Tom F.

Project Manager, IT Infrastructure Network

Berlin, Germany

Experience

Jul 2024 - Feb 2025
8 months
Germany

Project Manager, IT Infrastructure Network

Sonovum GmbH

  • Analysis of the existing SOC infrastructure and assessment of current security operations

  • Migration of the SOC service into a new operating model including security monitoring, incident response, and threat intelligence

  • Coordination between internal teams, external partners, and service providers to ensure operational continuity

  • Implementation of Microsoft Intune for centralized management of mobile devices, PCs, and servers

  • Definition and implementation of device compliance policies and BYOD management

  • Configuration of Microsoft Defender for endpoint protection, network protection, and threat monitoring

  • Establishment of automated processes for detecting, analyzing, and remediating threats

  • Training IT security teams and end users for effective use of Defender

  • Deployment of Microsoft Sentinel as a cloud-based SIEM solution and integration into existing systems

  • Setup of playbooks and automation for incident response

  • Definition and implementation of conditional access policies and MFA

  • Creation of reports and dashboards to monitor access attempts

  • Management of the project from initiation to closure, including change, acceptance, risk, and conflict management

  • Planning, measurement, and control of schedule, cost, and quality

  • Requirements management: gathering, classification, and evaluation of IT security requirements

Apr 2023 - May 2025
2 years 2 months
Germany

Technical Project Manager

Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe BVG

  • Overall responsibility for the operational and strategic leadership of the project, including managing service providers

  • Regular communication and coordination with relevant stakeholders, including country IT subsidiaries

  • Coordination and alignment among multiple IT service providers for smooth implementation

  • Leading tender and transition phases during vendor changes

  • Preparation of detailed documentation, reports, and presentations on project progress

  • Responsibility for meeting and achieving agreed milestones and project KPIs

  • Ensuring fulfillment of all contractual requirements by the contractor

  • Monitoring and managing the project budget

  • Technical support for agile software development and requirements engineering in weekly refinement meetings

  • Evaluation of achieved performance goals and assessment of development progress

  • Definition of interim approvals and milestone reviews

  • Coordination and optimization of technical interfaces between BVG departments and suppliers

  • Preparation and delivery of training sessions, review and coordination of training materials

  • Coordination of external training providers and implementation of an LMS

  • Planning, coordination, and follow-up of training phases

Apr 2023 - Mar 2024
1 year
Germany

Test Manager/Test Coordinator

MDC Berlin

  • Point of contact and coordination for test packages and test cases for all stakeholders
  • Reporting and tracking of defects
  • Managing the test team and overseeing external service providers
  • Assist in test planning, alignment of test plans, test sequences, and test assignments
  • Quality assurance of test execution, progress reporting, and result documentation
  • Creation of test reports and design of retests
  • Facilitating and documenting test team meetings
  • Conducting Solution Manager training
  • Developing phase-based training concepts, including alignment with the overall project training plan
  • Creation of detailed training materials, including step-by-step guides
  • Planning, preparation, and delivery of training sessions
  • Support in operational test management and communication with other individual projects
Mar 2023 - Mar 2024
1 year 1 month
Germany

Project Manager Digitalization

MDC Berlin

  • Preparing and conducting a public tender for acquiring new software
  • Supporting the product selection process based on the specifications
  • Planning implementation in project phases and managing service providers
  • Developing project concepts (solution, testing and training plans, go-live)
  • Organizing and ensuring the execution of project tasks with departments and contractors
  • Conducting project meetings and workshops
  • Controlling and tracking milestones
  • Reporting project progress to the client and steering committee
May 2022 - Mar 2023
11 months
Germany

PMO Transformation Delivery Support

BWI GmbH

  • Organization and coordination of online and on-site meetings
  • Scheduling and content planning, as well as preparation and follow-up of meeting materials
  • Facilitating and documenting meetings
  • Requesting and reviewing deliverables, as well as identifying quality issues
  • Monitoring deadlines and metrics, reporting schedule and threshold breaches
  • Preparing status reports and strategy documents
  • Managing central file repositories and content in knowledge management
  • Monitoring compliance with guidelines in knowledge management
Jun 2021 - Mar 2022
10 months
Germany

