Many international assignments, with emphasis in China and Japan, which also explains my language skills.
Assignments can be arranged worldwide.
[Name on request]
PERFORMANCE TRIGGERS
Please find GULP-verified references below this project list.
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+++ May I suggest to verify the results of my work.
+++ Reference contacts are provided on request.
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2017/09 ? (in progress) Global Hygiene and Health Company,
Germany / Sweden, Project "BI DEV"
AGILE TRANSFORMATION OF SW-DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Objective: Increasing planning certainty and the productivity
of 10 software development teams.
Roles: Agile Coach, Change Agent.
Achievements:
2017/08 (Sideproject) Machine Builder, greater Stuttgart area
Project "IoT Transformation"
SW-DEVELOPMENT FOR IoT
Objective: Enable the software development department
to develop valuable and future-proof IoT-solutions.
Roles: Agile Coach, Change Consultant, Change Agent.
Achievements:
Technologies: (confidential).
2017/07 (Sideproject) Global Automotive Supplier, Stuttgart
Project "ResSy" (continued, see below)
DATABASE MIGRATION
Objective: Migration of data and schema from Oracle to MySQL.
Roles: Agile Project Manager, Developer, Database Consultant.
Achievement: Successfully migration and cut-over to production.
Testimonial of business owner: "Many thanks to all involved for
replacing the data base system in such a short time. This
achievement confirms our very good collaboration!"
Technologies: Java SE7, Hibernate, JDBC, SQuirreL with plug-in
table-copy, Oracle 10g, MySQL 5.7, Git, Windows Server 2012 R2.
2016/10 - 2017/04 Large European Construction Company,
Austria / Germany, Project "
AGILE TRANSFORMATION OF SW-DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Objective: Increasing the productivity of the development teams,
delivering working solutions with higher value and
less risk in less time.
Roles: Scrum Master, Agility Coach, Change Agent.
Target Software Solution: Corporate tool for coordinating the
phases RFQ, bidding and execution budgeting of large
international construction projects (bidding variants,
joint bids of different business units). Approval workflows.
Reporting. Ensuring compliance to corporate governance.
Size of Core Team: 3 developers, 3 product owners
representing 40 field stakeholders + the corporate
process & controlling authority in HQ.
Achievements:
o Statement of head of corporate SW-cevelopment: "You, Mr. [name on request],
made this team fly with Scrum."
o Design and run an "Agility Roadshow" for the corporate development
Organization in Linz, Spittal, Suttgart and Vienna.
o Grew the agile mindset and way of working across the software
development organisation.
o Increased stakeholder engagement, effectiv inspect & adapt cycles.
o Inspired the team to collaborate in a trusted and safe environment
with high motivation, focus on customer value and sprint goals.
In short: Helped the scrum team to work in high-performance mode.
o Focused the development team on very high quality sprint deliveries
(defined in a rigorously applied definition of done).
o Delivered fully integrated working software in every sprint.
o Followed good engineering practice (automated testing, continuous
migration, documentation of migration decisions and technical
architecture, code quality by peer review.
o Setup effective intra-sprint acceptance process for each backlog item.
o Build up a distributed product owner team (a) coordinating
requirements with executive stakeholders and power users from all
business units + HQ, (b) establishing real product leadership, developed
the ability to make tough decisions where necessary, (c) release planning
and a roadmap based on corporate events, (d) sold the benefits of agility
and high-performance teams to executive stakeholders.
Technologies: KanBo, Mantis, MediaWiki, Jira, Confluence, Java, Tomcat,
DB2, AS/400, Eclipse, automated testing, unit testing, integration testing,
ADKAR Change Management approach.
2016/01 - 2016/06 Industry Automation Provider, Rheinland-Pfalz,
Germany, Project "F2",
Production Plant, China
SOFTWARE PROJECT TURNAROUND, INTERIM MANAGEMENT
OF DEPARTMENT, AGILE COACHING OF MULTIPLE TEAMS,
NEAR-SHORING, SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT, COMMISSIONING
OF PRODUCTION PLANT
Object: Re-engineering of a software solution / MFC (material
flow controller), development of a new software standard
within very tight time constraints, pilot implementation
at customer site.
Roles: Turn-Around Manager, Scrum Master, Agile Coach,
Moderator, Negotiator, Supplier Manager, Software
Logistics Consultant.
