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Consultant’s Profile

General Information

Name: Sven Kerbitz

Address: 67316 Carlsberg

Boehlweg 48 a

Phone: +49 171 2631 586

Date of birth, born in: 22.03.1968, Leisnig

Nationality: German

Marital status: Married

SAP Experience – Summary

– Product Manager for mySAP Financials – Consolidation

– extensive international implementation experience from various FI-LC, EC-CS and SEM BCS

projects

– expert knowledge especially in the area of integrated data transfer, currency translation,

validation, interunit elimination, consolidation of investments and reporting

– familiar with different accounting principles such as German Commercial Law (HGB), IFRS,

US-GAAP, HK-GAAP

– cross-branch experience: automotive, banking, building industry, trading, real estate,

aerospace and defense, oil and gas, pharma industry, insurance

– strong integration knowledge concerning interaction of consolidation with other processes and

applications (e. g. planning and consolidation)

– proactive de-escalation management and solution development for critical project issues

– active participation at the content development for the ASAP implementation methodology

(e. g. Q&A database for consolidation)

Professional Experience, Education – Summary

– professional training with school leaving examination; degree as skilled worker for data

processing and office machines with school leaving examination

– business economics study at Technical University Chemnitz; degree: business graduate

– conception and configuration of internal order accounting within SAP R/3 CO-OM at

Sachsenring Automobiltechnik GmbH in Zwickau

– business process analysis and requirement catalogue for an integrated ERP system at

NILES-SIMMONS Industrieanlagen GmbH

– scientific employee at the professorship Computer Science in Economics at TU Chemnitz:

- maintenance and administration of the academic department’s R/3 system

- R/3 task force manager

- integration of the R/3 training into the education

– Product Manager for mySAP Financials – Consolidation in the Regional Solution Center (RSC)

at SAP AG; tasks:

- global consulting and presales support especially for complex consolidation

and planning topics

- consulting and supervision of consultants, consulting partners and pilot customers

with close link to the development department

- qualification workshops for SAP employees and partner from consulting and presales

Sven Kerbitz Consultants Profile

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SAP Project Experience – Details

Customer Wholesaler, Düsseldorf, Germany

Period of Time April 1999, December 2000

Branch Trading

Description EC-CS In-House Training; EURO Conversion

Function Trainer; Solution Consultant

Tasks/Results – AC660 including customer specific requirements

– analysis and evaluation of the impact of the technical EURO

conversion tools for EC-CS

Customer Conglomerate Merger, Izmir, Turkey

Period of Time April 1999

Branch Conglomerate Merger

Description Presales, Coaching

Function Solution / Advisory Consultant

Tasks/Results – presales, feasibility study

– build and presentation of a customer specific prototype

– consulting support for local consultants

– strategic consulting support regarding future product

developments

Customer Real Estate Company, Essen, Germany

Period of Time July 1999 – December 2000, March – June 2002

Branch Real Estate

Description Implementation of Legal Consolidation with EC-CS;

Analysis Add-On „Organizational Change“ (OC)


Tasks/Results – consulting support

– project monitoring, -support and coaching


– analysis and development of workarounds

– main contact to the development department: bundling and

pipe of development requests


developments, especially analysis and demonstration of the

add on „Organizational Change“ capabilities


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Customer Consulting Company, Frankfurt, Germany

Period of Time August 1999

Branch Consulting

Description EC-CS In-House Training

Function Trainer

Tasks/Results – SEM 230 in-house training


developments

– project-related meet the expert session

Customer Building Industry, Holderbank, Switzerland

Period of Time October 1999 – January 2002

Branch Building Industry

Description Consulting Support EC-CS Implementation


Tasks/Results – project support und coaching for local consultants

– analysis, evaluation and development of workarounds




developments

Customer Conglomerate Merger, Hong Kong

Period of Time January 2000 – March 2000


Description Presales; Coaching


Tasks/Results – presales, feasibility study

– build and presentation of a customer specific prototype



developments


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Customer Insurance Company, Mannheim, Germany

