Michael Thomas

Lead program to create industry data model and generate data exchange standards. Target architecture for business, data and interface modeling capability and governance, using TOGAF and UML standards with Sparx Enterprise Architect tool. Coordination of 30+ virtual team and stakeholders across IATA, airlines, airports, ground handlers, and IT service providers.

• Strategy for Global & Master Data, Document Management, and Business Intelligence • Define Target Data and IT Architecture, Roadmap, and Governance • Drive the Information Management Program including business change • Define corporate Information Management assets and oversee their implementation => Delivered enterprise data model and information store ; drove adoption by first 3 projects => Helped setting up the PMO (Project Management Office).

Director of wordwide development and maintenanance of Business Intelligence and Master Data Repository Applications. Mainly on SAP. • overseeing 140 employees and contractors in France, Germany, US, Canada, China • Mantenance and development of about 45 applications in the space of BI, Dashboarding, MDM, Data Quality.

Information Mgmt Services lead for France-BeNeLux (40% of time) : • Business Intelligence, Data Mgmt, Portals, Content Mgmt • Business development with industry groups • Same tasks as with BI group mgmt here below • Development of worldwide BI offerings in FY06 => Increased team to 160 => Increased revenues by 20% to 40% year over year.

Project Director at European clients (60% of time) : • Risk Mgmt : UBS (Zürich, 11 mths) • Financial Cons & Reporting : ING (Brussels), Philip Morris (Lausanne) • CRM : Telenet, Crédit Lyonnais (Paris) • CPM : Unilever (London) • BI & Middleware Strategies : L’Oréal (Paris), EDF (Paris), Swisscom (Bern) • Enterprise Data Warehouse : Michelin, Total (Paris) • BI Org / Comp.Center : Inbev, T-Mobile (Bonn), Total (Paris) • Data Governance : Michelin, Interbrew

Launch and management of EMEA Business Intelligence competency group (40% of time) : • Middleware, Data Modelling and Integration, Databases, Data Warehousing, Data Analysis, Master Data Mgmt, BI and Data Governance • Oversight of client proposals • Quality Assurance reviews • Direction of assignments to clients, recruiting, skill development • Development of service offerings • Direction of vendor alliances and analyst briefings => 75 staff across 10 countries => over 100 BI projects per year.

Helping clients design and implement business applications using Software AG's software (Adabas, Natural)

Developing several parts of the STRIM100 CAD-CAM product.