Sven Pirk - Project Manager for ORCA/myTools project

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Hohenbrunn, Germany

Experience

Jun 2024 - Present

1 year 8 months

Germany

Project Manager for ORCA/myTools project

Sulzer GmbH, BMW

Crisis management in a digitalization project within a procurement project for a major automotive group.
Status assessment, multilateral coordination with stakeholders, identifying the "way forward", reviewing commissions and initiating new ones, stabilizing the project team, further planning with the client and the bidder consortium.
Software to inventory machine tools, integration into the group's procurement process, orchestration of the initial inventory, support of different processes to capture, identify, assign, and store tools (>150) worldwide, coordination with asset accounting and tax.
Technologies: Office, Jira, Confluence.

Apr 2023 - Jun 2024

1 year 3 months

Germany

Rollout Manager for EFAS Online Services in Lower Saxony

Findic, Idest, IT.N

Rollout of digital application processes in healthcare to additional federal states.
Coordinating workshops, optimizing usage, aligning necessary changes, setting up technical procedures (SaaS), connecting specialist applications and payment systems.
Supporting legal requirements (data processing agreement, reuse contract, etc.).
Familiarizing with each state's requirements, aligning and configuring the application processes according to state-specific guidelines and legal requirements.
Coordinating between specialist departments, IT departments, data protection, legal teams, and local IT operators.
Technologies: Office, Jira, Confluence.

Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

1 year 1 month

Germany

Strategic Consultant for Digitalization Projects

Diconium, VW-FS

Planning, setting direction, and organizing various omni-channel projects in a captive banking environment.
Managing execution projects with multiple service providers, overall coordination and communication.
Managing and executing eCommerce projects in the banking sector.
Front-end strategy with introduction of a new backend (CMS).
Migration and integration.
Strategic alignment, setting up and monitoring requirements management, establishing and stabilizing the (business) architecture, managing multiple service providers, and reporting to stakeholders (C-level).
Technologies: Cloud, Office.

May 2021 - Dec 2021

8 months

Germany

PMO for PMI project

Diconium, CARIAD

Integrating/merging an independent IT unit into the corporate environment of a major automotive group.
Supporting individual departments (like legal, HR, IT, etc.), coordination and overall communication.
Managing and handling the merger into the corporate environment.
Securing the required corporate decisions, planning the legal steps, coordinating IT with regard to licenses and access, supporting HR and the supervisory board with staff integration.
Technologies: Cloud, Office.

May 2020 - Jul 2021

1 year 3 months

Austria

Product Owner Online Sales / Project Manager for POS Rollout

Toyota Kreditbank

Introducing an online sales strategy for a captive bank in the automotive sector.
Aligning stakeholders, managing the service provider, requirements management, project management.
Developing and directing the EU-wide online strategy for online finance.
Rolling out a point-of-sales system (Torque ITS) with credit check in a new market for automotive financing and leasing.
Planning the implementation of a POS system in a newly built IT landscape in the Austrian market.
Integration into the existing CMS system, process flow analysis, identifying requirements of surrounding systems (SAP, DWH, risk, etc.), preparing possible RFIs/RFPs.
Topics: online, analytics, disclaimer, legal, profile, asset & finance product management, customer data handling, cloud, architecture.
Technologies: Cloud, Confluence, IT architecture, Torque ITS, Office.

May 2018 - Mar 2020

1 year 11 months

Germany

Hybrid

PMO, Hybrid Customer Program

ERGO / ERGO Direkt

Merged two fundamentally different insurance groups and unified their marketing and sales processes.
Introduced SAS MA/MO/ID for NBA/NBO and optimized campaign planning.
Provided management support to the operational project management, synchronizing with project and program management (both at board level).
Handled complex coordination with co-determination bodies and group works councils, as well as data protection.
Clarified strategic, solution-oriented IT architecture and aligned contracts with service providers (SAS) and corporate procurement.
Organized and led multilateral workshops to produce requirement specifications.
Supported building a new analytics unit to deliver analytical intelligence at the POS (in-store, online, and direct).
Technologies: Office, Jira, Confluence, IT architecture, SAS.

Dec 2017 - Apr 2018

5 months

Germany

Program Management Support, Digital Transformation

Telefonica Deutschland

Digitalized the core processes of Telefonica Deutschland.
Advised and actively supported program management up to the board level.
Actively shaped delivery and testing processes, ensuring quality requirements were met.
Monitored progress through milestone tracking and workshops.
Technologies: Jira, Confluence, Office, waterfall and agile approaches.

