Ralf Bollinger - PMO & Transition Management 5G Rollout

Königswinter, Germany

Experience

May 2025 - Present

9 months

PMO & Transition Management 5G Rollout

Mobile network operator

Oct 2024 - Apr 2025

7 months

Göttingen, Germany

Task force for coordination and control of ongoing fiber rollouts

Goetel GmbH

Task force for coordination and control of ongoing fiber rollouts (FTTH, FTTT & backbone)
Setting up the new CRO organization
Optimizing processes around planning, procurement, deployment, provisioning, and activation
Backbone, MFG acceptance, construction reporting, KPI reporting
Rollout and project management, main contractor management, partner management

Jul 2020 - Dec 2020

6 months

Germany

Market exploration for FTTH fiber expansion

Regionalverband FrankfurtRheinMain

Market exploration for nationwide FTTH fiber expansion in the FrankfurtRheinMain gigabit region
Developing letters of intent and framework cooperation agreements with telecom companies (Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche Glasfaser, Deutsche Giganetz, Vodafone) (fiber optics, broadband, 5G, HFC, FTTx, DOCSIS 3.1, smart cities, IoT, IP surveillance)

Apr 2020 - Dec 2024

4 years 9 months

Hamburg, Germany

Product and cost manager for WLAN expansion and LAN/WLAN rollout

Dataport AöR

Product and cost responsibility for the citywide WLAN expansion at approx. 400 public schools in Hamburg with >12,000 access points and >4,000 switches for approx. 200,000 users as part of the DigitalPakt Schule program (Cisco)
LAN and WLAN infrastructure rollout, operational transition, drafting of project and operations contract for LAN/WLAN (Hamburg Authority for Schools and Vocational Training)
Planning, costing, rollout & migration of WAN, LAN, and WLAN infrastructure for the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen including operations agreement (Cisco)
Product responsibility for rollout and operation of WAN, LAN, and WLAN infrastructure for the tax offices in Lower Saxony (Steuer-VIT, LStN) (Cisco)
Development of a cross-state WLAN strategy

Sep 2019 - Feb 2020

6 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Project management and rollout management for SDSL and AGB migration

1&1 Versatel GmbH

Project management and rollout management for SDSL and AGB migration
Task force at C-level
Personnel and budget responsibility
Termination of the upstream products as part of DTAG's All-IP rollout and migration of all connections (e.g. 5,700 SDSL, 2,200 AGB)
Ensuring the provisioning of new target products (fiber optics, broadband, FTTx, NGN, All-IP) in collaboration with product management
Managing network delivery, service provider order management, and field service

Apr 2019 - Aug 2019

5 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Project Manager Business Systems/CAFM

ISS Communication Services GmbH

Project management of Business Systems/CAFM
Took over DTAG as client (PASM; GSUS; DFMG) from the previous service provider
Agile development, testing, migration & transition of facility management (IFM, TFM, KFM)
Personnel and budget responsibility
Responsible for requirements (FDDs, IDDs), sprint planning, software development & testing (Atlassian Jira, IBM Tririga)

Aug 2017 - Mar 2019

1 year 8 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Overall project management for enterprise/commercial customers

1&1 Versatel GmbH

Overall project management for enterprise/commercial customers and public sector across Germany: rollout (Cisco), transition/migration, operational transfer
Personnel and budget responsibility
Incident and problem management, monitoring, reporting, ITIL of telecommunication services (data, voice, MAN, WAN, VPN, VoIP, SIP, NGN, MPLS, FTTx, All-IP)
Product development (e.g. SIP-Trunk Trusted Link)
End customers: KommWis Mainz; State of Rhineland-Palatinate; MLP Financial Advisory SE; B·A·D Health Care and Safety Technology GmbH, Bonn

Jun 2017 - Jul 2017

2 months

Cologne, Germany

Solution design, implementation, migration and transition

BridgingIT GmbH

Designing solutions for implementation, migration and transition for business customers
Agile project management, Scrum
Daimler AG: Atlassian implementation
Deutsche Messe AG: "Fair of the Future"
REWE Group: All-IP concept

