Enterprise Architect & Program/Project Manager

6/2001 – 10/2015

Director witin CIO Office till now
 Govern Execution for IT Innovation, Key IT Projects (establish Method & improvement),
DaytoDayOperation / Incidents & Compliance (e.g. Risk Mgt.) Reporting for C-Level
 Project Management Audit of Key Projects
(e.g. OmniChannel, SAP RETAIL, SAP AFS, SAP CRM, SAP FI/CO; SAP HANA,
Big Data, diverse Social Media Projects, Digital Asset Mgt., eCom, etc.)

Director Enterprise Architecture till 2013
 Management responsibility for all aspects of Enterprise Architecture
(Business Processes Management, Application, Data, DataBases, BigData, BI-Reporting, Development, Web-Envrironment, Organisation, Location, Technology in General,
Integration, Operation, BI) overseeing all Enterprise Business & IT Segments (>1.300 Applications):
 Data, Standard Databases/Storages (Oracle, HANA, Microsoft, Hadoop & others),Technology,
Integration & Infrastructure Services (e.g. Platform, WAN, LAN,Security, Portal, EAI, etc.)
 Plan & Execute SCM Landscape
(Standard Warehouse Solution: Manhattan, Standard SC Planning Solution SAP SNP),
 Plan & Execute Sales/CRM : Wholesales, Retail, eCommerce & Franchise Landscape
 Plan & Execute PLM Landscape
(e.g Indroduction Dassault System ENOVIA with Digital Asset Integration, Integration globally, etc.)
 Plan Finance, Business Intelligence & HR Landscape
 Plan & Execute SAP Demand Management & Solution Architecture:
e.g. Introduce SAP Retail, SAP SNP, eCom (Arvato), SAP CRM & SAP ERP/AFS
 Assess POS-Solution (Store21, GK-Software & others)
 Plan & Execute eCommerce Vendor Assessment
 Governance of RFI & RFP-Processes (Vender Selection)
 Plan & Execute Business Process Management (Aris)
 Plan & Execute IT Application Consolidation
 Plan & Executer divers VendorAssments
 Support Group Compliance (Risk Assessment & Continous Improvement)
 Guide Enterprise Application Integration (SOA/ESB, SAP XI/PI, TIBCO, ETL, etc.)
 Exchange of interest with Key Companies
(e.g. Gartner, Fraunhofer, Siemens AG, Audi AG & others.)
 Define IT Sourcing Strategy
 Introduce Standard Enterprise Architecture Tool (iteraplan)
 Team Manager (7 internal Enterprise Architects, partly)
 Defining, Supporting & Considering Standards in Technologies, Methods & Tools defining an Enterprise Architecture Frameworks
(TOGAF, ArchiMate2 (OpenGroup),COBIT,Zachmann, ITIL, adidas RAP, PMI, PRINCE2, SAP RAP, PRINCE, CMMI, SCRUM, AGIL-Methods,CORBA, Policies, etc.)

Lead Architect Reebok Merger (Plan & Execute > 60 Project

Senior Manager Project Architecture till 08/2007

 Management responsibility for all aspects of Project Architecture
(Processes, Application, Data, Organization, Location, Technology &Integration in Project
 Project Lead GIT Sourcing
 Line management responsibility of the global Project Architecture team including recruitment, performance evaluations etc.
 Drive Vendor Assessments
 Define Common IT – Landscape adidas-Group for Key Synergies shorterm
(PLM, CRM/Sales, SCM, Finance, Business Intelligence & Human Resource)
 Define Standard Deliverables of Project Architecture Team
 Responsible for Alignment of Projects with Enterprise Architecture Roadmaps &
Business Process Management
 Responsible for Final Approval of Project Documents
(Project Charter, Functional & Technical Specification etc.)
 Responsible to develop new Services (e.g. Business Readiness Assessment)
 Supporting developing Project Management Procedures
 Manage Operational Data Management Initiative
 Team Manager (5 internal Project Architects)

 Major past projects / Tasks:
 Develop & Global CRM/Sales Roadmap, containing “To Be” – Application Landscape
 Develop & Drive Global Application Suite for Subsidaries
 Develop Implementation Roadmap for Key Subs (Japan, France, Italy)
 Develop & Maintain Global Application Repository
 Manage Architectural Pre-Studies in main Subsidaries (Japan, France, Italy)
 Execute Sales Process Documentation (US, Europe)
 Develop & Drive European Application Consolidation Initiative
 Develop & Drive Operational Data management Initiative
 Develop Global Retail Position Paper
 Drive & Support Vendor Assessments
 Approve PLM,CRM, Sales, Marketing, SCM & Finance Projects
(Processes, Application, Data, Organisation, Location,Technology, Integration)

Enterprise Architect (EA)