Career - Dr. Arne Frick

Head of IT

100% in-house company of the Federal Government, Cologne

12/2023 – 11/2024 (1 year)

• Management of the entire IT department with technical and disciplinary responsibility for approx. 50 employees and a budget of 25 million EUR.
• Management of digital transformation including IT strategy, governance, portfolio management and cross-departmental process optimisation.
• Stakeholder communication with management, Federal Ministry of Defence and in-house partners as well as responsibility for IT procurement, security and service provider management.

Overall Project Manager

Listed Swiss equipment manufacturer, Winterthur, Switzerland

05/2020 – 12/2022 (2+ years)

• Overall responsibility for an agile fixed-price project to modernise custom software for product configuration (5 million CHF, 40+ team members).
• Management of internal business and IT teams as well as a nearshore service provider with focus on restructuring, realignment and timely completion.
• Close collaboration with sales, product management and development to map sophisticated sales logic in the new system solution.

Executive Consultant

Frick Consulting, Frankfurt a.M.

06/2003 – present

• Overall responsibility as project manager in complex projects with focus on timely, budget-compliant and quality-assured implementation.
• Advising decision-makers and coaching project managers in challenging project phases.
• Leading interdisciplinary teams and mediating between stakeholders in critical project situations.