Size of Core Team: 6
Number of Teams: 7 (3 internal + 4 external)
Achievements:
o Delivered a precise and speedy analysis of the state of the
running project.
o Convinced executive management of the necessary change.
o Planned the turnaround and rapidly implemented the plan.
o Helped to select a high-performance software development
provider with the matching industry experience.
o Designed, negotiated and implemented an agile contracting
model for supplier collaboration.
o Phased out 2 external teams.
o Rebuilt the morale of an overworked and disillusioned core-team
and created an effective goal-oriented and cross-organizational
mindset.
o Trained the team to work effectively in virtual environments
across regions and organizations.
o Removed impediments such as communication barriers, resource
shortages, resolved conflicts.
Technologies: Digital Transformation, Industry 4.0 technologies,
automation of industry plants, Java EE, JBoss, Hibernate, Jira,
Confluence, FreeMind, Oracle DB, Siemens S7 PLC / SPS, OPC UA,
Prosys OPC UA Client, RESTful Web Services, KUKA Robots.
2016/08 - 2016/09 Industry Automation Provider, Rheinland-Pfalz,
Germany, Project "F1"
HIBERNATE CONSULTING, ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP / DATA MODELLING
Object: Refine and enhance the data model of a Java based
MFC-solution (material flow controller). Verify the
implementation with Hibernate. Provide best practices
coaching for Hibernate annotations.
Roles: Hibernate Consultant. Data Model Architect.
Size of Core Team: 5.
Achievements:
o Developed a well-documented, easy-to-understand,
and flexible data model.
o Created a Best Practices Guideline for the team.
o Developed coding examples for the Hibernate entity usage.
o Enabled the team to develop their own Hibernate entities.
o Improved the existing Hibernate annotations.
o Developed significant unit tests for the entities.
Technologies: Java 7, Spring, Hibernate, Tomcat, Jira, Confluence,
FreeMind, Oracle DB, OPC UA, RESTful Web Services, Prosys
OPC UA Client.
2014/03 - (continued) Global Automotive Supplier, Stuttgart
Projects "ResSy II / III / IV / V" (Follow-Up)
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, SOLUTION DESIGN, MANAGEMENT
Object: Extension of the Resource Management System
Roles: Developer, Solution-Designer, Scrum Product Owner
Methodology: SCRUM-style development cycles with frequent
reviews with users and backlog prioritizations, introduction
and continuous improvement of DevOps processes.
Technologies: Java SE7, Swing, JUnit, JDBC, JPA, HQL, SQL,
JBoss Hibernate ORM with advanced cashing mechanisms
for high performance, Oracle 10g / 11g, MS Access, ODBC,
Apache POI (Office Integration), MS Excel,
NetBeans IDE, Subversion, Tortoise SVN, Git, Windows 7,
FreeMind, UMLStudio, OOA/OOD/OOP, design patterns,
Agile Software Engineering according to SCRUM, Refactoring,
Ant building, Maven, multi-threading & clean exception
handling, Clean Code.
(Please find further details below in initial project "ResSy".)
2014/06 - 2014/08 Global Automotive Supplier, Stuttgart,
Cross-Divisional Group
Project "CI MultiStage (Embedded Systems)"
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, SOLUTION DESIGN
Object: A continuous integration solution, software logistics for
thousands of embedded software components
Roles: Lead Solution Designer / Developer
Team size: 4
Achievements:
o Delivered the solution in budget within a slight
deadline extension of 1 week
o Authored comprehensive documentation of the
complete solution (in English language)
o Collected and synchronized requirements
o Designed and implemented a Jenkins based CI
solution that transports software components
between multiple build environments (distributed,
automated software- and hardware-testing)
o Designed and implemented a database for management
of component composition into products, hardware-
variants and controlling the transport process.
o Authored the detailed requirements specification
for the process- / software-design and the
data model
o Created a test system with integrated unit testing
of the complete transport process
o Authored test specifications and test protocols
o Integrated the findings of multiple review sessions
Technologies: Git, Perl, Log4Perl, OO Perl, unit testing, DMI, SQL,
MySQL, Jenkins CI, UMLet, Tortoise Git, Eclipse, Windows 7,
OOA/OOD/OOP, design patterns, TDD Test-Driven Development,
Design Reviews, Code Reviews, Test Reports.
