Thomas Becker
Agile Coach, Scrum-Master
Experience
Agile Coach, Scrum-Master
ÖBB (Infra)
- Challenge: poor project results and team performance, very bad work environment
- Solution: introduced agile planning processes, taught agile principles within the SAFe framework
- Innovation: strict adherence to agile methods; introduced requirements engineering, story writing
- Leadership: interface to the board, program management 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 liquids with AI-based analysis and optimization features
- Solution: strategy, concept and leadership of the product development
- Built scalable data architecture to support AI applications (anomaly detection, ESG tracking)
- Developed ML use cases, including consumption forecasting, theft detection and emissions 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: project reset, requirements engineering, management of nearshore/offshore vendors
- Innovation: developed governance and operating model for international rollouts
- Leadership: board status reports, project presentations at top levels
- Result: recovered €400,000 from previous vendors
- Team size: 40 (including nearshore/offshore)
Project Manager
Opel
- Challenge: Europe-wide CMS migration (CQ5→Adobe AEM), direct CMO integration, coordination with GM USA
- Solution: designed and ran workshops for international markets and agencies
- Innovation: developed complex governance for legal and technical compliance
- Leadership: interface to the board, program management for Opel Europe, GM USA and international markets
- Result: project volume €2.5M 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 assurance and project management
- Innovation: built a customer-centric portal with a complex governance structure
- Leadership: interface to the board in Europe and Germany, coordination and coaching of all teams
- Result: project volume over €3M 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 large IT and enterprise programs in SAP-based environments. Helps organizations successfully implement complex transformation and change management initiatives – from strategy and structures to agile delivery models and innovation initiatives to stabilizing crisis and risk projects. Brings entrepreneurial thinking and extensive experience from own startup and scaling projects.
Skills
Senior Project Management: 20+ Years Of Complex Large It Projects, Cms/erp Implementations, Critical System Migrations
Agile Leadership: Safe Framework Expert, Scrum Master (Csm), Pmp - Transformation Of Traditional Organizations
Turnaround Specialist: Rescuing 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 Training At The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Industrial Iot, Digital Product Development, Startups, Practitioner
Change Management: Developing And Implementing 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
Core Expertise: Requirements Engineering, Change Management, Process Modeling, Business Processes
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 Over 100 People
Budgets: Up To €10m Per Project
Turnaround Rate: Consistent Success In Project Rescues
Ai Innovation: Machine Learning, Generative Ai, Large Language Models Integrated Into Projects
Stakeholders: C-level, Board
Languages
Education
Universities of Freiburg, Cardiff and Hamburg
Magister Artium · Political Science, English Studies, Spanish · Cardiff, United Kingdom
Certifications & licenses
AI Transformation
incite/Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Scrum Alliance
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