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January 2017 to date

President of the Novartis Sports Club

• Chairman of the Leadership Board
• Operational Management of more than 1000 members in 19 sport sections
• Leading larger sports club projects
• Driving Communications Activities

Since 2011, Deputy Head of the Novartis Scuba Diving Club. A club that has acutally about 60 members and provides members of the Novartis Sportsclub several possibilites to parcipitate activities around scuba diving, such as dive events, information/education, training up to certification.

June 2002 to July 2004

Member of the SwissICT (www.swissict.ch) program commission

Preparation and planning of the SwissICT main conference with over 200 participants.

 July 1998 to October 2000

Chairman of the European, Middle East and African Seagate Holos User Group

• Head of an international committee of 6 members
• Organizing and leading through annual venues in Edinburgh, Amsterdam and London
• Up to 220 attendees and over 100 companies from Europe, Middle East and Africa

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September 2010 to-date - Novartis

Global Project Portfolio Manager, PMO Lead, Information Security and Risk Management, IT Infrastructure Service, End User Computing

• Management of project portfolios for various IT functions at strategic and operational level
• Goal-oriented planning and control of projects in terms of costs, milestones, resources and quality for waterfalls as well as agile managed projects
• More than 400 projects delivered with an investment volume of over half a billion Swiss francs
• Professional leadership and coaching of over forty project managers worldwide
• Management of portfolio reporting and controlling using KPI and dashboards for the attention of senior management
• Introduction and implementation of a unique and detailed project cost review and forecast management system
• Direct project management of major projects (including mergers & acquisitions programs)
• Full strategic alignment of project portfolios in line with financial goals and strategy
• Creation of the global IT infrastructure and IT security project budget
• Management of strategic partners / suppliers
• Development of the project management methodology
• Trainer for the Novartis Project Management Methodology (ICE) and certification of more than sixty project managers
• President of the Novartis Sports Club

January 2008 to August 2010 - Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

MIS Project Manager, Finance IT Project Portfolio Manager Project Manager

• Implementation of portfolio management for Finance IT
• Establishment of high-quality financial reporting on schedule
• Expansion of data warehouse and business intelligence tools to new areas such as patient information
• Implementation and execution of SOX based quality processes
• Managing the Corporate Finance Dashboard project
• Introduction of SCRUM into the project methodology
• Leadership of the MIS User Community
• Process Responsibility of monthly and quarterly financial statements from a financial reporting perspective
• Delivery of various projects in the areas of business (patient tracking), budget systems, financial portals

August 2004 to December 2007 - Clariant International Ltd.

MIS Manager

• Implementation of ad-hoc reporting instruments for corporate controlling (SAP BW, SAP BEx)
• Preparation of financial reports for top management (CxO) and board of directors
• Execution of improvement projects in the area of SAP BW, SAP SEM
• Process definition and implementation in the areas of Monthly Financial Reporting and Global Sales Reporting
• Project management by Financial Reporting for the Cross-Divisional Global Price Management project
• Management and monitoring of vendors

January 2004 to July 2004 - Astor Consulting

C*O

• Acquisition of project management mandates

December 2001 to December 2003 - Data Connect AG

Member of the Executive Board,
Consulting Unit Head, Senior IT-consultant

• Build up the Consulting Department
• Delivered large scale master data reorganization project for Bell AG
• Designed and implemented the database-layer for the white- and yellow pages (www.weisseseiten.ch; www.gelbeseiten.ch) at Swisscom directories as project manager and team-head. Build up, trained and developed the internal team members for the sustain phase
• Introduced agile methodologies (Scrum, XP) to Swisscom Directories
• Delivered the Concept of the POS management system for Coop and Migros
• Build the EAN master data server and client architecture for merchandise master data exchange (ordering, goods receipt, Invoicing)

