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Thursday, November 30, 2006
Manfred Rieck joins PMF Global Correspondents Network in Germany
Mr. Manfred Rieck, PMP, has joined PMForum.org as an International Correspondent in Germany. Mr. Rieck is also European Deployment Leader in IBM’s Project Management Center of Excellence (PM/CoE) based in Frankfurt. For IBM, Manfred is a Program Manager for IT-Business Development and Project Delivery in the finance, automotive, and public sectors. He holds an IBM Senior Project Manager certification, is a member of the IBM PM Certification Board for Germany, and he is the IBM representative in the European Corporate Networking Group (ECNG) established by the Project Management Institute, (PMI®).
Manfred has more than 18 years of experience in high technology development and industrial project environments, including 13 in Project Management. He is currently Vice President of the Frankfurt Chapter of PMI, has been active with the PMI Frankfurt Chapter for the past five years, and is actively involved in promoting professional project management throughout Europe.
Prior to joining IBM in 2000, Manfred was a Principal in Creamware, a hardware and software startup company in Siegburg, Germany. Before he worked for Proton, a computer company in Bonn, Germany, and for Hartenstein & Engelmann, a electronics firm in Cologne, Germany serving the automotive, energy and steel industries.
Some of Manfred’s interesting assignments and projects have included:
Manfred is a member of PMI® and the German Computer Society (GI), and has been a speaker during the last five years at various technical conferences, project management congresses and IBM leadership meetings across Europe. He is co-author of the book “XML – Komponenten in der Praxis“, published by Springer, Berlin, in 2004, and of the book “Industrialisierung des Bankbetriebs”, published by Wiley, in 2005, and of numerous papers and articles on various aspects of IT project management, and web, e-business, and e-government systems development. He has special knowledge related to strategic planning, MBA related models and tools, PMI’s PMBok Guide, IBM’s World Wide Project Management Method, IBM’s Global Services Method, extreme Programming, SOA, and Web Services technologies.
Manfred has a Diplom-Informatik degree from University Bonn, Germany and is currently enrolled in the Masters in Business Administration (MBA) program through Henley Management College in the UK. He is a member of the 2007 PMI® Leadership Institute Master Class that concludes in September 2007.
Frankfurt am Main [fraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany. Frankfurt is a financial and service centre of global importance and is one of the leading locations for companies in Europe. Its central location, its well-developed infrastructure with the largest airport on the continent, and the concentration of internationally active companies in various sectors provide Frankfurt with one of the top positions in Europe.
The Frankfurt urban area, which extends beyond the city boundaries, had an estimated population of 1,468,140 in 2000. The city is at the center of the larger Frankfurt Rhine Main Area which has a population of 5 million and is Germany's second largest metropolitan area. Situated on the Main river, Frankfurt is the financial and transportation center of Germany. Frankfurt has been Germany's financial capital for centuries and is the home of a number of major banks, brokerages, the European Central Bank, and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Frankfurt is one of the two largest financial centres in continental Europe and is the wealthiest city in the European Union as measured by GDP per capita. Frankfurt is home to Germany's largest internet exchange point, DE-CIX. Frankfurt is also home to chemical industries, advertising, software business and call centers, and to many cultural and educational institutions.
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea, to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic, to the south by Austria and Switzerland, and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. Within its borders are a portion of the Alps, the famous Rhine and Danube rivers, and the Black Forest. Its capital is Berlin; many of the governmental institutions, ministries as well as embassies were moved to Berlin from Bonn (now Federal City of Bonn), the former capital of West Germany, in 1999.
Germany is a democratic parliamentary federal republic. Historically consisting of several sovereign states with their own history, distinct German tribe dialects, culture and religious beliefs, Germany was unified as a nation state amidst the Franco-Prussian War in 1871.
The Federal Republic of Germany is a member state of the United Nations, NATO, the G8 and the G4 nations, and is a founding member of the European Union. With a population of 82,438,000 (2005), Germany is the European Union's most populous and most economically powerful member state. Since reunification Germany has resumed its role as a major centre country between Scandinavia in the north and the Mediterranean region in the south, as well as between the Atlantic west and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Germany shares borders with more European countries than any other country in Europe.
Germany’s nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of $2.797 trillion (2005) places its economy 3rd in the world; its per capital GDP of 33,854 is 19th highest. Germany was the world's top exporter and number two in imports in 2005, with a large trade surplus (160.6 billion euros). In export of services (tourism, financial services, engineering...) it ranks third behind the USA and UK. Although most exports are in engineering (such as cars, machinery, chemical goods, and optics), Germany also has a strong position in the export of microelectronics. More information about Frankfurt and Germany can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org.
Manfred Rieck lives in Wiesbaden, Germany (near to Frankfurt) and can be reached at Manfred.Rieck@de.ibm.com. We at PMForum.org want to welcome Manfred to the PMF Global Correspondents Network.
On August 9, 2006, PMForum.org announced the formation of a global network of International Correspondents to provide more timely and varied project management-related news and information from around the world. Information about this program can be seen at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#5. The correspondents also provide pmforum.org with local representation. Other experienced current or former PM professional leaders located in major cities around the world who may be interested in becoming an international correspondent for pmforum.org are encouraged to contact editor@pmforum.org.
