Dominik Malek

• Team lead of the global IT demand management team responsible for consulting all our business departments in terms of digitalization, prioritizing their requirements and ensuring that they are met according to the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) • Part of the IT strategy team • Part of the company-wide interdisciplinary process innovation team

• Global point of contact (Business Partner) for Smart Factory requirements • Proactive consulting of the business units production, logistics, quality management, technical maintenance and die shop on smart solutions • Analysis and prioritization of digitalization requirements in accordance with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

• Development of a smart factory vision and a global smart factory program • Design of smart factory solutions with a strong ROI • Development of a future-proof smart factory IT architecture and introduction of the first core systems

• Business lead for various international projects aimed at creating transparency on the shopfloor and automating processes • Conception of novel IIoT solutions covering user interface design, interfaces to IT systems and shopfloor connectivity • Scouting for and evaluation of new technologies • Business Intelligence (BI) solution conception and development • Governance of production IT systems

• Conception of customer product portfolio enhancements with industry 4.0 services • Manufacturing Execution System (MES) platform selection • Development of future-proof Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) architectures and strategic architecture roadmaps

Title: "Vertical Integration of Discrete Manufacturing Communication Architectures in Brownfield Scenarios Based on OPC UA" Research method: Interviews with leading industry as well as scientific leaders in the field of Digital Manufacturing.

• Requirements engineering in the Internet of Things (IoT) field • Design of IIoT solution used worldwide • Conception of a remote-control system for the world-wide car production and prototype development

• Clarification and validation of customer requirements • Functional specification of business processes • Design of user interfaces

• Coordination between business and IT side • Structured requirements analysis • Conception of system improvements • Test of new Software components

• Process und data flow analysis • Tool evaluation for strategic architectural decisions • Co-moderation of improvement workshops • Planning and execution of social media trainings and higher-management coachings

• Hardware and software installations • Consultation for the purchase of new HW and SW • Resolution of PC issues

The balance of practice orientation and well-funded scientific education prepared me the best for my carreer in the IT(-related) business. Master Thesis title: "Conception and Impact Analysis of the Vertical Integration of Manufacturing Communication Infrastructures by Means of OPC UA"

The wide-ranging study program covered IT and economics in equal parts and provided a solid foundation for my career. Focus topics: Information Management, Business Intelligence, Innovation Management