Jan 2016 - Dec 2017

2 years

Germany

Requirements Analysis, International Workshops

BMW Bank (Financial Services)

Digitized the loan application process in the automotive group.
Provided management consulting for a digitization project along the application path between end customer and bank, involving dealerships.
Created business proposals (requirement specifications) and coordinated multiple business units to ensure a legally correct and relevant description of a kernel approach.
Moderated and prepared multilateral workshops, and created arguments and project descriptions.
Technologies: Office, Project, Scrum.

Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

1 year

Germany

Business Support, Analysis, International Workshops

BMW Bank (Financial Services)

Supported the department with various complex tasks.
Organized international workshops for requirement analysis of a new business model.
Developed a marketplace for C2C and B2C transactions, including procurement, logistics, and customer analytics.
Created functional specifications for various enhancements to a central web presence, including dynamic calculation of the cyclical charge for the user.
Technologies: Office, Project.

Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

1 year 1 month

Germany

UCP-SF Team Setup, Product Owner

BMW Bank (Financial Services)

The goal was to build an in-house marketing platform for BMW Financial Services (UCP - Universal Car Configurator Platform).
Supported multiple clients (content, car configurator, etc.) across multiple devices (mobile, desktop, tablet) for all backends (dealer frontends, calculators, etc.) in all markets.
Built a team, created a backlog, aligned business requirements, and synchronized with multiple client projects (USP, H5VC, etc.).
Defined and set up the requirements for a new multi-channel platform.
Coordinated business and architectural requirements with stakeholders from retail, marketing, used cars, etc.
Technologies: Office, Project, JSF, Java, Oracle, Glassfish, HP Quality Center, SharePoint.

Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

1 year 1 month

Germany

Functional Lead BMW Global FS Calculator

BMW Bank (Financial Services)

Representation of the business unit in all matters related to the BMW Global FS project.
Coordination of requirements, alignment with international markets, channeling the requirements to the agile (off- & onshore) team of the service provider.
Creation and adherence to project plans, advising on approaches for execution, testing, rollout, cut-over, operation.
Restart and reestablishment after major delays and a broken trust relationship with the service provider.
Coordination, de-escalation and mediation between the service provider and BMW FS departments.
Technologies: Office, JSF, Java, Oracle, Glassfish, HP Quality Center, Sharepoint.

Jul 2012 - Jan 2013

7 months

Germany

Strategy Consulting for Agile Multicountry Rollout

BMW Bank (Financial Services)

Clarification of multiple functional requirements at both strategic and local-market levels.
Optimizing the rollout capability of BMW Digital FS.
Functional support of a new Internet Calculator BMW Global FS for new markets.
Requirements analysis and coordination as well as functional management of the service provider for implementation.
Consolidation of requirements from central and cross-regional business units.
Technologies: Office, Project, JSF, Java, Oracle, Glassfish, HP Quality Center, Sharepoint.

Jan 2012 - Jul 2012

7 months

Germany

Product Owner Business Services Financial for BMW.Digital

BMW AG

Coordination of functional requirements for integrating BMW Bank into the BMW.Digital project.
Ongoing management of requirements for multimarket rollout.
Support and coaching of the BMW Bank project "Global" for a central calculation core for various markets.
Leading a project team and running Scrum sprints as Product Owner.
Consolidation of requirements from central and cross-regional business units.
Technologies: JSF, Java, Oracle, Glassfish, HP Quality Center, Sharepoint.

Sep 2010 - Dec 2011

1 year 4 months

Germany

Strategy Consulting / Consulting: BMWnext – BMW Website Relaunch

BMW AG

Coordination of functional requirements for the vehicle configurator part of the BMW website (pilot market Austria).
Structuring (backlog) and analyzing requirements within the existing processes and technical backend systems.
Optimizing business and technical processes and restructuring product data supply for better display.
Developing a new integration for BMW Bank for systematic online connection of the finance calculator (installment calculation).
Defect, rollout and cut-over management for the go-live.
Leading a project team and running Scrum sprints as Product Owner.
Technologies: JSF, Java, Flash, Oracle, Glassfish.

