Serge Thorn

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Licence SES

Chief Information Officer

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1211 Genève 20, Switzerland

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Professional experience  (24 years, 4 months)

Nov 2008 - present

(1 year, 1 month)

Chief Information Officer

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Industry: Information Technology & Services

Dec 2005 - present

(4 years)

Jun 2007 - Jun 2008

(1 year, 1 month)

Director Architecture Governance

Merck KGaA, http://www.merckserono.net

Industry: Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnologie, Pharma

Mar 2005 - May 2007

(2 years, 3 months)

Mar 2003 - Mar 2005

(2 years, 1 month)

May 2000 - Sep 2002

(2 years, 5 months)

May 1997 - Aug 2000

(3 years, 4 months)

Nov 1993 - Apr 1995

(1 year, 6 months)

Jun 1987 - Mar 1992

(4 years, 10 months)

Jun 1983 - Nov 1985

(2 years, 6 months)

Various IT Functions

ISO

Industry: Non-Profit Organization

Feb 1982 - May 1983

(1 year, 4 months)
Status
Employee

Educational background

University/College

Université de Genève, Sep 1979 - Jun 1981

Science Economiques et Sociales, Informatique de Gestion

Languages
English, French

About me

Currently developing and delivering new Enterprise Architecture consultancy and training services, implementing Governance and managing IT Operations.

Before in charge of International Governance and Control implementing different best practices around IT Finance/Procurement, Audit/Risk management, Vendors Management (with Service Level Management) in a Bank.

Previously in a Pharma in charge of the Enterprise Architecture worldwide program and Governance, the IT Research & Innovation, following the reorganization of the IT Department, implementing Service Management based on ITIL Best Practices and deploying new processes: Change, Configuration, Release, and Capacity/Availability Management, responsible for the Disaster Recovery Plan and for the System Management team.

Prior to this, responsible of the Architecture team in an international bank, I have a wide experience in the deployment and management of information systems in Private Banking and Wealth Management environments, and also in the IT architectures domains, Internet, dealing rooms, inter-banking networks, Middle and Back-office. Also has been into ERP and CRM domains.

My main competences covers the perfect understanding of banking activities, and industry, the design of new systems, IT strategies, IT Governance and Control, Innovation, new technologies, Enterprise Architecture (including BPMand TOGAF 9) , Service Management (ITIL V 3), Quality System ISO 9001:2000, team management, project and portfolio management (PMI), IT Finance, organization and planning.

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Nicolas Berg, Michael Funk, Kirsten Heinze-Hastenteufel, Christian Baumgartner

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Discussion on the profession of Architects in the Information- and IT-sector and of the certification of these people. Genève IT Consolidation XING Moderation