Marcel Gross

Ensuring the smooth operation of all ICT and communication-related infrastructure and associated processes for 1300 employees in 7 countries. Coordination of external service providers. Ensuring the successful implementation of ICT projects. Head of 4 ICT managers and 20 ICT specialists. Development of new solutions and optimization of business processes and software. Determination of goals, budgets and ICT strategies. Analysis of the costs, assessments and risks of ICT relevant topics for the group mgmt.

Responsible for leading the development team. Design and development of applications and system integration. Introduction of strategies Agile, Waterfall and Scrum as well as evaluation of technologies. Defining architectural, technical and best practice guidance considering existing technology and architecture. Evaluation of alternative solutions, development of prototypes and creation of technical requirements. Responsible for the integration and data exchange internally + external partners and customers

Evaluation of SAP PI Integration global solutions for IT projects. Coordination of internal and external resources for the development of interfaces. Responsible of development and implementation of SAP PI interfaces. Establish interface connections with business partners. Enhancement of integration solutions by developing standard processes and new features for the integration platforms.

Responsibility for all global technical aspects of the Trucking Application (L-Base). Technical Project Management. Cost/Benefit Analysis for the technical environment. Specification of requirements for the internal and external development teams. Design, development and implementation of interfaces and integration features. Responsible for global interfaces, data upload procedures and communication within the corporate system landscape. Responsible for the maintenance and release strategy.

Development of project plans specifying goals, strategy, staffing, scheduling, identification of risks and allocation of available resources. Deploying, communicating and implementing of solutions to meet quality and customer satisfaction goals and objectives. Tracking and managing project budgets, preparing project status reports, and keeping management, customers and other parties informed of project status and related issues. Recruitment of IT Managers on area level.

Overall responsibility of a heterogeneous IT Infrastructure. Maintenance and implementation of latest information technologies in line with corporate vision. Participating in budgeting and investment planning for the responsible Area. Evaluation and implementation of regional IT solutions, customer solutions and EDI integrations. Support the different departments on IT and communication related issues.

Database Administration on Informix. Installations in different locations within Europe. Setup of standard configuration settings and guidelines for Informix database servers. Evaluation of enterprise replication on version 7.2 and 7.3. Evaluation of backup management strategies with IBM ADSM.

System Administration on AIX and in charge of special projects like system migrations, emergency standby-system concepts with and without the use of HACMP. System management project (TME10). Participating on compiling configuration and infrastructure guidelines and standards on corporate level.

Training on System Administration on AIX. Installation of RS/6000 systems in Asia, United States and Europe. From 1994 onwards with main priority on establishing IT infrastructure in West Africa with RS/6000, PC Windows 3.1 and Novel Networks based on BNC and RJ45 Ethernet cabling systems in Ghana, Nigeria, Gabon, Congo and Angola. As well as the satellite communication setup from mentioned countries to Europe and USA on Sat A and Eurosat M.

Employment as Software Designer for commercial applications at Panalpina Management Ltd. with succeeding internal transfer to the System Administration Department for AS/400. Creation and modification of OS/400 commands. Design of program suite for automated documentation of file and record descriptions. Support and consulting of programmers for migrating of S/36 applications and implementation in native OS/400 environment.

Programming and analysis for commercial applications on IBM System 38 and AS/400. Creation and modification of accounting and production planning and steering (PPS) systems and their documentation. Maintenance of existing commercial applications. Support and consulting of users. Configuring and commissioning of hardware components and peripheries.

Education of application programming at IBM Switzerland with practice as Junior Programmer on IBM System 38. Creating and changing of programs according instructions. Preparation and performing technical and formal program tests. Creation and maintenance of documentation and manuals. Substitute to operator.