Thomas Becker
Agile Coach, Scrum Master
Experience
Agile Coach, Scrum Master
ÖBB (Infra)
- Challenge: poor project results and team performance, very bad working climate
- Solution: introduced agile planning processes, taught agile principles within the SAFe framework
- Innovation: strict adherence to agile methods; introduced requirements engineering and story writing
- Leadership: interface to the board, program leads for Opel Europe, GM USA and international markets
- Result: most productive team in the ART; increased planning accuracy to over 85%
- Team size: 10
Founder, Product Director, Product Owner
Cipacto
- Challenge: developing an IIoT platform for capturing, securing and analyzing industrial fluids with AI-based analysis and optimization features
- Solution: strategy, design and management of product development
- Built scalable data architecture to support AI applications (anomaly detection, ESG tracking)
- Developed ML use cases, including consumption forecasting, theft detection and emission calculation
- Integrated sensor data, ERP/fleet systems and AI-enabled dashboards
- Validated with industry partners (EnergieDirect, Zöchling)
- Result: validated prototype, market-ready system architecture, AI readiness for predictive insights
Project Manager
Lanxess
- Challenge: failed company-wide portal migration (Typo3→Sitecore)
- Solution: restarted project, requirements engineering, managing nearshore/offshore vendors
- Innovation: developed governance and operating model for international rollouts
- Leadership: board status reports, project presentations at the highest level
- Result: recovered €400,000 from replaced vendors
- Team size: 40 (including nearshore/offshore)
Project Manager
Opel
- Challenge: Europe-wide CMS migration (CQ5→Adobe AEM), direct CMO interface, GM USA coordination
- Solution: designed and conducted workshops for international markets and agencies
- Innovation: developed complex governance for legal and technical compliance
- Leadership: interface to the board, program leads for Opel Europe, GM USA and international markets
- Result: project volume €2.5 million p.a.
- Team size: 100 (including markets, agencies, GM IT)
Product Owner / Project Manager
Sanofi
- Challenge: consolidating over 100 websites into a unified B2B2C portal
- Solution: CIO interface for European compliance and project management
- Innovation: built a customer-centric portal with complex governance structure
- Leadership: interface to Europe and Germany boards, coordinating and coaching all teams
- Result: project volume over €3 million p.a., strategic platform, expanded globally
- Team size: 100 (all in)
Summary
Result-oriented senior leader with over 20 years of experience in digital transformation, program management and governance in international stakeholder setups. Experienced in leading extensive IT and enterprise programs in SAP-based environments. Helps organizations successfully implement complex transformation and change management initiatives – from strategy and structure to agile delivery models and innovation projects to stabilizing crisis and risk projects. Brings entrepreneurial mindset and extensive experience from own startup and scaling projects.
Skills
Senior Project Management: 20+ Years Of Large-scale It Projects, Cms/erp Implementations, Critical System Migrations
Agile Leadership: Safe Framework Expert, Certified Scrum Master (Csm), Pmp – Transforming Traditional Organizations
Turnaround Specialist: Rescued Projects In Critical Phases, Proven Cost Savings Over €800,000
Stakeholder Management: C-level, Crisis Communication, International Stakeholder Structures
International Scaling: Rollouts In Europe/usa/asia, Multicultural Teams Up To 50 People
Ai & Innovation: Ai Course At Austrian Economic Chamber, Industrial Iot, Digital Product Development, Startups, Practitioner
Change Management: Established And Implemented Frameworks In International Transformation Programs
Enterprise Platforms: Adobe Aem, Sitecore, Typo3, Sap (Commerce, S4/hana), Planview, Salesforce, Sharepoint
Agile & Collaboration Tools: Jira, Confluence, Azure Devops, Trello, Miro, Figma
Methodologies & Frameworks: Safe, Scrum, Kanban, Prince2, Design Thinking, Pmi, Bpmn, Uml
Functional Focus: Requirements Engineering, Change Management, Process Modeling, Business Process
Automotive: Bmw, Opel, Avag – Digital Strategies, International Sales Channels
Pharma/chemicals: Sanofi, Lanxess – Regulatory Compliance, Corporate Structures
Transport/infrastructure: Öbb, Lufthansa Technik – Mission-critical Systems
Retail: Aldi Süd – Ecommerce Complexity, International Markets
Teams: Direct Teams Up To 50 People, Extended Stakeholder Coordination For 100+ People
Budgets: Up To €10 Million Per Project
Turnaround Rate: Consistent Successes In Project Recoveries
Ai Innovation: Integrated Machine Learning, Generative Ai, Large Language Models In Projects
Stakeholders: C-level, Board
Languages
Education
Universities of Freiburg, Cardiff, Hamburg
Magister Artium · Political Science, English, Spanish · Cardiff, United Kingdom
Certifications & licenses
AI Transformation
incite/Austrian Economic Chamber
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Scrum Alliance
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