Summary
Lean Agile Transition Professionalsuccessful at guiding agile transformation and creating product teams paired with deep technological background in software development and software operations.
Highlights
Lean Agile Leadership
agile transformation of organizations
SAFe Trainer
project management
software development & software operation
Accomplishments
Transformation:
Transformation of a multi-hundred-head organization to agile software development based on SAFe
Initiating the Change of a mature Start-up company (80 Heads) into a lean agile organization
Transition of classical waterfall project management to scrum methodology in a multinational Telco enterprise which dramatically increased business customer satisfaction.
Project Management:
Leading a multi-system architectural clean-up program and archiving a 1.5M? OpEx saving p/a.
Driving a near shoring project and saving IT spend by 1/3 and increased the overall software quality.
Human Resources:
Achieved a successful reorganization with regard to internal employees, key skills and significant reduction (80%) of long-term contractors by optimizing processes.
Experience
01/17 ? now Telekom IT GmbH ? Bonn
Agile Transition Coach
Coaching, consulting and training of Teams, Line Managers and Executives to facilitate agile Transition. As member of a LACE actively launching ARTs of SAFe in both push and
pull approaches. Supporting HR to launch new career paths for experts and re-qualification
programs for Software engineers. Supporting foundationof internal academies and contributing to the curriculum.
02/16 ? 12/16 Regis24 GmbH ? Berlin
Chief Information Officer
Transformation of the IT and the Product Development into a lean agile working
Organization.Moving IT from offline production to online production and achieving market maturity for a new platform. Establishing a vision and strategy for the transformation of the key product platform. Reorganizing employee contracts with focus to grading and optimizing annual feedback process.
01/16 ? 12/16 T-Systems / Sabbatical
03/14 ? 12/15 T-Systems International GmbH ? TelIT Bonn
Head of IT Development and Operation of
Customer Credit and Retention Management
Line management and budget management for a team of 8 employees with over 5 M?/a Achieved a TCO reduction while maintaining high delivery quality and predictabilityby introducing SCRUM and building up near shore (Slovakia) Workforce.
07/09 ? 02/14 T-Mobile GmbH / Deutsche Telekom AG / T-Systems Intl. GmbH ? Bonn
Senior Project Manager - Payment, Partner Billing & Segments
Accountable for the release management and the operation of the internationally used
customer finance and marketing campaigning software of Deutsche Telekom AG.
04/08 ? 06/09 T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH - Bonn
Technical Project Manager IT, Payment
Responsible for the technical project management of an architectural cleanup program 3 M?
to design one central integrated software for customer finance nationally and internationally.
Successful launched the first phase of the program
03/06 ? 04/08 T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH - Bonn
System Manager IT, Payment
Responsible for the 3rd Level operation incl. Problem, Change and Incident Management of
an internationally used campaigning software. Achieved to successful initial launch and
created processes to efficiently manage release changes.
07/04 ? 02/06 T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH - Bonn
Specialist System Development IT, Billing
Responsible for Design and C++/Java implementation of a high-speed /high-availability
allowance server and launching it successful.
07/01 ? 06/04 PSI AG - Essen
Developer & technical Project Manager IT, Gas&Oil
Leading a Java/EE development team and managed the factory acceptance test.
03/99 ? 06/01 University of Dortmund
Scientific Employee ? Department of Operating Systems
Responsible for research and prototype implementation of large distributed file systems for huge data amounts including managing project groups.
02/99 vocational re-orientation
06/98 ? 01/99 Enator Tieto Rhein-Main, Köln
Consultant
Assisting the overall project manager at Lufthansa Cargo's major IT migration project.
06/87 ? 06/98 WfN-Verlag GmbH, Gevelsberg
Freelancer
Responsible for development of a data/text retrial software for subvention consulting.
Education
University of Dortmund
Master of Science: Computer Science with focus of electrical engineering, 1998
Knowledge
agile methodology (Scrum, Kanban, Design Thinking), SAFe SPC certification plus training enablements,
24hx7 IT operation, system architecture and software design, Java, C++, Unix
Hobbies
micro electronics & IoT, gardening, dancing and skiing
Transition-Coach
Summary
Lean Agile Transition Professionalsuccessful at guiding agile transformation and creating product teams paired with deep technological background in software development and software operations.
