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Sven Wittenberg

More than twenty years of experience in IT project management, solution-oriented with a business perspective as well as technical understanding. Cross-industry expertise in digitalization projects (media, real estate, finance). From many years of practice, familiar with the methods of classic project management as well as with agile and hybrid setups.
Ten+ years in a management position with cross-departmental responsibilities actively working on the entire customer life cycle - contracting, integration, accounting and customer success. Customer-centric approach and in-depth experience in B2B Customer Operations Management in scaling organizations. Strong focus on KPIs, standardization and scalable processes.

In my work, economical understanding is as important to me as a sense of responsibility. I can take both general and detailed perspectives, recognize and understand contexts and I react to challenges that arise in a forward-looking and solution-oriented manner, as well as putting plans and requirements into practice.
My project experience is based both on cross-departmental cooperation within the company and on cross-sectoral cooperation with external project partners and customers.

Work Experience

  • Head of Project Management ∙ Forvis Mazars GmbH & Co. KG ∙ seit Februar 2024

    Forvis Mazars - international auditing, legal, tax and management consultancy services firm

  • Sabbatical ∙ January 2023 to January 2024

  • Director Customer Operations ∙ Piano Software Inc. ∙ December 2021 to December 2022

    - Director Operations ∙ CeleraOne GmbH ∙ November 2019 to November 2021

    - Head of Projectmanagement ∙ CeleraOne GmbH ∙ May 2013 to October 2019

    Piano Software GmbH (CeleraOne GmbH until the acquisition by Piano Software Inc.) - Market leader in DACH for real-time technology for paid content offers, user data management (SSO) and audience development.

  • Team Leader Project Management ∙ Immobilien Scout 24 GmbH ∙ June 2011 to April 2013

    Immobilien Scout 24 - leading real estate portal on the German-language Internet and the No. 1 for everything concerning real estate.

  • Head of Project Management ∙ VZnet Netzwerke Ltd. ∙ June 2008 to May 2011

    VZnet Networks - German social media online community, subsidiary of the Georg von Holtzbrinck publishing group. Until 2011, one of the most far-reaching websites in Europe.

  • Senior Project Manager ∙ Assure Consulting GmbH ∙ November 2005 to May 2008

    Assure Consulting - one of the leading management consultancies for project management for the successful realization of large projects, optimization of processes and structures of the project organization as well as agile transformation.

  • Project Manager ∙ Dubrowsky & Partner ∙ January 2003 to September 2005

    Dubrowsky & Partner - Psychologist for the economy. Consultancy in the areas of organization, work & personnel, marketing & advertising and human & technology (usability).

Certificates

- Elements of AI (University of Helsinki online course) --> About the course

- Certificate as data protection officer according to DSC standard

- PRINCE2TM Foundation

- Project management specialist (GPM) - IPMA Level D

Education

1998 – 2003

Humboldt University of Berlin

Degree in psychology with a focus on
∙ organizational and engineering psychology.
∙ Minor subject: information technology
∙ Additional minor subject: business management (TU Berlin).

1996 – 1998

Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Intermediate degree in psychology

1987 – 1992

LEGO GmbH

Apprenticeship as a management assistant in wholesale and foreign trade and subsequent employment as commercial clerk at LEGO GmbH.