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Sven Hummel

Process Architect (Symbio, Signavio)

Sven Hummel
Munich, Germany

Experience

Nov 2023 - Present
2 years 4 months
Munich, Germany

Process Architect (Symbio, Signavio)

IT service provider for an international premium car manufacturer

  • Analyzing, aligning, and modeling business processes (BPMN 2.0) for the 'The New Retail' program in the areas of 'Invoicing', 'Tax', 'Customs', and 'Accounting'
  • Tracking user stories and their impact on processes
  • Point of contact for preparing the tool migration from Symbio to Signavio for the stated areas
  • Power user after the Signavio rollout, point of contact and coach for the other process modelers
Jun 2023 - Oct 2023
5 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Program Test Manager (contractor)

IT service provider for an international Düsseldorf-based insurance group

  • Designing the program test strategy
  • Designing the program test organization
  • Creating the test effort estimate for the program based on the affected corporate systems and applications
  • Setting up the Microfocus ALM test management tool for the program
  • Setting up and implementing cross-system test users
  • Operational support for the first pilot systems in testing (test management and test analysis)
Apr 2021 - May 2023
2 years 2 months
Berlin, Germany

Senior Test Manager (contractor) for the supplier

IT service provider for a German sales organization of a premium car manufacturer

  • Designing, aligning, and implementing a project-wide work model (business and IT)
  • Introducing quality assurance standards in the project (reviews, code test guidelines)
  • Defining, aligning, and introducing quality gates for the project
  • Taking over external test management for the integration test phases up to production handover
  • Leading the external centralized test team
  • Conducting workshops, retrospectives, and lessons learned
  • Defining, aligning, and introducing supporting workflows for demands and business functions in a centralized, cross-system Jira
  • Designing, aligning, and implementing a centralized defect management
  • Creating the project test concept
  • Aligning quality management and test approaches with external auditors
  • Creating a usage concept for the Zephyr test management tool in Jira
  • Designing the centralized test and defect reporting
  • Supporting internal business analysts and work packages in creating testable scenarios, business functions, and demands
Apr 2021 - Dec 2021
9 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Stream Lead for Sub-Project Test & Acceptance

Financial services provider, stock exchange

  • Test management and sub-project lead for the Panthera / TradeRebel stream – the new trading platform of the Stuttgart Stock Exchange
  • Aligning quality aspects and management with the main project and other streams regarding BaFin audits
  • Analyzing and creating the test concept for internal testing activities
  • Evaluating and implementing a testing workflow including tool usage in the project
  • Building and integrating a defect management workflow in Jira
  • Setting up project-supporting dashboards for test and defect management
Mar 2020 - Dec 2020
10 months
Stuttgart, Germany

External consultant for quality management and agile practices

Financial services provider, stock exchange

  • Analyzing and creating the test concept for internal testing activities in the SID project – system for distributing financial market data
  • Evaluating and implementing a testing workflow including tool usage
  • Building and integrating a defect management workflow in Jira
  • Conducting needs analysis and setting up project-supporting dashboards for test and defect management
Sep 2018 - Feb 2021
2 years 6 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Test Manager (ext.) of the 'Supplier'

IT service provider for the financial services/mobility division of a car manufacturer

  • Set up and rollout of a Jira-supported process from design to production handover, including defect management
  • Took over test management and defect management as a service provider; coordination with the client's internal test manager
  • Created the project test concept
  • Carried out quality assurance measures in the project, including external development service providers (Italy)
  • Supported internal business analysts and the product owner in creating testable stories and epics
Aug 2017 - Aug 2018
1 year 1 month
Stuttgart, Germany

Test Manager (ext.), Coach (agile) for Requirements Team

IT service provider for a vehicle manufacturer

  • Set up testing and test management as well as defect management with the internal test manager in the MPRO project – new development of a web portal for the VAN division (agile project)
  • Coached internal staff on product owner topics and maintaining backlogs and stories
  • Carried out quality assurance measures in the project, including for the external development service provider
Apr 2017 - Jun 2017
3 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Consultant for test management support for the insurance extension in the customer portal