Project Management OneERP Work Stream Finance S4H Rollout

TenneT TSO GmbH

  • Administrative support for project management in a global, multicultural environment
  • Consulting on agile and traditional project approaches
  • Optimizing project capacity planning during the harmonization of the finance system landscape
  • Designing a communication concept and conducting regular status meetings
  • Introducing an agile approach model and monitoring its implementation
  • Organizing and moderating workshops remotely and onsite
  • Stakeholder management and support for finance workshops during the S4H rollout
  • Coordinating testing activities, data migration, and training
  • Creating and maintaining project documentation in the wiki
  • Project planning, tracking, and quality assurance
  • Designing, planning, and organizing training and qualification measures
  • Organizing and documenting lessons learned workshops
Mar 2020 - Mar 2021
1 year 1 month
Germany

Business Analyst / Requirements Engineer

Deutsche Bahn AG

  • Supporting a nationwide software migration
  • Conducting process analysis and analyzing program and interface errors
  • Test management and preparing release notes
  • Maintaining complete documentation and compiling quality metrics
  • Technical-functional analysis of errors, identifying technical bugs and suggestions for new services
  • Preparing weekly and monthly quality reports at station and regional levels
May 2019 - Feb 2020
10 months
Germany

Project Lead Windows 10 Migration

Klinikum Stuttgart

  • Overall responsibility as project lead for Windows 7 to Windows 10 migration (4500 clients)
  • Coordinating multiple vendors and leading IT tenders and transition projects
  • Developing and implementing a workplace management concept
  • Structuring the project into subprojects and work packages
  • Creating migration concepts for desktop applications (~700 applications) and Office 2016
  • Test management and preparing steering and committee documents
  • Coordinating with management and stakeholders as well as external service providers
  • Evaluating the security strategy according to BSI recommendations
Jan 2018 - Present
7 years 10 months

CEO

Trans4mation SP GmbH

Jan 2018 - Feb 2019
1 year 2 months
Germany

Deputy Subproject Lead C&A / Transition Manager

Hessische Zentrale für Datenverarbeitung

  • Coordinating a client & application subproject
  • Migration responsibility for various end clients and analyzing network topology
  • Checking hardware/software equipment against state and internal guidelines
  • Technically integrating processes of various clients as part of master planning for the HessenPC
  • Supporting the client throughout all migration phases as the interface to the HZD
  • Supporting incident, change, and release management according to ITIL
  • Providing inputs for risk management and evaluating project plans in a multi-project environment
  • Creating migration concepts, client-side documentation, and QA documents
  • Conducting GPO audits, client workshops, and knowledge transfer to HZD staff
Jul 2017 - Oct 2017
4 months
Germany

Project Manager, Server Migration Project

Akquinet System Integration GmbH

  • Coordination of a sub-project at over 200 sites
  • Providing migration expertise and challenging project content and approach
  • Initiating and steering problem-solving processes by moderating required resources
  • Implementing overarching control processes within the project
  • Designing, conducting, and following up workshops and working groups
  • Independently performing PMO tasks and supporting project management with special topics
Aug 2016 - Feb 2017
7 months
Germany

Citrix Receiver Trainer

Akquinet System Integration GmbH

  • Instructing medical facility staff on using Citrix software
  • On-site troubleshooting as well as 1st/2nd level support
  • Supporting project management, technician coordination, and personnel management
  • Resource management
Feb 2015 - Aug 2016
1 year 7 months
Germany

Migration and Rollout Team Lead

Stromnetz Berlin

  • Coordinating about 20 technicians and floorwalking in the Saxony area
  • Planning and executing the Windows 7 migration and rollout

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Chinese
Advanced

Education

TU Dresden

Diploma in Industrial Engineering · Dresden, Germany · 1.5 (Very Good)

Certifications & licenses

PRINCE2 Practitioner 2017

AXELOS

AZ 104 Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Microsoft

AZ 305 Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect

Microsoft

AZ 500 Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate

Microsoft

CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional

(ISC)²

ITIL® Expert Qualification Managing Across the Lifecycle

AXELOS

MD 102 Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate

Microsoft

MS 102 Microsoft Certified: Microsoft 365 Administrator

Microsoft

Quality Management Representative QMB - TÜV SÜD DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 and 9001:2015

TÜV SÜD

Quality Management Specialist QMF - TÜV SÜD DIN EN ISO 9000 series

TÜV SÜD

SC 100 Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert

Microsoft

SC 200 Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate

Microsoft

SC 300 Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate

Microsoft

SC 400 Microsoft Certified: Information Protection and Compliance Administrator Associate

Microsoft

SCRUM Master

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