Thiago Braun

Automotive · Software · Financial services

Complex projects.
Delivered.

With more than ten years of experience in international transformation projects, from classic IT modernisation through to AI implementation, I guide organisations through their most complex challenges with legal precision and technical depth.

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Law meets technology.
And delivers.

Most IT project managers think technically. I also think legally, and that changes how I spot risk, assess contracts and secure delivery.

10+Years of project experience
20+Completed projects
7Industries and sectors
3Working languages

Services

Three areas of focus that rarely stay separate in practice.

IT transformation and programme steering

I lead complex IT transformation programmes from strategic planning through to stable operations, with clear governance, structured risk management and accountability for delivery. With experience of programmes up to €32M CAPEX across automotive, banking and software, I bring the structure that critical initiatives need.

Typical: outsourcing transitions, service handovers, platform migrations, R&D portfolios

Governance, compliance and regulation

Financial services, automotive and regulated industries place particular demands not only on the technology, but on legal precision, contract design and regulatory assurance. As a trained lawyer with an LL.M., I bring a perspective a standard PM does not: I spot the risk in the contract before it escalates in the project.

Typical: ISO-9001, ASPICE, regulated banking IT initiatives, change of control

AI adoption and digitalisation

AI delivers value only when it is introduced with structure: a clear business case, a realistic scope and a plan for change management. I support organisations from assessment through pilot initiatives to operational rollout, with an eye for the risks other project managers do not bring.

Typical: GenAI proof-of-concepts, AI-driven process optimisation, efficiency programmes

Selected projects

From more than a decade of international programme and project delivery.

Automotive

Programme steering · R&D

Steering a portfolio of eleven parallel research and development programmes in vehicle electronics and comfort systems for Volkswagen AG and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.

Capgemini Engineering — Comfort Electronics
2023 to 2025
11 programmes · €32M CAPEX
+7% contribution margin
ISO-9001 · ASPICE · Presales

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Automotive

Embedded software · QA

Complete test and defect coordination for three safety-relevant ECU modules on the MEB platform, across five years and roughly 15,000 requirements.

Volkswagen AG — vehicle electronics
Capgemini Engineering · 2020 to 2025
Contract value ~€6M
ISO-9001 / EN-9100
Regulatory compliance EPA/CARB

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Automotive

BTV support

Multi-year project steering, issue tracking and supplier coordination in onboard power supply and technical validation at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles — onboard power & validation
Capgemini Engineering · 2021 to 2026
Contract value ~€9M
Supplier coordination

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Software

Connected mobility

Building the mySPIN app ecosystem with around 20 partners, OEM integrations for BMW, Suzuki, Ducati and Jaguar Land Rover, plus two in-house apps for two-wheeler vehicles.

Bosch — mySPIN Platform
Bosch SoftTec · 2018 to 2022
Smartphone-to-vehicle integration
~20 app partners · 4 OEM integrations
iOS & Android · Global · B2B & B2C

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Software

Agribusiness

Digitalising the complete research lifecycle for genetically modified seeds as a web and mobile platform for Bayer Brasil.

Bayer — Synapse Platform
Maxxidata · 2021 to 2022
Digitalisation of seed research
Web & mobile · Agile
~13,000 hours

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Financial services

IT outsourcing and AMS transition

Transfer of application management services to an external provider in a regulated banking environment, from governance setup through knowledge transfer to stabilisation of regular operations.

Leading German credit institution
On time · On budget
Multinational team · Reporting to the board

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Experience across leading organisations

CapgeminiBoschVolkswagenBayer

The Project Brain

I write about project management, the practical use of AI, and how complex projects can better preserve knowledge, context and decisions.

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Email
info@thiagobraun.de
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/thiagobraun
Location
Lower Saxony, Germany
Languages
German, English, Portuguese