Michael Steinkuhl — Managing Director · Eze Castle Integrations (ECI)

Michael Steinkuhl — Managing Director · Eze Castle Integrations (ECI) · Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.

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About

When I was in kindergarten I built robots and computers from cardboard boxes. A little later my parents bought an Amstrad 386 computer on which I installed the today forgotten operating system GEM from 5 1/4” floppy disks and took my first steps in this new, digital world. Looking back I always seemed destined for a career in high-tech.

Fast-forward to today, I still haven’t lost any of that excitement for technology. I’m a MBA educated seasoned IT professional, project manager and team leader.

Specialties: MBA educated IT leader, project manager, compliance and regulator, security consulting, ITIL, business-relationship and stakeholder management, remote teams, multi cultural exposure, analytical skills, communication and facilitation skills, business processes, IT systems, IT strategy, flexibility and multi-tasking.

Experience

Managing DirectorCurrent
ECI · Hong Kong
Sep 2017 – Present
- Report to the COO as part of the global service leadership team - Advise 80+ clients as their virtual CTO - Optimised internal service and project delivery processes which resulted in faster cycle times - Hiring, training and mentoring of the services team - Manage Infrastructure (private and public cloud), Cyber Security and Consulting projects for hedge funds, investment banks, insurance, law firms, private equity and family offices
Regional Head of IT
technotrans · Hong Kong
Jan 2009 – Aug 2017
- Report to Group CIO and regional MD as head of IT for the Asia-Pacific region (China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia and India) - Responsible for the global service desk and IT operations management team - Lead a remote team of 8 engineers Projects managed: - post-merger integration (Strategy and Implementation) - implemented sugarCRM in Asia and roll out to Europe - set up and restructured offices and processes in China, Japan, Dubai, India and Singapore - replaced regional service call database with SAP - upgrade to VMware ESXi 5.5 and world-wide roll-out - upgrade to Citrix XenApp 6.5 and world-wide roll-out - implemented virtual desktops based on XenApp and XenDesktop - migration from Novell NDS to Microsoft ADS - migration from Windows XP to Windows 7 - migration from Novell GroupWise to Microsoft Exchange - introduction of ITIL practices to the whole IT group - introduction of Agile project management for IT operations team - implemented a DR plan for the main datacentres - introduction of Network Access Control - introduction of SAP to production site in China Results: - Reduced IT related costs by 40 % in Asia by centralising infrastructure to Hong Kong - Increased IT satisfaction within the business - Improved project management which resulted in more transparency for stakeholders