Wolfgang Cremer - Owner

Bornheim, Germany

Experience

Sep 2024 - Present

11 months

Hagen, Germany

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Douglas Informatik & Service GmbH

Led the subproject for transferring IT supplier contracts as part of the company’s renaming
Led the subproject to introduce a document management system (DMS)
Methodical, technical and conceptual consulting plus hands-on implementation
Defined scope, planned and controlled work packages
Prepared status reports for senior management
Identified relevant IT suppliers and drafted related letters
Monitored responses and initiated appropriate actions
Took inventory and gathered requirements for DMS rollout
Provided technical advice on selecting, implementing and configuring the DMS
Supported test data loading, training, piloting and roll-out into regular operations

May 2024 - Sep 2024

5 months

Frankfurt, Germany

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Finanz Informatik Solutions Plus

Designed and advised on the operationalization of a central provider management
Conducted and analyzed stakeholder interviews
Analyzed regulatory requirements (LkSG, CSDDD, DORA, MaRisk, BAIT)
Performed gap analysis and defined operational measures with a timeline
Determined organizational and process adjustment needs
Developed an operational approach model
Presented results to senior management

Jan 2024 - Jul 2024

7 months

Frankfurt, Germany

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Finanz Informatik Solutions Plus

Led the subproject to build a new business unit within the ReThink project
Provided methodical, technical and conceptual advice and coached the program manager
Defined, planned and controlled project phases
Prepared status reports and presentations for senior management
Designed technical and operational approach models
Advised on future organizational structure
Managed processes and contracts, including stakeholder interviews and governance setup
Created requirements specifications and market analyses for tool selection
Advised during implementation and communication

Sep 2023 - Aug 2024

1 year

Germany

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Public Sector

Led and executed the subproject on organizational study in the public health service digital pact
Offered methodical, technical and conceptual consulting and quality management
Acted as product owner and coached the project leader
Developed concepts and collected data for the as-is analysis
Analyzed administrative structure, interfaces, task optimization and staffing needs
Advised on process analysis, modeling and optimization
Produced a final report with recommendations

Nov 2022 - May 2023

7 months

Stuttgart, Germany

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W&W Informatik GmbH

Interim IT overall project management and PMO for the digital redevelopment of central end-to-end processes
Managed resources, contracts and vendors
Oversaw quality, risk and escalation management
Redesigned project organization and transparency
Planned project structure, schedule and budget with critical path
Used agile, hybrid and classic project management methods
Led project and development teams
Handled change requests and status reports with a risk cockpit
Implemented a requirements and acceptance process using JIRA
Prepared for go-live and stabilization phase
Facilitated workshops and steering committees

Sep 2020 - Nov 2022

2 years 3 months

Wiesbaden, Germany

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Hessisches Ministerium für Sport und Integration

Advised and coached overall project management in the vaccination IT project
Supported the rollout of electronic files (e-files) and medical documentation
Advised on organizational, operational, contractual and strategic issues
Acted as product owner for requirements, change, incident and risk management, processes and test management
Managed vendors and contracts up to EU tenders and audits
Handled risk management and optimized measures to achieve goals
Served as process scout and instructor to establish central end-to-end process control

Jan 2020 - Dec 2023

4 years

Leipzig, Germany

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Fokolar-Bewegung e.V.

Strategically and technically advised management (M&A) on the sale of a conference center
Managed the entire sale under a full mandate
Developed sales scenarios and repurposing strategies with action catalog and roadmap
Held negotiation mandate, including defining purchase agreement contents
Engaged and led external experts
Managed stakeholders and central communication
Handled change and conflict management
Documented the project with market opportunity evidence and archiving

Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

2 years

Hanover, Germany

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Finanz Informatik GmbH

Managed IT portfolio for the cooperative/regional building savings banks in the Portfolio and Cooperative division
Directed planning processes and follow-up actions from workshops and committee decisions
Built and updated the OSPlus order books
Re-prioritized and aligned annual planning with rolling updates
Coordinated between business units and clients up to IT director level
Prepared analyses, reports and decision templates for committees
Advised on governance development and digital process flows
Led and facilitated workshops in committees at all management levels

Jan 2019 - Dec 2020

1 year

Hanover, Germany

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Nordeutsche Landesbank

Developed an early warning system as an IT solution to identify credit risks
Assigned customer care levels to save costs (30% MAK)
Recommended a system to support intensive care, restructuring and winding down

Jan 2018 - Dec 2020

2 years

Frankfurt, Germany

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EXXETA AG

Designed a market entry concept to build and establish credit services in financial services banking including blockchain technology

