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