Karim Wittmann

Senior project manager for delivery of Tufin solutions, deployment/ upgrade services, and specialist support • Project management of Tufin solutions – system installation, integration and testing • Wide range of customers - Energy, German Government, Banking, and Telecom • Management of internal development resources, deployment teams, and system experts (Resident engineers) • Budget and revenue responsibility for assigned projects • Testing with the customer, and final acceptance of delivered solutions

Dedicated service manager, responsible for transitioning the IT infrastructure (data center, campus communication networks, IT/ end-user devices and services of a German / international Tier-1 customer (automotive & bus) to a managed services, outsourced business model. Covering 10+ countries, the program includes asset transfer, partner contract transitioning, knowledge transfer, in-house and partner staff enablement and on-boarding.

Industrial smart metering project, Tajikistan Responsible for: • Project management delivery for ZONOS core, additional modules ( e.g. settlement, DMS), and add on services • Final design and specification • Feature development management, following Agile methodology

Telefonica, Smart metering: support for RFP, offer evaluation and negotiation for in-house project, Germany Cuculus, Smart metering: sales support during offer phase -industrial smart meter project ( Tajikistan)

Part of Advanced Services group - EMEA Mostly customers in the DACH region, from a variety of industries (smart metering; banking/ finance; Datacenter/ Telecom) • Responsible for the operative planning and control of the projects, including cost control, customer acceptance and project completion • Support of sales in new customer acquisition, contract renewal and expansion for existing customers AÜ through TechMahindra

Project Management - access network modernization Large scale access network consolidation and modernization program for one of the German operators (Nokia, Telefonica - LTE/ 3G/ 2G) • 1,400+ access network sites with LTE/3G/2G modernization and network consolidation work • Leading a team of 3 regional directors (in-House staff) and 15 BL (Integration supervisors), and upto 25 installation and integration teams [ IRIS is a Nokia Group Company ]

Telecom, or related sectors

PM FTTx Central Europe

Sales, new business development, partner management Renewable Energy & Energy Saving Solutions Smart Grid Solutions Telecom/ IT/IP/ SCADA Networks Government (MOI, Embassies/ Foreign government institutions, Security, MOD, Defense/ armed forces)

• MS COO Managed Services Chief Operations Officer • Day-to-day network planning, optimization and operations activities: • Assure the highest possible network and service availability, achieving the best possible recovery in case of service-effecting network events • Seamless and non-service effecting transition to new SW versions, and capacity additions in line with customer requirements

Third largest Telecom (cellular Network) and data network operator in South Africa, second in data services •Transformation from 2G GSM/EDGE to 2G/ 3G (HSPA+) network (ongoing, started July 2010) •Responsible for all Planning and Optimization work for Cell C access network (3,000 sites)

Responsibilities: the day to day operation of the cellular network, including network planning, execution of network expansions, and integration of new technologies; Strategic decisions like new technology selection and vendor negotiations. Largest Telecom (Cellular Network) and data network operator in Afghanistan

Responsible for all business and service issues related to the assigned markets Ohio and Michigan

2003-2005: Oman Responsible for execution of network expansion projects including budget responsibility 1993- 2003: Middle East, South East Asia, North Africa. International Project Business