Period of Time June 2000 – February 2001

Branch Insurance

Description EC-CS In-House Training; Implementation EC-CS;

EURO Conversion

Function Trainer; Solution / Advisory Consultant

Tasks/Results – AC660 in-house training including customer specific

requirements

– EC-CS project preparation, monitoring and support



– main contact to the development department due to the

intensive FI integration

– EURO conversion for local and group currency

Customer Tobacco Company, Basel, Switzerland

Period of Time July 2000, July 2003

Branch Tobacco

Description Consulting Support EC-CS Implementation


Tasks/Results – project preparation, monitoring and support

– consulting support and coaching



developments

Customer Media Company, Freiburg, Germany


Branch Media

Description Euro Conversion FI-LC; Outlook EC-CS

Function Solution Consultant

Tasks/Results – EURO conversion for local and group currency in FI-LC


developments

– feasibility study EC-CS especially with respect to the controlling

requirements (management consolidation)


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Customer Pharmaceutical Industry, Indianapolis, USA


Branch Pharmacy

Description Euro Conversion EC-CS


Tasks/Results – EURO conversion for all relevant local ledgers

– local currency changeover in EC-CS

– analysis and reconciliation of the results

Customer Oil & Gas, Essen, Germany


Branch Oil and Gas

Description EC-CS Project Review


Tasks/Results – consulting support for specific topics in EC-CS (parallel

valuation, CoI, IPI)

– project review and support

Customer Insurance, Trieste, Italy

Period of Time October 2000 – May 2001

Branch Insurance

Description Implementation SEM BCS (R/3-based)


Tasks/Results – project monitoring and support






developments

Customer Consulting Company, Stockholm, Sweden

Period of Time November 2000

Branch Consulting

Description SEM BCS In-House Training

Function Trainer

Tasks/Results – SEM 230


developments

– project-related meet the expert session


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Customer Bank, London / Northampton / Poole, Great Britain

Period of Time January 2001, May 2007 – June 2007

Branch Banking

Description Consulting Support SEM BCS; Analysis Add-On

„Organizational Change“ (OC); Hierarchy Changes (Restructuring)

Function Strategy / Advisory Consultant

Tasks/Results – SEM BCS projekt support and project review



developments, especially demonstration and analysis of the

add-on „Organizational Change“

– consulting support for the optimization of legal consolidation

and CAPAD reporting

– requirement gathering and gap analysis SEM BCS

implementation

Customer Conglomerate Merger, Hong Kong

Period of Time January 2001 – November 2001


Description Consulting Support SEM BCS Implementation


Tasks/Results – consulting support and coaching for local consultants



pipe of development requests (especially due to specific

national requirements like HK-GAAP)


developments

Customer Transport and Logistic Company, Basel, Switzerland

Period of Time April 2001

Branch Transport and Logistics

Description Consulting Support EC-CS Implementation;

EURO Conversion EC-CS


Tasks/Results – project support und coaching for local consultants

– consulting support for local currency changeover in EC-CS


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Customer Airplane Manufacturer, Toulouse, France

Period of Time June 2001

Branch Aerospace and Defence

Description Implementation SEM BCS (R/3-based)

Function Solution Consultant SEM BCS

Tasks/Results – presales, feasibility study, prototyping

– project preparation, monitoring und support






developments, SEM BPS integration

Customer Optical Industry, Hamburg, Germany

Period of Time July 2001; July 2002, October 2003

Branch Optical Industry

Description FI-LC EURO Conversion; Migration FI-LC SEM BCS (R/3-

based); Consulting Support SEM BCS


Tasks/Results – EURO conversion for local and group currency in FI-LC

considering integrated data transfer methods


developments

– migration FI-LC to SEM BCS (R/3-based)

– consulting support SEM BCS implementation (especially

related to integrated data transfer and consolidation of

investments)

Customer Bank, Melbourne, Australia

Period of Time August 2001 – March 2002

Branch Banking

Description Detail Design Review; Global Realization Review


Tasks/Results – Detail Design Review SEM BCS (R/3-based)