10/2013 - 02/2014 Global Automotive Supplier, Stuttgart
Project "ResSy"
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, SOLUTION DESIGN
Object: Resource Management System
Roles: Developer / Solution Designer
Team size: 3 (solution owning line manager, 2 developers)
Achievements:
o Designed and implemented a distinct special-
purpose solution that presents resource
management in a new light, different and more
efficient than conventional approaches
o Delivered the solution in time and budget,
generated very good customer satisfaction and
business value
o Generated a very high level of end user acceptance
o Designed and implemented a complete multi-layered
business application (Java Swing based GUI, MVC,
workflow, encapsulated business logic and backend)
o Created a tuned JPA / JBoss Hibernate ORM layer with
granular caching that allows superior performance
and efficient object oriented development
o Integrated reporting tools with export interfaces
o Created an optimal workflow process design through
close collaboration with the business owner
of the solution
o Managed communication and agile iterations
o Created high-quality documentation and readable
Java code thus facilitating future enhancements
o Internationalized the application (i18n)
o Migrated data from a pre-existing database
o Workshop & support for the management team
Technologies: Java SE7, Swing, JUnit, JDBC, JPA, HQL, SQL,
JBoss Hibernate ORM with advanced cashing mechanisms
for high performance, Oracle 10g / 11g, MS Access, ODBC,
Apache POI (Office Integration), MS Excel,
NetBeans IDE, Subversion, Tortoise SVN, Git, Windows 7,
FreeMind, UMLStudio, OOA/OOD/OOP, design patterns,
Agile Software Engineering according to SCRUM, Refactoring,
Ant building, Maven, multi-threading & clean exception
handling, Clean Code.
04/2013 - 06/2013 Förster Datentechnik GmbH, Mannheim / Vodafone,
Germany, Project "FD Geo Tickets" (Cloud-Based)
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, SOLUTION DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE
Object: A management tool for the control room for directing technical
support agents that are on the road for Vodafone end-customers
Roles: Developer / Solution Designer / Middleware Architect
Core Team: 3 (two line managers, developer)
Achievements:
o Conceived a middleware connecting applications
across geographical and logical layers (cloud
services, frontends, local backends)
o Developed a frontend for geographical route
optimization
o Build a real-time business intelligence solution
(KPI management cockpit, real-time analytics)
o Integrated BMC Remedy, MS Outlook with an
on-premises application server
o Provided level 2 and 3 support
o Implemented the system in budget and time
o The application suite was rapidly adopted by
the end users
o Targeted team productivity rise of 18% achieved
within 6 weeks after go-live
Technologies: MS Windows 7, MS SBS 2010, Citrix MetaFrame,
BMC / AR Remedy, XML, Saxon XSLT & XQuery processor,
RESTful web services, MS Exchange, MySQL Server, HTML,
Google Maps API, Yahoo! GeoPlanet API, JavaScript,
VBA (Excel, Outlook), OOD/OOP, AutoHotkey_L, MS Windows
low-level API.
2005/06 - 2013/03 Frankfurt, Tokyo
Development of a Financial Trading Tools for Private Clients
& Business Education
EDUCATION
Completed a series of certifications in interactive learning
environments such as Michael Milken founded Cardean University.
Evaluated the effectiveness of new media learning.
A selection of topics: General Management, Accounting,
Security Analysis, Financial Reporting & (IFRS/IAS, GAAP),
Business Communication, Security Exchanges, Financial
Trading, Risk Management, Design Patterns.
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Roles: Solution designer, architect, designer, developer,
tester, supporter.
Effort: 15 man months (development).
Achievements: Created a comprehensive suite of trading
tools for rapid trade execution, transaction safety,
position management, risk parameter control, risk management
and performance reporting. Enabled inter-application
communication using ready-made APIs as well as custom-built
middleware.
Environment: MS Windows XP, Interactive Brokers TWS Trader
Work Station, Sierra Chart ACSIL Advanced Custom Study
Interface and Language, C++, OOD, OOP, AutoHotkey_L,
MS Excel VBA, MetaQuotes MetaTrader MT4 / MT5, MQL,
Trading Station 2, R Platform for Statistical Computing.
2002/01 - 2005/05 SAP Japan, Tokyo, Japan
Regional Integration Group (RIG) in Asia Pacific for
SAP SRM and SAP NetWeaver. Built the bridge between
SAP corporate development and the local SAP organisations
in Asia Pacific. Coached projects implementing new SAP
products and provided 3rd level support. Initiated and
led knowledge projects. Conceived and conducted
trainings. Worked with customers, SAP Consulting, SAP
Global Support, SAP Development, SAP Labs, clients and
partners from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia,
Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, while
utilizing the global SAP business ecosystem.
