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PS19 Consulting Orientation in complex situations

IT/OT consulting & conflict resolution · Pharma, process industry, mechanical engineering

CV

In IT since 1998, in automation since 2011
and for some years now also where the real problems lie:
between people.

As a child I took electrical appliances apart to understand how they worked, won a math competition and started programming early. That turned into a career in IT, which back then was still called “EDV” (electronic data processing). Later came the move into automation, and along the way the realization that the hardest problems rarely lie in the technology. That’s why I trained as a pastoral counselor, systemic consultant and mediator.

Career

Professional experience
Education & training
2026 – presentFreelance consultantPS19 Consulting, BensheimModular automation (MTP) · IT/OT interface · Project and conflict clarification, mediation
Training2025 – 2026MediatorEuropean University Network (Europäischer Hochschulverbund)
2025 – 2026Sales ManagerCOPA-DATA
2024 – 2025Sales EngineerCOPA-DATA
Details

Technical responsibility in the acquisition of a major international pharma customer.

2020 – 2024Senior Technical Consultant Key AccountsCOPA-DATA
Details

Key account support in pharma and mechanical engineering. Development of MTP-based process orchestration for modular plants at Merck in Darmstadt, one of the first Process Orchestration Layers worldwide.

Training2020 – 2021Systemic consultantPraxis Institut Süd
2017 – 2020Senior Technical ConsultantCOPA-DATA
Details

zenon projects for customers in pharma, mechanical engineering and automotive: process visualization, batch, control systems.

Training2019 – 2020Pastoral counselorALH-Akademie Köln
Training2019zenon Batch TrainingCOPA-DATA
Training2018zenon Train the TrainerCOPA-DATA
Training2017 · 4 weekszenon Basic, Advanced, Energy, zenon Logic, Design and Usability, HistorianCOPA-DATA
2014 – 2017IT specialistAGAPLESION ELISABETHENSTIFT, Darmstadt (hospital)Integration of medical devices into the IT infrastructure
2011 – 2014OT specialistZeppelin Systems GmbH, RödermarkProcess control and visualization systems in plant engineering
2004 – 2011IT specialistZeppelin Systems GmbH, Rödermark
2000 – 2004IT specialist, technical customer serviceApothekenrechenzentrum Darmstadt (pharmacy data center)
1998 – 1999Network administratorHead office of a tax assistance association
Apprenticeship1995 – 1998Vocational training as IT business specialist (Datenverarbeitungskaufmann)

Talks and publications

Memberships

ISA · International Society of Automation ISPE · International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering

Personal

Why the company is called PS19, what I’m involved in and what occupies me beyond projects: Personal →

30 minutes by phone or video. You tell me what it’s about, and I’ll tell you honestly whether and how I can help. Free of charge and without obligation.

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Address: PS19 Consulting, Christof Franzke, Darmstädter Straße 120, 64625 Bensheim, Germany