January 2001 to November 2001 - Comit AG

Senior Data Warehouse and BI Consultant

• Guided the Evaluation of the Content Management System following the WTO/GATT directives for the Canton of Zurich
• Delivered the evaluation and concept challenge for the corporate data warehouse database system for Ciba SC
• Established the data management and process concept for the client matching at Emil Frey AG

May 1993 to December 2000 - Manor AG

Member of the IT Executive Board,
Program Manager Data Warehouse & BI, Head of MIS/EIS

• Headed and developed the business intelligence and MIS team
• Evaluated and implemented the corporate Business Intelligence tools
• Lead the corporate budgeting system project based on OLAP architecture. A very visible project that delivered high cost and time savings
• Delivered correct and timely financial reporting and data management for all management levels
• Migrated the old financial database into a modern data warehouse and delivered the corresponding financial reporting tools
• Implemented the financial end-to-end application and data flow to process financial transactions of Manor's customer card between Manor and the factoring company

August 1992 to April 1993 - Coop Basel

IT Project Manager

• Designed, implemented and deployed Coop's long-term strategic planning tool for their branches (continuation of my licentiate)

December 1987 to July 1992 - Own company

IT Contractor

• Several software projects for Coop Basel and Coop Bern
• Tools used: Dbase II, Borland OO-Pascal

May 1986 to November 1987 - Coop Basel

PC Support

• Deployed PC based controlling tools within the Finance Department.
  Training of the controlling and accounting members
• Deploying Controlling tools to the functions
• Trainer for PC related topics

July 1998 to 2004

Other activities

• Current: President of the Novartis Sports Club,
  - Chairman of the Leadership Board
  - Operational Management of more than 1000 members in 19 sport sections
  - Leading larger sports club projects
• Driving Communications Activities
• 2002 - 2004: Member of the SwissICT (www.swissict.ch) program commission
• 1998 - 2000: Chairman of the European, Middle East and African Seagate Software User Group, head of an international committee of 8 members
• Headed annual venues in Edinburgh, Amsterdam and London. Up to 220 attendees and over 100 companies from Europe, Middle East and Africa

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2018: Lean Six Sigma

Green Belt

2014: Lean Six Sigma

Process Design for Six Sigma

2014: Scrum Alliance

Certification as Certified Scrum Master 

2007 to 2008: Project Management Institute (PMI)

Certification as Project Management Professional (PMP), PMP No. 524274

1987 to 1992: University of Berne, Switzerland

Master Degree in Business Administration and Computer Science

• Commercial and technical information technology
• Business administration and management
• Macro- and micro-economics
• Marketing
• Operations Research
• Human Resource
• Political science
• Public and civil law

1981 to 1985: Gymnasium Münchenstein, Switzerland

Matura Typus 'C' (Mathematics, Science)

Additional Education

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I am a globally experienced Senior Project Portfolio Manager with 20yrs+ experience in Project Management and a proven track record of successfully manage very large global, project portfolios (up to 250 million dollars, 70 – 80 projects).
By building up and implementing the portfolio management processes I was able to reduce the annual project spending by 30% while in parallel increasing customer satisfaction.

A proven ability to lead global and local teams and deliver value to the organization in complex environments through a combination of creative problem solving, strategic thinking, cultural change, understanding the business needs and a focus on quality.

My leadership relies on a unique combination of strong project- and portfolio management and business knowledge, strategic vision, an open communication style and partnership building with business stakeholders.

My experience in financial reporting is helping me to deal with project and business case data to ensure that senior management understands the portfolio and can make the right decisions.

As a fast learner and out-of-the-box thinker I am able to drive changes very effectively into the organization. My ability to listen carefully to the customer enables me to create solutions that can be implemented quickly and deliver value in short time

Special Skills:

• Expert in Project Portfolio, Program and Project Management
• Experienced in Agile PM Methodologies 
• Change Management
• IT Application and Infrastructure program/project experience
• Contractor and Vendor Management
• Financial Excellence
• Strategic thinking and entrepreneurship
• Global mindset and ability to commuicate on all levels
• Very strong Business Intelligence skills and experience