Nov 2016 - May 2017

7 months

Bonn, Germany

Conceptual design of the nationwide All-IP conversion

Deutsche Telekom

Conceptual design of the complete nationwide All-IP conversion (contract and connection migrations)
Coordination of BNG rollout, coverage, IP availability, product development, product availability, market launch for all segments (residential customers, business customers, wholesale)

Jan 2012 - Oct 2016

4 years 10 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Technical Service Manager

Vodafone GmbH

Support for large and business customers in technical operations (mobile, fixed network, broadband, VPN, MPLS, voice, data, VoIP, All-IP)
Support for presales, bids, implementation, product development, rollouts, provisioning
KPI and incident reporting, SLAs, service level management
Escalations, incident and problem management, service review meetings, management meetings, continuous improvement, customer workshops
Personnel and budget responsibility
End customers: ThyssenKrupp; Evonik Industries; Triumph Adler; REWE Group; toom hardware store; Free State of Thuringia; Rhineland Regional Association (LVR); KfW; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE); Deutsche Bahn; DB Systel; Hochtief

Apr 2011 - Dec 2011

9 months

Bonn, Germany

Project Manager Social Media Solution

Deutsche Telekom

Project manager for rolling out an international social media solution (Jive) as a global, unified core IT service for communication and collaboration as part of the international Enterprise 2.0 strategy
Personnel and budget responsibility
Software: Jive, IBM Connections, Confluence
Focus areas: cultural change, international communication, service management, operating concept, incident and problem management, collaboration

Nov 2009 - Mar 2011

1 year 5 months

Eschborn, Germany

Project Manager Technical Enterprise Fulfillment

Arcor AG / Vodafone AG

Project management and process management in technical enterprise fulfillment for international customer connections
Focus areas: provisioning, network expansion, pre-sales support, and customer service
Technology: MPLS, VPN, leased lines, xDSL, fixed-line connections, broadband, networking, network peering, routers, Cisco
Contents: requirements management, service management, IM/PM, interfaces, systems, order desk, end-to-end processes
Personnel and budget responsibility
End customers: Deutsche Bahn, DB Systel, Hochtief, Grohe, Techem, Geobra Brandstätter, Deutsche Bank

Jan 2009 - Oct 2009

10 months

Cologne, Germany

PMO FastClose Program

Talanx (HDI, Gerling)

PMO for the FastClose program to optimize all processes and IT systems involved in the group financial closing to meet the quality and timing requirements of a publicly listed company's closing processes

Jan 2008 - Dec 2008

1 year

Bonn, Germany

Project Manager for Defect Management System Replacement

T-Mobile Deutschland

Project management for replacing the existing defect management system: requirements analysis, liaison with business units, feasibility analysis, budget planning, workshops with vendors, tool evaluation, setting up test environments, and preparing a decision paper
Tools: HP Quality Manager, Atlassian Jira, IBM Rational

Jan 2008 - Dec 2008

1 year

Bonn, Germany

Project Manager Network Rollout (DTAG 'IEI' Program)

T-Systems

Project manager for network rollout within the DTAG 'IEI' program to build a unified network infrastructure across all locations and sites in Germany (>300,000 ports: MAN, WAN, LAN, WLAN, voice, servers, ASP, printers, security, routing, switching)
Personnel and budget responsibility

Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

1 year

Bonn, Germany

Project Lead for Customer Database and ITIL Process Management

Deutsche Telekom

Project lead for the introduction of an integrated customer database across all business areas of the company
Process management and design in IT Service Management (ITIL)

Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

1 year

Bonn, Germany

Fixed Mobile Convergence Feasibility Analysis

T-Systems

Creation of a feasibility analysis for products and services in fixed mobile convergence for business customers, especially regarding processes and IT in CRM and billing
Development of implementation concepts
Interface between business units, IT, and operations

Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

1 year

Bonn, Germany

VoIP Project and Implementation Management

T-Systems

Project and implementation management in product development and launch of products and services in VoIP (MPLS) for business customers
Personnel and budget responsibility
Interface between marketing, engineering, IT, and operations

