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Ralf Thomas

Director Global Cloud - Quality & Compliancy

Ralf Thomas
Fürth, Germany

Experience

Jan 2023 - Jul 2025
2 years 7 months
Fürth, Germany

Director Global Cloud - Quality & Compliancy

Eviden

  • Leading a global team for quality assurance and compliance in cloud services
Apr 2016 - Jan 2023
6 years 10 months
Fürth, Germany

Director Global Cloud - Run-Support & Deployment

Atos SE

  • Leading a global team for deployment and third level support of private and public cloud systems worldwide
Feb 2014 - Apr 2016
2 years 3 months
Fürth, Germany

Director Production Center Central Europe

Atos SE

  • Leading the IT service centers in Poland and Romania for Central Europe
Feb 2004 - Feb 2014
10 years 1 month
Fürth, Germany

Manager Infrastructure & Cloud Services Germany

Atos Origin

  • Leading the IT service center and data centers in Germany
Jan 2000 - Feb 2004
4 years 2 months
Fürth, Germany

Manager System Technology

Itellium GmbH

  • Leading the IT service center and data centers in Germany
May 1991 - Dec 1999
8 years 8 months
Leipzig, Germany

Database and System-Management

Quelle Versand

  • Various positions in database and system management at the data center of Quelle Versand in Nuremberg and Leipzig, Germany

Summary

With extensive global leadership experience spanning over three decades in global IT and Cloud operations, after retiring I now offer freelance advisory services, augmented with Gen AI, focused on IT Management and Strategy, Journey to Cloud, Data & Gen AI, and Quality & Compliance. Throughout my career at Eviden and Atos, I've held senior management roles in public and sovereign cloud services, and manager of infrastructure services, successfully leading international teams and strategic technology initiatives.

Skills

Technical Focus

  • It Management & It Strategy
  • Cloud Computing (Private, Public, Hybrid Cloud – Aws, Ms Azure, Google Gcp)
  • It Service Management (Itil, Iso 20000, Iso 27001)
  • It Security & Compliance (Nis2, Data Protection, Gdpr)
  • Devsecops & Process Automation
  • Digitalization & Process Optimization
  • It Governance & Quality Management

Leadership & Organization

  • Building International Teams (Onshore, Nearshore/offshore)
  • Organizational Development And Transformation
  • Change & People Management
  • Budget And Cost Control
  • Establishing Global Centers Of Expertise

Consulting & Communication

  • Customer Consulting And Solution Design
  • Coaching And Knowledge Transfer
  • Stakeholder Management At Senior Management Level

Future & Innovation Competence

  • Use Of Generative Ai (Genai) In Consulting & Knowledge Management

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Jul 1984 - Jul 1989

Georg-Simon-Ohm University of Applied Sciences

Diploma in Computer Science (FH) · Nuremberg, Germany

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