Jan 2016 - Present

8 years 7 months

Bornheim, Germany

Owner

cremer consulting

Designed, initially populated, trained users on, and introduced a central document management system (DMS) at the IT subsidiary of a leading European retail company
Drafted a concept paper (feasibility study) to operationalize central provider management (including DORA, Supply Chain Act, EU Supply Chain Directive CSDDD) as part of the structural realignment of a S-Finance Group digitalization partner
Strategically built a new central unit including preparing technical requirements for contract and process management and document management system for a Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe digitalization partner
Conducted a strategic organizational study in the public sector to implement a maturity model under the public health service digital pact (process evaluation, task review, SWOT analysis, staffing)
Interim IT project management for a private building society to restructure the project organization in the technical and strategic-process redevelopment of central end-to-end processes on the new technology platform of the country’s largest mortgage broker portal
Ensured strategic-operational readiness of vaccination centers as program management consultant in the politically sensitive vaccination IT project for the Hesse Ministry of Integration and Social Affairs
Interim managed the IT project portfolio with cooperative partners at a data center as part of a multi-year technical plan and annual IT planning
Migrated master data from merged state banks into the overall bank’s system landscape and delivery stream to reduce costs and optimize the business portfolio
Coached a consulting firm on setting up and establishing credit services in financial services banking with innovative blockchain technology
Strategically and economically realigned conference centers in the D-A-CH region for sustainable viability under economic targets, including a negotiation mandate for selling a conference center at an NPO

Jan 2016 - Dec 2020

4 years

Vienna, Austria

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Fokolar-Bewegung

Chaired and managed the overall project to strategically realign five conference centers
Handled stakeholder management and strategic advice
Designed the methodological approach model
Selected external consulting firms and developed future scenarios
Derived, prioritized and scheduled the measures portfolio roadmap
Coordinated centrally with center managers, committees and external consultants
Managed change, conflict and escalations and coached center managers
Provided strategic-economic advice and audit support as a board advisor

Jan 2016 - Dec 2020

3 years

Hanover, Germany

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Nordeutsche Landesbank

Business analysis, project and quality management for IT migration of wholesale master data
Managed resources and facilitated with escalation management
Drafted functional designs for rating and risk provisioning
Analyzed and designed data transfer processes
Supported test concept and test case development
Organized and executed migration in all phases
Managed errors and ensured goal achievement through corrective measures

Jan 2015 - Dec 2017

2 years

Germany

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Genossenschaftliche FinanzGruppe

Led strategic and technical workshops at board level on business processes, digitalization, organizational structure and strategy

Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

1 year

Hanover, Germany

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Finanz Informatik

Ensured system integration by organizing and quality-assuring nationwide training
Created, coordinated and checked training and technical discussion plans for about 130 sessions at 12 locations

Jan 2014 - Dec 2015

2 years

Hamburg, Germany

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Junge & Co Versicherungsmakler

Developed a certified end-to-end portfolio management system with sub-ledger
Interim project lead to restructure project organization and introduce agile methods
Performed peer reviews and assessed project risks
Coordinated eight subprojects and about 40 staff with a €6.5 M budget

Jan 2014 - Dec 2015

1 year

Frankfurt, Germany

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Deutsche Leasing Gruppe

Built a new organizational unit for market follow-up in retail business for production control and system integration, including risk management

Jan 2014 - Dec 2015

1 year

Frankfurt, Germany

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MHK Group AG

Increased efficiency of a sales product process by replacing manual and silo solutions with an integrated end-to-end IT solution

Jan 2013 - Dec 2017

5 years

Principal Business Consulting

Subito AG

Project management and leadership tasks
Technical consulting, quality and requirements management
Led business unit development and sales responsibility
Provided technical, regulatory and strategic advice to financial service providers and insurers
Restructured organizational and process structures
Analyzed, designed, reorganized and implemented digital end-to-end business processes
Built a new business unit to diversify client and service portfolios
Evaluated regulatory standards for business models and consulting approaches

Jan 2013 - Dec 2015

2 years

Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany

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Subito AG

Strategically built a group-wide central back-office unit with 35 staff at three locations to boost efficiency and reduce costs

Jan 2011 - Dec 2014

2 years

Düsseldorf, Germany

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IKB – Deutsche Kreditbank AG

Feasibility study, implementation and go-live of a regulatory IT clearing process for OTC derivatives (CCP)
Coordinated about 60 work packages and 45 internal and external staff

Jan 2011 - Dec 2013

1 year

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Postbank AG

Implemented a strategic medium-term plan for the statutory IT project portfolio at the bank-wide level

