
Marcel Gross
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- 2 years and 2 months, Oct 2020 - Nov 2022
Chief Information Officer (CIO) Europe + Africa
M+R Spedag Group AG
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.
- 3 years, Oct 2017 - Sep 2020
Software Development Manager
M+R Spedag Global AG
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
- 6 years and 2 months, Aug 2011 - Sep 2017
IT Systems Integration Specialist
Panalpina Management Ltd.
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.
- 4 years and 7 months, Jan 2007 - Jul 2011
IT Project Manager Trucking Application
Panalpina Management Ltd.
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.
- 2 years and 6 months, Jul 2004 - Dec 2006
Regional IT Project Manager Asia-Pacific
Panalpina Asia-Pacific Services Limited
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.
- 5 years and 5 months, Mar 1999 - Jul 2004
IT Manager Panalpina UK and Ireland
Panalpina World Transport Ltd
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.
- 1 year and 3 months, Jan 1998 - Mar 1999
Database-Administrator
Panalpina Management Ltd.
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.
- 2 years, Jan 1996 - Dec 1997
Senior System Administrator Unix
Panalpina Management Ltd.
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.
- 2 years and 7 months, Jun 1993 - Dec 1995
System Administrator + IT Delegate for West Africa
Panalpina Management Ltd.
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.
- 1 year and 2 months, Apr 1992 - May 1993
Software Designer and System Administration AS/400
Panalpina Management Ltd.
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.
- 2 years and 3 months, Jan 1989 - Mar 1991
Programmer / Analyst
Sulzer Burckhardt Engineering Ltd
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.
- 1 year and 8 months, May 1987 - Dec 1988
Junior Programmer
Sulzer Burckhardt Engineering Ltd
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.
- 3 years, May 1984 - Apr 1987
Apprentice
Sulzer Burckhardt Engineering Ltd
Languages
German
First language
English
Fluent
French
Intermediate
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