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As a freelancer with extensive experience in program/project management, interimsmanagement and data communications, I am confident that I can provide the highest quality of service to any potential client. I have a Dipl.-Ing. (FH) in data communications and have worked in a variety of markets, including software solutions and transformations. I have a wealth of experience in customer and partner program/project/engagement management, both in classical and agile environments, as well as in disciplinary/functional people management. I am PMI and ITIL Foundation v3 certified, and have strong analytical and strategic skills. I am also a team player, and am sensitive to cultural considerations. I am confident that I can provide the highest quality of service to any potential client. I am available to discuss any project or opportunity that you may have, and I am confident that I can deliver the best results. If you are looking for a freelancer with the skills and experience I have, please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to hearing from you and discussing how I can help you achieve your goals. Send Request Now.

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Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Data communications with extensive management and
consulting experience for complex software solutions / transformations
within different markets
Experienced in customer and partner program/project/engagement
management in classical as well as agile environments combined with
disciplinary/functional people management.
PMI und ITIL Foundation v3 certified
Strong analytical and strategic skills, team player, adaptable and
sensitive to cultural considerations.

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Torsten Bolte

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Dipl.-Ing. (FH)

 

Burnitzstrasse 41 

D-60596 Frankfurt 

Mobile: +49 151 4035 8010 

E-Mail: [email protected] 

 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Profile 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Data communications with extensive management and 
consulting experience for complex software solutions / transformations 
within different markets. 
Experienced in customer and partner program/project/engagement 
management as well as in disciplinary/functional people management. 
PMI und ITIL Foundation v3 certified 
Strong analytical and strategic skills, team player, adaptable and 
sensitive to cultural considerations. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

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Experience 

10/20 - today           Freelancer                                  Frankfurt am Main  

 

01/18 - 07/19           Modality Systems GmbH            Frankfurt am Main                       
Programme Manager  
 
▪  Program Management responsibility (Head of Operations) for 

Germany, focusing on Consulting services to Deutsche Telekom 
accelerating Microsoft O365 business (Digitalisation/ Workplace 4.0) 

▪  Lead all operational processes for Modality Systems Germany, incl. 

Delivery, Finance, Resourcing as well as partner/ sub-contractor 
management and Sales support. 

▪  Management of Modality Systems service/product delivery to the 

German market  

▪  Representation of Modality Systems in commercial/contractual as 

well as in delivery/planning/review contexts 

03/15 

– 12/17           PGi                                               Frankfurt am Main                       

Technical Account Manager / Program Manager 
 
▪  Technical Account Management responsibility for PGi's Diamond 

Accounts in DACH 

▪  Technology strategy owner for the assigned accounts for PGi 

products/services or PGi integrations with Microsoft (S4B), Cisco 
and market leading Video Solutions incl. proposal and Solutions 
development.  

▪  Ownership of customer relationships with technology groups, 

product management, and service owners with SAP and Novartis  

▪  Support introduction of Modality Systems GmbH to German Market 

04/14 

– 02/15           Freelancer                                   Frankfurt am Main 

 
11/14 

– 02/15           Parental leave                              Frankfurt am Main 

04/14 - 10/14            Confidential                                  Frankfurt am Main 
Strategic Service Delivery Consultant

10/12 

– 03/14           Orga Systems GmbH                 Frankfurt am Main                       

Manager Consulting & Support  
 
▪  Program Management responsibility for Germany, Austria and 

Switzerland (DACH) 

▪  Lead service delivery activities of cross-functional, multi-cultural and 

geographically dispersed teams related to the Product/Solution suite  

▪  Operationally lead first introduction of new product solution into new 

target market (Automotive) 

▪  Provide input into all commercial agreements with customers and 

partners and represent the company in commercial discussions 

 

02/10 

– 09/12           Freelancer                                   Frankfurt am Main 

 
04/12 

– 09/12           Confidential                                  Frankfurt am Main 