Bank of a vehicle manufacturer

  • Set up, coordination and alignment as well as planning of the functional tests of the insurance department within the scope of the extension of insurance functionalities of the customer portal
Apr 2017 - Jun 2017
3 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Management consultant for analyzing the test organization and quality assurance in the company's LF4 environment

Insurance company

  • Created a neutral as-is analysis for the CIO with recommendations for action within the system environment around the LifeFactory application
Jul 2016 - Mar 2017
9 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Requirements Engineer (Product Owner) for the manufacturer's global websites

IT service provider for a vehicle manufacturer

  • Delivered requirements engineering services in an agile approach for the vehicle manufacturer
  • Managed and coordinated topics with designers, various development houses as well as test and release management
Oct 2015 - Jun 2016
9 months
Ingolstadt, Germany

Program Test Manager (international project environment)

International Electronics Retail Group

  • Test management (agile approach – Scrum, focus on integration) for the program to develop the new Loyalty & Campaign Management System
  • Advising and coaching staff (internal and external)
  • Designing and creating strategy for the project test approach (transformation from the V-model to the agile Scrum-SAFE model)
  • Ensuring quality management in the project from epics and user stories to integration testing
Jan 2014 - Sep 2015
1 year 9 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Test Manager; Defect Manager; Team Coordinator

Financial Services Provider, Stock Exchange

  • Test management for various phases, focusing on acceptance testing in the project to redevelop the Xitaro stock trading system with an international provider
  • Introducing tools and processes for test and defect management (Tosca, JIRA)
  • Advising, coaching, and leading staff (internal and external) during the project phases
  • Designing and creating strategy for environment usage after project rollout (release, change, and configuration management)
Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
1 year
Ludwigsburg, Germany

Overall Test Lead for Group-wide SEPA Implementation

Building Society, Bank, Insurance, Internal IT Service Provider

  • Overall test leadership, coordination, and control of testing across all five sub-projects with about 80 team members for the group-wide SEPA rollout

Industries Experience

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Experienced in Automotive (8.5 years), Information Technology (8 years), Banking and Finance (4.5 years), Insurance (0.5 years), and Retail (0.5 years).

Automotive
Information Technology
Banking and Finance
Insurance
Retail

Business Areas Experience

The graph below provides a cumulative view of the freelancer's experience across multiple business areas, calculated from completed and active engagements. It highlights the areas where the freelancer has most frequently contributed to planning, execution, and delivery of business outcomes.

Experienced in Quality Assurance (9.5 years), Information Technology (9 years), Project Management (3.5 years), Accounting (2.5 years), Operations (2.5 years), and Product Development (1.5 years).

Quality Assurance
Information Technology
Project Management
Accounting
Operations
Product Development

Summary

Mr. Hummel supports clients from various industries in the (international) IT environment as a management consultant. His focus industries are "Finance", "Insurance", and "Automotive".

For years he has worked in client projects as a quality expert, (senior) test manager, product owner or requirements engineer, business analyst, process optimization consultant, and project manager.

His portfolio also includes defect management, environment management, organization, system analysis, system development, as well as training and coaching, and the introduction of methods, processes, and tools for software quality assurance.

His management-level focus areas include:

  • Aligning, designing, and conducting feasibility analyses of project initiatives with the client, focusing on quality assurance and testing;
  • Optimizing processes with a focus on "quality";
  • Analyses and concepts for building, introducing, or optimizing test organizations (including the transformation from classical methodologies to agile approaches).

On the operational level, his focus areas are:

  • Leading and executing (sub-)projects, focusing on quality assurance and testing;
  • Business analysis of requirements (agile or "classical");
  • Analyzing, designing, and implementing processes using BPMN 2.0;
  • System analysis as a basis for system design (agile or "classical");
  • Defect management (including workflow design, tool selection, execution, and coordination);
  • Test data management.

He also provides in-project coaching for internal product owners, test managers, test leads, and test teams as part of his consulting services.

