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Christian Bucholdt

not available until 06/30/2024

Last update: 16.03.2024

Quantum Strategist | Applied AI Advisor | NLP Practitioner | Program Management at scale

Company: Christian Bucholdt (Freiberufler)
Graduation: MBA, MSc, Diplom-Wirtschaftsinformatiker
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: German (Native or Bilingual) | English (Full Professional)

Attachments

CV-Christian-Bucholdt-Dec2023_061223.pdf

Skills

Technologies:
IoT / Industry 4.0
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / NLP / LLM
Quantum Computing

Industries:
Market research
Banking / Finance
Enginering / Manufacturing
Private Equity
Retail
IT Service Provider
Software Product vendor

Certificates:
Azure Fundamentals
Azure IoT Developer specialty
PMP Project Management
ITIL v2/v3 Foundation
ITIL v3 Release, Control & Validation Zertifizierung (Practitioner)
CObIT Practitioner
OMG Certified UML Professional Foundation (OMG)
Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering, Foundation Level (IREB)
Certified Scrum Master (ScrumAlliance)
D-Wave Quantum Computing core training
DeepLearning LLM course

Experience:
(international) Consulting
(international) Project management
Large scale program management
Nearshore / Offshore Projects
Training/Education
IT Service Management
IT Governance
Requirements Engineering
Enterprise Architecture

Standards/Best Practice:
Scrum / SAFe
PMI Project Management
COBIT / Val IT / Risk IT
ITIL
UML
BPMN
GAMP 5

Project history

11/2023 - Present
Head of Business Acceleration & Advisory Europe & Middle East
Persistent Systems (Internet and Information Technology, >10.000 employees)

Building Center of Expertise (CoE) for Quantum Computing and CoE for Generative AI across Europe with strong focus on market understanding and business adoption.
Coaching and advising clients for adoption of new technologies such as use case identification, organizational impact assessment and building a business case for investments. Implementation for POC and plan for large scale adoption.
  • GenAI CoE:
    • Media production optimization
    • Marketing segmentation and hyper-personalization
    • Software engineering automation and efficiency
  • Quantum Computing CoE
    • Post Quantum Cryptography assessment
    • Retail and Healthcare optimization
    • Partner Management (IBM Quantum, D-Wave, Quantinuum, Terra Quantum)
Advising clients on cost optimization through IT carve out and outsourcing of product engineering.
Opening the Saudi Arabian market for Persistent through partnerships and common go-to-market initiatives with local advisors.

Technologies: Python, D-Wave Leap, Google Gen App Builder, Kore.ai XO, Open AI

03/2022 - 10/2023
Delivery Head Europe - Verticals
Persistent Systems (Internet and Information Technology, >10.000 employees)

Leading an organization of 250+ people.
Consolidation of three legal entities in Germany into one company leading to operational efficiencies.
Leading organizational change in European Salesforce delivery to a truly European organization with capabilities to deliver large deal IT projects with a high degree of near-/offshore team contribution.
Establishing Nearshore capabilities in Romania and Kosovo.
Overseeing project delivery across Germany, Switzerland, France and UK in retail, manufacturing, utilities and finance.

Technologies: Salesforce, Python, Einstein, Kore.ai XO, Jira, Open AI, Webmethods, Mambu

03/2020 - 03/2022
Delivery Lead Germany - Telco / IoT / Engineering
EPAM Systems (Internet and Information Technology, >10.000 employees)

I am supporting presales and implementation of projects for engineering and telecommunication companies in the areas of 5G/OpenRAN, IoT and Edge Computing with focus on private/campus network setup. In these projects I am responsible for solution presentation, project setup and execution as well as guidance of architectural solution discussions. The projects are executed in an onsite-nearshore operating model.

Technologies: Python, Java, Mavenir OpenRAN, Azure IoT, Kafka, Jira, Enterprise Architect

11/2020 - 06/2021
Solution & Product Management for Multichannel Contact Center Solution
EPAM Systems (Internet and Information Technology, >10.000 employees)

I am developing the product strategy for multichannel contact and advisory solution for a large wealth management banking institution in Switzerland. Goal is establishing a global platform for harmonized multichannel offering and backoffice efficiency measures. The platform implementation is ongoing for global hubs in Switzerland, Frankfurt, Poland, India, Hongkong, Singapore and United States. In my role I am guiding the project execution and alo the long-term technical platform setup using cloud technology and supporting relevance compliance measures.

Technologies: Genesys, Java, Jira, Nice, Kore.ai

11/2018 - 02/2020
IT Head Digital Factory - Scaled Agile Transformation
UBS Business Solutions (Banks and financial services, >10.000 employees)

In my role as IT Head Digital Factory at UBS I was leading the scaled agile transformation of an IT organization of 3000+ people plus related business functions in Switzerland, Hongkong and Singapore. An organizational model based on the SAFe methodology was established in the Wealth Management organization. At the end of my engagement 30+ Agile Release trains have been established with ca. 150 scrum teams. About 20'000 hours of training have been provided during this time. I was also leading an organization of coaches to support the development of the organization.


03/2017 - 04/2019
Delivery Lead Client Advisory Channel Solutions
UBS Business Solutions AG (Banks and financial services, >10.000 employees)

I was reorganizing the client advisory solution delivery in the IT organization with setup in Switzerland, Poland, Hongkong and Singapore. First I transformed a disfunctional organization with low delivery reliability in a disciplined and transparent organization with clear delivery goals and results. Then I was building up a new product line for client advisory functions with a multitude of backend integrations within the bank. A comon delivery model has been established across all locations with close collaboration of global set of business stakeholders.

05/2015 - 03/2017
IT Project Management Corporate Payments Offerings
UBS Business Solutions AG (Internet and Information Technology, >10.000 employees)

I was leading the implementation of payment API offerings for corporate customers of the bank using a thrird-party product with strong customization. The implementations included standards such as EBICS, ISO20022, PSD2 and MIIFID.

07/2014 - 06/2015
IT Program Manager for Crossborder Compliance in Digital Channels
UBS AG (Banks and financial services, >10.000 employees)

I was leading a project for compliance implementation for international clients of the global wealth managemnt bank in its digital channels such as eBanking and market information systems.

06/2012 - 06/2014
IT Program Manager Market Data Portal
GfK SE (Marketing, PR and Design, 5000-10.000 employees)

I was leading a project for renewal of the marketing data portal of a leading market research company based on IBM Cognos, data warehouse solutions and state of the art web technology. The project consisted of about 50 people with a project volume of ca. 10 Mio. USD.

12/2009 - 05/2012
Technical Domain Architect / IT Program Management
Credit Suisse AG

As a Technical Domain Architect I was leading design and implementation of a corporate wide End to End tool chain for optimization of the IT delivery process including Requirements Tool, Modeling Tools, Test Management Tools and Build Automation.

10/2001 - 11/2009
Requirements Engineer, Solution Architect & Technical Consultant
Various (Other, >10.000 employees)

I was working as requirements engineer, solution architect and technical consultant for various companies including three years in the United States.

Local Availability

Open to travel worldwide
available for new projects from: 01.01.2024
100% onsite possible
UK
Germany
Netherlands
Schwitzerland (C permit)
Europe
international (e.g. UAE, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, India, US)

Other

ITIL v2/v3 Foundation certification
ITIL v3 Release, Control & Validation certification (Practitioner)
CObIT Practitioner certification
OMG Certified UML Professional Foundation (OMG)
PMP Project Management Professional (PMI)
Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering, Foundation Level (IREB)
Certified Scrum Master (ScrumAlliance)
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