Matthias Scharf

My passion and super power is to understand the non obvious challenges hindering projects. Teaming up the right capacities, and guiding experts and stakeholders from work to C level the best way to achieve most beneficial project results.

CV

Education & Certifications
2022 - TOGAF certification (ongoing)
2019  -Google - GCP Administration Fundamentals - certified
2019 - CFI - Accounting Fundamentals - certified
2017 -Lean,  Six Sigma - Black Belt - certified
2017 - ITIL V3 Certification 
2014 - Master of Science – Project Management – Grade: With Distinction
2012 -  SDH Expert Certification  
2007 – 2008 Cisco CCNA Certification 
2008 -  Apprenticeship Event Engineering - Grade: With Distinction
2005 – 2006 State-approved Electronics Engineer - Grade: A

2021 - now - Program Management RAITT - Telefonica (Full Remote Program)
Leading the cloud transformation for the Mass Market Applications
The aim is to migrate 20K+ applications to the cloud stack (Azure, GCP, AWS).

Achievements - Program Management
There was a highly ambitious plan, less collaboration and insufficient communication between the contracted vendors to enable the Radical IT Transformation Program to bring all on-premise Software Applications to the cloud.

My Role was to build a bridge to deliver the Sub-Projects in line with the scope, budget and timeline. 

I was teaming up 250+ People from 3 Vendors to form a solid, streamlined delivery unit, working in 5 Agile Tribes and steering 8 Sub-Projects.

SAD for 12340 User Stories Delivered

Cloud-based AD delivered for 6 LZ (Azure, GCP, AWS)

812 User stories implemented

6890 ICT & E2E Test performed

Architectural Conception approved and handed over for Sprint Planning 

380 legacy applications migrated to the cloud

12 Cloud Native Products deployed

Phase-out of 86 applications initiated

Migration for 680K users done, Migration for >2 Mio customers initiated

Requirement Capturing and Mitigation in the case of competing interests across the teams. Revision and update of the Solution Design (Architecture).

Sign Off for 12 PI secured

Definition and Implementation of Observability Strategy (Splunk / Elastic FW)
End to End SLA / KPI framework defined and monitoring solution implemented,
Supervising the execution of Performance Tests and Operational Readiness, based on the Observability Strategy / E2E KPI Set brandwise

CI/CD automation project successfully conducted for landing zones migrated from the unmanaged accounts.

Ramp up of Blueprinting 2.0 Environment and Capability Demonstration Fast Track with BCP
Lead Time Reduction for ongoing blueprinting activity by 15%

2014 – 2022 – CEO / Program Management for CPC Consulting & Project Management SRL
Founding a nearshore consulting company in Romania, delivering project excellence across Europe with my team of Experts for B2B customers and developing cloud-based solutions for the B2C market in-house, involving far shore development teams across the globe and IOS/Android Application Development.

Achievements;

>12 projects for three global  Industries successfully delivered; (Banking, ITIICT, Beverage/Production)

1 E-commerce solution successfully developed and deployed (Mobile POS Solution)

2 digitization solutions were successfully delivered for two of the top global 3 Telco Providers (Nearshoring Campaign)

>€50 Mio annual savings for customers generated since 2014

Outsourcing Project for German SME - Ramping up a New nearshore operation company on behalf of a German client, transferring >100 FTE to Romania and integrating the new company into the corporate structure.

Incident Management System Update - Ticket System - Remedy Force / Sales Force Optimization Project - Pernod Ricard
We specified and supervised the implementation of a corporation-wide IT change in Sales Force.
Screening the process and workflows of a Remedy Force appliance,  finding the root cause of why emergency tickets are not processed in time by the teams located across Europe. Planned and implemented needed changes to reduce the First Time To Resolve by 25% after the update.

