2017 ? 2017: Conducting various Agile Workshops

Employer:                   Thales Deutschland

Client:                         Thales Deutschland - RBC

Position:                      Agile Transformation Leader (Team size 50-60)

Tasks:

RBC Product Line Department got a tight goal to move from traditional software engineering to more up-to-date agile methodologies within a three months.

Responsibilities:

• Acting as agile transformation leader, improving preconditions and removing transformational impediments
• Conducting various Agile Workshops (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) ? for both, the team and the management
• Hands on Agile Coaching ? acting as Chief Scrum Master, increasing velocity, removing impediments
• Tailoring the processes of a new agile product line engineering
• Fostering the team?s self-organization and reflecting Agile and Scrum values to the team
• Promoting Continuous Delivery 

2016-2017: Agile Coaching and conducting of Agile Workshops

Employer:                   Thales Deutschland

Client:                         Thales Deutschland

Position:                      Agile Transformation Leader (Team size 20-60)

Tasks:

Company-Wide Agile Coach:

Agile Coaching and conducting of Agile Workshops for additional projects (NXL, Deutsche Bahn, Norway, Denmark, Poland)

Responsibilities:

• Facilitating the team?s progress toward the goal
• Leading the team?s efforts in relentless learning and improvement
• Tracking progress and creating and supervising agile metrics, velocity, release burndowns
• Supporting estimating and creating definition of dones
• Facilitating agile prioritization techniques - WSJF
• Mediating through conflicts between management and teams, between the teams and between the team members
• Mediating the general conflict of goals between development team (high technical quality) and product owner (more features).
• Helping management to do Gemba Walks. 

2016 ? 2016: Development of new On Board Unit

Employer:                   Thales Deutschland

Client:                         Regional railway services in UK

Position:                      Agile Coach (Team size 50-70)

Timeframe:

Tasks:

Development of new On Board Unit (ETCS OBU) Level 2-3, for the new Thales Product Line across the three sites (Bucharest, Vienna, Stuttgart) for the regional railway services in UK.

Responsibilities:

• Conducting project audits, proposing improvements and supervising improvement implementations
• Conducting various agile workshops (Scrum, SAFe) ? for both, the team and the management
• Hands on Agile Coaching ? acting as Chief Scrum Master, increasing velocity, removing impediments, moderating and improving Reviews, Retrospectives, Scrum Of Scrums etc.
• Reflecting Agile and Scrum values to the team.
• Operational cross team Agile Coaching (5-6 teams) 

2015 ? 2016: Development of L90 5 Electronic Interlocking Module

Employer:                   Thales Deutschland

Client:                         Regional railway services Cape Town

Position:                      Agile Transformation Leader / Agile Coach (Team size 50-60)

Tasks:

Development of L90 5 Electronic Interlocking Module, as well as the system-level integration of the other system products (HMI, FEC, etc.) for the regional railway services Cape Town.

Responsibilities:

• Acting as transformation leader, initiating agile project setup.
• Implementation of agile workshops (Scrum, SAFe) ? for both, the team and the management
• Exhibiting lean & agile leadership and removing impediments
• Tailoring the processes and the line organization aliment (CENELEC standard SIL 4)
• Operational cross team agile coaching (4-5 teams) i.e. acting as a Chief Scrum Master / Release Train Engineer
• Establishing Agile Manifesto across multiple teams and guiding various expert groups (PDCA). 

2015 ? 2015: Complete development of the BMW DIGITAL platform

Employer:                   Hi-Res! Berlin - Full Service Agency

Client:                         Hi-Res! Berlin ? BMW Stage 2

Position:                      Scrum Master | Project Manager (Team size 15-20)

Tasks:

Complete development of the BMW DIGITAL platform with responsive Mobile-First approach to the new Adobe AEM (CQ6) platform.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinative support for the existing project management team
• Tuning of interfaces and APIs with various third party suppliers
• Preparation of technical integration concepts
• Technical contact for the client and third party vendors
• Management of the development team (internal) 

2014 ? 2014: Complete redevelopment of several, independent, Drupal and Symfony based websites

Employer:                   Splash ? Full Service Agency

Client:                         Ferrero

Position:                      Senior Project Manager (Team size 5-10)

Tasks:

Complete redevelopment of several, independent, Drupal and Symfony based websites and campaigns for ferrero.de

Responsibilities:

• Project management and controlling
• Cross coordination of various international integration service providers
• Leading the development team
• Technical contact for the client
• Internal organization and process optimization 

2014 ? 2014: Disciplinary and technical guidance of the WebDev team

Employer:                   Bertelsmann|Arvato|Omnidoo - Product Support Portal

Client:                         Bertelsmann|Arvato|Omnidoo

Position:                      Head of WebDev (Team size 6)

Tasks:

The goal of the startup was to establish an innovative product support portal with integrated white label solutions for the various manufacturers with the goal to support users by all product related questions. Starting by storing invoices and warranties as well as a Question and Answer UGC area, up to the connection to the manufacturer product database systems.

