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Managing consultant

Work Experience

Entrepreneurial skills: He has founded, financed and managed his own IT- consulting and Software development companies (up to 130 employees and 27 Mio. CHF) and successfully sold them to NASDAQ listed organisation(s).


Management skills: He has managed his own companies and approx. 70 ERP implementation projects around the globe and leads the team by doing and delivering as a integral part of that team.

Presales skills: He has been involved in many presales projects, including presenting, pitching and negotiation activities. He has had a great deal of success by listening to the client`s needs and devising solutions using a hands on approach.

Sales skills: He is a very valuable member of the sales team. He impresses with his honesty and sound experience of industry requirements and ERP knowledge, instilling confidence in the client.

Industry knowledge: His experiences are mainly in the area of:
Service industries
Production environments
Single item manufacturers
Petrochemical industry

Software design: In his role as the founder and “father” of CEDOR and MyResponse he was responsible for the content, design and testing of the software. Previously he was part of the development team in SAP R/2 and responsible for the content definition of the controlling modules together with SAP developers within SAP R/3.

Implementation skills: He has implemented over 70 ERP solutions in several industries with a strong focus on controlling modules and integration into the logistics. He has delivered and implemented successful outcomes to complex scenarios.

Legal and administrative: He has had to deal with highly complex legal, administrative and tax issues due to the sale of his companie(s) and whilst running his own premises in Austria, Switzerland and Australasia.

Education

Education:

4 years Primary school
4 years Grammar school
3 years Technical college, university entrance diploma
3 years Technical university (engineering degree)


Employment history:

2 years QM management in the textile industry
3 years Controller in a textile company



FREELANCE- BACKGROUND
· Since 1983, He has been in the computer industry consulting and managing projects on the use of SAP software packages.

· He began as part of the development team with the design of controlling functionalities on R/2 and afterwards with consulting and managing R/2 projects in Germany and all over Europe.

· As a freelancer ,he was the responsible product manager for Controlling systems and Integration between Logistics and Financials, in the newly formed SAP International and recruited and managed a team of 60+ consultants in different countries and trained them on the job.

· As a project manager he started to coordinate large projects and rollouts in the US, South Africa,Australia,Canada and Scandinavia.(Dupont, ICI, AECI, Bayer, Ericsson, Telstra, Mobil, Philips, Singapore Telecom, BHP ……

· During the development period of SAP R/3 he was part of the design team and responsible for the implementation of the first 3 pilot sites.

· in 1994 he started his own consulting company in Australia and managed several R/3 projects in the region throughout this period.(Kone, Hasbro, Marbig , Comalco, NZAS, ….)

· he continued to consult in the CO, PS modules and their integration to the logistics modules and developed a special method for faster implementations.

· 1996 he started with an additional company, selling SAP-R/3 systems to the SME market and became the first SAP-VAR in Australasia.

· He grew his business up to 120+ consultants and sold it at the end of 1998.

· 1999 founded and managed a new software company to develop one of the first PSA-solutions (CEDOR) in Australasia.

· 2000-2004 he managed all sales and development activities for CEDOR and implemented several solutions in the SME service industry.

· Since 2004 He is working on its own within his consulting company for several consulting agencies in the German speaking market.

· 2005 assisted SME companies during their ERP-evaluation and helped smaller ERP-vendors, to enrich their systems with additional functionalities in the service optimization processes.(Agresso-Unit 4, BusPro,ODT)

· 1st quarter 2006 he managed a special project for IDS-Scheer to develop a packaged solution for SAP-upgrade customers and conducted a very detailed market analysis for the Asia Pacific market.

· From May 2006 till Sept..2006 he was in charge of a BPR project for a large steel manufacturing company in Australia. (Sales & Customer service processes)

· Up to now He is involved in a large automotive company in Germany to redesign and implement a new process for the Goodwill management

SAP SKILLS
mySAP.com components:
§ CO Controlling
§ PS Project System
§ SM-Service management

Specialised areas:
§ Systems integration
§ Integration of SAP logistics, financial and project systems
§ Business Process Management
§ Sales and service process integration
§ Presales and sales support
§ Managing Sales and Marketing


Other software experiences:

§ ARIS
§ Oracle Financials
§ Agresso
§ Plaut (M100 / M110)
§ ODT Invoice Center
§ CEDOR / My-Response
§ BusPro

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
§ Distribution
§ Maintenance
§ Service
§ Engineering and Construction
§ Consumer Packaged Goods
§ Retail
§ Manufacturing
§ Public Sector



TOOLS/METHODS
§ CATCH (Project Implementation Methodology)
§ ASAP (Project Implementation Methodology)
§ ARIS ( Process driven approach)


Here are some of my project descriptions:

Deutsche Post aimed to install the whole SAP-Financial suite for their operations in Germany.
He was responsible as:

Head consultant for implementation of SAP-FI/CO

Project approach: Big Bang
Modules: RA / RF / RK / RK-P /
SAP-system: R/2
Duration: 2 years


BHP- Slab and Plate Division –Wollongong
BHP-Steel aimed to install the whole SAP-suite for their operations in Wollongong and Newcastle within a period of 2 years and approx. 40 internal team members and 10 SAP-consultants.
He was responsible as:
SAP-project manager to assist the BHP-project management team during
The initial planning, scoping , blueprinting and implementation phases

Development coordinator for additional industry specific requirements such as integration and interfacing of existing legacy logistics solutions with SAP Financials

Head consultant for implementation of SAP-FI/CO
This role was on part time basis over a period of 3 years, mainly located at Warrawong in NSW.

