Michael Zwiener Email & Phone Number

Nelson, New Zealand

Utilising my 25 years working and consulting in many industries and the hands on experience living and working in New Zealand, Australia and Germany to offer IT, management and financial services.

Germany And New Zealand

Technology Consulting FirmKey Responsibilities:◊ Provide high level technology consulting, coaching and project management services to clients.◊ Set up product management methods for the entire product lifecycle from creation of user stories, wireframing and competitor analysis, to transitioning of existing users after a product-kill decision.◊ Identify client requirements and project scope, develop the business case, setup the project / product team/methodologies, and manage the execution of the project.◊ Assist clients to extend their in-house talent and set up a dedicated software development team to integrate their new in-house resources either remotely or onsite.◊ Manage the full end-2-end cycle of software development including architecture and UX and UI design, testing, application maintenance and support.◊ Build web, mobile and desktop solutions that help clients automate existing workflows, streamline business processes, and facilitate data management.◊ Coach and mentor team members and senior executives in best-practise technology and change leadership skills.

Germany & New Zealand

Germany & New Zealand

innogy eMobility Solutions is part of the innogy Energy Corporate and one of Europe's leading eMobility companiesHighlights:◊ Part of overall leadership team responsible for shaping and implementing IT strategy, managing a multi million euro budget and team of 180 FTE.◊ Ensured close collaboration with Head of Product, providing analysis, business cases and metrics. ◊ Supported with product lifecycle management and competitor monitoring. Enabled MVP mindset and created Lean feature rollout methods for AB testing. ◊ Managed multiple programs comprising 50+ projects.◊ Successful in re-structuring the IT Development & IT Operations departments. Enabled them to perform at top levels by adding a layer of value transparency to all processes, developing KPIs & OCRs and further defining value-creating initiatives. Re-focused departments and roadmaps, reducing headcount of external developers by 50% and saving several million euro in 1st year while increasing business output.◊ Transformed IT operations department into a more Agile environment, empowering teams and in turn improving KPIs and saving over €1m pa in licence costs alone.◊ Improved transparency and communication between stakeholders by creating mutual ownership and alignment of business units. This led to higher customer satisfaction and faster turnaround.◊ Increased value of corporate structure by millions and created higher flexibility within the business model by turning the IT department into its own entity during an M&A process.◊ Worked with CEO to develop a more positive workplace culture, flat hierarchy and ‘open door’ policy. Also improved a number of internal HR processes to retain talented team members. ◊ Due to a third party issue, contacted by client BMW to solve an urgent electrical charging problem. Took personal control of issue and developed a solution overnight with 3rd party supplier. Successful in solving the issue at 4am, with BMW Account Manager thanking me personally.

Germany & New Zealand

Highlights and Achievements:◊ Successfully coached the CTO during a restructuring phase within the company. ◊ Delivered an external team to support the core team with critical tasks. ◊ Led all process-engineering and support functions.◊ Result: SSP (re-branded to Dracoon) is now the leading platform for secure file storage.

Germany & New Zealand

Highlights and Achievements:◊ Managed and provided consultation for a large transition project that involved a complete switch of the technology stack for all browser games. ◊ Set up the project management methodology, the processes and the high-level scope planning. ◊ Assisted with recruitment and staffing.◊ Successfully transitioned to the new platform. Now acquired by DMAX.

Germany & New Zealand

Highlights and Achievements:◊ Led the technology selection, project planning and CTO consultancy for a vast transition project with effects on multiple business verticals and hundreds of systems.◊ Result: Achieved lower cost and fail rates by dissolving the monolithic structure.

Germany & New Zealand

 Commenced as CHANGE CONSULTANT Promoted to the role of PROJECT MANAGER Promoted to the role of CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICERHighlights and Achievements:◊ Provided strategy consulting to the Board and technical leadership during the build of a cutting edge medical ERP system and SaaS solution. Managed a 7 digit budget and a team of 10.◊ Performed market research, business case creation and product launch strategy using product various management techniques including feature tables, competitive analysis and wireframing/prototyping.◊ Involved in all aspects from setting up the organisation to staffing and governance.◊ Result: Successful rollout and a deal with a strategic investor

Australia

VGW is one of the largest social gaming companies in the world and now one of the most valuable companies in Australia. Highlights and Achievements:◊ Part of the overall leadership team reporting to the Board of the VGW online casino, managing a budget of several million dollar and initially a team of 150. This involved liaising with the marketing and operations departments to serve VGW's massively growing online gaming business. ◊ Performed product analysis during a pivot of the business mode. Researched and proposed features, created business cases, performed industry benchmarking and assisted in creating rollout strategy. Supported the CPO by providing metrics and AB testing.◊ Provided technical expertise in rebuilding the entire software from scratch and bringing VGW from the start-up phase to becoming the billion dollar company it is now. The architecture created during the start-up phase was able to withstand immense growth and is still in place today.◊ Developed a program management methodology and processes that were able to scale, and successfully decreased external FTE from 150 to 30 while attracting talent to build the internal core team, saving 60% of annual budget.◊ Promoted to a top senior level position after exceeding all expectations.

Australia

Highlights and Achievements:◊ As Program Development Manager, directed and led senior developers and business analysts to create an ERP system as well as developed technical specifications and scope for ERP modules. ◊ Played a key role in resolving issues and optimising the production process. ◊ Managed project teams comprising 50+ members and led program wide QA, integration and IT infrastructure projects. ◊ Successfully managed the full lifecycle of projects utilising Agile methodologies, Kanban and Scrum.◊ Assembled a highly skilled development team of over 10 in under a month with almost no fluctuation during the project phase.◊ Due to exceeding expectations with initial project, made responsible for the entire program.

New Zealand

Highlights and Achievements:◊ Managed the end-to-end delivery of projects, from business case selection to execution using Scrum and Kanban methodologies.◊ Writing user stories and focusing on strong specifications, quality assurance and well-defined Lean processes. Enabled the system to endure high growth in traffic and features with little downtime while keeping it easy to maintain and extend.◊ Performed product lifecycle management, monitored competitors and gathered user feedback to improve the product to keep ahead of the market.◊ Invented and developed features that led to high value for customers. Examples include automated planning software for truck logistics and a smart rating-based hauling company selection.

Germany

Highlights and Achievements:◊ Created a personal network that still facilitates the sourcing of highly skilled developers today.

Project Management (Part Of The Mba Program), Project Management

Activities and Societies: I put my focus on the world class Project Management lectures of this great university.The MBA course.

Diploma, Financial Services

Diploma, Accounting

Diploma of accounting and degree as accounting technician.

Fullstack Developer, Information Technology

Activities and Societies: After many years off the tools, refreshing my software development skillset

Associates Degree Computing, Special Information Scientists

Activities and Societies: Concepts of Software Development, Software Development, Organization, Data Structures, Economic Science, Project.

Changed From Hagen To Bib (Associates Degree), Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Classical Master Study of Computer Science and MathematicsI changed after 3 years to attend the BIB for a more.

Diploma, Finance And Insurance Management

Activities and Societies: General Finance and Insurance Studies including Business Management, Accounting and Data Processing, Economics.

Diploma, (Ba) General Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Organization and IT, Project Management, Book keeping, Economy Science, Office Management, Business Management.