, liability) core policy management system (VHV Versicherungen)
• Optimization of test and release management and establishment of a test center organization in an insurance group (Generali)
• IT strategy development with focus on IT architecture and sourcing (Sanoma News)
• Pre due diligence of a core banking system provider (Amdocs)
• ETIS study on BSS standard software in mobile telcos (Orange, Telefonica, ...)
• Architecture blueprint and implementation/rollout planning of retail/wholesale COTS packages (Daimler Financial Services)
• Review/recovery of a core applications replacement project (PZU)
• Planning, vendor selection and management of offshore testing at a PMI (ING)
• Gap analysis and IT migration planning for a merger of banking IT service providers (DSGV)
• Integration/interface design for CRM introduction (SparkassenVersicherung)
• Target architecture and integration concept design and product development process optimization (ARAG)
• Renewal of private customer portal and optimization of backend/supply process chain (Deutsche Telekom)
• Stabilization of a health insurance IT landscape transformation (Generali)
• Development of target architecture for a direct bank/broker (comdirect)
• Development of IT strategy with focus on IT architecture and integration (VHV)
• Review IT strategy with focus on IT architecture, organization and IT processes (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
• Development and group-wide roll-out of a web-based news tool (E.ON)
• Functional and technical consolidation of intranets (E.ON)
• Functional and technical design of electronic patient records (Klinikum Essen)
• Review of a project to develop a banking software suite (ARAG Alldata)
• Review of architecture concepts for application integration (EAI) and field service connectivity (SparkassenVersicherung)
• Load and performance testing of a project portfolio management application (BCG)
• Optimization of IT costs and analysis of growth potential through shared services (EADS)
• IT cost estimation for implementation of new sales concepts for financial products (DSGV)
• Development of personnel management, project planning and accounting workflows (BCG)
• Digitalization of leasing business processes and development of a B2B leasing portal (SüdLeasing)

Core topics: Technical design, implementation, integration and testing of B2B/B2C web portals and applications

Industries:

• Telecommunications
• Logistics
• Digital services