2014 – 2019  – Multi-Project  Manager for Vodafone Germany
(Central Planning, Tools and Guidelines)
(A Full IP Network Architecture for 24K Sites was developed and deployed)

2014 - Transport Network Planning Engineer - Telefonica 
Planning of the Hybrid Backhauling Infrastructure (DWDM, Microwave, RAN, and commissioning parameters) 

2012-2013 Project Management - E+
Full IP Network Transition; Development & Delivery

2009 – 2014 -  External Consultant for the ICT industry 
(Alcatel-Lucent, Alpine Energie, T-Systems, ZTE).
IP Integration (roll out of LTE & new Transport Equipment), RIFU Integrator, Fault Engineer. Swap out of Legacy Transport Equipment and microwave devices for Huawei nodes. Extension of the UMTS network and the integration of LTE Nodes. Measurement & Evaluation of optical Trails and ODFs. Interconnections and infrastructure-related preparation for DWDM Nodes.  Infrastructure Deployment Projects.
Deployment of I-CTS infrastructure 

2004 – 2011 Event Engineering– Project Management and consulting services for Entertainment Industry; 
AV Engineering (planning, and implementation of digital AV & Digital Congress Network Projects, Subcontractor Steering and Project Coordination; Modernization Gasometer Wien; Concert Services, Rental, Recording for Wiener Philharmoniker)

2007-2008 NOC Engineer -  UPC Austria GmbH; 
Engineer in the NOC Configuration of CIA Border Gateways. Uninterrupted service of the HFC network and coordination of 3rd parties

2004 - 2007 NOC Engineer -: A1 – Telekom AG; 
(Monitoring and Fault Clearing in the ICT Network) Responsible for uninterrupted network service, fault clearing, dispatch, & reporting  

Skills

Language Skills

German (native)
English (full working proficiency)

Methodology Competence
Multi-Project Management Agile and Waterfall (PMP, Prince2, Kanban & Scrum), Lean / Six Sigma, ITIL, 2011 V3, QFD (Quality Functional Deployment), Risk Management, Change & Release Management, Harvard Methode

 

Hands-on Competence
Lean Six Sigma, Scrum, Waterfall (PMI), Earned Value Analysis, Lifecycle Management, Software Development Lead, IFRS Accounting Standard, Cloud Technology, Business Digitization,  Cost Controlling, Project Benchmarking, Executive Level Presentation Skills, Software Requirement Specs Management, Quality Management (based on ISO9001:2015), Outsourcing, Patent Registration, BGV, Business Intelligence, Workflow Automation, Project Simulation, Business Process Modelling, Product Management,  Process Management, TQM (Total Quality Management),eTOM /TOM, Delivery & Acceptance Management, Solution Design (Technical & Organizational)Controlling, Accounting, HR, Network Surveillance, Incident Management, Business Intelligence, SW Development, Sourcing, RAN Architecture, IoT, TDM/SDH Technology, MESN and WAN, Installation, Testing and Acceptance of power Power Supplies and UPS, DWDM Systems. 
Cable commissioning and measurement, Work industrial, Implementation of IP networks for electronic cash systems and digital Audio Video & Light Systems. Digital distribution and control systems (Crestron..), Installing & Commissioning of IP-based AV Systems, IT Integration of professional Multiroom, PA & Light Systems, Marketing, 

Tool Competence
Jira, Confluence, Minitab, Google Cloud, AWS, Azure,  MS Project, Visio, Aris, Adonis, NGSA, PowerBI, MS Office, SAP, Remedy, Salesforce, Cramer, Spectrum, Putty, Auto CAD, PSpice, Amdocs, Clarify, Daylight, Transtool, XAKTA, UTS, Netguide, APT MapInfo 
NSN BTS Manager, Mini link Craft, GEO Opti, Steinberg Cubase, Cramer, U2000, M2000, Vose Risk, Azure, Elastic Framework, SEPA, 

Personal Proficiency
Industrial climber basic level, Driving License B, G41, English (Full Working Proficiency), Smart Home, Luxury Leisure, Mediator.