– Global Realization Review SEM BCS (R/3-based)


developments





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Customer Helicopter Manufacturer, Marseille, France

Period of Time October 2001


Description Implementation Legal Consolidation with EC-CS;

Cost/Benefit Analysis and Preparation of Management Consolida-

tion Implementation in EC-CS


Tasks/Results – consulting support legal consolidation implementation

(especially IPI and CoI)

– project monitoring, support and coaching

– cost/benefit analysis, evaluation and conception for a

management consolidation using EC-CS


developments within SEM BCS (BW-based)

Customer Insurance, Nürnberg, Germany

Period of Time October 2001, February 2002, February 2015 – ongoing

Branch Insurance

Description EC-CS In-House Training; EC-CS and SEM BCS Implementation


Tasks/Results – SEM230 in-house training, including customer specific

requirements

– blueprint review, project monitoring and support, coaching

– consulting support EC-CS implementation

– SEM BCS implementation

– GAAP change from IFRS to German Commercial Law

Customer Car Manufacturer, Wolfsburg, Germany

Period of Time January 2002 – December 2002

Branch Automotive Industry

Description Implementation Add-On “Organizational Change” (OC)


Tasks/Results – consulting support add on “Organizational Change“

– historical data takeover with hierarchy-induced OC

– result analysis and reconciliation


developments


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Customer Oil & Gas, Reading, Great Britain

Period of Time April – June 2002

Branch Oil and Gas

Description Consulting Support SEM BCS Project

Function Advisory Consultant

Tasks/Results – SEM BCS project support

– consulting support especially for topics related to integration

aspects (data transfer rollup, profit center consolidation)

Customer Technology Company, Bern, Switzerland

Period of Time April 2002 – October 2002

Branch Technology

Description Consulting Support EC-CS


Tasks/Results – consulting support for legal consolidation implementation in

EC-CS (especially historical data takeover and CoI)



developments

Customer Aerospace and Defence Group, Munich, Germany

Period of Time July 2002 – October 2003


Description SEM BCS In-House Training; Technical System Specification as

Basis for the SEM BCS / SEM BPS (Ramp-up) Implementation;

SAP SEM Implementation Project Review


Tasks/Results – SEM230 in-house training, including customer specific

requirements

– gap analysis and evaluation of the BW-based consolidation

release 3.2

– technical system specification based on SEM BCS 3.2


developments together with the development department

– SEM BPS integration analysis and conception

– periodic reviews during implementation


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Customer Wholesaler (Pharmaceutical Industry), Stuttgart, Germany

Period of Time August 2002 – December 2002

Branch Pharmacy Wholesale

Description Consulting Support and SEM BCS Blueprint review


Tasks/Results – Business Blueprint Review for SEM BCS 3.1B (BW-based)


developments together with the development department

Customer Oil & Gas, Bochum, Germany

Period of Time September 2002

Branch Oil and Gas

Description Scenario Analysis for an integrated GRA / GFO Reporting


Tasks/Results – feasibility study regarding the use of EC-CS as basis for an

integrated GRA / GFO reporting

– discussion and analysis of current coding strategies

– elaboration of possible mapping rules based on EC-CS

Customer Bank, Frankfurt, Germany

Period of Time October 2002

Branch Banking

Description Change of the Appropriation of Retained Earnings from P/L to B/S


Tasks/Results – change ARE from P/L to B/S

– analysis and evaluation of the related consequencies (especiall

balance carry forward configuration, consolidation of

investments, reporting)

Customer Transport and Logistics, Bonn / Brussels, Germany / Belgium

Period of Time July 2003 – August 2003


Description Software Evaluation R/3- vs. BW-based Consolidation


Tasks/Results – Introduction of BW-based consolidation release 3.2

– analysis of pros and cons of R/3- and BW-based consolidation,

based on actual and planned business processes at DPWN

– decision paper for DPWN Management


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Customer Transport and Logistics, Mülheim, Germany

