René Karges
Freelancer
Experience
Freelancer
Freelance Work
- Business analysis
- Requirements management
- Project management
- Stakeholder management
- Team leadership
Team Leader Professional Services
MIDRAY GmbH (formerly debitel Network Services GmbH)
- Consulting and customizing existing services
- Developing custom customer solutions
- Product development
- Requirements management
- Stakeholder management
- Operational planning (budget planning, strategy implementation)
- Cost center responsibility
- Concept development
- Technical and strategic consulting for mobile-related services
- Multi-project management and program management
Project Manager
MIDRAY GmbH (formerly debitel Network Services GmbH)
- Analysis, design, planning and implementation of complex mobile business projects
- Forming and leading interdisciplinary project teams
- Designing system architectures
- Consulting and supporting business customers
- Stakeholder management
- Responsibility for service delivery and change management
System Administrator
MIDRAY GmbH (formerly debitel Network Services GmbH)
- System administration Sun/Solaris
- On-call duty 24/7
- Responsibility for DNS and domain registration
System Administrator
Metronet GmbH & Co. KG
- System administration Sun/Solaris
- On-call duty 24/7
- Responsibility for DNS and domain registration
Student assistant in computer operations
Heinz Nixdorf Institute at the University of Paderborn
Student assistant in computer operations
University of Paderborn, Department of Computer Science
Summary
I am an IT specialist with many years of project management and leadership experience focusing on telecommunications, mobile communications, and the Internet. I am highly self-motivated and assertive, and I know how to ask the right questions. As an interpreter between technicians, business owners, decision makers, and other stakeholders, I convey complex matters in a way that suits the audience.
Skills
It Consulting:
- Requirements Analysis, Requirements Management
- Solution, Interface And System Architecture Design
- Process Design
- System Integration
Project Management:
- Leading Interdisciplinary Project Teams
- Agile Project Management
- Planning And Monitoring Implementation And Quality Assurance
- Stakeholder Management, Vendor Management
- Project Reporting, Controlling, Presentation
- Multi-project Management, Program Management
- Risk Management
Interim Management:
- Team Building, Organization
- Team Leadership With And Without Personnel Responsibility
- Personnel Planning
- Strategic Planning
- Cost Center Administration
- Budgeting, Controlling, Resource Reporting
Leadership:
- Team Building, Organization
- Team Motivation
- Team Leadership With And Without Personnel Responsibility
- Strategic Planning
- Defining Targets
Organization:
- Budgeting, Controlling, Resource Reporting
- Personnel Planning
- Staffing
- Cost Center Administration
- Procurement
- Reporting
Consulting / Design:
- Requirements Analysis, Requirements Management
- Solution Design
- System Architecture Design
- Interface Specification
- Process Design
- System Integration
- Technical Contract Management
- Preparation Of Technical Tender Documents
Project Management (Detailed):
- Project Planning, Initiation, Control
- Coordination Of External Service Providers, Vendor Management
- Agile Project Management
- Project Reporting, Controlling, Presentation
- Multi-project Management, Program Management
- Risk Management
- Stakeholder Management
- National And International Projects
Industry Experience:
- Telecommunications, Mobile Communications, Internet, Transport & Logistics, Retail
- Focus Areas: Value-added Services Sms, Mms, Wap, Gprs, Apn Connectivity, Internet, Subscription Management, Billing, Online Billing, Mobile Tv
- E-payment, Credit Cards, Pci
Additional Skills:
- Itil V3
- Prince2 Practitioner
- Scrum
Personal Skills:
- Analytical And Networked Thinking
- Teamwork
- Collaboration
- Assertiveness
- High Motivation
- Determination
- Perseverance
- Strong Quality Awareness
Management Tools:
- Primavera P3e
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Office, Visio
- Mantis Bugtracker, Consol Cm
- Pmwiki
- Absolutebusy, Sqlreports
- Bmc Patrol, Nagios, Cacti
- Ontrack
- Clarity Ppm
- Jira
Operating Systems:
- Unix (Sun Solaris, Debian Linux)
- Microsoft Windows
- Apple Mac Os X
Technologies / Protocols:
- Sms, Mms, Wap, Apn, Gprs, Umts, Csd
- Ucp/emi, Smpp, Sm/asi
- Dmb
- Radius, Aaa, Ldap, Sso
- Load Balancing And Content Switching
- Tcp/ip And Various Internet Protocols
- Xml, Uml, Bpmn, Soap
- Middleware, Eai
- Cloud, Amazon Aws
Applications And Services:
- Mail Systems (Smtp, Pop3, Imap)
- Subscription Management
- Web Services With Apache, Tomcat, Jboss
- Messaging Services Sms, Mms, Email, Chat, Ivr
- Directory Services, Aaa, Radius, Ldap, Sso
- Oracle Database, Mysql
- Sap
- Critical Path Sms Server
- Pisys Conditional Access System (Irdeto), Thales Sapphire
- Annyway Wap Gateway
- Sonic Mq Message Broker
- Veritas File System And Cluster
- Open Source, Pbind, Cvs
- Vmware
- Shell, Perl
Languages
Education
University of Paderborn
Diploma in Computer Science · Computer Science, minor in Business Administration · Paderborn, Germany
Reismann-Gymnasium
High School Diploma · Paderborn, Germany
Certifications & licenses
PRINCE2 Practitioner
PRINCE2 Foundation
ITIL V.3 Foundations
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