
Fabian Schrödter, Germany
Education
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science in Business Informatics
Cooperate State University Baden-Württemberg Mannheim, Germany
Thesis Title: Realization of advantages in (ERP) Transformation Projects, 2012
Semester Abroad: Business Informatics
California State University San Bernardino, California, USA
Semester Abroad: Culture and Language
Universidad Internacional, Morelos, Mexico
Languages
English
German
Spanish
Fluent
Fluent
Basic
Professional Experience
Profile
I am focusing on the following subjects:
- IT trends
- System architecture and design
- Training and leading of intercultural teams
- Business Process Management consulting
- Application Managed Services
Key Skills
- IT Innovation
- Cloud computing
- Application Management Services
- Business Process Management
- IT Architecture
Key Courses and Trainings
IBM Specific
- Java EE 5 Development for WebSphere Application Server v7
- WebSphere Application Server v8 Administration
- IBM Certified BPM Application Developer
General Certifications
- The Open Group: Certified IT Specialist
- iSAQB Certified Professional for Software Architecture (Foundation)
- iSTQB Certified Tester 2011 (Foundation Level)
- OOSE BPMN 2.0
- ITIL 2011
- ITIL 2011: Foundation
- ITIL 2011: Service Strategy (SSt)
- ITIL 2011: Service Design (SD)
- ITIL 2011: Service Transition (ST)
- ITIL 2011: Service Operations (SO)
- ITIL 2011: Continual Service Improvement (CSI)
- ITIL 2011: Managing Accross the Lifecycle (MACL)
- ITIL 2011: ITIL Expert
- Project Management Excellence (LHIND, based on PMI)
- PMx 1
- PMx 2
- Amazon WebServices: Certified Solution Architect (Associate)
- Digital Badge
- SAFe v5.1
- SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)
- SAFe Release Train Engineer
- Information Security Foundation (ISO 27.001)
On-Going Certifications
- Microsoft Azure: Implementing Infrastructure Solution
- Microsoft Azure: Architecting Solutions
Career History
Lufthansa Industry Solutions AS GmbH, Germany
06/2015 – today
9+ years
Operations Coordinator / Application Manager
- Operations coordination
- Maintenance Turn-Over
- Middleware support
- Software architecture
- Application Management Services
IBM Deutschland GmbH, Germany
10/2012 – 05/2025
2 years, 7 month
IT Specialist for BPM and ODM
- Member of the IBM BPM certification board
- WebSphere BPM/BRMS Consultant
- Teamlead and Mentor
- Business Analyst
Assignment History
Aviation Projects & Services
07/2024 – today
Expert Consultant
Description
Contribution
- tbd
Aviation Projects & Services
06/2023 – 06/2024
Business Development Manager
Description
Establishment of the business area “IT Security Ops Management ”Role Business Development Manager
Contribution
- Cost center responsibility (partial)
- Organic growth
- Fiscal growth
- Service portfolio management
- Transfer of existing T&M services to service portfolio
Application Management & DevOps
01/2021 – 06/2023
Product Management
Description
Coordination of operations and product managementRole Product Manager, Product + Process Owner Security & Governance.
Contribution
- Managing the further development of the LHIND DevOps Platform portfolio together with the Value Stream Lead
- Assuming responsibility for cross-product team topics (e.g. cloud consumption, reservation, documentation)
- Supporting central operations management and the product teams in setting up the operating concept and operational maturity
- Support with the integration of LDP delivery into the SAFe processes
- Overall conception of the security & governance processes in the given context
- Ensuring policy compliance with LHG policies
- Operationalization of the processes, e.g. bundling the input channels
- Structuring the processing of notifications
- Establishment and management of the security team
- Communication of security & governance-related topics to all areas
- Taking over activities in complex and/or urgent cases
- Setting up the security process and hardening the environment in the context of LHT.One Cloud
- Service design “Operational Security” for LHT.OneCloud
- Hardening and operational setup of the LHIND Azure Tenant as part of the “eLDP & CIFS project”
Application Management & DevOps
04/2019 – 01/2021
1 year, 9 month
IT-Dienstleistung / Application Management Services
Description
Development of a cloud-agnostic DevOps platform
Contribution
- Reduction of project ramp-up times (on-demand)
- Abstraction of technical complexities and special features
- Enablement for DevOps, Continuous Delivery (CD) and Infrastructureas Code (IaC)
- Focus on multiple applications and multiple provider landscapes
- Consideration of hybrid cloud solutions (cloud-agnostic application platform)
AirCargo, Germany
06/2015 – 04/2019
4 years, 10 month
IT-Dienstleistung / Application Management Services
Description
Coordination of operation, maintenance and further development.