Period of Time July 2003 – August 2004


Description Business Blueprint and Implementation SEM Release 3.2

Function SEM BCS project leader

Tasks/Results – harmonization of internal and external group accounting

– monthly IAS reporting for actuals and plan data

– Business Blueprint SEM BCS 3.2 (BW-based)

– historical data takeover for consolidation

– implementation (customizing, test and take over) SAP SEM

– IAS group statement for 12 / 2003 in SEM BCS

Customer Bank, Bristol/London, Great Britain

Period of Time August 2003 – December 2004, 2005, 2006

Branch Banking

Description Consulting Support for SEM BCS Implementation (ramp-up); In-

house Training; Reviews; Upgrade to BCS 4.0

Function Solution / Advisory Consultant; Coach; Trainer

Tasks/Results – requirement analysis and feasibility study

– SEM BCS 3.1B prototype

– In-house Training

– consulting support for SEM BCS 3.2 implementation following

IAS accounting standards


– upgrade to SEM BCS 4.0

Customer Luxury Goods, Geneva, Switzerland

Period of Time November 2003 – December 2004

March 2005 – September 2005, September 2007

Branch Luxury Goods

Description Implementation SEM BCS Release 3.2 (BW-based); Plan Integra-

tion (SEM BPS); Upgrade to BCS 4.0


Tasks/Results – consulting support SEM BCS 3.2 implementation (BW-based)

– evaluation and conception of plan data integration (BPS)


developments within SEM BCS (BW-based)




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Customer Household Durables, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Period of Time February 2005 – June 2005, October 2006 – November 2006

Branch Household Durables

Description CoI Feasibility Study; Prototype


Tasks/Results – Consolidation of Investment (CoI) requirement analysis

– demonstrate capabilities of SAP’s automatic CoI

– CoI prototype

Customer Mining Company, Melbourne, Australia

Period of Time April 2005 – December 2005, March 2006 – July 2006

Branch Mining

Description Consulting Support for SEM BCS 4.0 Implementation; Reviews

Function Solution / Advisory Consultant; Coach

Tasks/Results – consulting support SEM BCS 4.0 implementation


developments within SEM BCS (BW-based) together with SAP

product management and development department



Customer Automotive Supplier, Kongsberg, Norway

Period of Time September 2005 – April 2006

Branch Automotive Supplier

Description Implementation SEM BCS Release 4.0


Tasks/Results – Requirement Analysis and Business Blueprint

– SEM BCS 4.0 implementation

– preparation end user training and testing

– historical data takeover for consolidation

Customer Electronic Industry, Taipei, Taiwan

Period of Time October – November 2005

Branch Electronics

Description Implementation Review SEM BCS


Tasks/Results – SEM BCS implementation review

– consulting support especially for topics related to historical data

takeover


developments


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Customer Consumer Products, Barcelona, Spain

Period of Time October – November 2005

Branch Consumer Products

Description Consulting Support for SEM BCS Implementation


Tasks/Results – project support and coaching for local consultants

– strategic consulting support regarding future developments

Customer Retail Company, Essen, Germany

Period of Time August 2005 – March 2006, March 2007 – December 2007

Branch Retail

Description Upgrade to SEM BCS Release 4.0 and later 6.0;

Change of Fiscal Year Variant from K4 to V9


Tasks/Results – consulting support SEM BCS 4.0 upgrade

– historical data takeover CoI


developments within SEM BCS

– periodic reviews during upgrade phase


– change of Fiscal Year Variant from K4 to V9

Customer Oil & Gas, London, Great Britain

Period of Time October 2005 – December 2005

Branch Oil and Gas

Description SEM BCS Project Review


Tasks/Results – SEM BCS Q&A review of the MIF project

– R/3, BW, BPS, and BCS integration and data flow

– Performance and scalability

– Assessment of future enhancements and flexibility

– Architecture, instances and development & deployment paths

Customer Building Machinery + Buses + Trucks, Gothenburg, Sweden

Period of Time January 2006 – April 2007

Branch Machinery

Description Review, Upgrade Support to BCS 4.0; Go-Live Support


Tasks/Results – SEM BCS 3.2 implementation review

– project support and coaching for local consultants

– consulting support for SEM BCS 4.0 upgrade

– go-live support and knowledge transfer for group headquarters


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Customer Manufacturer, Selters, Germany