ROLES
Senior consultant, knowledge champion, project manager,
coach, trainer, transcultural change-agent.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Successfully coached 9 struggling customer projects. Two
of them (in the fields SAP SRM and SAP KM / TREX) were
turned around, and eventually generated an utmost level
of customer satisfaction. Both turnarounds re-established
trusted customer-relationships and resulted in follow-up
business deals.
Speaker at SAP events such as SAP TechEd in Bangalore and
Tokyo with very good feedback from the audience.
Conceived and distributed success-critical knowledge:
Initiated and executed globally innovative
SAP NetWeaver knowledge projects. Created buy-in from
team members and stake holders across cultures and
continents. Received very positive feedback for the
results from external and internal customers.
Technical environment, selection: Sun Solaris, Windows
NT, AIX, HP-UX, WebSphere, SAP SRM, SAP NetWeaver,
SAP WAS, ABAP, SAP Basis, SAP KMC, SAP EBP, ADABAS,
MS SQL Server, Java, J2EE, SAP ERP Server, heterogeneous
technical infrastructures, SAP UM, SAP Enterprise SOA,
SAP XI, identity management, systems integration, load
testing, SAP Enterprise Portals.
ENGAGEMENTS WITH SAP PARNERS & CLIENTS
China Telecom - Beijing, EMC Japan - Tokyo,
Fujitsu - Tokyo, Hewlett Packard - Beijing / Tokyo,
IBM Beijing / Tokyo, Mitsui Trading - Tokyo,
NEC - Tokyo, Nissan - Tokyo, Samsung Electronics - Seoul,
Sanofi Aventis - Tokyo, Satyam - Bangalore,
Telephone Authority of Thailand (TOT) - Bangkok,
Telstra - Melbourne, Unisys - Tokyo.
2000/10 - 2001/01 HypoVereinsbank AG, Munich, Germany
Project "Workflow"
SOLUTION DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE
Object: Server side Enterprise Java Beans interface for
a Staffware Workflow Server leading to a thin intranet
client for more than 40,000 concurrent users.
Achievements: Developed the software-architecture and
component interfaces of a scalable EJB based application
server; also, trained two developers who are currently
implementing this solution.
Role: Contractor / consultant.
Effort: 2 man-months.
Environment: Sun Solaris, Sun E10K, BEA WebLogic 5.1,
EJB Enterprise Java Beans 1.1, Java Servlets, Staffware
Workflow JavaSEO.
2000/07 - 2000/09 HypoVereinsbank AG, Munich, Germany
Project "Webpower"
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, SOLUTION DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE
Object: Customer relation management system in direct
banking.
Achievements: Our final system considerably reduced the
response times to customer inquiries, and established a
warning and reporting system for processes behind
schedule with a configurable service level for each
department.
Activities: Contributed to shaping quality management
processes and put them into operation; involved were the
HypoVereinsbank and its subsidiary HVBDirekt.
Furthermore, designed, and implemented some related
Enterprise Java Bean components for bank's web re-launch.
Role: Contractor / consultant / manager / developer.
Effort: 2 man-months.
Environment: Sun Solaris, Sun E10K, BEA WebLogic 5.1,
abaXX e-Business-Suite, Borland JBuilder, TogetherJ, EJB
Enterprise Java Beans 1.1, Java Servlets, JSP Java
Server Pages, SMTP Protocol, MIME Protocol, CGI, Perl,
Java SDK 1.2.2, XML / XSL, JDBC, JNDI, J2EE, Aspect Mail
Management System, PVCS, Ant.
2000/08 B. P. Systemes d'Information Sarl, Nice,
France, Project "Entrepot"
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, SOLUTION DESIGN
Object: SAP driven web-platform for chemical engineering
supply chain management.
Achievements: Designed an interface to an SAP database,
as well as a data model for a buffer-database, planned
database replication, implemented a rapid prototype of
the website, and trained one developer, who was
subsequently implementing the solution.
Role: Contractor / consultant.
Effort: 9 man days.
Environment: MS IIS 4, ASP, JavaScript, MTS Microsoft
Transaction Server, Visual Basic, Win32 API, MS SQL
Server, DTS Data Transfer Services, ADO, SAP Basis,
SAP R/3, Oracle.
2000/01 - 2000/06 HypoVereinsbank AG, Munich, Germany
Project "Workflow"
Object: Porting a proprietary Rich Client for a
Staffware Workflow Server to a stateless MS IIS intranet
web farm.
Achievements: Researched the design guidelines for
building scalable Microsoft DCOM solutions. Designed,
implemented and presented a load-tested prototype of an
MTS / DCOM interface, which was hosted on a
load-balanced session aware WinNT application server
farm accessible from a stateless web farm.
