Helmut Kaufmann Email & Phone Number

Lucerne, Switzerland

Emmen, Lucerne, Switzerland

Emmen, Lucerne, Switzerland

Emmen, Lucerne, Switzerland

Guide and steer the organization in enhancing RUAG's information security posture to align with our clients' expectations, such as the Swiss Armed Forces. Additionally, serving as the deputy to the Chief Information Security Officer.

Rotkreuz, Canton Of Zug, Switzerland

Advise on strategy and curricula in the field of information security; lecture on "Information Security Management in Third Party Relationships" starting end of 2024; past lectures on “Information Security” and “Cultural Diversity”.

Zug, Switzerland

Company setup and daily operations.

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Empower the organization to effectively oversee its strategic, operational and financial risks through implementation of an efficient management framework meeting legal, regulatory and shareholder expectations. As a second line function, independently identify, analyse, evaluate, and monitor strategic, operational, financial and reputational risk and compliance aspects across the organization; lead team of risk management specialists; active member of Sygnum’s Group Executive Board and standing guest to the Audit and Risk Committee, a sub-committee of the Board of Directors.

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Manage group-wide risk remediation program; lead team of risk, project and portfolio management specialists; active member of the Group Technology Risk Committee; manage program budget.NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTReduced number of key controls and associated assurance overhead by 60% while addressing a broader risk landscape of a historically-grown, global IT environment. Defined company-wide “IT Risk Appetite”, enabling effective prioritisation of global risk remediation activities. Streamlined “IT Risk Remediation” portfolio oversight, ensuring key risk are consistently addressed in time and budget.

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Manage group-wide risk remediation program; advise senior management on regulatory matters; lead team of project managers; manage cost centre and program budgets.NOTEWORTH ACHIEVEMENTS:Established sourcing risk management framework in response to continuously evolving legal and regulatory requirements, especially risks in the cloud. Enabled management to reduce cost and increase quality through intra-group and external sourcing arrangements while adequately addressing risks in compliance with legal/regulatory requirements across the full sourcing life cycle. Streamlined processes and contract templates by 30% in size allowing for compressed outsourcing timelines.

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Manage group-wide risk remediation program; advise senior management on regulatory matters; lead team of project managers; manage cost centre and program budgets.NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS:Identified systems truly critical to the survival of a global financial organisation during extreme events, such as the financial crisis. Reducing initial number of systems by 80%, enabling management to drive and fund targeted programs and reduce expenditure for non-critical systems.

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Manage region-wide risk remediation programs; advise senior IT management on regulatory matters and lead in responding to significant regulatory audits and inquiries; lead team of project managers; manage cost centre and program budgets.NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS:Following a large-scale confidentiality breach, implemented technical and organizational security measures, enabling the institution to comply with Swiss banking secrecy regulations and confidentiality/privacy laws in line with client and shareholder expectations.

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Provide day-to-day Technology Risk Management services; Risk Business Partner to divisional and regional CIOs and active member of the respective executive management committees; lead teams across hierarchies; manage cost centre budget.NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS:Transformed a traditional “Information Security” function into a “Technology Risk Management” organisation, providing IT and divisional management with a 360 degree risk view. Changed the corporate risk culture, establishing risk as a value-adding activity on senior IT management’s agenda by positioning it as a business opportunity.

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Lead Sarbanes-Oxley implementation task force; advise senior management on regulatory matters; lead team of domain experts and administrators; manage task force/project and cost centre budgets.NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS:As task force manager, drove documentation and assessment of the IT control environment, ensuring day one compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley Act across a large-scale IT organization. Subsequently, cut down overhead by 50%.

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Provide day-to-day IT Change Management services; active member of the Swiss Data Centre Management Executive Team; lead teams across hierarchies; manage cost centre budget.NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS:Re-engineered IT Change Management processes and operating model, reducing outages after large changes, and increasing operational stability. Reduced operational spend by centralizing large-scale test environments.

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Develop IT architectures and operational standards; conduct architecture reviews; lead team of domain experts.NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS:Defined runtime architectures for UBS’ proprietary CORBA implementation, enabling a straightforward development of scalable solutions. During SBG/SBV merger, developed the “Technical Architecture Blueprint”, subsequently implemented as part of the “Strategic Solutions Program”. Defined and rolled out “Operability Standards”, ensuring introduced applications are fit for data centre operations.

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Provide administrative services to students and faculty, such as admissions and appeals; supervise one administrative staff.

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Conduct research on multimedia database systems; participate in teaching activities, such as lectures, exercises and industry courses.

Ph.D., Technical Sciences

Dissertation in the area of transaction-oriented management and retrieval of full text documents in multi-processor database environments.

M.Sc. (Dipl.-Inf. Ing.), Computer Science

Major in information systems and numerical mathematics.

Mastering Technology Enterprises

In collaboration with Credit Suisse Business School.

Senior Leadership Training

In collaboration with UBS University.

Lean Sigma Black Belt

In collaboration with IBM.

Management Of Technology Enterprises

Management Of Technology Enterprises

Mastering Technology Enterprises / General Management