Contribution
- Maintenance, operation and further development
- Estimation of expenses, analysis of circumstances
- Coordination of workflows within the supported teams
- External representation of the team (single face to the customer): e.g. knowledge transfers, change and release planning, project consulting, etc.
- Coordination of changes and releases, e.g. operational takeovers of new applications and the expansion of existing applications
- Consulting in the project environment
- Project work
AirCargo, Germany
08/2016 – 12/2016
4 month
Java / C++ Project | Introduction of stowage automation
Project Description
Stowage capacities, which are allocated by the size of goods, should be be related and included in future pricing offers.
Contribution
- Project Management
- Maintenance Turn Over
- Consulting and training Business Analysts
- Supporting architectual designs
AirCargo, Germany
04/2016 – 08/2016
4 month
Java / C++ Project | Introduction of a new product
Project Description
A new shipping product should be introduced to the market to address low-budget freight.
Contribution
- Project Management
- Maintenance Turn Over
- Consulting and training Business Analysts
- Supporting the software design
AirCargo, Germany
01/2016 – 07/2016
4 month
Java / C++ Project | Introduction of a new pricing model
Project Description
A new pricing model should be introduced into the sales systems. I coordinated the implementation until the go-live.
Contribution
- Project Management
- Maintenance Turn Over
- Consulting and training Business Analysts
AirCargo, Germany
06/2015 – 02/2016
8 month
Java / C++ Project | Replacement of handling application
Project Description
The core handling application needed to be replaced. Due to a highly heterogenous system landscape the replacement had been delayed by 3 years. I was responsible for coordinating the correlated go-live of related sales systems.
Contribution
- Application Management
- Maintenance Turn Over
- Availability and Capacity Management
- Training and leading teams
Banking Industry, Germany
06/2014 – 05/2015
12 month
BPM Project | Credit Conditioning
Project Description
IBM BPM 8.x project for credit decisions and rate calculations. Within the project several legacy systems and IBM ODM have been integrated into a complex end-to-end workflow. This project was part of a larger project which restructures the sales and finance process of the bank.
Contribution
- System design and architecture
- Technical Lead Developer
- Responsibility for 25 developers
- Middleware support
Consumer Product Industry, Germany
08/2014 – 11/2014
3 month
BPM Project | Customer Portal
Project Description
IBM BPM 7.5 project for creating a customizable portal software for Business Process Management workflows. The solution was based on IBM BPM, REST and Dojo Toolkit.
Contribution
- Project Management
- Software design and implementation
- Maintenance Turn Over
- Operational support
Consumer Product Industry, Germany
04/2014 – 08/2014
4 month
BPM Project | Architectural-Fit
Project Description
IBM BPM 7.5 project to support software-architectural decisions. New IT-Projects are evaluated and rated to identify whether they fit into the IT landscape or if existing solutions persists.
Contribution
- Business consulting
- Training of key users
- Restructuring of PoC processes
- Modelling and implementing process changes
- Integration into a legacy project management tool
Consumer Product Industry, Germany
01/2014 – 02/2014
2 month
BPM Project | Customer Management Portal
Project Description
IBM BPM 7.5 project which supports sales processes of external agents. An integration into SAP and efficient order management across multiple departments is required. The solution requires mobile readiness.
