Curriculum Vitae (last update: 8/2019) 

Dr. Thomas Dahlmanns, Dipl. Inform. B.Sc. Ph.D. 

Born 17.5.1972 in Hamburg, Germany
Married, two boys, one dog 

Facts

• Manager (Business Administration), medical computer scientist (Dipl. Inform. B.Sc.) and SCRUM professional (CSP)
• “IT-, eCommerce- and digital transformation senior” – 25+ years of international project and leadership experience in CTO, COO, product-, project- account- and IT management positions
• First eCommerce project realized in 1995 (Lufthansa Infoflyway – web booking system)
• Delivered the world’s first live webcast of a classical concert and taught Robbie Williams how to use a chat system – “Digital native from the first hour”
• Self-employed since 2003, Interim manager since 2005

Services

• Goal oriented project and product recovery, management and delivery
• Management, advisory and (on-the-job) coaching of IT, digital- and data-strategy, process improvements, project controlling & KPI, agile project-, delivery- development- and change management
• Leading, motivating and manage change with proven ability to lead- and integrate local and virtual cross-functional teams
• Industry knowledge: life science, healthcare, retail, ocean carrier, automotive, publishing, online & mobile entertainment, digital agencies

USP

• Triple, long term grown, professional background (management and business administration, IT- and computer science, life science and digital healthcare)
• Long term project experience of (successful) management and recovery of complex and critical projects, teams and departments with “hands-on attitude” (see references)
• Anticipated project best (bad) practices and pain-points in IT, eCommerce & digital transformation projects over the last 25 years
• Deep knowledge in the application of agile management-, software-, architecture-, test- and data science pattern to mitigate project risks in transformation projects (Focus of Ph.D. thesis research in economics informatics from 2010-2015)
• Strategic, structured and KPI driven senior manager and communicator with the ability to drill-down to complex technical- and process details for problem solving to ensure project success
• Strong (practical and theoretical) method-, process- and IT knowledge in classic, agile and “hybrid” IT-, project-, product, quality- and requirements (service design) management
• Deep (practical and theoretical) knowledge of enterprise platform architectures, software development methods, data science, predictive analytics and modeling of dynamic systems
• Long-term project- and leadership experience in start-up- and enterprise environments
  (“Integrator of both worlds”)

Business

2019 – current
digiwear.de – digitize fashion
digiwear.de

2017 – current
modernhealthcare.de – digital healthcare consulting
modernhealthcare.de

2005 – current
Dr. Thomas Dahlmanns – Interim management for digital projects
dahlmanns.de

2003 – 2005
Founder & CTO
EXIT Games, Online gaming Infrastructure
www.photonengine.com

1996 – 2003
Managing Director / Technical Director
Pixelpark AG – Bertelsmann AG Group – digital & ebusiness agency

1995-1996
Manager Online Development
Digital World Publishing, digital & ebusiness agency