Oliver Baier
Angestellt, SVP Catalyst EMEA, Endava
Düsseldorf, Deutschland
Über mich
I help people and organisations move from digital vision to delivery — better and faster.
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Berufserfahrung von Oliver Baier
Bis heute 10 Monate, seit Juli 2023
SVP Catalyst EMEA
Endava
Leading Endava's close-to-client consulting and delivery teams in Europe and the Middle East providing strategy, design and world-class engineering services.
Growing a team of strategic technologists, product strategists, experience designers, agile coaches and industry experts to help reimagine the relationship between people and technology
3 Jahre und 1 Monat, Juli 2019 - Juli 2022
Independent Consultant · Digital Business | Discovery, Design, Delivery
Oliver Baier Consulting
Project management | Product management & product ownership || Enterprise, business, technology architecture | Project, product, service, platform design || Strategy, roadmaps, concepts, implementation | Discovery & delivery || Lean & agile, technology, business transformation | Initiation, execution, guidance, evaluation of projects || Consulting, interim management & crisis response || Manufacturing, trade, hospitality, telecoms | E-Commerce, data management, advanced analytics & ML
Growing a team of strategic technologists to help reimagine the relationship between people and technology
Prepared and led discovery & project definition workshops regarding advanced analytics and digital commerce. Consulted clients on enterprise architecture, integrating business, technology, and experience design. Provided design & delivery management expertise in project initiation & execution. Took leading role in proposal writing, developed solution & delivery concepts. Responsible bid manager for several proposals. Drove the structural development of the bid & project management practices.
5 Monate, Apr. 2018 - Aug. 2018
Digital Architect
IME
Prepared and led discovery & project definition workshops regarding advanced analytics and digital commerce. Consulted clients on enterprise architecture, integrating business, technology, and experience design. Provided design & delivery management expertise in project initiation & execution. Took leading role in proposal writing, developed solution & delivery concepts. Responsible bid manager for several proposals. Drove the structural development of the bid & project management practices.
1 Jahr und 8 Monate, Aug. 2016 - März 2018
Digital Architect
Twice Reply
Enabled clients to achieve business objectives through digital architecture consulting, functional & technical design, and design & delivery management consulting. Led discovery, concept design and implementation planning for several clients and projects. Facilitated improvement of teams' software development practices. Developed concepts for digital platform evolution, including componentization of monolith and cloud migration. Led delivery concept development for a bank's GDPR assessment project.
11 Monate, Sep. 2015 - Juli 2016
COO
Xsite GmbH
As the COO of this e-commerce SaaS provider, Oliver was responsible for business operations and respresentation of firm towards clients and partners. Assured high-quality and high-performance delivery. Managed customer and partner relations, including contract negotiations. Conceptual & commercial customer acquisition. Consulted to client executives. Led development of solution and delivery strategies. Responsible for staff and organizational development as well as problem and crisis management.
Enabled clients to achieve digital business objectives by designing, building and running digital platforms. Defined technology and governed their implementation on client projects. Successfully influenced digital strategies and organizational development initiatives for clients. Responsible for staff development as the line manager for fifteen members. Delivered successful projects in design, product, demand and operations management roles. Ensured close business alignment of delivery initiatives.
2 Jahre und 7 Monate, Nov. 1995 - Mai 1998
Service Operations & Software Development Intern
Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH (now Vodafone Germany)
Helped operate and administer an order entry & processing front-end system for a mainframe-based customer care & billing system. Developed and maintaining C/C++ utilities to simplify system administration and operations. Helped adapt the existing software development documentation and work-product framework from a structured development methodology to an object-oriented development methodology. (Part-time employment while at university.)
1 Jahr und 11 Monate, Jan. 1993 - Nov. 1994
Software Developer
Mannesmann Datenverarbeitung GmbH
Helped develop, maintain and supporting a travel expense management system. Helped to develop and maintain a large-scale payroll system, which was part of a larger human resources management system. (Part-time employment while at university from October 1993.)
2 Jahre und 5 Monate, Sep. 1990 - Jan. 1993
Apprentice
Mannesmann Datenverarbeitung GmbH
Ausbildung von Oliver Baier
2007 - 2010
Business Administration
University of Liverpool
4 Jahre und 8 Monate, Okt. 1993 - Mai 1998
Business Administration & Economics
Gerhard-Mercator-Universität Gesamthochschule Duisburg
Sprachen
Deutsch
Muttersprache
Englisch
Fließend
Französisch
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