Torsten Matzak
Strategy Expert. Serial-Entrepreneur.
Experience
Sep 2024 - Present
11 monthsBonn, Germany
Owner / Director Digital Transformation
Politicy Dialog – Management Consultancy
- Strategy Development and Organizational Design
- Change Management
- Project Development with a focus of digital environment and international cooperation
- Designing and Implementation for Projects in the Public and Education Sector in fields including: organizational and process design (investigating of the existing approach and definition of the customers expectations for the future design), agile project management, and capacity development
Sep 2024 - Dec 2024
4 monthsKing Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia
Head for Support Service (Founding Management) Education
TUV Rheinland Arabia / National Automotive & Vehicles Academy
- Designing and implementation of the entire support service for NAVA´s vocational training activities in the field of electrical vehicles in close cooperation with LUCID and CEER
- Process and organizational design, student affairs design
- Setting the IT strategy and management of IT operation (CIO/CDO)
- Financial planning and execution (CFO)
- Strategy development for the near future operation (e.g. short term courses, in service trainings, further education)
Feb 2023 - Oct 2024
1 year 9 monthsCologne, Germany
Management Consultant Public Sector Transformation
Deloitte Consulting Germany
- Designing and Implementation for Projects in the Public and Education Sector in fields including: organizational and process design (investigating of the existing approach and definition of the customers expectations for the future design), agile project management, and capacity development
- Digital Transformation for the Public Sector, including: Design and selection of digital instruments, Digital collaboration solutions, and Integration of digital solutions
- Partnership Management for strategic partners for project delivery
- Change Management & Roadmap Design
- Business Development in the field of digital education and international cooperation
- Global Account Manager with accountability for projects in the field of international cooperation with projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America
- Lead Consultant für International Cooperation and Education
- Tender Manager and Project Planning, incl. budget and staff planning and responsibility for the projects and customer communication
- Capacity Development for Western Balkan Municipalities (project lead)
- Re-Organization for the IT-Department for a global oriented service provider in the field of international cooperation (SME)
- Smart City projects in India (Managing Consultant)
- Organizational design and technology consulting for a federal authority (Project Lead)
- Design of implementation project for an AI-based policy planning and community platform (Project Lead)
- Nationwide rollout campaign for a digital online service platform for municipalities (Project Lead)
Aug 2021 - Jan 2023
1 year 6 monthsCologne, Germany
Manager Consulting Public Sector
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Germany
- Designing and Implementation for Projects in the Public Sector, especially the design and implementation of Digital Web Services with agile methods (SAFe, SCRUM)
- Integration of Digital Web Services (analyzing the requirements, design and implementation) and integration to core applications
- Agile Project Management
- Partnership management
- Project responsibility for customer projects including customer communication
- Tender management, project planning and implementation
- Implementation of online services for a federal state (project lead)
- Federal user account: definition of requirements for an integration portal and development of an interim solution for improved connection of online services (project lead)
- Requirements analysis for a digital collaboration platform for a state administration
Sep 2019 - Jul 2021
1 year 11 monthsLeichlingen, Germany
Digital Transformation & Process Development Manager
Centragon AG
- Establishing the Public Sector division for digital transformation projects, organizational and process development
- Executing Digital Transformation Projects with design and implementation of strategic and organizational approaches and analysis, design and implementation of digital web services projects
- Development and optimization of processes cases with a user-centricity approach
- Agile Project Management with Scrum
- Project responsibility for customer projects including customer communication
- Planning and conducting workshops with customers for solution development
- Tender management, project planning and implementation
- Development of a roadmap for the digital transformation of a federal agency and recording of the current situation
- Development of a performance, project and business service portfolio management for a city-state structure with more than 6.000 services
- Development of a digital service factory approach
- Development staff training courses
Apr 2019 - Jun 2019
3 monthsJeddah, Saudi Arabia
Project Expert, Senior Education & Governance Expert
TUV Rheinland
- Project Lead Improvement Planning
- Subject Expert Governance, Administration, IT Design
- Methodology
- TVET College Improvement Design
Oct 2018 - Mar 2019
6 monthsBonn, Germany
Senior Expert Project Governance
BWI
- Development of the Framework for Project- and Project portfolio Governance based classical and agile methods frameworks
- Support for the project leads in methodological & governance issues and in a crisis situation and reporting to the company´s senior management
- Quality Management for project documents
- Reporting to senior stakeholders for project results and project controlling on regular portfolio meetings
- Management of the project governance bodies
- Deep Dive Review of the company wide project landscape
Jan 2018 - Present
7 years 7 monthsMunich, Germany
Board of Directors
