Consultant for Multi-Project and Portfolio Management Introduction

Led the technical side and chaired the advisory board to make the in-house developed online reporting portal reusable by other states under the Online Access Act’s one-for-all principle. Supported implementation and provided consultancy in 11 states.

• Coordinated requirements of adopting states and OZG
• Oversaw data protection and IT security
• Prepared procurement and project structures for implementation
• Communicated and coordinated with political stakeholders
• Managed external providers (development and operations)

Co-led assessing IT infrastructure maturity to harmonize existing structures under the "Police 2020" initiative and introduce standardized applications.

• Moderated focused formats for cross-departmental requirements, process and gap analysis
• Optimized resource use by bundling similar IT initiatives within the agency’s and federal program’s strategy
• Led cross-team creation and implementation of central epics following Scrum

Founded the consultancy to support public sector digital transformations and modernize global public security structures. Converted sole proprietorship "govzone" into "klein public advisory GmbH" (12/22) with brands "klein public innovation" and "klein public impact".

Example projects:

• PoC of an AI for autonomous perimeter monitoring
• Digitization platform for a Smart City program
• Police reform in the Western Balkans
• Go-to-market strategy for a US IT forensics firm
• Talks on digitization and agile product development with Scrum at various academies and universities
• University lectures on "Public Entrepreneurship" and "Integrated Management Systems"

Led requirements analysis subproject to adapt standardized reporting processes of the live online portal (since 2018) to political and legal changes on hate speech and the Network Enforcement Act.

• Gathered requirements for legal and technical implementation of defined epics
• Designed and implemented a concept to decentralize the online reporting division based on extended processes
• Provided method support to project leadership and managed crisis communication in the unit

Led requirements and change management for the joint ONLINE REPORTING project under the Federal Digitization Program. The portal, easing workload at police stations by 15% usage in year one, achieved its goal.

• Developed best-practice based on other states' implementations
• Collected and consolidated functional requirements for the portal’s open architecture to ensure high data quality and relief for police stations
• Set up and managed the change process with targeted communication
• Explained the methodology and presented results abroad

Oversaw statewide hazard prevention matters and exercised statewide technical oversight of operations. Advanced IT principles and strategies for Administration 4.0 and Police 2020, and coordinated related subprojects.

Officer in patrol and guard duties at a police station; operational security measures; first responder at crime scenes; forensic crime scene analysis; trainer for recruits.