Strategic Consultant  
04/11 

– 03/12           Deutsche Post DHL                                           Bonn 

Teamlead Operations & Support E-Postbrief 

11/10 

– 03/11           Deutsche Post DHL                                           Bonn 

PMO Operations & Support E-Postbrief 

02/10 

– 10/10           Confidential                                  Frankfurt am Main 

Customer Service & Support Consultant 

 

08/09 

– 01/10           PEAG GmbH                                Frankfurt am Main 

Transfer company for Nortel GmbH under Administration 

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09/06 

– 07/09           Nortel GmbH                                Frankfurt am Main 

Advisor Operational/Business Support Systems EMEA 
▪  Customer Management responsibility for the OSS/BSS Integration 

Team for Europe, Middle East & Africa 

▪  Customer and partner management responsibility  
▪  Development/Design, Costing/Pricing and Project Management & 

Implementation/Delivery of OSS/BSS solutions.  

▪  Identification of key OSS expertise, definition of strategic service 

delivery capabilities and evaluation of application/service delivery 
partner 

 

12/05 

– 08/06           Nortel Networks Germany            Frankfurt am Main 

Manager Operational/Business Support Systems DACH 
▪  Management responsibility for the OSS/BSS Integration Team for 

Germany, Austria and Switzerland 

▪  Customer, partner and people management responsibility 
▪  Development and implementation of OSS/BSS solutions   

 

01/04 

– 11/05  

Nortel Networks Germany    

   Frankfurt am Main 

Technical Account Manager EMEA Technical Support 
▪  Network Technical Support Customer management responsibility for 

Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Regional TAM Prime) 

▪  Delegate of Authority of EMEA TAM Leader 
▪  Creation and maintenance of NTS Cost model for Data and Optical 

portfolio 

 

 

02/03 

– 12/03           Nortel Networks Germany 

     Frankfurt am Main 

Advisor Alternative Carrier & Enterprise Technical Support 
▪  Customer management responsibility for german Alternative Carrier 

and Enterprise customers  

▪  Certification prime of EMEA NTS Management team 
▪  Management responsibility for  24x7 local Emergency Support (EFLS) 

 

 

04/02 

– 01/03  

Nortel Networks Germany 

Frankfurt am Main 

Manager Alternative Carrier & Enterprise Technical Support 
▪  Network Technical Support Manager responsibility for german 

Alternative Carrier and Enterprise customers  

▪  Customer and people management responsibility  
▪  Engineering, implementation and support for Wireline Data products 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

11/00 

– 03/02 

Nortel Dasa 

Frankfurt am Main 

Manager Preside Customer Network Support 
▪  Customer Network Support Manager for Network Management 

applications (OSS) 

▪  People management and product support responsibility  
▪  Engineering, implementation & support of Wireline OSS applications 

 

12/97 

– 10/00 

Nortel Dasa 

Frankfurt am Main 

Support Engineer Magellan Technical Support 
▪  3rd Level Support Engineer for Tier 1 customer Deutsche Telekom 
▪  Engineering, implementation and support of Nortel Passport Network 

management applications and 3

rd

 party performance reporting, network 

analysis and engineering applications  

 

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Education 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Languages  
 
 
 
Skills 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Certifications 
 
 
Market 
experience 
 
 
 

 

1993-1997      Communications engineering    -    FH Wolfenbüttel 

 

▪  Diploma work: Arcada Polytechnic, School of Technology Espoo, 

Finland 

1991-1993      Mechanical engineering    -   TU Braunschweig 

1990-1991       Basic military service 

1983-1990       Sek I and Sek II  Gerhardt Rohlfs Gymnasium 
▪  General qualification for university entrance  
 
Mother tongue: German 
Excellent: English 
 

 

Customer/Program management  
Account strategy 
Portfolio definition and management 
Customer Relationship Management 
Project- and Emergency management 
Solution development 
Budget responsibility 
Board Reporting  
Contract/SLA negotiation 
Project/Contract monitoring and financial reporting 
People and Partner Management  
 