Role: Contractor / consultant / developer.
Effort: 4 man-months.
Environment: WinNT, MS IIS, stateless web farm, MS SQL
Server, Visual Basic, Win32 API, ActiveX, (D)COM,
multi-tier layers, MS DNA, MTS Microsoft Transaction
Server, DCOM via HTTP, ADO, RDO, JavaScript Remote
Scripting, HTML, DHTML, CISCO Local Director, Staffware
Workflow Server, SEO Staffware Enterprise Objects,
PassGo Server API, Rational Rose, MS SourceSafe, UML.
1999/02 - 1999/05 Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank eG,
Dusseldorf, Germany, apobank.de
Project "Real-Estate Contracts"
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Object: Client-server system for generating real estate
credit contracts and related documents.
Our solution led to a considerable faster way of
generating business documents. One example: the average
time needed to generate a mortgage loan contract
decreased by 80 %.
Role: Contractor / developer.
Effort: 3 man-months.
Environment: WinNT, Visual Basic, RDO, ODBC, Informix,
MS Office VBA, DAO, MS Access, Win32 API.
1998/11 - 1999/02 Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank eG,
Dusseldorf, Germany, apobank.de
Object: Customer relation management system for handling
postal mailings.
Achievements: Designed and implemented the system well
within time-limits.
Role: Contractor / developer.
Effort: 2 man-months.
Environment: WinNT, Visual Basic, RDO, ODBC, Informix,
MS Office VBA, DAO, MS Access, Win32 API.
1998/03 - 1999/10 Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank eG,
Dusseldorf, Germany, apobank.de
Project "Credit Contracts"
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Object: System for effective generation of printed
documents such as contracts, reminders, and standardized
letters.
Achievements: Our development-team could deliver
the solution within a narrow deadline. After rollout to
2000 clients, we provided the initial customer support
and software maintenance.
Role: Contractor / developer / production support.
Effort: 6 man-months.
Environment: WinNT, Visual Basic, RDO, ODBC, Informix,
MS Office VBA, DAO, MS Access, Win32 API, XP Extreme
Programming.
1997/07 - 1997/08 BMI - German Federal Ministry of the
Interior, Project "Cultural Goods DB"
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Object: MS Jet Engine based database system for the
management of cultural goods.
Achievements: Reengineered an existing system to meet
the latest user requirements and performed the final
testing.
Role: Contractor / developer.
Effort: 1 man-month.
Environment: WinNT, NT, Visual Basic, DAO, Crystal Reports.
1996/01 - 1996/12 DHZB - German Heart Centre Berlin,
Germany, Project "Image Segmentation"
RESEARCHER, SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
Object: Textural segmentation of digital medical images
as part of the research project BERKOM.
Achievements: Implemented a method of applying
Markov-Fields for the texture recognition and
segmentation of medical images and evaluated its
effectiveness.
Role: Researcher / developer.
Effort: 11 man-months.
Environment: Sun Solaris, UNIX, X11 Windows, C++, Cantata.
1994/03 to present Various Organizations
CORPORATE TRAININGS
Role: Contractor / Staff Instructor / Trainer / Coach
Seminars & Workshops Conducted (Selection):
o Project Management
o Cross-Cultural Leadership & Collaboration
o Time Management
o SAP Support Processes (for SAP Global Active Support Agents)
o SAP Enterprise Portal & Load Testing
o SAP Identity Management
o SAP NetWeaver Architecture & Technical Infrastructures
o SAP SRM Supplier Relationship Management
o All Microsoft Office products
o Microsoft Project
o Microsoft Office VBA development
o Design of relational databases
o Systems administration of MS SQL Server
o Systems administration of MS WinNT 4
o TCP/IP
o OOP object oriented programming
o Designing scalable solutions with MS IIS / ASP
and MTS Microsoft Transaction Server
Conducted more than 100 trainings and workshops in English language
for international audiences.
[Name on request]
>> MORE THAN PROJECT SUCCESS
The role of Scrum Master in a SAFe enterprise. Key components of scaled Agile development, how Scrum is facilitated throughout the enterprise, and how to execute iteration planning.
The Professional Scrum Product Owner course is targeted to Product Owners and anyone else accountable for maximizing the value delivered by software products and services.