Maat e.V. – Intercultural Exchange
- Program Director for Projects in Development Countries
- Business Development
- Project Finances
Sep 2017 - Aug 2018
1 yearLa Orotava, Spain
Director Operations & Projects
Litterarius
- Daily business for education and certification providers, including the disciplinary responsibility for staff
- Project Management and Business Development
- Partnership Strategy
- Design of a digital learning platform
Mar 2016 - Dec 2016
10 monthsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Manager Planning & Project Management
Ajyad Knowledge for Education
- Education Startup development Business Plan for K12 to TVET education KSA
- Development partner evaluation
- Bid, tender and proposal management
- Establishing of a global partnership circle worldclass education institutions
- Project Implementation and execution
- Business Development and Business partner management
- Consortium Development for the delivery of international best-practice education programs
- Developing strategic plans for growth
- Process Development
- Process design and design of the project management standards
- Development of an international partner circle for education development of projects
Nov 2015 - Feb 2016
4 monthsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Business Development Manager / Head of Knowledge Management
Siemens Ltd. Saudi Arabia (Healthcare Division)
- People Development and Performance Improvement System
- Staff Training Development and Evaluation
- Structuring of the internal knowledge managements
- Design of an MBA course in the field of Healthcare as part of Saudization
Mar 2014 - Jul 2015
1 year 5 monthsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Project Manager
GIZ German Development Cooperation
- Definition and compliance management of project goals
- Bid Preparation & Project closure
- Customer Relationship Management
- Process Design, Finance Management
- Transformation & Communication Management
- Preparation planning for a TVET college
- Process design for a country office
Nov 2012 - Mar 2014
1 year 5 monthsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Executive Officer & Manager Deans Office
GIZ Technical Trainers College
- Line Manager Deans Officer
- Change & Transformation Management, communication management
- Corporate & Communication Affairs Management
- Reporting to senior management stakeholders in GIZ and to clients environment
- Process Controlling & Design, Rules & Regulation Design
- Contact point to the TVET colleges in the Kingdom
- Contract Manager for consultant staff
- Management of operational activities of Deans Office
- Customer Relationship Management for high-level questions, esp. toward TVTC as a customer
- Adviser to the Dean
Dec 2010 - Oct 2012
1 year 11 monthsMunich, Germany
Governance and Communication Manager, Assistant to CEO
it@M The Munich IT Service Provider
- Preparation and Implementation of the main governance processes and rules for a new subsidiary (regulatory matters for the board, personnel and financial rules, corporate design guideline)
- Design and implementation of the main company rules & procedures
- Design and implementation of onboarding material for employees
Mar 2006 - Nov 2010
4 years 9 monthsMunich, Germany
Project Office & Project Manager Communication & Organisation
City of Munich
- Building PMO: Team, workflow and project methodology, based on ITIL and Prince2-Framework - Design and implementation of project rules and procedures
- Building communication channels & methods towards the government divisions; Change Management in the Transformation Management
- Building communication channels with main suppliers to ensure having right order processing and project execution in terms of Scope verification and technical editing, site planning, pre-installation requirements, and delivery schedules.
- Establishing of a network of external and internal partners for the project execution
- Project reporting to senior stakeholders and City Council committees
- Monitoring the work process against the project goals, budget and project schedule
- Produced conferences on topics and designed and organized workshops and seminars
- Performed legislative analysis, including forecasting impact of project proposals and budget proposals, recommending position strategy and composing summaries of project legislation
Jan 2004 - Dec 2019
16 yearsMunich, Germany
Executive Vice President
Deutsch-Ghanaian Friendship Association
- Responsible for the operation of a Vocational & Senior Secondary Education Center
- Project development and management for development & education projects
- Budget planning, donorship management, recruiting & work contract management
- Communications management
Jun 2003 - Feb 2006
2 years 9 monthsMunich, Germany
Project- and Contract Manager
City of Munich – Social Department
Jan 1998 - May 2003
5 years 5 monthsMunich, Germany
Principal Affairs Manager
City of Munich – Department for Law and Order
Summary
Torsten Matzak is a distinguished expert in organizational & process strategy and operating model transformation within the public sector, particularly emphasizing efficiency, process optimization, digitization, and TOM models. With over a decade of strategy consulting experience, Torsten advises national and international entities, public institutions and IT service providers across Europe and the Middle East.
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedArabic
ElementarySpanish
ElementaryRussian
Elementary Education
Oct 2001 - Jun 2006
Ludwig-Maximilian-University – Geschwister Scholl College
Master, Minor in Law · Political Science · Munich, Germany
Sep 1993 - Nov 1996
Bavarian State University for Public Administration
Diploma · Public Administration · Hof, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Change Manager
German – Light Vehicle Driver’s Licence
Objectives & Key Results (OKR)
Prince2 Practitioner
Scrum Product Owner
Six Sigma Green Belt
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