Responsibilities:

• Disciplinary and technical guidance of the WebDev team
• Scrum introduction and coaching of employees
• Product roadmap supervising and introduction of SAFe
• Implementation of interdisciplinary workshops
• Research and coordination of external partners/vendors (Interfaces & APIs)
• Advising the management board on strategic and technical issues 

2013 ? 2014: Complete redevelopment of two independent, Typo3 based portals

Employer:                   Hi-Res! Berlin - Full Service Agency

Client:                         Hi-Res! Berlin - BMW, DMK, Milram & MFS

Position:                      Technical Project Manager (Team size 6)

Tasks:

• Complete redevelopment of two independent, Typo3 based portals for Milram and Milram & Food Services (MFS).
• Maintenance and new feature development of the present Typo3-based WebSite of the Deutsches Milch Kontor (DMK).
• Maintenance and development of new features for BMW and BMW DE DIGITAL based on CQ5 and other proprietary CMS, as well as coordination of the implementation partners

Responsibilities:

• Requirements Management (BMW, DMK, Milram & MFS)
• Coordination of various service providers - Integration und API Level (BMW)
• Leading the development team (DMK, Milram & MFS)
• Technical contact for the clients (BMW, DMK, Milram & MFS)
• Creation of technical concepts and wireframes (Milram & MFS)
• Internal organization and optimization of processes
• Advising the management board on strategic and technical issues 

2012 ? 2014: Coaching

Employer:                   Russmedia Tech SRL, Inform Media Kft, Russmedia Digital GmbH, LOOM

Client:                         Russmedia Tech SRL, Inform Media Kft, Russmedia Digital GmbH, LOOM

Position:                      Agile Coach (Workshop Participants: 10-15)

Tasks:

The multi-day workshops are aimed at teams that want to move from traditional towards Scrum-based development methodology. The workshop covers the entire scope of the Scrum framework and is equally tailored to Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Development teams. In a mix of lectures, hands-on coaching sessions and feedback of the participants the best Scrum adoption practices are tailored.

Workshop Agenda:

• Analysis of the current weaknesses
• Introduction to Scrum (Roles, Artifacts & Meetings)
• Scrum tools and hands-on sessions
• Agile estimation and building up an agile product roadmap
• Organizational tips for building an agile working culture
• Common pitfalls
• SAFe & Program Management ? Outlook 

2012 ? 2013: Project supervising and introduction of Scrum

Employer:                   erento GmbH ? Online Marketplace

Client:                         erento GmbH

Position:                      Head of Product Management (Team size 7-10)

Tasks:

• The outdated proprietary system should be fully replaced with the new open source technology driven System Stack. This includes erento online marketplace, as well as peripheral CRM, CMS, reporting and billing systems.
• At the same time, by taking internationalization goal into account, the market and target group should be analyzed, a new strategic roadmap drafted and implementation partners selected and coordinated.

Responsibilities:

• Leadership of product and development team and building up an agile working culture
• Project supervising and introduction of Scrum
• Carrying out of interdisciplinary workshops
• Building a product roadmap for existing as well as future system
• Conception, wireframing and writing of User Stories
• Internal organization and process optimization
• Advising the management on strategic and technical issues 

2012 ? 2012: Analysis of DIY CMS and elaboration of proposals for improvements

Employer:                   Westhouse Technologies GmbH

Client:                         1&1 Internet AG

Position:                      Scrum Master and Project- and Biz.Dev. Manager (Team size 5-7)

Tasks:

• To keep up with the dynamics of the market and customer requirements, a comprehensive revaluation of the DIY CMS was set up on schedule. Comprehensive suggestions for improvement of content, design and user experience has been developed and implemented.
• In addition from business development perspective, several proposals and rough concepts (services for end users) were designed, that allow for increased customer retention and distribution of 1und1 Ecosystem.

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of DIY CMS and elaboration of proposals for improvements
• Business development, desi

2012 ? 2012: Introduction of agile methods and Tools and training of developers

Employer:                   Westhouse Technologies GmbH

Client:                         Westhouse Group

Position:                      Scrum Master and Project- and Biz.Dev. Manager (Team size 5-7)

Tasks:

• Complete relaunch of the existing web presence to a multi-lingual, own Java-based Content Management System.
• In addition to the conceptual, content and design improvements, the adaption of the own content management system to the new needs and emerging customer requirements was on the roadmap.

Responsibilities:

• Project Management ? Scrum Master
• Introduction of agile methods and Tools and training of developers
• Communication with the Product Owner
• Creation of the technical Concepts like domain concept and GA
• Quality Assurance
• Internal organization and training of the trainees 

1999 ? 2013: Lecturing sessions

Employer:                   On Request

Client:                         On Request                                             

Position:                      Lecturer (Workshop Participants: 5-24)        

Tasks:

On Request

2010 ? 2011: Coordination of external partners

Employer:                   interactive tools - Digital Media Agency

Client:                         N24 ? News-TV-Station

Position:                      Technical Project Manager (Team size 3-6)

Tasks:

• Due to the owner change and expiring Soft-und Hardware Supports, N24 is been facing an allround renewal of Hard- and Software Systems.
• In Addition to day-to-day business, the aim was, beside the coordination of external partners (i.e. CMS- EPG, Stockdata, Hardware and CDN Provider etc.) to carry out an in-depth compatibility-system-analysis in order to provide as smooth as possible system-wide software update(CMS, JVM, Servers, PHP etc).

Responsibilities:

• Coordination of external partners
• Customer liaison and requirements engineering
• System analysis, conception and (re)design of technical functionality.
• Cost calculation and internal task and resource planning.
• Quality assurance, design and execution of automated Web-Test-Scenarios.

2007 ? 2008: Project and Requirements Management

Employer:                   maguro DataAssist ? Full Service Agency

Client:                         AIDA Cruises

Position:                      Project Manager / Scrum Master (Team size 6-8)

Tasks:

• AIDA Weblounge extends the AIDA Cruises website for a new Community-Channel, giving the further boost in customer retention and spreading Brand AIDA. In the form of common travelogues, Photos, Videos, User-Tips and other common Social-Networking Features, users a given the opportunity to widen end exchange the enthusiastic social aspects around the AIDA club ship.

Responsibilities:

• Scrum Master
• Project and Requirements Management
• Analysis of the social networking features and Drupal feasibility study
• Wireframing and usability tests
• Technical Advising
• Test planning and functional and usability tests