 
Certified PMI Project management professional (PMP Certification)  
ITIL Foundation v3 certified 
 
 
Telecommunication 
Logistics - SaaS 
Automotive  
Software 
Pharma 
 

 

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Position details 

 

Position: 

 Programme Manager  

 
Duration: 19 Months (01.2018 

– 07.2019) – Modality Systems Germany GmbH 

 
Program Management responsibility (Head of Operations) for Germany, focusing on Consulting 
services to Deutsche Telekom accelerating Microsoft O365 business (Digitalisation/ Workplace 4.0) 
 
Main tasks: 
 
Lead all operational processes for Modality Systems Germany, incl. Delivery, Finance, Resourcing as 
well as partner/ sub-contractor management and Sales support. 
 
Management of Modality service/product delivery to the German market  
 
Management of partners and sub-contractors  
 
Representation of Modality in commercial and delivery/planning/review contexts 
 
Manage resourcing 

– internally and with partners – including role definition and recruitment 

 
Additional tasks: 
 
In conjunction with Sales team, actively introduce/upsell, as appropriate, Modality products/services to 
complement/enhance agreed delivery 
 
Track and QA delivery to customers including utilisation, acceptance and commercial coverage with 
particular focus/responsibility for Deutsche Telekom related delivery and revenue recognition 
 
Internal communication of German market/customer requirements, acting as ‘customer champion’ with 
‘business case’ for resource alignment/funding 
 
Ensure German delivery team has correct composition/skills to satisfy known and projected needs 
 
Internal communication re general German market delivery and lessons learned to a wider Modality 
audience and in Management forums 
 
Maintain knowledge of key O365 provision, benefits/limitations and roadmap   
 
Communication peers: 
 
External: Customer, Partner, Subcontractor  
 
Internal: Company/BU management (C-level, D-level), Sales, Product development, Product 
management, Finance/Controlling, Procurement, Partner Management, Legal, Human resources, 
Technical support.  
 
Work language: 
 
English (prime), German  
 
 
 
 
 

 

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Position: 

 Technical Account Manager  

 
Duration: 3 Years (2015 

– 2017) – PGi  

 
Customer facing role (Diamont Accounts DACH) responsible for assisting Global Account Managers 
(sales executives) with design and selling of PGI proprietary UC and integrated third-party solutions 
 
Main tasks: 
 
Ownership of customer relationships with technology groups, product management, and service 
owners 
 
Evangelism and development of preference for PGi Products and Services within customer 
constituencies including PGi partner solutions (e.g. Microsoft, Cisco, 

…) 

 
Proposal and solutions development based on PGi and Partner Products and Services 
 
Ownership of internal relationships with technology groups, product management, project 
management office and operations to act as bridge between our product and our customer. 
 
Support introduction of Modality Systems GmbH to German Market 
 
Definition/Alignment of all operational processes for Modality Systems GmbH and its delivery partners, 
including continuous and strategic monitoring and reporting  
 
 
Additional tasks: 
 
Technology alignment with the customer including joint roadmap & proposal development  
 
Expert opinions and guidance based on deep knowledge of products, service and strategy provided by 
PGi, Microsoft, Cisco and other PGI technology partners  
 
Implementation support: provides insight and support to PMO Lead 
 
 
 
Communication peers: 
 
External: Customer, Partner, Subcontractor  
 
Internal: Company/BU management (C-level, D-level), Sales, Product development, Product 
management, Finance/Controlling, Procurement, Partner Management, Legal, Human resources, 
Technical support.  
 
