Dominik Rühl

Project Manager

Neuss, Germany
Experience
Jan 2024 - Dec 2024
1 year

Project Manager

Advance Xperts

  • Founded a startup, registered patents globally, and raised funds for a clean energy innovation
  • Built business and organization for the global market launch
  • Overall responsibility for strategy, business modeling, make/buy/partner model, fundraising, finance, legal, organizational, process and requirements design, digitalization and automation, as well as marketing and sales
Jan 2022 - Dec 2023
2 years

Project Manager

bp Europa SE

  • Built the business for sales, installation, and operation of @home and @office EV charging infrastructure in a reseller model
  • Overall responsibility for strategy, business modeling, and partner selection (hardware, installer, logistics)
  • User journey, organization, and process design
  • Set up and executed MVP (sales & service, O2C, P2P)
  • Drafted requirements for a scalable solution
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
1 year

Senior Advisor

UTA / Edenred

  • Designed and managed RFI/RFP and partner search for electric vehicle charging (public charging, office charging, and home charging)
Jan 2019 - Dec 2022
4 years

Program Director EV-Charging

Trafineo

  • Designed and implemented e-mobility strategy, business models, processes, and technology (mobile app, web portal, middleware, OCPI backend, etc.) to build an eMSP
  • Use cases: public charging, office charging, and home charging
  • Implemented a BaFin-compliant home cost reimbursement solution
  • Established partnerships and collaborations in e-mobility
  • Built European coverage with CPOs, @Home and @Office referral, and payment providers
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
1 year

Study Lead & Expert

Telepass S.A.

  • Led a Europe-wide study on market, competition, and customer needs
  • Identified and consolidated functional and technical requirements for the soft- and hardware design (OBU) of next-generation fleet management and telematics services
Jan 2017 - Dec 2018
2 years

Bid Manager & Project Manager

AGES – T-Systems

  • Managed the German federal government’s public tender for car tolling
  • Responsible for bid management, finance, legal, communications, and stakeholder management for bidder qualification and timely submission
  • Designed and structured the future operating company
Jan 2014 - Dec 2016
3 years

Project Manager

AGES

  • Developed a joint venture for the European electronic toll service (EETS)
  • Responsible for business model, finance, legal, joint venture negotiations, communications, and stakeholder management
Jan 2013 - Dec 2014
2 years

Project Manager / Board Member

COCUS AG / AXAS AG

  • Led post-merger integration in culture and governance, processes, and IT
  • Built a consulting offering for telecommunications in Switzerland
Jan 2012 - Dec 2012
1 year

Vice President ad interim IT Efficiency Program Drive!Eco

Telekom IT

  • Designed and launched the efficiency program
  • Defined, implemented, and managed efficiency targets across the company
  • Managed more than 20 internal staff and external consultants
  • Reported to the Telekom IT executive board
Jan 2009 - Dec 2011
3 years

Senior Manager Corporate Programs

Deutsche Telekom AG – Center for Strategic Projects

  • Managed and implemented complex strategic transformation programs in the DT group
  • Designed and developed internal standards and methods
  • Led teams within programs
  • Restructured the wholesale business and moved it to the Wholesale Center
  • Evaluated inorganic growth options for the international wholesale business
  • Developed strategic scenarios for approval by the group executive board
Jan 2007 - Dec 2009
3 years

Vice President Strategy Development Wholesale

Deutsche Telekom AG – Wholesale Center

  • Developed national and international overall strategies for T-Home’s fixed-network wholesale business
  • Managed strategic projects for implementation
  • Focus areas: overall strategy, international growth, VDSL wholesale strategy, FTTx rollout/cooperation strategy, business unit restructuring
Jan 2005 - Dec 2007
3 years

Vice President Performance Improvement Programs

Deutsche Telekom AG – Headquarters – Finance

  • Coordinated a group-wide multi-billion cost-saving program
  • Set and agreed cost-saving targets based on benchmarks
  • Developed synergy levers for regions and functions
  • Analyzed financial performance
  • Implemented standardized methodology and program tracking
  • Prepared CFO reviews and board reports
  • Managed program communication (internal and external)
Summary

Experienced management consultant, interim and line manager for strategy and business development, performance optimization, and the successful execution of digitalization-driven transformation initiatives.

Expert in designing and implementing innovative business models and solutions in sustainable mobility, eMobility, charging infrastructure, fleet management & telematics, tolling, payment, and IoT.

Seasoned multi-project, program, and portfolio manager as well as bid manager for public tenders > €1 billion.

Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Education
Oct 1991 - Jun 1993

Deutsche Bank AG

Banking Clerk · Düsseldorf, Germany

Oct 1990 - Jun 1996

Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität Münster

Diploma in Business Administration · Business Administration · Münster, Germany

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