Sven Schumacher - Multi-project management to standardize international sites

Bad Brückenau, Germany

Experience

Aug 2023 - Jan 2025

1 year 6 months

Mülheim, Germany

Multi-project management to standardize international sites

Salzgitter Mannesmann Stahlhandel GmbH

Leading numerous parallel projects to enforce group IT security standards at international sites.
Coordinating internal and external staff at all levels.
Successfully implementing measures to improve security and efficiency.

Jul 2023 - Jan 2025

1 year 7 months

Managing Director

CaaS IT GmbH

Dec 2022 - Jan 2025

2 years 2 months

Mannheim, Germany

Consultant for IT asset management with Lansweeper

PHOENIX Pharma SE

Responsible for developing and expanding global IT asset management.
Successfully initiating, stabilizing, and scaling IT asset management.
Standardizing and homogenizing IT asset management in acquired companies.
Comprehensive stakeholder management to meet all stakeholder requirements.

Jul 2022 - Jul 2023

1 year 1 month

Fulda, Germany

Requirements and rollout manager

tegut... gute Lebensmittel GmbH & Co. KG

Requirements and rollout management for a new logistics center.
Responsible for implementing video surveillance, time and access control, building management systems, and building automation.
Successfully implementing measures to ensure smooth operations.

Apr 2022 - Jan 2025

2 years 10 months

Freelance IT Consultant

Apr 2022 - Sep 2022

6 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Introduction of Office 365 aiming for document management with SharePoint Online to replace proprietary software

Immobilienverwalter

Requirements analysis and goal definition with the client in on-site workshops.
Setup, configuration, and securing of the Microsoft tenant.
Migration of mailboxes to Exchange Online with alias and signature management.
Installation and setup of an offsite backup solution including user management.
Automated creation of SharePoint sites with a predefined folder structure and Planner for task management.
Automated storage of account statements in the related property.
Regular on-site workshops and training for staff.

May 2019 - Jul 2022

3 years 3 months

Schweinfurt, Germany

IT Manager

Bauunternehmung Glöckle Holding GmbH

Change projects from classic paper processes to fully digital, partially automated processes.
Document management for departments using SharePoint Online.
Mobile time tracking with ZMI Time.
Scalable applicant management using AWS serverless services, Azure PowerShell, SharePoint Online, PowerApps, and Power Automate.
Flexible leave management with SharePoint Online, Microsoft PowerApps, and Power Automate.
Digital construction files with plan management using SharePoint Online, PowerApps, and Power Automate.
Partially automated driver’s license control with SharePoint Online, PowerApps, and Power Automate.
Introduction of IT service management with setup and training of administrators and introduction of KPIs and standards based on ITIL.
Installation and configuration of Lansweeper: asset discovery setup and automated report configuration.
Installation and configuration of Prometheus and Grafana: monitoring and alerting of infrastructure and process metrics.
Installation and configuration of Zammad: ticket system with customized SLAs, dashboards, views, and automated processes.
Migration of infrastructure from 3-tier servers to a hybrid setup using a multi-cloud strategy.
Hyper-converged infrastructure with VMware and Docker.
3-tier spine-leaf network with full redundancy and 160 Gbit trunk in the core layer.
Amazon AWS / Microsoft Azure.
Projects focused on IT security in preparation for a potential ISO 27001 certification.
End-to-end network segmentation using a Fortigate firewall as gateway.
Next-gen endpoint security with SentinelOne.
3-stage CA-based corporate WiFi with Aruba Access Points and Aruba Central for management.

Jun 2018 - Apr 2019

11 months

Hammelburg, Germany

IT Manager

Reifen Müller GmbH & Co. KG

Implementation of a corporate VPN solution with migration of existing ISDN lines to the Telekom corporate SIP.
VPN solution details: 46 locations, 4 federal states, 150 voice channels, redundant connections.
Firewall migration project from Juniper to Sophos XG.
Firewall cluster details: redundant HA cluster, load balancing across multiple ISPs, segmentation of clusters such as DMZ, shop zone, internal, guest.
Migration and expansion of Microsoft Server with AD structures, DHCP strategy, WSUS, SQL Server optimization, and file server structuring based on Windows Server 2016.

Oct 2016 - May 2018

1 year 8 months

Schlitz, Germany

IT Project Manager

Lampenwelt GmbH

Successfully evaluated, performed risk analysis, and rolled out an on-premise enterprise ticket system for 75 customer service employees handling 10,000 tickets/day across 15 country shops and B2B channels, ensuring business continuity, in the role of project lead.
Evaluation with IT security assessment to prepare a decision for a scalable open-source messenger as a corporate communications platform for initially over 300 users at 4 locations, followed by rollout. Included integration into the corporate directory via LDAP.
Project lead for the rollout and launch of webshops with a team of 12 plus external contractors using Magento as the backend.
Evaluation and configuration of a phonetic search with Elasticsearch across multiple indices.
Reverse-engineering of third-party plugins for later native implementation into own webshops aimed at KPI optimization.

Mar 2016 - Sep 2016

7 months

Schlitz, Germany

IT Development Working Student

Lampenwelt GmbH

Jan 2013 - Dec 2017

5 years

Fulda, Germany

Project work

Hochschule Fulda

Design and implementation of a multilingual web shop.

Mar 2012 - Sep 2013

1 year 7 months

Photographer with photo studio

Nebengewerbe

Mar 2010 - Jul 2011

1 year 5 months

Ellwangen, Germany

Driving Instructor

Part-time in theoretical and practical training.

Jan 2003 - Dec 2015

13 years

Conscript and short-term soldier

Bundeswehr

Military vehicle instructor for theoretical and practical training in Ellwangen.
Editorial soldier for an internet editorial team in Munich.
General basic training in Feldkirchen.

Jan 2002 - Dec 2004

2 years

Böblingen, Germany