Skills
Thomas Pacal is an experienced organizational change manager specializing in digital transformation, strategic change management, innovation management and crisis prevention, intervention and re-stabilization of organizations. In 2014, with over 20 years of professional experience in this field, he founded EMBRACE - a small, effective, extremely flexible & globally operating management consultancy specializing in managing change. Primary business focus: Business Transformation, Post-Merger Integration (PMI), Innovation Think-Tanks and Transfer of Business
Education
Harvard University (Master Class in Change Management) • Hult Business School (MBA) • Open University Business School (BSc majoring in Change Management)
Professional Experience
Expert in Change Management • 20+ years of leadership experience • 140+ projects & assignments • Extensive international experience • Multilingual speaker • Passionate about innovation & change as an infinite resource
Certifications
ISO/IEC 17024 Certified Business Transfers & Acquisitions Advisory (M&A) • ISO/PRF 20700 Certified Management Consultancy [pending] • ICF-accredited Diploma in Systemic Coaching
Other
IT BACKGROUND
ERP, BPM/BPRE, PM, BI, DWH, IoT
▪ Epicor iScala ▪ SAP Business Objects / Crystal Reports ▪ MicroStrategy Analytics ▪ IBM Cognos, InfoSphere, WebSphere ▪ Planview Enterprise One, Innotas, Projectplace, LeanKit ▪ Microsoft Project, CRM, SharePoint, Power BI ▪ Atlassian JIRA, Confluence ▪ Workday ▪ ARIS ▪ ADONIS ▪ Agile methodologies: Scrum, Kanban, DevOps, DAD (Disciplined Agile Delivery)
Financial
▪ Reuters ▪ Bloomberg ▪ Swift Alliance Server, Workstation, Web Platform SE ▪ GEOS ▪ InterNext ▪ Svenson ▪ AML / KYC / CRM Applications
Productivity
▪ MS Office 2019 & 365 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Outlook, InfoPath, ...) ▪ OpenOffice (Writer, Impress, Calc, Base, etc.) ▪ Adobe CC 2020 (Photoshop, Premiere, InDesign, After Effects) ▪ Conferencing: Cisco WebEx, Zoom Video Communications, Google Meet, MS Teams, Skype ▪ AT&T Mobile Network Ops Suite ▪ AutoCAD
Coding / Languages
▪ HTML5 ▪ XML ▪ JSON ▪ XHTML (SHTML/MHTML/DHTML etc.) ▪ WML ▪ ASP ▪ CSS ▪ CL for IBM AS/400 ▪ SQL ▪ SGML Systems & Cloud Services ▪ Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Azure ▪ Apple macOS ▪ Unix, Linux, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX ▪ Google Android, Google Cloud Platform ▪ IBM OS/400
PUBLICATIONS
Pacal, T. (2005). Universal IMD Model. Belgrade, SR: Braca Karic University.
Pacal, T. (2010). Information Asymmetry Reviewed. Vienna, AT: IU Vienna.
Pacal, T. (2014). Systemic coaching in the context of intercultural areas of conflict in international change management assignments. Vienna, AT: BFI. Von http://embrace.co.at/wpcontent/uploads/2019/11/Conflict-resolution-in-international-change-assignments-ThomasPacal.pdf abgerufen
Pacal, T. (2016, 9 5). 5 criteria to spot the right change manager. Retrieved from http://embrace.co.at/5criteria-to-spot-the-right-change-manager/
Pacal, T. (2016). Utilizing transfer of business as a vehicle for introducing disruptive change in an SME environment. London, UK: London South Bank University; European Commission. Retrieved from http://embrace.co.at/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Utilizing-MA-for-introducing-disruptive-changeThomas-Pacal.pdf
Pacal, T. (2016, 10 13). Why change? Retrieved from https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-change-thomaspacal/
Pacal, T. (20. 9 2019). Digitale Transformation: Interim Mandat bei Global Blue. (C. Fuhrmann, & J. Mayer, Interviewer) Hamburg, Hamburg, Deutschland. Von https://www.managementangels.com/de/digital-business abgerufen
Pacal, T. (28. 10 2019). Über die ubiquitäre digitale Transformation eines langsam veraltenden Geschäftsmodells. 14-17. (F. Goeser, Interviewer) Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland. Von https://remplus3.hr4you.org/system/file/REM-PULS_Jahresausgabe_2019#page=14 abgerufen
Pacal, T. (30. 8 2019). Veränderungsdruck durch digitale Transformation des Mitbewerberumfeldes. (B. Sattler, S. Schwendtner, & W. Rabl, Interviewer) Wien, Wien, Österreich. Von https://nextlevelconsulting.com/know-how/blog/thomas-pacal-im-kurzinterview/ abgerufen