Mar 2006 - Aug 2006

6 months

Verl, Germany

DSLAM Rollout Project Lead

Telefónica

Project lead for DSLAM rollout >100,000 ports
End customers: AOL, HanseNet, Alice

Jan 2006 - Dec 2006

1 year

Cologne, Germany

Process Design for Happy Digits Bonus Program

Customer Advantage Program (CAP)

Happy Digits bonus program: preparation of call center services tender
Process design and documentation

Jan 2004 - Dec 2005

2 years

Bonn, Germany

Project Manager Network Optimization 2G (Save for Growth)

T-Mobile International AG

Project lead for 'Network Optimization 2G' as part of the company-wide efficiency project 'Save for Growth'

Jan 2004 - Dec 2004

1 year

Bonn, Germany

Development of International Quality Strategy

T-Mobile International AG

Development and creation of an international quality strategy

Jan 2003 - Dec 2004

2 years

Bonn, Germany

Project Manager Incident and Problem Management for Mobile Data Services

T-Mobile International AG

Project manager for the introduction of a unified incident and problem management for mobile data services in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and the UK

Jan 2002 - Dec 2003

2 years

Bonn, Germany

Project Lead Process Model Process Landscape

T-Mobile International AG

Development of a common process model (Process Landscape) for the company's business processes across all European markets

Skills

Consulting And Project Experience In Telecommunications And Network Infrastructure
Interim Management, Project Management, Rollout Management, Migration & Transition
Program, Process, Risk, And Product Management, Task Forces
Focus Areas: Fixed Network, Mobile Communications, Broadband, Fiber Optics, Wan, Lan, Wlan, Vpn, Mpls, Ftth, Digitalization, Digitalpakt, Iot, All-ip, Ngn, Itil
Leading National And International Projects
Rollout, Migration, And Transition Management
Escalation Management, Leading Task Forces And Steering Committees
Interim Management
Risk Management
Agile Project Management, Scrum
Mobile Communications 2g-5g
Wan, Lan, Wlan
Broadband Expansion, Fiber Optics, Ftth, Backbone
Slas, Service Level Management
Executive Reporting, Sla Reporting, Kpi Reporting
Service Management, Technical Service Management
Established At Management, Executive, And Board Levels
Personnel And Budget Responsibility
It Service Management, Itil
Design, Implementation, And Auditing Of Business Processes
Incident And Problem Management, Incident Reports, Root Cause Analyses

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

French

Elementary

Education

Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University Bonn

Diploma in Economic Geography · Economic Geography · Bonn, Germany

Charles University Prague

Diploma thesis 'Economic transformation in the Czech Republic' · Prague, Czech Republic

Certifications & licenses

ITIL Service Manager

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Dataport AöR

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ISS Communication Services GmbH

Overall project management for enterprise/commercial customers

1&1 Versatel GmbH

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BridgingIT GmbH

Conceptual design of the nationwide All-IP conversion

Deutsche Telekom

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Vodafone GmbH

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Deutsche Telekom

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Arcor AG / Vodafone AG

PMO FastClose Program

Talanx (HDI, Gerling)

Project Manager for Defect Management System Replacement

T-Mobile Deutschland

Project Manager Network Rollout (DTAG 'IEI' Program)

T-Systems

Project Lead for Customer Database and ITIL Process Management

Deutsche Telekom

Fixed Mobile Convergence Feasibility Analysis

T-Systems

VoIP Project and Implementation Management

T-Systems

DSLAM Rollout Project Lead

Telefónica

Process Design for Happy Digits Bonus Program

Customer Advantage Program (CAP)

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T-Mobile International AG

Development of International Quality Strategy

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Skills

Languages

Education

Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University Bonn

Diploma in Economic Geography · Economic Geography · Bonn, Germany

Charles University Prague

Diploma thesis 'Economic transformation in the Czech Republic' · Prague, Czech Republic

Certifications & licenses

ITIL Service Manager

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