Running projects with documentation through to completion
Preparing reports
Liaising with funding providers
Managing escalations to ensure targets
Coordinating co-laying of medium-voltage lines
Mar 2019 - Oct 2019
8 months
Germany
Broadband Expansion Supervisor in the District
Breitbandgesellschaft Lüchow-Dannenberg
Quality, cost, and schedule control of expansion
Site and traffic safety control across multiple clusters
Monitoring construction planning
Implementing corrective measures in the expansion plan
Coordinating with contractors and authorities
Jun 2018 - Oct 2018
5 months
Broadband and Backbone Project Lead
Unitymedia
Executing on-time construction measures in the distribution network for cable and fiber
Coordination, inspection, and acceptance
Reporting and participating in turnkey projects (JIRA)
Independently resolving escalations
Sep 2017 - Jan 2018
5 months
Telecom Project Manager
EWE TEL GmbH
Supporting operational broadband management
Project planning
Cost calculation
Documenting open broadband funding processes
Mar 2017 - Sep 2017
7 months
Bad Segeberg, Germany
Construction Project Manager
Deutsche Glasfaser Netz Entwicklung GmbH
Overseeing planning of individual construction projects
Leading overall planning of construction measures
Costing and executing new connection projects for regional coverage
Managing project development with cost control (AR software)
Quality management
Project administration and documentation
Implementing FTTH projects (fiber connections) in polygon areas and backbone links
Communication with clients, municipalities, contractors, state and district authorities
Nov 2016 - Feb 2017
4 months
Norderstedt, Germany
Interim Manager
Cableway Nord GmbH
Coordinating expansion and civil engineering projects for a major fixed-network communications company
Planning and managing large cable civil engineering projects
Technical leadership and professional, organizational management
Coordinating subcontractors
Monitoring safety and quality standards on site
Material, schedule, and cost management
Billing and performance review
Preparing final documentation
Acceptance of construction services and confirming measured quantities
Reporting to management
Continuous quality and process optimization
Dec 2014 - Jul 2015
8 months
Interim Group Leader House Connections/Installation Technology
MVV Energie AG
Initiating planning requests for house connections (electricity, gas, water, district heating) based on GIS data and customer orders
Reorganizing technical service processes for customers with sales, billing, and the network company Netrion
Improving IT data quality by eliminating redundancies
Reducing processing times for technical customer services
Analyzing and improving business processes in SAP systems: GIS, costing and billing programs interfaced with SAP FI, MM, linked to SAP PM
Leading work preparation and control for all construction activities with electronic work orders and GIS drawings
Heading profit center
Conducting financial and business planning
Preparing project meetings and tracking goals
Inviting and monitoring implementation of measures
Weekly target tracking with feedback on open steps
Stakeholder management for technical area with network company and sales
Documenting implemented measures with reports
Presenting subprojects in steering committee as department representative
Controlling business planning with monthly targets and reporting variances
Budget management
Cost accounting for managing subcontractors in civil engineering, revising service specifications
Monitoring quality targets
Supporting CHP funding
Coordinating standard connection construction for Netrion
Improving data management in the California database and GIS mobile access
Benchmarking against sister companies
Reviewing customer inquiries and effort estimates using GIS data to show supply types in layers
Leading installation/house connections profit center in MVV Energie AG’s technical service for Netrion
Oct 2013 - Sep 2014
1 year
Consultant
Hanse Daten Service (Start-up)
Founding a document processing service company
Creating a business plan and discussions with financial institutions (implementation canceled due to low market prices in worst-case scenario)
Jan 2009 - Sep 2013
4 years 9 months
Branch Manager
suportica GmbH
Hiring and training new staff for a new branch
Setting up the branch’s organizational, material, and technical infrastructure
Leading 60 employees
Cost accounting for a branch with €4M annual revenue covering personnel, rent, and IT costs
Expense controlling
Allocating IT and service costs
Key account management including billing existing and acquiring new orders
Payroll management
Organizing IT service structures and migrating IT systems from REVU to HVP (hardware and personnel)
Carve-out from IS-U to HVP at E.ON Westfalen Weser
Carve-out to HVP EDM tests at EBS Hamburg, project leader
Budget planning considering monthly revenue targets with active capacity monitoring
Organizational leadership of services for medium and large energy utilities in-house and on-site
Conducting energy data management training for external clients (EBS)
Project lead for taking over energy data management for E.ON Westfalen Weser
Project lead for billing tests post-data migration for E.ON Avacon
Project lead for taking over market communication for E.ON Westfalen Weser
Supporting change management in HVP implementation as an active service provider with control and testing roles
Direct contact person as service provider for each workstream leader
Monitoring small market communication projects
Project lead for setting up devices in the system for EEG billing with 5,000 solar installations in Bavaria