Project approach: Big Bang
Modules: RA / RF / RK / RM-IM / RV / RM-PM/ RK-P / HR
SAP-system: R/2
Duration: 2 years


KONE Elevators
KONE started to develop a rollout template with a core team in Belgium where Ronald joined the team as:
the responsible project manager for the Financial systems (6 months fulltime)
and afterwards he took over the project manager role for the first complete implementation in Montgomery KONE in Canada for their operations in Montreal and Toronto and as the head consultant for the financial systems.

Project approach: Big Bang
Modules: FI / CO / MM / SD /
SAP-system: R/3
Duration: 1.5 years


KONE Elevators Australia
After the successful implementation in Canada, KONE Australia decided to implement
SAP in Australia and Ronald took over the project manager role for this project based in St.Leonards-Sydney and Head consultant for Integration between SAP Logistics and Financials.
Project approach: stepped approach
Modules: FI / CO / MM / SD / PS / HR
SAP-system: R/3
Duration: 2 years



Panalpina -Global
Panalpina is one of the biggest freight forwarding companies with their headquarter in Switzerland. The aim was to develop an international rollout of their Financial system including the development of their internal reporting tools and profitability analysis.

He was the SAP-project manager for the Financial systems during the planning, scoping and implementation phases and the designer of the Panalpina Controlling system and the implementation of FI / CO in the first rollout in Germany.

Project approach: Big Bang
Modules: FI / CO
SAP-system: R/3
Duration: 2 years


Telstra - Australia
Telstra intended to implement SAP-R/2 under the overall management of PWC which failed and SAP took over the redesign of the project ,where Ronald was responsible for the planning ,scoping and implementation of the Financial systems.

Project approach: Big Bang
Modules: RF / RK
SAP-system: R/2
Duration: 3 years


Marbig
Marbig was the first SME –customer for SAP in Australia and tried to implement the SAP system for their operations in Australia and New Zealand.
Ronald was responsible for the planning, scoping of the entire SAP project.

Project approach: Big Bang
Modules: FI / CO / MM / SD
SAP-system: R/3
Duration: 1 year


Vetropack
Vetropack was the pilot site for R/3 in the international market where he joined the team as:
the responsible project manager for the entire implementation during planning, scoping, implementation and Go Live phases and head consultant for the financial systems.

Project approach: Big Bang
Modules: FI / CO / MM / SD /
SAP-system: R/3
Duration: 1.0 years


Hydro Aluminium Nenzing
Hydro Aluminium was looking for a Controlling solution for their plant in Nenzing which had to be integrated to their Head office solution in Norway. He was in charge to manage and implement the whole project incl. Software evaluation support and configuration of the selected package.

Project approach: Stepped approach
Modules: Controlling, Materials mgmt.,
Software-system: Plaut
Duration: 0.5 year(s)


Getzner Textil
Getzner was looking for an expert to implement and coach their Controlling system and to take responsibility for the integration aspects to the other modules that have been on the implementation plan for the entire company.

the responsible project manager for the entire implementation during planning, scoping, implementation and Go Live phases and head consultant for the financial systems.

Project approach: Big Bang
Modules: FI / CO / MM / SD / PP/ AM
SAP-system: R/3
Duration: 1.0 years

Skills

SAP SKILLS
mySAP.com components:
§ CO Controlling
§ PS Project System
§ SM-Service management

Specialised areas:
§ Systems integration
§ Integration of SAP logistics, financial and project systems
§ Business Process Management
§ Sales and service process integration
§ Presales and sales support
§ Managing Sales and Marketing


Other software experiences:

§ ARIS
§ Oracle Financials
§ Agresso
§ Plaut (M100 / M110)
§ ODT Invoice Center
§ CEDOR / My-Response
§ BusPro

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
§ Distribution
§ Maintenance
§ Service
§ Engineering and Construction
§ Consumer Packaged Goods
§ Retail
§ Manufacturing
§ Public Sector

Languages

Deutsch, Englisch

Other

TOOLS/METHODS
§ CATCH (Project Implementation Methodology)
§ ASAP (Project Implementation Methodology)
§ ARIS ( Process driven approach)

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