Jan 2010 - Sep 2010

9 months

Germany

Strategy Consulting / Consulting: BMWnext – BMW Internet Website Relaunch

BMW AG

Replacing all BMW websites worldwide with a unified platform with a new WCMS and new Vehicle Configurator.
Implementation of a complex personalization strategy and single sign-on strategy.
Mediating between business requirements (marketing) and technical implementation (IT build/run).
Conducting workshops to clarify multilateral requirements.
Transitioning the project to Scrum and running sprints as Product Owner.
Technologies: JSF, Java, Flash, Oracle, Glassfish.

Apr 2009 - Dec 2009

9 months

Germany

Rollout Management / Strategic Consulting for Vehicle Configurator

BMW AG

Rollout of the new configurator for MINI and BMW in 10 European markets.
Planning, coordination, and alignment with local contacts in the markets.
Oversight of multiple software vendors during delivery and implementation.
Creation and review of test plans, defect management, and production preparation.
Enhancements to the eCommerce platform; support in defining new features to optimize marketing activities.
Setting up and monitoring the change management process.
Technologies: XML, Oracle, Remedy, HP Quality Center, Office.

Feb 2007 - Apr 2009

2 years 3 months

Germany

Strategy Consulting, Rollout Management & IT Project Management

BMW Financial Services

Introduction of a new dealer frontend system; setting up the training concept and overseeing the creation of manuals.
Coordination and implementation of an integrated user management process (S-Gate, Siteminder).
Business concept phase of the new BMW AG vehicle configurator (eCom Next).
Planning and strategy for redesigning the interface between the B2C car configurator and the dealer frontend system.
Project management for building the B2C platform (up2drive), including migration from BEA 8 to BEA 10 (cluster).
Design and development of a remarketing solution; workflow-based J2EE application integrating various service providers.
Technologies: XML, XPATH, J2EE, Oracle, SQL, Siteminder, Project, Doors, Mercury Quality Center, Mercury Quick Test Pro, Mercury Load Runner.

May 2006 - Feb 2007

10 months

Germany

Project Lead, International Rollout Management

BMW Financial Services

Rollout of the BMW Bank online finance calculator for France and Italy.
Planning, coordination, and alignment with over 5 subcontractors.
Extension of functionality to include complex financing models.
Setting up automated testing using Mercury Quality Center and Quick Test Pro.
Developing a guideline for implementing automated tests in the configurator/calculator environment.
Technologies: .NET, ActiveX, J2EE, Project, Oracle, SQL, Mercury Quality Center.

Mar 2006 - Present

19 years 11 months

Germany

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Self-employed

Self-employed as a graduate computer scientist (FH).
Focus areas: digitization, strategy consulting, PMO, project management, process consulting.

Dec 2004 - May 2006

1 year 6 months

Germany

Reengineering and Migration of a Home Savings System

Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall / VR Kreditwerk AG

Realignment, review, and re-estimation of the project.
Revision of the architecture model (J2EE, Bea, Oracle, Filenet, DB2, IMS-DB).
Introduction of a uniform sizing framework and use of COCOMO II for valid estimates.
Project management for integrating peripheral systems into the new home savings system.
Restructuring from the waterfall model to an iterative process model.
Initiation of projects in enterprise data warehouse and data management.
Leading a team of about 35 people in a total project size of over 180 people.
Technologies: J2EE, Bea, Oracle, Filenet, DB2, IMS-DB.

Jun 2004 - Dec 2004

7 months

Luxembourg

Implementation of a customer card with bonus solution

Bram Luxemburg

Designed and rolled out the system for a Luxembourg retail company.
Advised on marketing methods and IT systems (J2EE on Oracle).
Gathered requirements, created hosting concepts, and modeled processes.
Coordinated suppliers (POS systems, lettershop) and trained the call center.
Technologies: J2EE, Oracle.

Mar 2004 - Jun 2004

4 months

Vienna, Austria

Implementation of the customer loyalty solution Couper

VIP Gourmet Club Wien / ECC Publico Wien

Implemented the club management platform Couper (Oracle-J2EE) for a lobby marketing company.
Defined interfaces to partners like T-Mobile and Erste Bank Austria.
Integrated mobile devices for remote voting options.
Moderated workshops and interviews, trained staff, and handled go-live.
Technologies: Oracle, J2EE.

Dec 2003 - May 2004

6 months

Wiesbaden, Germany

Design and modeling of a membership value-added program

Verlagsgruppe DG Verlag Wiesbaden

Designed and modeled a membership value-added program for cooperative and Raiffeisen banks.
Implemented the loyalty program Couper (Oracle-J2EE) with integration to external systems.
Introduced a CMS and coordinated subcontractors.
Technologies: Oracle, J2EE.