Personal Interests  
Science, Music, Languages, Technology, Cars, Luxury Leisure 

CV

Education & Certifications
2022 - TOGAF certification (ongoing)
2019  -Google - GCP Administration Fundamentals - certified
2019 - CFI - Accounting Fundamentals - certified
2017 -Lean,  Six Sigma - Black Belt - certified
2017 - ITIL V3 Certification 
2014 - Master of Science – Project Management – Grade: With Distinction
2012 -  SDH Expert Certification  
2007 – 2008 Cisco CCNA Certification 
2008 -  Apprenticeship Event Engineering - Grade: With Distinction
2005 – 2006 State-approved Electronics Engineer - Grade: A

2021 - now - Program Management RAITT - Telefonica (Full Remote Program)
Leading the cloud transformation for the Mass Market Applications
The aim is to migrate 20K+ applications to the cloud stack (Azure, GCP, AWS).

Achievements - Program Management
There was a highly ambitious plan, less collaboration and insufficient communication between the contracted vendors to enable the Radical IT Transformation Program to bring all on-premise Software Applications to the cloud.

My Role was to build a bridge to deliver the Sub-Projects in line with the scope, budget and timeline. 

I was teaming up 250+ People from 3 Vendors to form a solid, streamlined delivery unit, working in 5 Agile Tribes and steering 8 Sub-Projects.

SAD for 12340 User Stories Delivered

Cloud-based AD delivered for 6 LZ (Azure, GCP, AWS)

812 User stories implemented

6890 ICT & E2E Test performed

Architectural Conception approved and handed over for Sprint Planning 

380 legacy applications migrated to the cloud

12 Cloud Native Products deployed

Phase-out of 86 applications initiated

Migration for 680K users done, Migration for >2 Mio customers initiated

Requirement Capturing and Mitigation in the case of competing interests across the teams. Revision and update of the Solution Design (Architecture).

Sign Off for 12 PI secured

Definition and Implementation of Observability Strategy (Splunk / Elastic FW)
End to End SLA / KPI framework defined and monitoring solution implemented,
Supervising the execution of Performance Tests and Operational Readiness, based on the Observability Strategy / E2E KPI Set brandwise

CI/CD automation project successfully conducted for landing zones migrated from the unmanaged accounts.

Ramp up of Blueprinting 2.0 Environment and Capability Demonstration Fast Track with BCP
Lead Time Reduction for ongoing blueprinting activity by 15%

2014 – 2022 – CEO / Program Management for CPC Consulting & Project Management SRL
Founding a nearshore consulting company in Romania, delivering project excellence across Europe with my team of Experts for B2B customers and developing cloud-based solutions for the B2C market in-house, involving far shore development teams across the globe and IOS/Android Application Development.

Achievements;

>12 projects for three global  Industries successfully delivered; (Banking, ITIICT, Beverage/Production)

1 E-commerce solution successfully developed and deployed (Mobile POS Solution)

2 digitization solutions were successfully delivered for two of the top global 3 Telco Providers (Nearshoring Campaign)

>€50 Mio annual savings for customers generated since 2014

Outsourcing Project for German SME - Ramping up a New nearshore operation company on behalf of a German client, transferring >100 FTE to Romania and integrating the new company into the corporate structure.

Incident Management System Update - Ticket System - Remedy Force / Sales Force Optimization Project - Pernod Ricard
We specified and supervised the implementation of a corporation-wide IT change in Sales Force.
Screening the process and workflows of a Remedy Force appliance,  finding the root cause of why emergency tickets are not processed in time by the teams located across Europe. Planned and implemented needed changes to reduce the First Time To Resolve by 25% after the update.