Colleges
1997 Masters Degree in Economical Mathematics (M.Sc.), TU Berlin
2005 SAP Knowledge Management Programme, INSEAD Fontainebleau
2006 Management Summer School, Malik Center St. Gallen
Further Education / Certification (Selection)
1994 Prokoda TTT (Train The Trainer)
1997 MCT Microsoft Certified Trainer
1999 MCP MS SQL Server / Sybase Database Server
1999 Project Management (PMI-oriented) at Daimler AG, Berlin
2004 SAP NetWeaver Portal
2005 SAP Knowledge Management & Collaboration
2013 Oracle Certified Professional - Java SE6 Programmer
Miscellaneous
2004 Conceived and conducted trainings for SAP AG
2007 Cardean Online-University: Corporate Finance,
Accounting for Managers (GAAP, IFRS/IAS), Business Communication
2010 Analysis of financial reports, security analysis,
financial markets, financial trading, risk management
[Name by request]
PERFORMANCE TRIGGERS
I get the results that you strive for:
Outstanding Business Value + Delighted Customers.
+ Co-Create + Innovate
+ Create Customer Value
+ Solve Problems + Capture Opportunities
+ Cultivate Systems & Teams
+ Lead by Example + Implement Change
+ Build Operational Excellence
May I recommend to verify the results of my work.
Contacts to clients are provided on request.
Do you need...?
To lift barriers to high-performance.
To get results that currently seem to be impossible.
To reach an excellent success probability for critical projects.
Does your organization have this potential?
Are you committed to change?
Then let's get there. Together.
[Name by request]
>> MORE THAN PROJECT SUCCESS
*****
FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
+ Trained in General Management, Reading Balance Sheets
+ Computer Science, Mathematics,
+ Scrum (Master, Product Owner, Scaled Agile SAFe)
+ Communication, Negotiation
+ Cybernetics, Benefitting from Complexity
+ Building Distributed Systems
+ Digital Transformation, SaaS, IoT, DevOps
Result oriented and close to the client. Highest customer satisfaction. Trust-based collaboration. Delivery on schedule.
Value-generating business solutions.
From services through SaaS & middleware to IoT consumers & user-friendly frontends.
Secure, stable and scalable components. Clean source-code.
Proven leadership skills (several years of experience as trainer, coach, manager). Outstanding project success with agile methods since 1998.
Leading distributed off-shore teams to results. I am enjoying working with people across cultures (e.g. from China, France, Germany, Japan, India, Thailand, Philippines, UK, USA). Frequently turned around international projects. Re-building effective collaboration. Winning back stakeholder buy-in. Verifiable track-record.
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+++ Reference contacts on request
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I am in the position to accept results-based contracts. Rolling contracts based on sprint duration are most welcome.
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
o AWS Machine Learning, EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudFront, Glacier, RDS
o Portals, Systems Integration, SSO
o Identity Management, Security
o Server & Cloud Solutions, Scalability, High-Availability
o Sizing and Load-Testing, Large Databases
o Transaction Processing & Distributed Computing
o "I18N" Software Internationalization
o XI, Middleware, EAI, ESB
o EA Enterprise Architecture
STANDARDS
o Industry Automation, Digital Transformation, IoT, I4.0
o Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain
o Bitcoin, Security Consulting, Ethereum
o Virtualization, Microservices
o Webservices, SOA, SOAP, WSDL, JSON, RESTful
o TDD Test Driven Development
o CI Continuous Integration (Hudson, Jenkins)
o Automation, CD Continuous Delivery, DevOps
o Clean Code, High Quality
BUSINESS & FINANCE
o Business Process Design, Workflow Systems
o Creating and "Selling" Business Cases
o Accounting (GAAP, IFRS/IAS), Controlling
o Security Analysis, Valuation
o Financial Markets, Exchanges, Trading
o Risk Mitigation & Management
o Resource Management
MANAGEMENT
o Certified Scrum Master PSM, Scrum Product Owner PSPO
o Certified DSDM Dynamic Systems Development Method Agile PM
o Management 3.0 (Jurgen Appelo)
o PRINCE 2
o Project Management, Project Turnarounds
o Participative Generation of Innovative Solutions
o Transcultural Communication & Collaboration
o Transformational Leadership, Team-Building
o De-Escalation and Mitigation, Harvard Negotiation
o Knowledge Management, Change Management (including ADKAR)
