Horst Walther

Current

Identity Management expert at Kuppinger Cole Ltd
member at VCB & Company LLP
Owner at SiG Software Integration GmbH

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Past

consultant at Raiffeisen Bank Aval
advisor to the CIO at Raiffeisen Bank AVAL, Ukraine
Management Consultant at RBA

Senior analyst at Kuppinger Cole + Partner
advisor to the CEO at myService.com
Managing Senior Consultant at agens Consulting GmbH
Head of methods & tools, head of leasing dept. at GENESiS Hardware Software Consulting Ges.m.H.
Senior Consultant at Nolan, Norton & Co.
Manager at KPMG Consulting
DP-Coordinator at Grünenthal GmbH
Head of Mini- / Micro-computer Software Development Group at ACS Systemberatung

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Education

Universität Hamburg
St. Viti Gymnasium Zeven

Connections

276 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Horst Walther’s Summary

focus

Horst Walther is the president of the SiG Software Integration GmbH in Hamburg, partner of Kuppinger, Cole + Partner and member of the London based VCB & Company LLP., Independent Advisors. He successfully operates as a Management Consultant since more than 25 years. He focuses on …
• due diligence-audits and assessments to uncover the potential of IT-shops,
• IT-strategy developments & assessments and
• Implementation of selected strategic actions of information management.

education

Horst Walther completed his studies in chemistry, oriental studies, computer science and economics at the University of Hamburg with the diploma in chemistry with a diploma thesis on a physico-chemical topic. He submitted a doctoral thesis on a subject out of theoretical chemistry and was awarded with excellence to become a doctor rer. nat. Additional subjects of his doctoral examination were computer science and technical chemistry.

experience

Since 1975 Horst Walther operates in the area of information technology. From 1984 on he was successfully acting as a Management Consultant in the business areas automotive, chemistry, pharmaceutics, shipping and banks, insurances and other financial institutions. Currently his focus is on banks and insurance companies.

He successfully contributed to several projects predominately in a leading position (see: http://www.si-g.com/HTML/projects_hw_en.htm).

Additionally he published several professional papers (see: http://www.si-g.com/HTML/publications_hw_en.htm).

Horst Walther’s Specialties:

Horst Walther has acquired special professional skills in Core banking migration – covering retail, SME, corporate & treasury, Business Process Optimisation – predominately in the life insurance business, Project management, certified as a project management professional (PMP) by the PMI (2005 – 2008), Management of off shore-Software development projects in India, Cambodia & Vietnam, Identity Management - design of processes, roles, rules & policies, systems evaluation.

Horst Walther’s Experience

Identity Management expert

Kuppinger Cole Ltd

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)
member

VCB & Company LLP

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2005 — Present (4 years 11 months)

Continous Project & Risk Monitoring
Mentoring
Interim Management
Contract / Issue / Cooperation Monitoring
Project Office Automation
Owner

SiG Software Integration GmbH

(Information Technology and Services industry)

December 1997 — Present (12 years )

IT-Audits
IT-Strategy Development
Project Management in large international projects
Management of off-shore development sites
Identity Management Consulting
Corporate Culture Assessments
consultant

Raiffeisen Bank Aval

(Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 5 months)
advisor to the CIO

Raiffeisen Bank AVAL, Ukraine

(Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 5 months)

Establishing vendor management processes,
Core banking source code take-over,
Identity- & access mgt.,
Legacy core banking system stabilization,
Business Continuity Management,
Program Management Core Banking Systems migration,
Unified Front-End System,
Business Continuity Management,
QA & Testing
Management Consultant

RBA

(Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 5 months)
Senior analyst

Kuppinger Cole + Partner

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

2005 — 2008 (3 years )
advisor to the CEO

myService.com

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2001 — December 2008 (8 years )
Managing Senior Consultant

agens Consulting GmbH

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1993 — December 1997 (5 years )

providing IT-strategy development, software related consulting services, project management and Quality Management to banks and large and medium sized insurance companies.
Head of methods & tools, head of leasing dept.

GENESiS Hardware Software Consulting Ges.m.H.

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1991 — December 1992 (2 years )

Leading a Team of up to 25 software Professionals of the GENESiS Ges.m.b.H in Klagenfurt / Austria. Definition, introduction and fine-tuning of the enterprise software development process, design of the software development platform for the 90th, sales support, responsibility for the ‚leasing’-department with two large and innovative development projects.
Senior Consultant

Nolan, Norton & Co.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)

January 1990 — December 1991 (2 years )

The innovative small consulting firm was originally founded by the two Harvard professors dick Nolan and Dave Norton.
They marketed their IT-spending-growth model.
The company focused on IT-Baselining, IT-Strategy and IT-Architecture-Consulting.
Manager

KPMG Consulting

(Partnership; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1989 — December 1991 (3 years )

‘Manager’ at KPMG Consulting and Nolan Norton & Co. in Frankfurt, implementation of Methodology- and CASE-Tool-Training, enterprise audits, enterprise modelling, IT-Strategy consulting.
DP-Coordinator

Grünenthal GmbH

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

January 1988 — December 1989 (2 years )

Appointed as a DP-Coordinator for the R&D-Department of the Grünenthal GmbH (pharma), in Aachen to implement and manage a new generation of IT in across the R&D-Department, Coordination of IT-users, EDP und external resources.
Head of Mini- / Micro-computer Software Development Group

ACS Systemberatung

(Public Company; ACS; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1984 — December 1987 (4 years )

Implementation and management of the Mini/Micro-team at the ACS Systemberatung GmbH (former Hapag-Lloyd-Systemberatung) with special focus on methodology for systems analysis, Consulting, Client-Server-software development.

System Consultant at the Hapag-Lloyd-Systemberatung in Hamburg, responsible for the development of substantial part of large Mainframe dialog applications (using MVS-XA, IMS DB/DC, ADF II, COBOL, PL/I).

Horst Walther’s Education

Universität Hamburg

Doctor , Chemistry , 1970 — 1984

with special focus on physical, inorganic and theoretical chemistry
St. Viti Gymnasium Zeven

Abitur , Math. Classes , 1962 — 1970

Additional Information

Horst Walther’s Websites:

Horst Walther’s Interests:

managing cross cultural projects, preferrably in Asia

Horst Walther’s Groups:

cci (Corporate culture Institute), PMI (Project Management Institute), affiliate Member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), member of the PRMIA (Professional Risk Managers International Association), member of the GI (Gesellschaft für Informatik), the DASMA (Deutschsprachige Anwendergruppe für Software-Metrik and Aufwandschätzung e.V.) and NIFIS (Nationale Initiative für Internet Sicherheit)