Work language: 
 
English (prime), German  
 

 

 

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Position: 

 Manager Consulting & Support  

 
Duration: 18 Months (10.2012 

– 03.2014) – Orga Systems GmbH 

 
Customer responsible Program Manager for DACH region  
 
Main tasks: 
 
Operational customer, partner and subcontractor management (multiple management level), primary 
point of contact for and company representative in any management discussion/meeting 
 
Lead all service delivery activities of cross-functional, multi-cultural and geographically dispersed 
(onshore/offshore) customer specific project teams (internal & external resources) incl. staff planning 
(allocation/recruiting), skill definition and team development (training, coaching/mentoring) 
 
Actively driving the strategic customer dialogue on long-, medium- and short-term topics to establish a 
trusted business partnership with customers, partners and/or subcontractors 
 
Operationally lead first introduction of new integrated Order management and Billing software solution 
into new target market (Automotive) 
 
Continuous monitoring and reporting (incl. C-level reporting) all projects/project activities focusing on 
time, cost and quality KPIs (considering the actively defined customer strategy). 
 
Proactively identify and validate upsell opportunities in close cooperation with the customer / Product 
Management/ Product Development / Sales and create the corresponding offers (price definition 
based on estimated cost, risk and margin guidelines) and SOWs 
 
Additional tasks: 
 
Define and communicate internally overall customer strategies considering the specific external 
requirements and the internal product/resource development planning 
 
Support definition and implementation of internal strategy on business unit development 
 
Active contribution to best practice knowledge sharing and global asset development (for reuse) 
 
Communication peers: 
 
External: Customer, Partner, Subcontractor  
 
Internal: Company/BU management (C-level, D-level), Sales, Product development, Product 
management, Finance/Controlling, Procurement, Partner Management, Legal, Human resources, 
Technical support.  
 
Work language: 
 
English (prime), German  

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E-Postbrief: A Deutsche Post DHL developed solution to provide secure transmission of electronical 
letters with online or printed delivery for residential (individual transmission) and business customers 
(mass transmission). As a hosted solution (delivery as SaaS), E-Postbrief provides a Web-Interface for 
residential customer access and an integrated solution into business customers existing IT-landscape. 
 
Position: 

Teamlead Operations and Support E-Postbrief 

 
Duration: 12 Months (04.2011 

–03.2012) – Deutsche Post DHL 

 
Lead and manage operations and support team for business customer E-Postbrief solution  
 
Main tasks: 
 
Lead and manage functional and disciplinary the Operations and Support Team (external & internal 
resources) incl. team recruiting, team change (external to internal) and resource development. 
 
Definition and implementation of internal strategy, positioning/establishing department as line function 
within business unit and being delegate of authority for head of department. 
 
Internal interface to customer service (1st line), development, test, product management, operational 
and strategic customer connection department and Sales Support 
 
Introduction and establishing of ITIL based Support processes 
 
Optimization of operational activities regarding operation, linking and support for business customers 
 
Operational subcontractor management for selected VPN technologies and data center 
infrastructure/operations 
 
Position: 

 PMO Operations and Support E-Postbrief 

 
Duration: 5 Months (11.2010 

–03.2011) – Deutsche Post DHL 

 
Definition and planning of department strategy (general setup, processes, optimization initiatives) incl.  
monitoring and reporting 
 
Main tasks: 
 
Definition and implementation of department specific reporting and KPIs 
 
Drive definition and support implementation of department setup, processes and recruiting 
 
Management of resource agencies and overall budget control (resources, infrastructure, product 
specific cost) 
 
Support head of department on all operational topics (resourcing, definition of work packages, 
implementation planning, monitoring)  
 
Being delegate of authority for team lead as well as for head of department 
 
Communication peers: 
 
External: VPN technology Software/Hardware suppliers, Data center infrastructure/operations 
Supplier, Resourcing agencies 
 
Internal: Customer service (1st line), Product development, Test, Product management, Operational 
and strategic customer connection department, Sales Support 
 
Work language: 
 
German  

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Position: 