Period of Time March 2007 – April 2008 – ongoing

Branch Packaging Industry

Description Review, Consulting Support, Upgrade to BCS 6.0, Go-Live Support

Function Project Leader, Solution / Advisory Consultant


– consulting support for SEM BCS 6.0 upgrade

– system clean-up and implementation of enhancements

– go-live and after go-live support

Customer Manufacturer, Kortrijk, Belgium

Period of Time June 2007 – December 2007

Branch Advanced Metal Transformation, Materials and Coatings

Description Scoping Study and Blueprint Preparation SEM BCS


Tasks/Results – integration of internal and external group reporting

– prestudy SEM BCS implementation incl. gap analysis

– high level project plan and resource estimation

Customer Bank, Dublin, Ireland

Period of Time October 2007 – November 2007

Branch Banking

Description SEM BCS Implementation Prestudy


Tasks/Results – requirement gathering and gap analysis for a new group-wide

consolidation system

– combined statutory and managament consolidation

– time and resource planning

Customer Retail, Frankfurt, Germany

Period of Time January 2008 – March 2008

Branch Retail Trade

Description SEM BCS 6.0 Implementation for former Subgroup


Tasks/Results – SEM BCS 6.0 system setup via system copy

– parent group specific system clean-up

– implementation of customer specific adjustments and

enhancements

– go-live support


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Customer Construction and Equipment, Brussels, Belgium

Period of Time December 2007 – October 2008

Branch Construction Equipment

Description SEM BCS 6.0 EhP2 Implementation for Budget and Forecast


Tasks/Results – consulting support SEM BCS 6.0 EhP2 implementation for

budget and forecast (volume till gross profit)

– data model harmonization (BPS – BCS)

– EhP 2 application and implementation of multi period

consolidation

Customer Consumer Products, London, Great Britain

Period of Time October 2008 – April 2009

Branch Consumer Products Conglomerate

Description Review, Consulting Support, Go-Live Support



– subject matter expert

– implementation of customer specific adjustments and

enhancements

– go-live support

Customer Oil and Gas, Berlin, Germany

Period of Time June 2009 – October 2009

Branch Oil and Gas

Description BO FC Implementation

Function Project Management / Solution Consultant

Tasks/Results – project management and organization

– solution design

– data migration and historical data takeover

Customer Retail, Offenburg, Germany

Period of Time August 2009 – January 2011, January 2012, ongoing

Branch Retail Trade

Description SEM BCS 6.0 Implementation


Tasks/Results – SEM BCS 6.0 implementation

– FI integration

– go-live support

– adaption and implementation of EhP5 functionality

– organizational changes


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Customer Retail, St. Wendel, Germany

Period of Time March 2010 – ongoing

Branch Retail Trade

Description Migration from EC-CS to SEM BCS 6.0 EhP 4


Tasks/Results – migration from EC-CS to SEM BCS 6.0 EhP4

– FI integration via periodic extract

– implementation of actual and plan consolidation (budget and

forecast)

– system upgrade to EhP 7

Customer Energy, Düsseldorf, Germany

Period of Time February – March 2011

Branch Energy

Description SEM BCS Consulting Support


Tasks/Results – optimization performance reporting / HR analytics

– upload management statistics

– support budgeting process

Customer Engineering & Manufacturing, Friedrichshafen, Germany

Period of Time February – July 2011; January 2013; February 2015

Branch Engineering & Manufacturing: Automotive Industry

Description Implementation “Organizational Change”; Group Restructuring


Tasks/Results – implementation of OC-logic

– set up alternative management hierarchies

– support complex group restructurings

– acquired sub group integration

Customer Market Research, Nürnberg, Germany

Period of Time March 2011 – March 2012

Branch Market Research

Description BO FC Implementation


Tasks/Results – requirement gathering and business blueprint

– functional design

– end user training

– testing (integration, UAT, stress test)

