Curriculum Vitae
Maximilian Kenfenheuer
Visionary leader with more than ten years of experience in innovation and digital transformation. Manager at BearingPoint with professional and line-management responsibility for the AI Advisory team of the Enterprise Microsoft Transformation business unit. Current project focus for large enterprises: Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agent 365. Quantification of AI use-case value in business value assessments as the basis for investment decisions. Technical background in software development (C#, systems programming) for well-founded architecture decisions together with engineering teams.
Core competencies
Technologies
Career
Professional experience
A decade across enterprise IT — from dual studies to leading the AI Advisory team of BearingPoint’s Enterprise Microsoft Transformation business unit.
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Mar 2024 – Present
Manager
BearingPoint GmbH · Düsseldorf, Germany
- Professional and line management of the AI Advisory team within the Enterprise Microsoft Transformation business unit
- P&L and people responsibility for diverse, global teams of 5 to 15 consultants per project
- Management of Microsoft 365 transformation programs for large enterprises, from target picture to handover into operations
- Responsibility for implementation, migration and transformation projects in financial services (banking and insurance) with a focus on DORA and the EU AI Act
- Advisory on the rollout of Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agent 365, from use-case selection through governance to licensing of AI agents
- Design of business value assessments for Copilot, Modern Work and Security to prioritize use cases and quantify benefits in time and cost
- Advisory for board members and CIOs on digital workplace strategy, change management and regulatory requirements
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May 2022 – Feb 2024
Senior Technology Consultant
BearingPoint GmbH · Düsseldorf, Germany
- Leadership of Microsoft 365 modernization projects with cross-functional teams covering cloud, infrastructure and IT operations
- Advisory for decision-makers on license management, compliance and technology alignment
- Management of adoption and change initiatives to increase the use of new tools
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Sep 2018 – Apr 2022
Application Manager
Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. KGaA · Siegburg, Germany
- Delivery of the global Office 365 rollout for more than 2,000 users, including training for the executive board
- Responsibility for deployment, release management and operations of enterprise applications and server infrastructure
- Advisory for internal development teams on the Azure platform and identity services
- Design of IoT reference architectures as a scalable and secure base for new digital products
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Aug 2015 – Sep 2018
Dual Studies — Business Informatics
Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. KGaA · Siegburg, Germany
- IT consulting, project management and solution design at the interface between business units and IT
- Analysis of business requirements and translation into IT solutions
Industry experience
Projects · Banking & Insurance
Implementation, migration and transformation projects for banks and insurers with a focus on DORA and the EU AI Act.
Tenant-to-tenant migrations
Planning and management of migrations between Microsoft 365 environments, including DORA requirements for operations and ICT service providers
Microsoft 365 rollout
Introduction of Microsoft 365 in regulated environments, from security and compliance design to adoption in the business units
Lotus Notes replacement
Migration from Lotus Notes to Microsoft 365 during ongoing banking operations
Side projects
Personal AI projects
Hands-on work with LLMs, model training and AI-backed apps.
AI Studio
Self-hosted platform for training, fine-tuning and evaluating small AI models on own hardware (CUDA, ROCm, Apple Silicon), served via an OpenAI-compatible API
- github.com/mKenfenheuer/ai-studio
SharpAI
.NET 9 inference server for running LLMs and speech-to-text locally behind an OpenAI-compatible API
Evora
Native iOS app (SwiftUI) with a .NET backend that captures meals via photo, voice or barcode and combines them with Apple Health data into personal AI guidance
Academic
Education
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2018 – 2021
M.Sc. Business Informatics — IT Management
Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft (FHDW) · Grade 1.9
- Focus: IT Strategy, Architecture and Innovation Management.
- Thesis: Potential of Artificial Intelligence in IT Operations.
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2015 – 2018
B.Sc. Business Informatics — IT Consulting
Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft (FHDW) · Grade 2.2
- Focus: Business Administration, IT Consulting and Project Management.
- Thesis: Implementation of Document Lifecycle Management Systems.
Certifications
Languages
Let's work together
Interested in AI advisory, Microsoft 365 transformation or a second opinion on architecture and delivery? I am happy to talk.