Highlights
Lean Agile Leadership
agile transformation of organizations
SAFe Trainer
project management
software development & software operation
Accomplishments
Transformation:
Transformation of a multi-hundred-head organization to agile software development based on SAFe
Initiating the Change of a mature Start-up company (80 Heads) into a lean agile organization
Transition of classical waterfall project management to scrum methodology in a multinational Telco enterprise which dramatically increased business customer satisfaction.
Project Management:
Leading a multi-system architectural clean-up program and archiving a 1.5M? OpEx saving p/a.
Driving a near shoring project and saving IT spend by 1/3 and increased the overall software quality.
Human Resources:
Achieved a successful reorganization with regard to internal employees, key skills and significant reduction (80%) of long-term contractors by optimizing processes.
Experience
01/17 ? now Telekom IT GmbH ? Bonn
Agile Transition Coach
Coaching, consulting and training of Teams, Line Managers and Executives to facilitate agile Transition. As member of a LACE actively launching ARTs of SAFe in both push and
pull approaches. Supporting HR to launch new career paths for experts and re-qualification
programs for Software engineers. Supporting foundationof internal academies and contributing to the curriculum.
02/16 ? 12/16 Regis24 GmbH ? Berlin
Chief Information Officer
Transformation of the IT and the Product Development into a lean agile working
Organization.Moving IT from offline production to online production and achieving market maturity for a new platform. Establishing a vision and strategy for the transformation of the key product platform. Reorganizing employee contracts with focus to grading and optimizing annual feedback process.
01/16 ? 12/16 T-Systems / Sabbatical
03/14 ? 12/15 T-Systems International GmbH ? TelIT Bonn
Head of IT Development and Operation of
Customer Credit and Retention Management
Line management and budget management for a team of 8 employees with over 5 M?/a Achieved a TCO reduction while maintaining high delivery quality and predictabilityby introducing SCRUM and building up near shore (Slovakia) Workforce.
07/09 ? 02/14 T-Mobile GmbH / Deutsche Telekom AG / T-Systems Intl. GmbH ? Bonn
Senior Project Manager - Payment, Partner Billing & Segments
Accountable for the release management and the operation of the internationally used
customer finance and marketing campaigning software of Deutsche Telekom AG.
04/08 ? 06/09 T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH - Bonn
Technical Project Manager IT, Payment
Responsible for the technical project management of an architectural cleanup program 3 M?
to design one central integrated software for customer finance nationally and internationally.
Successful launched the first phase of the program
03/06 ? 04/08 T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH - Bonn
System Manager IT, Payment
Responsible for the 3rd Level operation incl. Problem, Change and Incident Management of
an internationally used campaigning software. Achieved to successful initial launch and
created processes to efficiently manage release changes.
07/04 ? 02/06 T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH - Bonn
Specialist System Development IT, Billing
Responsible for Design and C++/Java implementation of a high-speed /high-availability
allowance server and launching it successful.
07/01 ? 06/04 PSI AG - Essen
Developer & technical Project Manager IT, Gas&Oil
Leading a Java/EE development team and managed the factory acceptance test.
03/99 ? 06/01 University of Dortmund
Scientific Employee ? Department of Operating Systems
Responsible for research and prototype implementation of large distributed file systems for huge data amounts including managing project groups.
02/99 vocational re-orientation
06/98 ? 01/99 Enator Tieto Rhein-Main, Köln
Consultant
Assisting the overall project manager at Lufthansa Cargo's major IT migration project.
06/87 ? 06/98 WfN-Verlag GmbH, Gevelsberg
Freelancer
Responsible for development of a data/text retrial software for subvention consulting.
Education
University of Dortmund
Master of Science: Computer Science with focus of electrical engineering, 1998
Knowledge
agile methodology (Scrum, Kanban, Design Thinking), SAFe SPC certification plus training enablements,
24hx7 IT operation, system architecture and software design, Java, C++, Unix
Hobbies
micro electronics & IoT, gardening, dancing and skiing
Transition-Coach