Steffen Weimann

Summary

I manage programs.

25+ years of experience in international IT deployment, digitalisation & large scale program management, especially in Conditional Access Systems with an engineering/ hands-on development background.

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I worked at many companies of different types and sizes, where I ran and worked on projects using Waterfall, Agile, and everything in between. I started my career as a software engineer in a University Spin-Off (Start-Up) on knowledge management.

Since then, I’ve had many different roles, but program management is my passion. It brings all of the disciplines together to deliver amazing outcomes for the customers and equally amazing results for the business. For me, this is mostly communication bringing worlds together and ensure all have the same understanding about the topic, the decision, and the implications.

So, I also love to travel and have lived in several different countries, amongst them the USA, Australia, Russia and some in Europe, where I have been an engineer, an architect, a project manager a consultant and a program director.

I’ve done several large-scale programs and I’ve lead multiple organisational transformations, but at the end I love it when all fits together. It’s not about big names or the size of projects, it’s about becoming better at what I do.

Program Management / Digital Transformation / IT System Deployment

  • 20 years experience in program management & deployment of large scale content security implementations
  • 10+ years managing budgets up to € 20 million
  • 15+ years working with international teams for large scale projects serving > 10 M end users

Leadership experience

  • 12 years of project / stream leading roles and proven multifunctional responsibilities
  • Team forming and leading
  • Led largest team size of up to 20 project team members
  • Business development and product launch support
  • C-level reporting, workshop preparation and hosting

Abilities

  • Gaining a true End2End view and knowledge of programs, seeing the big picture
  • Building trust, explain and illustrate being on the edge between technology and people
  • Delivery of initiatives for multinational organisations including dealing with multicultural environments
  • Proven communication and presentation skills up to Executive Board Level (CxO)
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Flexibility and ability to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances

Work Experience

since 2017

freelance / self-employed

Management Consultant

  • Developing a risk analysis and risk management tool for investing and trading using big data, artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure (see at wyca-analytics.com)
    • XP, KANBAN and SixSigma
  • Consultancy for (Board-) Directors on the topics of digitalisation focussing AI and encryption
    • main focus on fraud detection, fingerprinting, authorisation
  • Quant trading
  • Traveling and spending time with the family
  • Continuously learning new methodology, technics and stuff

2007 – 2017

Nagra Media GmbH, Ismaning

Senior Program Manager

Delivery Lead / Project Manager of multiple global Conditional Access System (CAS) deployments as well as Systems Integration for PayTV infrastructure for leading companies in the Telecommunications- and TV industry.

Main programs (excerpt):
Creation of a blueprint content security platform for rollout to multiple global affiliates – Germany

  • Vodafone Group setting up content security platform for PayTV that can be rolled out to the operating companies using Nagra security platform and Nagra secured end user devicesProject Manager for specification & requirements management, risk & issue management, project controlling and status reportingDelivery Lead of the pilot project within the program aiming at standardisation and optimisation of the processes in all subsidiariesSupporting system-wise set-up and implementation of a new global content security model 
    • Waterfall and SAFe

Integration of acquired company into Nagra standards and processes in Sydney – Australia

  • 9 month on-site support and consultancy helping the acquired subsidiary finding the way to meet Nagra standards
  • Strong focus on program methodology, agile development and budget management and -reporting
    • SAFe

2005 – 2007

Core Media AG, Hamburg

Project Management Consultant

  • Development of a global service- and content protection architecture
  • Project communication & change management throughout the deployment and migration projects
  • Analysis & design of KPIs to monitor the solution for the affiliates
  • Waterfall and LEAN

2004 – 2005

Talkline GmbH (now mobilcom debitel), Elmshorn

Project Manager

  • Technical responsibility for the internet platform www.talkline.de
    • Main achievement: Introducing and implementing a self-care portal, reducing call-center volume by 30%
  • Project management and quality assurance for internal technical- and marketing projects
  • Steering and control of external provider for marketing- and technical projects in relation to the internet platform
  • LEAN