METHODS
o Focusing Teams on Customer-Outcome
o Agile Engineering, Scrum, Scaled Scrum, DevOps, Kanban, ScrumBan
o Rapid Prototyping, Evolutionary Engineering
o Cross-Discipline Engineering, Overcoming the Silo View
o SAFe, Overcoming the Silo View, Shorten SDLC Feedback Cycles
o Requirement Prioritization, Solution Management
o Business Exception Handling (Integrating SW-Application & Organization)
TEAM & OFFICE
o Atlassian Jira, Confluence, FreeMind
o MS Office 365, 2013/2010/2007/2003, Collaborative Solutions
with SharePoint, Lync / Skype for Business, Exchange
o Professional Consulting and Presentation Skills Utilizing
Office Software Suites, Various Project Management and
Collaboration Tools (such as MS Project, Word, PowerPoint,
Outlook, Lotus Notes, SAP Accounting, SAP Solution Manager)
o MS Excel Expert: Reporting, Visualization, Pivot Tables,
External Data, Analysis, Modeling, Simulations, VBA
PRODUCTS
o Aris, Rational Rose, UML Studio, UMLet
o Cantata
o Crystal Reports
o VMware, Citrix Metaframe
o Eclipse IDE, NetBeans IDE, MS Visual Studio IDE
o Revision Control: Git, GitHub, Perforce, SVN, Tortoise SVN/Git
o OpenSTA
o Sierra Chart & API
o Interactive Brokers TWS Trader Work Station & API
o MetaQuotes MetaTrader 4 / MT4
o BMC / AR Remedy
o Google Maps, Yahoo! GeoPlanet
o Tomcat, Glassfish, WebLogic
o ? see more in Project List
SAP STANDARDS
o SAP R/3 Basis, SAP ERP
o SAP server infrastructure : solutions architecture, maintenance
o SAP JCo
o SAP Web Application Server (ABAP and J2EE)
o SAP SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)
o SAP NetWeaver Portal, SAP XI (Exchange Infrastructure)
o SAP TREX
o SAP KMC (Knowledge Management & Collaboration)
o SAP SRM (Supplier Relationship Management)
SQL <-- Senior Expert (see Database)
UML, OOA/OOD/OOP, Object Orientation, Analysis/Design/Programming
Design Patterns, Loose Coupling, DI Dependency Injection
AOP Aspect Oriented Programming
Clean Code, Team-Minded Documentation, High Quality
Business Exception Handling (Integrating Software and Organization)
Multi-Threading
Diagnosis and resolving of memory- und resource-leaks
Solving performance bottlenecks in distributed systems
Familiar with RAII / SBRM Scope-Bound Resource Management
R Platform for Statistical Computing
Java Spring, EE / J2EE, EJB, Servlets, JSP,
JPA, JBoss Hibernate (high performance), AspectJ, JAXP,
JUnit, Maven, Oracle Certified Professional / Java SE6
JavaScript, AJAX, HTML, CSS
.NET Platform & API (CLR, CIL, C#, C++/CLI, VB.NET)
RegEx Regular Expressions
XML / XSLT / XPATH / XQUERY transformations
AutoHotkey for cross-platform UI-integration
JCBC, OLE DB, RDO, ADO, JET
SQL <-- Expert: Stored Procedures, Triggers, Isolation Levels, Transactions, Optimizing Locking / Throughput
Design of relational databases, performance tuning, consolidation and cleansing of distributed data, statistical analysis, data provisioning for business intelligence, analytics
R, Microsoft Excel, Derive: Advanced financial and statistical modeling, numerical and graphical, Monte Carlo simulations
A few old fellows are helping: Passion for learning, rapid on-boarding, cultural curiosity, people skills evolved while working with teams from Asia, Europe, the Middle-East and the US, an effective work-style, a sense of responsibility and last but not least plain old hard work.
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PERFORMANCE TRIGGERS
>> What can I do for your business?
Banking, Financial Services, Investment Banking, Financial Markets, Securities, Exchanges, Mortgage Banking, Global Trade, Import / Export, Government Departments, Consulting, Telecommunication, Medical Research, ERP, Business Software, Business Intelligence, Global SAP Business Ecosystem, Automotive, Automation, Digital Transformation, Industry 4.0
Assignments can be arranged worldwide.
[Name on request]
PERFORMANCE TRIGGERS
Please find GULP-verified references below this project list.
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2017/09 ? (in progress) Global Hygiene and Health Company,
Germany / Sweden, Project "BI DEV"
AGILE TRANSFORMATION OF SW-DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Objective: Increasing planning certainty and the productivity
of 10 software development teams.
Roles: Agile Coach, Change Agent.
Achievements:
2017/08 (Sideproject) Machine Builder, greater Stuttgart area
Project "IoT Transformation"
SW-DEVELOPMENT FOR IoT
Objective: Enable the software development department
to develop valuable and future-proof IoT-solutions.
