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IT General Manager · Aachen · Bolivia
Christoph Waninger
From the Andes to Aachen – I connect people with technology.
I am IT General Manager at ModuleWorks in Aachen, where I lead the IT team. I started there as a working student in IT support – before that, I headed an IT department in La Paz. Between these stations lies everything that makes good IT: systems, networks, support, documentation, organisation. And above all, people.
Everyday work
How it all fits together
Whether it's a new system, a security incident or a colleague who wants to learn something new: hardly any task belongs to a single field. Three typical flows show how the areas interlock – and why someone has to hold the threads together.
Introducing a new system
Whether ERP or an internal tool: technology alone is not enough.
A security incident
When things get serious, every handover has to work.
A colleague wants to learn something new
Picking up an interest and connecting it with a network of people and opportunities. Here, network doesn't mean cables – it means good connections between people.
Every flow needs all six areas – and someone who connects them.
Bolivia 2013–2015
The Bolivia years
From 2013 to 2015 I lived and worked in Bolivia: in La Paz, first in IT support at Amazontel, then as head of the IT department at Cominesa – around 100 users, networks, satellite internet for remote mines, all in Spanish. In between, I travelled a lot, to very different corners of the country.
It is people who make technology interesting. Technology alone does not live.
Bolivia is more to me than a stop on my CV. It is where I met my wife, and where we got married. Since then, the country and its people have been a part of me – and I a small part of Bolivia.
Milestones
Career
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IT General Manager
ModuleWorks, Aachen · Full-time
Leading the IT team – around eight people: 3–4 full-time, 2–3 student assistants, 1–2 apprentices
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IT Support Specialist
ModuleWorks, Aachen · Full-time
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IT Support Assistant
ModuleWorks, Aachen · Working student
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Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
FH Aachen – University of Applied Sciences, Aachen
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Head of IT Department
Cominesa S.A., La Paz, Bolivia
Supported an IT environment with around 100 users
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IT Support
Amazontel S.R.L., La Paz, Bolivia
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Vocational training as Information Technology Assistant
Berufskolleg für Gestaltung und Technik, Aachen