Jan 2009 - Dec 2011

2 years

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Postbank AG

Agile development of the central regulatory management system RADAR (prototype) to reduce bank-wide regulatory risk and meet supervisory requirements

Jan 2007 - Dec 2014

7 years

Senior Consultant

SKS Unternehmensberatung GmbH & Co. KG

Project management and leadership tasks
Technical leadership and quality management
Sales responsibility and contract management
Provided technical, regulatory and strategic advice to banks and financial service providers
Analyzed, designed, reorganized and implemented digital end-to-end business processes
Designed client-specific digital management systems for uniform control
Developed and ran procedures for own-fund optimization, including gap analysis
Managed project portfolios including risk assessments
Maintained the RADR database and conducted impact analysis of regulatory changes
Assessed and managed credit portfolio risks
Initiated and developed new strategic consulting approaches
Independently explored potential new markets

Jan 2004 - Dec 2008

3 years

Head of Product Management and Statistical Methods

BV Risk Solutions / BdB

Member of the management team and overall project lead
Requirements, quality and contract management
Managed service providers
Led the team both disciplinarily and technically
Liaison for the supervisory authority
Developed IRBA-capable rating procedures for a pool of 25 banks across about 20 main segments
Prepared technical specifications and ensured requirements in IT implementation
Advanced digital processes and release planning
Conducted technical approvals and roll-out/go-live
Defined service level agreements
Designed and delivered training and info sessions
Realigned IT architecture to reduce development and testing efforts
Restructured the unit to reduce dependence on external consultants
Prepared supervisory documentation for analytical procedures
Reorganized after successful IRBA certification
Led external project partners and consultants
Aligned regulatory issues with the supervisory authority
Represented the department to project banks and in committees

Jan 2002 - Dec 2005

4 years

Project Lead, Bank Control Department

Bundesverband der Volks- und Raiffeisenbanken

Led the group-wide project committee and provided methodical leadership
Requirements, quality and risk management
Contract management and service provider oversight
Positioned and led the retail competence team
Liaison for the supervisory authority
Developed and implemented IT-based Basel II-compliant VR retail rating
Integrated all client and product data into risk assessment
Restructured digital credit processes and optimized advisory tools
Gathered data, analyzed requirements, designed solutions and ensured quality
Ensured technical requirements in IT implementation
Deployed in three data centers including technical approval and roll-out
Contributed to e-learning for user training
Presented the method in group-wide roadshows
Restructured project organization including external partners
Provided strategic analysis of group-relevant issues and communication at board level
Selected, contracted and managed external service providers
Supported on regulatory and group-strategic issues
Led group-wide working groups and presented in group committees

Jan 1998 - Dec 2003

4 years

Senior Consultant

INFORMA Unternehmensberatung

(Co-)led projects and provided technical leadership
Managed requirements and contracts
Held sales responsibilities
Advised national and international clients
Built the business consulting practice focusing on retail, SMEs and insurance
Developed application and behavior scorecards
Collected data, analyzed requirements and designed solutions
Reorganized and optimized digital credit decisioning and customer management processes
Designed and implemented operational strategies
Trained on procedures and systems
Business development

Jan 1981 - Dec 1999

18 years

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Deutsche Bank AG, Konzern

Developed and implemented a bank-wide retail rating system for real estate with IT, reorganized credit and decision processes and supported roll-out
Drafted strategic position papers and portfolio analyses
Contributed to governance and group policy implementation
Participated in risk management projects
Established a group-wide business review group and developed audit concepts
Led nationwide audits and assessed organizational structures
Prepared audit reports for the divisional board
Enhanced a system to capture, monitor and analyze real estate exposures
Led quality improvement projects in real estate financing
Built a cross-branch mortgage advisory center in Königstein/Taunus
Managed and was accountable for market and results in mortgage teams in Frankfurt and Düsseldorf
Helped build the corporate SME division

Summary

Thanks to my many years of work and success as an independent consultant, specialist and executive in banks and associations, and as a senior consultant in consulting and outsourcing firms, I have a unique range of experience and a repeatable ability to bring this to bear individually and usefully for clients and assignments.

My strengths lie in an analytical-conceptual approach as well as implementation- and solution-oriented work. In addition, I am characterized by a highly independent, effective and quality-conscious work style, teamwork skills, customer focus and strong communication at all levels.

Thoughtful, networked action combined with assertiveness in designing and managing business-strategic as well as technical and politically sensitive complex projects or integration/reorganization processes complete my profile.