2014 – 2019  – Multi-Project  Manager for Vodafone Germany
(Central Planning, Tools and Guidelines)
(A Full IP Network Architecture for 24K Sites was developed and deployed)

2014 - Transport Network Planning Engineer - Telefonica 
Planning of the Hybrid Backhauling Infrastructure (DWDM, Microwave, RAN, and commissioning parameters) 

2012-2013 Project Management - E+
Full IP Network Transition; Development & Delivery

2009 – 2014 -  External Consultant for the ICT industry 
(Alcatel-Lucent, Alpine Energie, T-Systems, ZTE).
IP Integration (roll out of LTE & new Transport Equipment), RIFU Integrator, Fault Engineer. Swap out of Legacy Transport Equipment and microwave devices for Huawei nodes. Extension of the UMTS network and the integration of LTE Nodes. Measurement & Evaluation of optical Trails and ODFs. Interconnections and infrastructure-related preparation for DWDM Nodes.  Infrastructure Deployment Projects.
Deployment of I-CTS infrastructure 

2004 – 2011 Event Engineering– Project Management and consulting services for Entertainment Industry; 
AV Engineering (planning, and implementation of digital AV & Digital Congress Network Projects, Subcontractor Steering and Project Coordination; Modernization Gasometer Wien; Concert Services, Rental, Recording for Wiener Philharmoniker)

2007-2008 NOC Engineer -  UPC Austria GmbH; 
Engineer in the NOC Configuration of CIA Border Gateways. Uninterrupted service of the HFC network and coordination of 3rd parties

2004 - 2007 NOC Engineer -: A1 – Telekom AG; 
(Monitoring and Fault Clearing in the ICT Network) Responsible for uninterrupted network service, fault clearing, dispatch, & reporting  

Skills

Language Skills

German (native)
English (full working proficiency)

Methodology Competence
Multi-Project Management Agile and Waterfall (PMP, Prince2, Kanban & Scrum), Lean / Six Sigma, ITIL, 2011 V3, QFD (Quality Functional Deployment), Risk Management, Change & Release Management, Harvard Methode

 

Hands-on Competence
Lean Six Sigma, Scrum, Waterfall (PMI), Earned Value Analysis, Lifecycle Management, Software Development Lead, IFRS Accounting Standard, Cloud Technology, Business Digitization,  Cost Controlling, Project Benchmarking, Executive Level Presentation Skills, Software Requirement Specs Management, Quality Management (based on ISO9001:2015), Outsourcing, Patent Registration, BGV, Business Intelligence, Workflow Automation, Project Simulation, Business Process Modelling, Product Management,  Process Management, TQM (Total Quality Management),eTOM /TOM, Delivery & Acceptance Management, Solution Design (Technical & Organizational)Controlling, Accounting, HR, Network Surveillance, Incident Management, Business Intelligence, SW Development, Sourcing, RAN Architecture, IoT, TDM/SDH Technology, MESN and WAN, Installation, Testing and Acceptance of power Power Supplies and UPS, DWDM Systems. 
Cable commissioning and measurement, Work industrial, Implementation of IP networks for electronic cash systems and digital Audio Video & Light Systems. Digital distribution and control systems (Crestron..), Installing & Commissioning of IP-based AV Systems, IT Integration of professional Multiroom, PA & Light Systems, Marketing, 

Tool Competence
Jira, Confluence, Minitab, Google Cloud, AWS, Azure,  MS Project, Visio, Aris, Adonis, NGSA, PowerBI, MS Office, SAP, Remedy, Salesforce, Cramer, Spectrum, Putty, Auto CAD, PSpice, Amdocs, Clarify, Daylight, Transtool, XAKTA, UTS, Netguide, APT MapInfo 
NSN BTS Manager, Mini link Craft, GEO Opti, Steinberg Cubase, Cramer, U2000, M2000, Vose Risk, Azure, Elastic Framework, SEPA, 

Personal Proficiency
Industrial climber basic level, Driving License B, G41, English (Full Working Proficiency), Smart Home, Luxury Leisure, Mediator.

Personal Interests  
Science, Music, Languages, Technology, Cars, Luxury Leisure