Aug 2003 - Dec 2003

5 months

Augsburg, Germany

Setup and redesign of a company-wide data warehouse

Verlagsgruppe Weltbild Plus, Augsburg

Redesigned the data warehouse with custom reporting and master data management (Java).
Reengineered a DB2 database platform into an internet reporting strategy.
Implemented terminal services (Citrix) access.
Specified new business requirements with an international department.
Technologies: Java, DB2, Citrix.

Aug 2002 - Aug 2003

1 year 1 month

Germany

Migration of a proprietary HP processing environment

EBV AG / Avnet Inc.

Analyzed and created a plan for migrating to an open client/server solution.
Developed a migration concept bridging business and IT departments.
Selected the system architecture and hardware platform.
Presented the solutions to the US parent company.

Aug 2001 - Jun 2002

11 months

Munich, Germany

Projekt Voran – Introduction of a New Policy Administration System

WWK Versicherung München

Technical and organizational consulting in selecting a standard policy administration product.
Moderation of workshops and support for project management.
Business process analysis and development of a migration concept.

Feb 2001 - Apr 2003

2 years 3 months

Gräfelfing, Germany

Establishment of an eBusiness Department

Pegas Systemhaus GmbH, Gräfelfing

Introduction of process modeling tools with a central repository.
Optimization of processes and coaching of project managers.
Establishment of a company-wide architecture based on Oracle and J2EE.
Personnel responsibility for over 25 employees.
Technologies: Oracle, J2EE.

Nov 2000 - Jan 2001

3 months

Munich, Germany

Relaunch of the Online Presence

Hypovereinsbank München, HVB Systems

Transparent presentation of the bank's service offering on the internet.
Project management in the critical rollout phase.
Architecture review (J2EE/Bea/Oracle).
Team size over 40, overall project size over 100.
Technologies: J2EE, Bea, Oracle.

Sep 2000 - Nov 2000

3 months

Munich, Germany

Design of a Marketplace for IC Components

Wwnet, München

Implementation of sales on consignment and clearance of inventory.
Integration of inventory management, ERP system and pricing logic.
Preparation of specifications and development of the process model.
Alignment of the process model with the relational data model.

Aug 2000 - Oct 2000

3 months

Starnberg, Germany

Active Points 2 – Incentive System

Core&More, Starnberg

Design, development and implementation for an ASP service provider.
Platform for customer loyalty solutions such as customer cards or online bonus systems.
Redesign (BPR) of the legacy system, technology consulting and architecture design.

Jun 2000 - Oct 2000

5 months

Munich, Germany

Support for a framework architecture

Sd&m Munich, Daimler-Chrysler AG Stuttgart

Design of a GUI framework in Java.
Creation of documentation and conducting training.
Workshops in Java, architecture, and distributed systems.
Technologies: Java.

Feb 2000 - May 2000

4 months

Germany

Value-added portal for bonus programs

Credigy AG

Development of an application for eCommerce and retail.
Technologies: Oracle 8i, Apache, Tomcat, WebDB, JSP/JServlet.

Jul 1999 - Feb 2000

8 months

Augsburg, Germany

Internet portal with free PC concept

IBEX AG, Augsburg

Rental of PCs including ISP via a portal.
Logging profile data in a central data warehouse for 1:1 marketing.
Technologies: Data warehouse.

Jan 1999 - Jun 1999

6 months

Unterföhring, Germany

SMS redesign for pay TV

Beta-Research GmbH, Unterföhring

Reengineering of an application system to manage a pay-TV company.

Jan 1998 - Dec 1998

1 year

Munich, Germany

Supplier evaluation system / Stored Application Browser

Siemens AG, Munich

Design and concept of an intranet-based system for supplier evaluation.
Creation of a repository-driven interface.
Technologies: Oracle 8.0, C++, Java.

Sep 1995 - Dec 1997

2 years 4 months

Munich, Germany

IPS: Interactive Personalization System

Giesecke und Devrient AG, Munich

Management of a personalization system for ID cards in an Oracle database.
Analysis, design, and implementation on Windows NT.
Implementation of SQL Forms 4.5 into C++ applications (MFC).
Performance analysis and optimization of the C++ access layer.
Introduction of C++ CASE technology (UML notation).
Technologies: C++, MFC, Oracle Designer/2000, Oracle RDBMS V7, Together C++, Windows NT.