 Advisor/Manager OSS/BSS Integration 

 
Duration: 4 years (2005 

– 2009) – Nortel  

 
Customer Management responsibility for Implementation of OSS/BSS Solutions in DACH/EMEA with 
disciplinary/functional people management responsibility 
 
Main tasks: 
 
Definition, engineering and implementation of customer specific OSS/BSS software solutions, mainly 
for Carrier VoIP and Data networks 
 
Consolidation of customer requirements to define a solution concept considering the existing IT-
Landscape and operational processes (incl. business models) 
 
Cost estimation of targeted solution (Hardware/ Software, Installation and Commissioning, 
Customization) incl. selection of 3

rd

 Party software vendor and definition of scope for subcontract. 

 
Price definition based on cost, risk and margin guidelines 
 
Project management (with special focus on delivery in time, cost and quality) of one particular and 
program management (focusing on planning, monitoring and Hot issue/Engagement management) of 
various parallel running projects 
 
Partner and subcontractor management to ensure delivery based on contractual agreements 
 
Execution/Monitoring of hand-over process (incl. Acceptance testing) 
 
Additional tasks: 
 
Definition of standardized solutions and implementation processes as well as strategic definition of 
Service portfolio (incl. vendor selection) and creation of contractual binding Scope of Work documents. 
 
Support Sales and Pre-sales organization to ensure accurate positioning of specific solutions and 
services by attending/running customer presentations as well as supporting Purchasing and Bid 
management on delivery content and pricing for subcontracts/bids 
 
Maintenance of customer relationship and push sales by identification and communication of Service  
Up-sell opportunities (consultancy, customization, managed services) or presentation of new team 
related service/delivery capabilities to existing customer base 
 
Communication peers: 
 
External: Customer, Software/Hardware suppliers, Service delivery partner  
 
Internal: Account/Sales, Pre-Sales, Bid-Management, Purchasing, Supply management, Project 
Office, Tech. Support, Network Integration, Development, Product/Service management, Legal and 
customer specific operational leader  
 
Work language: 
 
English (prime), German 

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Position:  

Techn. Account Manager / Advisor / Manager 3rd level Support 

 
Duration: 5 years (2000 

– 2005) - Nortel 

 
Product/Customer responsible 3rd level Support Manager (with disciplinary/functional people 
management responsibility) for DACH/EMEA region in direct customer contact 
 
Main tasks: 
 
Ensure all reported problems for customers are resolved in accordance with contracted SLAs and 
existing support processes 
 
Creation and communication of customer specific service reporting (external/internal) 
 
Escalation point of contact for customer/internal management in Emergency situations (Customer 
Advocacy/Engagement Manager) and management of internal resources to resolve existing outage 
situations (active case management) 
 
Presentation of final/work around solutions (incl. risk, exceptions) in front of customer management 
 
Ensure accurate problem reproduction and analysis (RCA) incl. customer communication of results 
 
Creation and maintenance of customer specific emergency documentation  
 
Regular (monthly/quarterly) and on demand (emergency/outage) customer visits as well as support 
CSAT processes and activities 
 
Additional tasks:  
 
Planning of software updates/upgrades with customer 
 
Identification of customer specific software feature requests and communication into Product 
management/Pre-Sales/Sales as well as identification of Service opportunities (Up-Sell opportunities) 
and communication into Sales team 
 
Support setup and management of PAN-European team of Customer Support Managers (TAMs) 
 
Creation and maintenance of 3rd level tech. support cost model for EMEA.  
 
Initiate creation and optimization of ‚Installed base database for EMEA, incl. Equipment, SLA targets 
and KPIs, support budget, software level, customer specific agreements 
 
Analyzing of existing support processes for improvement and internal communication 
 
Communication peers: 
 
External: Customer, Servicepartner  
 
Internal: Account/Sales, Pre-Sales, Bid-Management,  Network Integration, Development, 
Product/Service management  and customer specific operational leader 
 
Work language: 
 
English (prime), German