Thomas Sengotta
Dipl.-Ing.
Senior Project Manager(The company name is only visible to registered members)
- 40547 Düsseldorf
- Germany
Personal information
- Haves
- Knowledge about Project Management (PMI, Prince2) and Project Management Maturity Models (OPM3), Knowledge about IT Governance (CobiT) and extensive experience in large scale IT Projects (Infrastructure, Software ), Experienced in cost calculation & tracking of fixed price projects, Turn Around Management IT Projects, Portal Projects, Cloud Computing, SOA, JAVA SW Development, Data Center Consolidation, Agile Project Management (SCRUM). Industries: - Telecommunication - Energy & Utilities - Financial - Service Provider Experienced Practitioner in: Risk Management, BID Management Certifications: PMP, Prince2 Practitioner, CISA, ITIL version 3 Foundation
- Groups
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Professional experience (19 years, 11 months)
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Jan 2010
- present
(2 years, 5 months)
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(The company name is only visible to registered members)
Industry: Consulting
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Jan 2010
- present
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Oct 1998
- Dec 2009
(11 years, 3 months)
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Senior Project Manager, CISA, PMP, P2P
Sun Microsystems GmbH, http://www.sun.de
Industry: Computer Software, IT
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Oct 1998
- Dec 2009
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May 1998
- Sep 1998
(5 months)
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Industry: Computer Hardware
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May 1998
- Sep 1998
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Aug 1995
- May 1998
(2 years, 10 months)
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Data General GmbH, http://www.dg.com
Industry: Computer Hardware
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Aug 1995
- May 1998
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Jul 1992
- Aug 1995
(3 years, 2 months)
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Industry: Computer Software
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Jul 1992
- Aug 1995
- Employment status
- Employee
Educational background
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BUGH Wuppertal
Electrical Engineering, Dipl.-Ing.
- Languages
- German, English
About me
Account Manager for a company in the energy industry , responsible for identifying new business opportunities and winning project contracts for CGI. Single point of contact for the customer regarding all aspects and requests from sales to projects.
Responsible Manager/Team Leader
People manager for a team of project managers at CGI.
Projects
PROJECT MANAGEMENT, Telco – (01/11 to 05/11)
I was responsible for a project that was dealing with security requirements for the storage of personal user data in a DWH environment.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT, Telco – (02/10 to 12/10)
I joined the project when it was short before the software development phase. I was acting as a coach for the initial Project Leader of a project that integrates two Data Warehouse environments. After the initial project leader leaves the project I took over the responsibility for the project as a Project Manager. Due to the challenges in the integration process between the two compannies (that where in the process of merging) it was my responsibility to improve the set up of the project. I implemented the appropriate methodologies and measures to optimize the control and therefore the outcome of the project. He was also responsible to monitor and give guidance to the delivery partners of the project in terms of scope, budget and quality.
Initial the project was in trouble and close to be terminated, but I was able to identify the problems and to take corrective actions. I finalized the project successful, the deliverables are now into production.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT/PROJECT REVIEW, Consulting Company – (since 03/10 )
Due to my outstanding knowledge and experience in the project management profession I was assigned as an Independend Reviewer for a larger eCommerce project, that is delivered using agile methods (Scrum). It is my responsibility to identify optimization potential and to make recommendations how to grow the maturity level of the project.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT, Internet Service Provider – (04/09 to 12/09)
As a Project Manager, on a project that upgrades an existing internet portal for a major German ISP, I led a team of 6 Sales Specialists, IT Architects and Delivery Partners. The team was spread out across Germany and was mostly working remote. Deliverable of the project was an extension of the business logic which was implemented in the portal framework.
my key responsibilities included
• Developing the project plan and project organization
• Control of the delivery partners (located in Austria and China)
• Management of the project with tailored Project Management Methods
• Assuring availability of the services with implementation of a risk management plan and quality plan
• Implementing a proper test and quality assurance process for the customer
Tools and methodologies applied
• Netbeans 6.0
• SW Development (waterfall model)
• Clear Quality
• Canoo Webtest
System environment/ programming languages Solaris, Java, J2EE
PROJECT MANAGEMENT, Telco – (09/08 to 03/09)
As a Project Manager, on a project that performs a proof of concept for an Enterprise SOA Architecture at a large mobile carrier, I led a team of 16 team members (in peak times). The team consists of SOA Architects, Delivery Partners (for SW Development), Sales Engineers and Support Service engineers. The project goal was to design a flexible and high available solution for a new enterprise SOA bus architecture. The design was documented and implemented in a test environment.
