Mag. Walter Sedlacek, MSc MBA

Day of birth: April 1, 1968, Salzburg

Mobile: + 43 676 8642 4253

Studium der Physik (Mag), ICT Management (MSc), und Business (MBA). CIO für GM Powertrain Austria.
Seit 2007 internationaler Manager für T-Systems.

Professional Experience 

• Engagement Manger for Western Europe, T-Systems International
• Honorary member of Committee of Directors for IICP (2009 – )
• Head of PMO, T-Systems UK (2008 – 2009)
• Head of DSS Factory, T-Systems Austria (2007 – 2009)
• CIO, General Motors Powertrain Austria (2005-2007)
• IT and Management Lectures at Universities (2005 – )
• European Union IT expert for Russian within TACIS project (2005)
• International assignment to GM in Detroit/USA (2004 – 2005)
• IT Infrastructure Manager, GM Austria (1998 – 2004) 
• Software development, Institute of Medical Physics (1996 – 1997)
• Teaching Mathematics, Physics and IT (1992 – 1995) 
• Software engineering for various companies (1987 – 1991) 

• Building-up international IT Engineering Labs around Virtualization Technologies in London, Barcelona, Zürich and Vienna
• Standardizing Project Management Methodology within T-Systems UK for 70 Project Managers managing 170 programs and projects
• Establish international Competence Center "Softgrid" to reduce DSS costs by innovative technologies
• Execute Change Management in order to align local DSS internationally and enable innovation
• Annual IT Finance performance by achieving budget stretch targets
• Implementing an area-wide fully integrated Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to enable IT based Planning, Scheduling, Shipping, Monitoring and Quality management for all production lines within the plant as a new strategy
• Transforming legacy system based business processes by business process reengineering and by implementing a company wide ERP system (SAP) to achieve cost performance and continuous improvements
• Developing an IT security concept for a manufacturing environment by executing results of a prior risk analysis
• Standardizing 1800 electronic workplaces (desktops) in eight General Motors plants in six countries
• Implementing a supplier independent local IT monitoring system to enable objective Service Level Agreement (SLA) measurements and management
• Implementing a data-center for a Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

Schooling 

• Ongoing Various courses in Management Skills and Information Technology
• ITIL Foundation certified (2005)
• Master of Business Administration (MBA), Alaska Pacific University (2004)
  Master of Science (Telecommunication Management), Danube University of Krems (2003)
• Master of Physics, University of Vienna (1995)
• Studies in Computer Science and Physics at the University of Vienna, Karl-Franzens University of Graz, Technical University of Graz and ILL in Grenoble/France (1987 - 1995)
• High school graduation at a science school type (1987)

Experiences abroad 

• Assignment to London for introducing corporate Project Management tools to T-Systems U.K.
• Assignments to Detroit in 2004 and to Moscow in 2005
• Working at the ILL (Grenoble/France) as a scientist in 1995
• Studies in the USA during MBA education in 2004
• Ongoing travel, both work-related and because of cultural interests

Languages

• German (excellent)
• English (excellent)