Contribution
- Business consulting
- Maintenance Turn Over
- Training of key users
- Integration into legacy systems
- Modelling and implementing process changes
Consumer Product Industry, Germany
09/2013 – 06/2014
9 month
BPM Project | Purchases to Pay (Wave 2)
Project Description
IBM BPM 7.5 project to provide a optimized, centralized and automized business processes for supplier inquiries of a consumer industry customer. This project also aimed for transparancy to increase the efficiency of externalized shared service center processes. The projects global go-live has been separated into two waves due to harmonization of processes across several countries.
Contribution
- Business consulting
- Maintenance Turn Over
- Training of key users
- Integration into legacy systems
- Modelling and implementing process changes
Consumer Product Industry, Germany
07/2013 – 09/2013
3 month
BPM Project | Security-Fit
Project Description
IBM BPM 7.5 project to support security and compliance decisions for new IT projects. It shall integrate into a related project called Architectural-Fit and support efficient decisions.
Contribution
- Business consulting
- Integration into standard software
- Modelling and implementing process changes
Consumer Product Industry, Germany
04/2013 – 12/2013
9 month
BPM Project | Graphics and Analytics
Project Description
IBM BPM 7.5 project to defines a business process for creating presentations and reports by utilizing exchangable shared service center resources. The concept aims to leverage follow-the-sun concepts for cost reduction and establishing a center of competence. SLA and efficiency measurement, including reporting was a major requirement.
Contribution
- Project Management
- Technology consultant
- Design and implementation of a reporting framework
- Modelling and implementing process changes
Consumer Product Industry, Germany
01/2013 – 04/2013
4 month
BPM Project | Purchases to Pay
Project Description
IBM BPM 7.5 project to transfer controlling activities to a shared service center of the customer.
Contribution
- Specifications
- Business consulting
- Modelling and implementing processes
Banking Industry, Germany
10/2012 – 12/2012
3 month
Proof of Concept for IBM BPM
Project Description
IBM BPM 8.x Proof of Concept for a german bank. The customer was aiming for a strategic BPM platform to restructure his processes.
Contribution
- Creation of show-cases
- Implementation of special customer requirements
- Coaching and training of key users in BPMN
- Consulting in business process modelling
Corporate Studies (Internships)
IBM Deutschland GmbH, Germany
08/2012 – 09/2012
2 month
Solution Sales Professional for IBM Lotus Software
IBM software licensing, support and guidance of IBM business partners and customers, live demonstration of IBM Lotus software.
IBM Deutschland GmbH, Germany
02/2012 – 05/2012
3 month
Consultant for Automotive
Bachelor Thesis: Realization of advantages in (ERP) Transformation Projects. Networking with professionals within and outside of IBM.
IBM Deutschland GmbH, Germany
08/2011 – 11/2011
4 month
Account Manager for Deutsche Telekom AG
IBM Software licensing for WebSphere, coordination of customer request and colleagues within IBM, identification of opportunities during customer support, consulting within new customer projects.
IBM Deutschland GmbH, Germany
02/2011 – 03/2011
2 month
Sales Managment for WebSphere IndDisCom Assistance
Initial training of new employees, establishment of collaborative software within the department (which increased the over-all performance), preparing one-pagers and customer information for fairs like Impact 2011.
IBM Deutschland GmbH, Germany
07/2010 – 08/2010
2 month
Linux on System Z software developer
Independent software development (using python and xml) for automation of test scenarios within a flexible infrastructure on IBM System Z.
IBM Deutschland GmbH, Germany
02/2010 – 04/2010
2 month
Projectmanager, Focal Point for SAP
Coordinating tasks related to SAP within a large Transition and Transformation Project. This includes supporting SAP Move Managers, preparing status reports, accelerating business and solving problems. I also organized the relocation of the project team to the customers site.
Software AG, Germany
08/2009 – 09/2009
2 month
Software Developer for Webtechnologies and XML
Independent software development using web technologies like PHP, XML and X-Forms (W3C RFP). The result was a tool which automates the customized generation of contracts, e.g. NDA.