– historical date takeover and re-run of closings (for comparison)

– creation of reports

– go live support


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Customer Bank, Frankfurt, Germany

Period of Time April 2012 – March 2014

Branch Banking



Tasks/Results – implementation of Basel II requirements in SEM BCS

– set up and re-run FINREP reporting

– organizational changes

– prepare sub group integration

Customer Mechanical Engineering, Windhagen, Germany

Period of Time May – July 2012; March 2013

Branch Mechanical Engineering Industry

Description Implementation Review SEM BCS


Tasks/Results – SEM BCS implementation review

– coaching for local consultants

– strategic consulting support regarding future enhancements

Customer Engineering and Services, Mannheim, Germany

Period of Time June – October 2012

Branch Engineering and Services



Tasks/Results – consulting support especially for topics related to consolidation

of investments

– coaching for local consultants

– after go-live support

Customer Energy Supplier, Darmstadt, Germany


Branch Energy Supplier

Description SEM BCS Implementation


Tasks/Results – implementation of SEM BCS

– change of consolidation frequency

– set up integrated data transfer from FI

– implementing automated cash flow reporting



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Customer Textile Floor Coverings, St-Baafs-Vijve, Belgium

Period of Time April – June 2014

Branch Textile Floor Coverings

Description EC-CS Consulting Support; Outlook SEM BCS


Tasks/Results – EC-CS consulting support

– integration of plan data into EC-CS

– feasibility study SEM BCS including enhancements regarding

matrix consolidation

Customer Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals, Leverkusen, Germany


Branch Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals

Description SEM BCS Consulting Support within “MOVE” Project


Tasks/Results – strategic consulting support for carve out

– support “clone & go” approach for subgroup spin-off

– in-house training and knowledge transfer to new group

accounting department

– re-run historical closings for comparison purposes



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Further SAP Experience (in alphabetical order)

ASAP Methodology active participation at the content development for the ASAP imple-

mentation methodology for consolidation (SEM Roadmap, Q&A Da-

tabase)

BO Finance Finance Setup and Operation – basic training

participation at BO FC IFRS Starter Kit enhancements

Business Warehouse comprehensive BW knowledge regarding Warehouse Conception,

Extraction and Presentation

EURO Conversion substantiated knowledge of the EURO conversion routines and

scenarios

FCS- (Pilot-) Customer Support extensive experience with pilot customer support and first customer

shipments based on several FCS- and ramp-up projects

Historical Data Takeover comprehensive knowledge of methods and procedures for histori-

cal data takeover – especially related to CoI requirements

Horizontal Integration strong integration knowledge regarding the integration of the con-

solidation application within SEM (e.g. integration with BPS, BI-IP

or with BW)

Migration FI-LC EC-CS profound knowledge of the FI-LC – EC-CS migration tools

Reviews Project Reviews, Business Blueprint Checks on a regular basis

SDP (OC and Pushdown) practical experience regarding the implementation of the

“Organizational Change“ and “Pushdown Accounting“ add-on’s

Training comprehensive practical experience regarding the preparation and

realization of trainings (SAP standard as well as in-house)

Vertical Integration deep integration knowledge regarding the integration of consolida-

tion and transactional systems (e. g. FI-GL, CO-PCA) or to BW

Further Information

Business Graduate Technical University Chemnitz

IT Knowledge

Programming

Operating Systems

DB-Systems

Applications

BPM-Tools

ABAP/4, Pascal, Delphi 2.0, Tcl/Tk, SQL, HTML, JavaScript

MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT, UNIX, Novell

dBase IV, MS Access, Oracle

MS Office Professional, MS Project, Word Perfect, Corel Draw

ARIS Toolset, ARIS Easy-Design, VISIO, V-SOM, Bonapart

Certificates BW Certification

Nationality German

Languages German (native), English (fluent)

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