Andreas Puest Email & Phone Number

Seefeld, Bavaria, DE

Gilching, DE

• Define and implement the global IT strategy
• Define and implement the IT security strategy
• Establish the internal IT team and IT service management organization
• Support various departments with defining their business processes and with implementing those processes within the IT landscape
• Rebuild the entire internal IT environment and make it fit for the expected company growth

• Contributing to the global IT strategy
• Leading the implementation of this global IT strategy in EMEA
• Enabling NetApp's users in EMEA to work efficiently by providing powerful IT productivitytools and services that meet the businesses requirements
• Empowering a young team of 18 individual contributors and junior managers in Europe andthe Middle East through coaching and mentoring measures
• Defining and leading the implementation of EMEA-specific IT projects

• Ensured the future success of W.E.T.'s IT by creating its global strategy
• Redesigned and modernized the W.E.T. IT infrastructure through a number of globalprojects: o Server and storage virtualization o Global WAN infrastructure o "Microsoft" infrastructure (Active Directory 2008 R2.
• Streamlined IT processes by uniting disjunct IT departments to one global team of 20 IT specialists and managers at eleven locations in Europe, Asia and North America
• Consistently maintained excellent service and availability, while staying within the budget (EUR 3.5 mil.) I was responsible for
• Contributed to the success of W.E.T.'s SAP R3 migration by leading the "Basis Administration" subproject
• Boosted user productivity by designing business processes and supporting them with the IT solutions

• Led, developed and coached a team of 13 IT specialists at seven locations in Europe and Asia
• Continuously met SLAs operating the IT infrastructure
• Supported W.E.T.'s expansion to Eastern Europe by establishing the IT infrastructure at anew production facility in the Ukraine
• Contributed significantly to W.E.T.'s global IT strategy
• Successfully implemented this IT strategy in Europe and Asia

• Continuously met SLAs operating the IT infrastructure
• Led W.E.T.'s IT into the 21st century by leading projects to- migrate the “Microsoft” infrastructure to the then newest versions (Active Directory 2000, Exchange 2000, Windows XP, Office XP).- establish a global WAN.
• Directed all IT departments in Europe and Asia regarding all aspects of planning, installationand operation of their local IT systems
• Improved user productivity through various IT training measures

Computer Science

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