Project lead for switching billing of wind and biomass plants in E.ON Hanse, Avacon, Westfalen Weser, and E.DIS to direct supply
Sales support for energy utilities as service order clients
Attending electronic data transmission conferences
Jul 2008 - Dec 2008
6 months
Ratingen, Germany
Consultant
bofest consult GmbH
Switching to a two-client system (network and sales separation) at E.ON Avacon
Implementing best practices in steering group as CIO staff member
Organizational support in setting up bofest Service Center
Creating training materials for basic market communication courses with practical parts
Conducting training: theory and practice of information processing in the energy sector
Conducting interviews
Planning and preparing relocation of bofest Service Center in Ratingen
Mar 2006 - Jul 2008
2 years 5 months
Bremen, Germany
Board Member
Bremer Energiehaus-Genossenschaft eG
Approaching cooperative members as new gas and electricity customers
Creating a business plan
Controlling financial planning
Founding a registered cooperative
Holding member meetings with up to 300 members
Public relations (newspapers, ARD, ZDF)
Establishing supplier relationships
Risk assessment for market entry
Reviewing developed business case
Drafting legally compliant customer contracts
Profitability calculations for network transit
Customer acquisition campaign for electricity contracts (with Conrad Electronic: energy-saving lamps as customer incentives)
Tendering and conducting IT billing and network balancing for end customers
Dec 2003 - Feb 2006
2 years 3 months
Consultant
bk Consult
Advising energy utilities
Advising on TollCollect introduction with training delivery
Setting up a new energy supply company selling natural gas to end customers
Jul 2002 - Nov 2003
1 year 5 months
Business Consultant
T-Systems
Leading team developing a SAP module for billing and invoicing to implement customer processes from SAP IS-U to integrated invoice printing and dispatch
Developing an external market offering of billing-oriented IT solutions for energy utilities
Supporting database-driven data cleansing projects for energy utilities
Targeted outreach to energy utility executives with informational materials and trade show participation
Leading team in field tests with 10 trucks for TollCollect under Federal Office of Goods Transport supervision with performance evaluation
Participating in the “Secure Electronic Meter Data Readout” project of the SELMA initiative at PTB with workshop participation and presentation on transmission methods
Oct 2000 - Mar 2002
1 year 6 months
Market Manager
Goodex AG
Building up the energy sector division
Project consulting and executing electricity procurement for a large telecom company with own towers via live auction on company’s internet platform (three-digit million purchase sum)
Market outreach to large industrial clients to run electricity procurement auctions via live auctions on the company platform
Defining products and services for electricity customer tenders across Germany and Europe
Apr 1997 - Sep 2000
3 years 6 months
Achim, Germany
Division Head
Stadtwerke Achim AG
Managing energy, procurement, warehousing, and data processing divisions
IT controlling
Controlling and improving expenses, especially investment and maintenance costs
Introducing new electricity and gas contracts
Customer outreach through public relations
Cost control for existing customer contracts with contribution margin accounting implementation
Recalculating sales costs for electricity, gas, and district heating
Calculating network charges
Renegotiating energy purchase contracts after market liberalization
Introducing new electronic meters
Reorganizing operational data processing
Setting up contribution margin accounting in energy sector
Cooperating with local partners on construction measures to reduce costs
Building contracting and sales of large electricity and gas distribution installations
Jan 1986 - Mar 1997
11 years 3 months
Bremen, Germany
Section Head
Stadtwerke Bremen AG
Developing new electricity and gas tariffs
Calculating and obtaining approval for electricity tariffs
Developing new electricity tariffs with linearization
Nationwide price comparisons and energy market analyses for board and supervisory board
Advising local companies on energy costs
Consulting on switching to medium-voltage supply
Establishing sales controlling
Germany
Overall Project Manager
GVG Glasfaser GmbH
Expanding black spots and commissioning white spots in Osnabrück district
Coordinating with district authorities
Coordinating with municipalities
Coordinating contractors
Preparing expansion and route construction
Creating and implementing schedules
Clarifying legal framework implementation
Backbone connection
Summary
Specialization: organizational setup, project coordination, business development, software application training, electronic business
Other topics: coordination, cost accounting, project leadership, quality management
Industries: energy utilities, telecommunications
Experience/skills: MS Office, company setup, cost accounting, interim management, creating synergy effects in companies and in cooperations, market role separation, energy data management, balancing group management, executive management, controlling and contribution margin accounting at energy utilities
Additional experience/skills: SAP IS-U, Neutrasoft, SAP FI, MM and PM, carve-out project management, shared service project management, energy market regulation, EEG/KWKG implementation and regulatory framework, EnWG certification, GaBi Gas 2.0, GPKE/GeLi Gas, network management, civil engineering for electricity, gas, water, district heating, broadband networks