Patrick Vidal Mba

▪ Certified IT Enterprise Architect (TOGAF 9), with extensive experience in designing and implementing enterprise-level IT architectures.

▪ Proven track record in driving enterprise business transformation initiatives, aligning IT solutions with strategic business objectives.

▪ Expertise in IT Service Management (ITSM) and ITIL methodologies, delivering value-driven process optimization and system implementations.

▪ Comprehensive experience with Business Intelligence (BI) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) enterprise solutions, ensuring data-driven decision-making and enhanced customer engagement.

▪ Skilled consultant with hands-on expertise across various facets of software development, including architecture design, system analysis, and application development.

▪ Strong capabilities in architecting, analyzing, and developing scalable IT applications that meet complex business needs.

08/2025 - Present | Ratingen, Germany Founder & Principal Enterprise Architect (Freelance) | KAREF

Business Foundation: Established a specialized IT strategy consultancy focusing on Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) and digital transformation.

▪ Strategic Consulting: Advising organizations on developing modular IT ecosystems to enhance business agility and scalability.

▪ Architecture Governance: Defining and establishing architecture principles to harmonize complex cloud and on-premise infrastructures.

05/2024 - 07/2025 | Bonn, Germany IT Enterprise Architect – CDI Cluster Lead BWI GmbH

▪ Focused on IT Governance, Enterprise Architecture, Digitalization, Business and Service

Capability Management, and Application Portfolio Management. Currently serving as the Lead Architect for Collaboration, Digital Administration, and Information (CDI).

02/2021-03/2024 | Cologne, Germany Manager Enterprise Architecture und Structure

LANXESS GmbH

▪ Overseeing projects in IT Governance, Enterprise Architecture, Business Capability Management, and Application Portfolio Management.

01/2014-01/2021 | Munich, Germany ITSM Consultant Pre-Sales and Technical Project Manager Axios Systems GmbH

▪ ITSM/ITIL specialist with expertise in Axios Systems Technologies, implementing solutions across on-premise and SaaS platforms.

07/2012-12/2013 | Pfäffikon, Switzerland BI/CRM Consultant ec4u Expert Consulting AG

▪ Consultant in projects in the business area of Business Intelligence and Customer Relationship Management (BI/CRM) Enterprise Solutions, with a focus on Switzerland and the UK.

06/2007-12/2009 | Dortmund, Germany IT Consultant - IMPAQ AG

▪ Specialized in delivering business IT solutions within client/server environments using J2EE architecture.

01/2010-04/2012 | Ratingen, Germany IT Consultant - Managing Technology AG,

▪ Provided business IT solutions within client/server environments leveraging JEE architecture.

09/2002 – 08/2007 University of Applied Sciences Dortmund

Computer Science Studies