I’s key responsibilities included
• Developing the project plan and project organization
• Management of the project based on tailored Project Management Methods
• Managing time boxed SW development
• Managing sub contractors
Tools and methodologies applied
• Netbeans 6.0
• BPEL
• Time boxed SW Development
System environment/ programming languages Java, J2EE, JCAPS 6
PROJECT MANAGEMENT, Internet Service Provider– (11/06 to 06/08)
As a Project Manager, on a project that develops an internet portal for a major German ISP , I was accountable for the whole project life cycle from the pre sales phase up to hand over in to operations. Deliverable of the project was a new customer internet portal for several Mio users. The project team consists of Sun staff and Delivery Partners, was distributed over 3 countries and was organized as a virtual team. The project organization was based on a detailed process- and communication model to avoid miscommunication between the team members,
The Hardware and Software infrastructure and a sopmyticated role & security model for the portal were developed. It enabled the customer to change and expand the content of the portal in a fast, secure and cost efficient way. Due to the complexity of the project for the customer I also supported him with advice regarding project management and IT operations for the new environment.
my key responsibilities included
• Developing the project plan and project organization
• Management of the project with tailored Project Management Methods
• Offering advice to the customer regarding Risk Management Methodologies, making a proposal for a joint Risk Management Process
• Refining the requirements engineering process with the customer. Outcome was an optimized project flow and lower project costs
• 15 Team members, virtual team (China, Austria, Germany with multiple locations)
Tools and methodologies applied
• Netbeans 6.0
• SW Development with Waterfall Model
• Clear Quality
• Canoo Webtest
System environment/ programming languages Solaris, Java, J2EE, Sun Java Stack
INTERIMS SENIOR PROJECT ADVISOR, Education – (11/05 to 11/06)
As an Interims Project Manager, on a project that implements an online education portal for an online learning provider, I was responsible for auditing the project and giving advice to the board how to proceed with the project, which was out of control and missing the triple constraints (scope, cost, time). He led a team of 16 specialists from Sun Microsystems and a partner company, which was located in Austria. The compiled results of I`s project audit enabled the board to get an understanding of the actual project status and of necessary corrective actions.
my key responsibilities included
• Auditing the project in trouble
• Analysing the problems in the project
• Making recommendations how to solve the problems
• Giving advice to senior management
• Implementing the recommendations
• Managing the delivery through the partner company in Austria
PROJECT/MIGRATION MANAGEMENT, Finance – (01/05 to 10/05)
As a Project Manager, on a project with the goal to migrate terabytes of data to a new storage infrastructure and to implement a new backup environment, I was responsible for the complete project life cycle from pre sales to handing over the solution to the IT operations department from the customer. The existing storage systems and the associated backup environment should be replaced through a new StorageTek disk subsystem and a new flexible HSM backup environment. The new HSM backup infrastructure enabled the customer to be compliant with new laws regarding prolonged data retention periods
My key responsibilities included:
• Leading the BID Team
• Management of the project taking under consideration of tailored Project Management Methods. Through the use of tailoring the project was managed in a cost efficient manner
• Assuring IT Operations without service interruption through a risk management plan and a sopmyticated migration plan
• Migration performed without any problems.
PROJECT MANAGER, Telco – (09/04 to 12/04)
As a Project Manager, on a project that defines a concept for an identity management solution for 80 Mio. subscriber at a large Telecommunication company, my key responsibilities included
• Organizing the development of the basic and detailed IT architecture concept for the needed infrastructure (HW + SW)
• Regularly match the content of the concepts with the customer business case
• Getting customer approval for the concepts
• Developing an implementation plan for the designed solution
PROJECT MANAGER/BUSINESS ANALYST, IT Company, Professional Services – (01/02 to 12/05)
As a Project Manager/Business Analyst, on a project that implements a project management office in Germany at a large IT Infrastructure Provider, I was designing processes necessary for an implementation of a PMO and gives advice to senior management about the Prince2 and pmbok (PMI) Project Management Methods. He developed procedures and selected appropriate supporting tools that are still part of the project management method at the customer which enabled him to deliver internal and external projects in a predictable and cost efficient manner.
my key responsibilities included
• Tailoring the Prince2 Method to select needed roles and processes for a cost efficient and high quality approach for a project organization
• Adopting processes from the PMI Methodology (pmbok)
• Combining the Prince2 and pmbok method to build a joint PM process model
• Selecting Tools and Techniques that support the implemented PM processes (Earned Value Management, Product based planning, detailed Cost tracking and forecasting)
• Educating the project managers (Earned Value Management, Product based planning)
PROJECT MANAGER, Telco – (09/03 to 08/04)
As a Project Manager, on a project that designs and implements a legal mail interception application at a large German mobile carrier, my key responsibilities included
• Promoting of a sound requirements engineering process
• Developing the implementation plan
• Leading a team of 10 developers and IT Architects in peak times
• Management of the project taking under consideration of tailored Project Management Methods
• Acting as a quality manager, establishing a quality plan which was be used as template for other projects
PROJECT MANAGER, Telco – (06/02 to 02/03)
As a Project Manager, on a project that implements a LDAP directory service at a large German mobile carrier, my key responsibilities included
• BID Management
• Acting as a Risk Manager in the pre sales and delivery phase
• Developing the implementation plan
• Management of the project with tailored Project Management Methods
• Acting as a quality manager, establishing a quality plan
PROJECT MANAGER, Telco – (01/99 to 06/02)
As a Project Manager, on a sub project that implements the IT infrastructure for a new billing system at a large mobile carrier, my key responsibilities included
• Management of several parallel projects which implemented a high available IT infrastructure for a billing system
• Assuring communication between customer, sub contractors, hardware engineers and software developers for the billing system
• Handling escalations and technical issues
• Setting up a multi project financial controlling to enable a predictable budgeting
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