Skills

Methods / Processes

  • Qa Processes: All Qa And Testing Processes According To Istqb, Throughout All Phases Of Software Development, Regardless Of The Development Model (Agile Or "Classical"); From Requirements Creation To Software Release And Maintenance; Creating Qa Guidelines For Development, Test Plans For Development And Functional Testing, As Well As Qa Risk Analyses And Optimization Of Test Organizations.
  • Management: Project Management Approach According To The Pmi Model, Certified Under Pmbok 2.0 In 2003, Knowledge Updated In 2010 To Pmbok 4.0; Scrum / Certified Scrum Product Owner.
  • Maturity Models: Cmm, Cmmi, Tmmi, Tpi, Spice (Basic Knowledge), Itil.
  • It Methods/processes: Scrum, Kanban, V-model, W-model, Waterfall Model, Ooa, Ood With Uml, Structured Analysis And Design.

Tools

  • Software Testing: Jira (Add-ons: Xray, Zephyr); Microfocus Alm; Postman; Sqs-test Professional; Tosca; Change Synergy; Clearquest; Requisite Pro; Itsm Remedy.
  • Process Modeling: Signavio; Symbio; Confluence Draw.io; Gliffy; Visio; Yed; Adonis; Aris; Innovator (Mid).
  • Standard Software: Microsoft Office; Confluence; Jira; Ms Project; Sharepoint; Mural.
  • Software Development: Jira; Git; Team Foundation Server (Tfs); Toad; Innovator (Ooa/ood); Erwin; Ptc (Mks – Integrity).
  • Informatica (Data Management): Powercenter; Powerexchange Navigator; Ilm-tdm.

Operating Systems

  • Windows.
  • Ibm Mainframe - Zos.
  • Unix (Basic Knowledge).

Databases

  • Db2.
  • Oracle.
  • Mysql.
  • Ims.
  • Vsam.
  • Access.
  • Hsql.

Programming Languages

  • Cobol.
  • C (Basic Knowledge).
  • Html (Basic Knowledge).
  • Xml (Basic Knowledge).
  • Java (Basic Knowledge).

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Health Insurance Business Administrator

Certified Business Informatics Specialist

Certifications & licenses

ITIL Foundation 2011 Edition

Project Management according to PMI

CSPE Certified Scrum Product Owner

IREB Certified Professional – Foundation Level

ISTQB Certified Tester – Advanced Level Test Manager

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Where is Sven based?

Sven is based in Munich, Germany.

What languages does Sven speak?

Sven speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Sven have?

Sven has at least 13 years of experience. During this time, Sven has worked in at least 13 different roles and for 11 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year. Note that Sven may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Sven be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Sven would be well-suited for roles such as: Process Architect (Symbio, Signavio), Program Test Manager (contractor), Senior Test Manager (contractor) for the supplier.

What is Sven's latest experience?

Sven's most recent position is Process Architect (Symbio, Signavio) at IT service provider for an international premium car manufacturer.

What companies has Sven worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Sven has worked for IT service provider for an international premium car manufacturer, IT service provider for an international Düsseldorf-based insurance group, IT service provider for a German sales organization of a premium car manufacturer, Financial services provider, stock exchange, and IT service provider for the financial services/mobility division of a car manufacturer.

Which industries is Sven most experienced in?

Sven is most experienced in industries like Automotive, Information Technology (IT), and Banking and Finance. Sven also has some experience in Retail and Insurance.

Which business areas is Sven most experienced in?

Sven is most experienced in business areas like Quality Assurance (QA), Information Technology (IT), and Project Management. Sven also has some experience in Accounting, Operations, and Product Development.

Which industries has Sven worked in recently?

Sven has recently worked in industries like Automotive, Information Technology (IT), and Banking and Finance.

Which business areas has Sven worked in recently?

Sven has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Quality Assurance (QA), and Accounting.

What is Sven's education?

Sven attended education in Health Insurance Business Administrator.

Does Sven have any certificates?

Sven has 5 certificates. Among them, these include: ITIL Foundation 2011 Edition, Project Management according to PMI, and CSPE Certified Scrum Product Owner.

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Sven is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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