Established in 1995 by the late David Curling, PMI Fellow and globally recognized professional leader based in Canada, www.pmforum.org is one of the most popular and widely known websites in the world of project management. Pmforum.org is the world’s leading source of project management news and information. It is also the home of the monthly online PM World Today where articles, case studies, papers and viewpoints by leading PM authorities and experts from around the world can be found. Free subscriptions are available at www.pmforum.org/subscribe.
Prior to joining IBM in 2000, Manfred was a Principal in Creamware, a hardware and software startup company in Siegburg, Germany. Before he worked for Proton, a computer company in Bonn, Germany, and for Hartenstein & Engelmann, a electronics firm in Cologne, Germany serving the automotive, energy and steel industries.
Some of Manfred’s interesting assignments and projects have included:
- Program manager for implementation of project management knowledge and tools in 29 European countries cross industries.
- Program manager and managing consultant for consolidation of IT infrastructure and applications in the chemicals industry in 10 countries.
- Program manager and managing consultant for complex IT release project in the banking industry.
- Project manager and consultant for data center transition of IT infrastructure for an industrial client.
- Project manager for systems and application migration into distributed data centers for a major client in the banking industry.
- Consultant for implementation of Web Services infrastructure within a governmental data center.
- Project manager for implementation of single-sign-on in organizations with distributed locations in Germany, the UK and the USA (automotive industry)
- Project manager for Web Services project in the banking sector.
Manfred is a member of PMI® and the German Computer Society (GI), and has been a speaker during the last five years at various technical conferences, project management congresses and IBM leadership meetings across Europe. He is co-author of the book “XML – Komponenten in der Praxis“, published by Springer, Berlin, in 2004, and of the book “Industrialisierung des Bankbetriebs”, published by Wiley, in 2005, and of numerous papers and articles on various aspects of IT project management, and web, e-business, and e-government systems development. He has special knowledge related to strategic planning, MBA related models and tools, PMI’s PMBok Guide, IBM’s World Wide Project Management Method, IBM’s Global Services Method, extreme Programming, SOA, and Web Services technologies.
Manfred has a Diplom-Informatik degree from University Bonn, Germany and is currently enrolled in the Masters in Business Administration (MBA) program through Henley Management College in the UK. He is a member of the 2007 PMI® Leadership Institute Master Class that concludes in September 2007.
The Frankfurt urban area, which extends beyond the city boundaries, had an estimated population of 1,468,140 in 2000. The city is at the center of the larger Frankfurt Rhine Main Area which has a population of 5 million and is Germany's second largest metropolitan area. Situated on the Main river, Frankfurt is the financial and transportation center of Germany. Frankfurt has been Germany's financial capital for centuries and is the home of a number of major banks, brokerages, the European Central Bank, and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea, to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic, to the south by Austria and Switzerland, and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. Within its borders are a portion of the Alps, the famous Rhine and Danube rivers, and the Black Forest. Its capital is Berlin; many of the governmental institutions, ministries as well as embassies were moved to Berlin from Bonn (now Federal City of Bonn), the former capital of West Germany, in 1999.
The Federal Republic of Germany is a member state of the United Nations, NATO, the G8 and the G4 nations, and is a founding member of the European Union. With a population of 82,438,000 (2005), Germany is the European Union's most populous and most economically powerful member state. Since reunification Germany has resumed its role as a major centre country between Scandinavia in the north and the Mediterranean region in the south, as well as between the Atlantic west and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Germany shares borders with more European countries than any other country in Europe.
Germany’s nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of $2.797 trillion (2005) places its economy 3rd in the world; its per capital GDP of 33,854 is 19th highest. Germany was the world's top exporter and number two in imports in 2005, with a large trade surplus (160.6 billion euros). In export of services (tourism, financial services, engineering...) it ranks third behind the USA and UK. Although most exports are in engineering (such as cars, machinery, chemical goods, and optics), Germany also has a strong position in the export of microelectronics. More information about Frankfurt and Germany can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org.
Manfred Rieck lives in Wiesbaden, Germany (near to Frankfurt) and can be reached at Manfred.Rieck@de.ibm.com. We at PMForum.org want to welcome Manfred to the PMF Global Correspondents Network.
On August 9, 2006, PMForum.org announced the formation of a global network of International Correspondents to provide more timely and varied project management-related news and information from around the world. Information about this program can be seen at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#5. The correspondents also provide pmforum.org with local representation. Other experienced current or former PM professional leaders located in major cities around the world who may be interested in becoming an international correspondent for pmforum.org are encouraged to contact editor@pmforum.org.
Established in 1995 by the late David Curling, PMI Fellow and globally recognized professional leader based in Canada, www.pmforum.org is one of the most popular and widely known websites in the world of project management. Pmforum.org is the world’s leading source of project management news and information. It is also the home of the monthly online PM World Today where articles, case studies, papers and viewpoints by leading PM authorities and experts from around the world can be found. Free subscriptions are available at www.pmforum.org/subscribe.