2001 – 2004

Sinnerschrader, Hamburg

Software Engineer / Project Manager

  • Technical Project Lead for transaction based Ecommerce- and Yield Management Systems
  • Introduction and control of processes for project management and for quality assurance
  • Consultancy with a strong focus on requirements assessment and creation of hard- and software architectures
  • Conceptual design and implementation of different ecommerce platforms based on “Intershop Enfinity”
  • Waterfall

Certifications

Education

Technical University Hamburg Harburg, Hamburg
1997-2001: Electrical Engineering – Main focus in telecommunications engineering

I started of in the University studying Electrical Engineering and following the intermediate diploma I have been focussing in telecommunications engineering. In one of the computer science courses I got to know Prof Matthes. Together with Prof Schmidt he has found CoreMedia AG. So based on that knowledge we decided to do a 2nd High-Tech spin-off – the “infoAsset AG”.

Languages

  • German: First language
  • English: fluent (written and spoken)
  • Java, Python, C, SQL

Projects

This is a small selection of my last projects.

Premiere / Sky / APS (Munich)

Main objective: re-secure pay-tv services after security breach (aka smartcard hack).

In the role of a delivery manager, I assured the on time deployment, testing and acceptance of the new headend system as well as the (mass-)production and delivery of new smartcards. Once the security breach was secured and services switched to the Nagravision headend, I fully took over the account responsibility.

This included the APS (Astra Platform Services) account, responsible for SKY’s satellite play-out. Together with internal- and customer architects, we initiated a new security concept enabling long-term pre-payed smartcard services. This lead to the most significant up-selling within the Nagra-Group and resulted in the now well know service „HD+“. In the role of the program manager, I defined, planned, and rolled out this service making it one of the most profitable programs in Nagra.

Mostelekom (NCS, Moscow)

Main objective: deploy first pay-TV service in Russia

In the field of massive tension between competing interests within Mostelekom and parent company NCS, I managed to close the architecture, deliver the head-end, and deploy the Nagra solution. Once the system passed acceptance, we were also able to upsell our CMS for schedule and meta data.

T-HT (T-Com Croatia, Zagreb)

Main objective: create a reference pay-TV system within Deutsche Telekom Group.

In the role of the program manager I was driving the project from a technical point of view. This included the end-to-end architecture including play-out headend, security infrastructure as well as end consumer devices. By suggesting and getting accepted being the systems integrator for the deployment, I was able to triple the revenue for the group in this project.

In addition, I initiated, defined and rolled-out a test-center for enabling full end-to-end service testing. Such service, based in Madrid, can now be added to other projects as well.

IPTV in Vodafone Global

Main objective: create blueprint content security platform for rollout to multiple global affiliates.

Having a trust- and respectfully relationship with the staff in Vodafone, I was able to increase the footprint for Nagra in the IPTV ecosystem significantly. In addition, I could help the customer in the management of other vendors and partners.

In an agile way of working together with the Vodafone architecture team as well as the other vendors, I managed the specification and requirements management.

With a strong network across the different project teams, I was able to identify risk early and manage issues quickly, keeping the impact as low as possible.

SAFe introduction in OpenTV (Sydney)

Main objective: Coaching, adapting and improving the SAFe program methodology in the group.

Spending nine months at acquired OpenTV (onside), I helped local program managers adapting to the Nagra SAFe methodology to better integrate into the overall way of doing things in Nagra.

Such change in methodology also required significant work on the customer side. By shadowing our program managers, I was able to not only cut waste in documentation but also free up time for more customer relationship management across the program managers. This helped in particular securing an extension of the Foxtel account in Sydney.

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    Leisure

    I love to travel and I love sailing. And I have a strong interest in the history of my hometown Hamburg.

    You can see some of my travel here: bonpland-reisen.de as well as some information about Hamburg here.

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