About Martin
I help companies bring complex IT, platform and application initiatives into delivery, with clear scope, priorities, stakeholder alignment, release planning and stable operational handover.
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My sweet spot is IT project management and delivery leadership at the interface of business, IT, engineering, operations and external providers. I translate technical dependencies into clear decisions, delivery plans and business-relevant priorities, so teams know what needs to happen, why it matters and how to move forward.
In recent projects, I led AWS platform and service delivery workstreams, coordinated monitoring, billing, release/go-live management, runbooks, hypercare and operational transitions. I also supported revenue-critical e-commerce initiatives from concept to go-live, including stakeholder alignment, A/B testing, UAT, performance topics and post-launch stabilisation.
What makes me different is the combination of technical platform understanding, structured project management and commercial thinking. My background in Business Administration with a focus on Controlling & Finance helps me evaluate initiatives not only by technical feasibility, but also by effort, risk, business value and operational impact.
As a founder and independent consultant, I bring an entrepreneurial mindset: I take ownership, challenge assumptions when needed and focus on pragmatic outcomes instead of unnecessary complexity.
Typical mandates I support:
IT project management, IT delivery leadership, service delivery, platform and application management, release and go-live coordination, UAT and hypercare, stakeholder and provider coordination, business/IT translation, operational readiness, process improvement and AI/automation initiatives.
German
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Spanish
Fluent
Can work on-site
Luzern (up to 50km)
Experience
- Internal Analytics Initiative (derived from Albacore experience)Project Lead – Profitability & Investment AnalyticsDIGITAL AND ITAugust 2025 - April 2026 (8 months)Lucerne, SwitzerlandDescription
- Led an analytics initiative to assess profitability, payback periods and investment risks for mining infrastructure.
- Built decision logic, scenarios and AI/automation workflows, including MCP servers and automated PDF reports.
Impacts- Translated complex technical and financial factors into a clear decision model.
- Validated market interest and limited further investment after a structured go/no-go assessment.
- Albacore TechnologiesIT Delivery Lead (Platform & AWS)TECHApril 2024 - August 2025 (1 year and 4 months)Description
- Led end-to-end delivery for an AWS-based platform, coordinating backend, monitoring, billing and operations workstreams across business, engineering and external stakeholders.
- Managed scope, priorities, timelines, dependencies and risks in a remote setup, ensuring clear decision-making and alignment between management, engineering and operations.
- Steered release and go-live processes, including cutover planning, go/no-go criteria, rollback options, post-launch stabilisation and operational handover.
- Established operational readiness through runbooks, ownership clarification, knowledge transfer, hypercare management and standardised deployment processes.
- Designed and implemented automation approaches for reporting and data processing, including database-connected workflows and automated PDF report generation.
Impacts- Implemented customer-specific billing automation through a Xero integration, reducing manual invoicing effort and improving billing reliability.
- Introduced asset and ownership tracking for large device fleets, creating better transparency for operations and fleet management.
- Established repair tracking with reporting, improving operational visibility and follow-up across stakeholders.
- Standardised reproducible deployments and handovers across environments, improving release quality and operational continuity.
- Created clearer decision foundations around priorities, risks, dependencies and business value for platform and operations initiatives.
- OTTO GmbH & Co. KGIT Delivery Lead (PDP / E-Commerce)E-COMMERCESeptember 2022 - April 2024 (1 year and 7 months)Description
- Owned delivery of revenue-critical Product Detail Page features in a cross-functional e-commerce team, from concept and prioritisation through release and go-live.
- Coordinated requirements and priorities with Product, SEO, Analytics and Engineering, translating business goals into clear delivery steps and decision foundations.
- Managed dependencies, escalations, quality assurance, monitoring and post-launch stabilisation across frontend, backend and service-related workstreams.
- Supported data-driven product decisions through A/B test planning, KPI definition, iterative validation and stakeholder sign-offs.
Impacts- Delivered the financing calculator end-to-end from concept to go-live in a revenue-critical e-commerce environment.
- Completed the PDP redesign in around three months, including planning, stakeholder alignment, iterative approvals and A/B testing.
- Improved performance and user experience through work on Core Web Vitals, rendering, caching and architecture modernisation.
- Increased delivery stability through clearer testing, monitoring, release-readiness and post-launch follow-up processes.
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Education
- B.A. Business AdministrationNorthern Business School2013B.A.
- Banking & FinanceUniversität Zürich2010Banking & Finance