Roles: Agile Coach, Change Consultant, Change Agent.
Achievements:
Technologies: (confidential).
2017/07 (Sideproject) Global Automotive Supplier, Stuttgart
Project "ResSy" (continued, see below)
DATABASE MIGRATION
Objective: Migration of data and schema from Oracle to MySQL.
Roles: Agile Project Manager, Developer, Database Consultant.
Achievement: Successfully migration and cut-over to production.
Testimonial of business owner: "Many thanks to all involved for
replacing the data base system in such a short time. This
achievement confirms our very good collaboration!"
Technologies: Java SE7, Hibernate, JDBC, SQuirreL with plug-in
table-copy, Oracle 10g, MySQL 5.7, Git, Windows Server 2012 R2.
2016/10 - 2017/04 Large European Construction Company,
Austria / Germany, Project "
AGILE TRANSFORMATION OF SW-DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Objective: Increasing the productivity of the development teams,
delivering working solutions with higher value and
less risk in less time.
Roles: Scrum Master, Agility Coach, Change Agent.
Target Software Solution: Corporate tool for coordinating the
phases RFQ, bidding and execution budgeting of large
international construction projects (bidding variants,
joint bids of different business units). Approval workflows.
Reporting. Ensuring compliance to corporate governance.
Size of Core Team: 3 developers, 3 product owners
representing 40 field stakeholders + the corporate
process & controlling authority in HQ.
Achievements:
o Statement of head of corporate SW-cevelopment: "You, Mr. [name on request],
made this team fly with Scrum."
o Design and run an "Agility Roadshow" for the corporate development
Organization in Linz, Spittal, Suttgart and Vienna.
o Grew the agile mindset and way of working across the software
development organisation.
o Increased stakeholder engagement, effectiv inspect & adapt cycles.
o Inspired the team to collaborate in a trusted and safe environment
with high motivation, focus on customer value and sprint goals.
In short: Helped the scrum team to work in high-performance mode.
o Focused the development team on very high quality sprint deliveries
(defined in a rigorously applied definition of done).
o Delivered fully integrated working software in every sprint.
o Followed good engineering practice (automated testing, continuous
migration, documentation of migration decisions and technical
architecture, code quality by peer review.
o Setup effective intra-sprint acceptance process for each backlog item.
o Build up a distributed product owner team (a) coordinating
requirements with executive stakeholders and power users from all
business units + HQ, (b) establishing real product leadership, developed
the ability to make tough decisions where necessary, (c) release planning
and a roadmap based on corporate events, (d) sold the benefits of agility
and high-performance teams to executive stakeholders.
Technologies: KanBo, Mantis, MediaWiki, Jira, Confluence, Java, Tomcat,
DB2, AS/400, Eclipse, automated testing, unit testing, integration testing,
ADKAR Change Management approach.
2016/01 - 2016/06 Industry Automation Provider, Rheinland-Pfalz,
Germany, Project "F2",
Production Plant, China
SOFTWARE PROJECT TURNAROUND, INTERIM MANAGEMENT
OF DEPARTMENT, AGILE COACHING OF MULTIPLE TEAMS,
NEAR-SHORING, SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT, COMMISSIONING
OF PRODUCTION PLANT
Object: Re-engineering of a software solution / MFC (material
flow controller), development of a new software standard
within very tight time constraints, pilot implementation
at customer site.
Roles: Turn-Around Manager, Scrum Master, Agile Coach,
Moderator, Negotiator, Supplier Manager, Software
Logistics Consultant.
Size of Core Team: 6
Number of Teams: 7 (3 internal + 4 external)
Achievements:
o Delivered a precise and speedy analysis of the state of the
running project.
o Convinced executive management of the necessary change.
o Planned the turnaround and rapidly implemented the plan.
o Helped to select a high-performance software development
provider with the matching industry experience.
o Designed, negotiated and implemented an agile contracting
model for supplier collaboration.
o Phased out 2 external teams.
o Rebuilt the morale of an overworked and disillusioned core-team
and created an effective goal-oriented and cross-organizational
mindset.
o Trained the team to work effectively in virtual environments
across regions and organizations.
o Removed impediments such as communication barriers, resource
shortages, resolved conflicts.
Technologies: Digital Transformation, Industry 4.0 technologies,
automation of industry plants, Java EE, JBoss, Hibernate, Jira,
Confluence, FreeMind, Oracle DB, Siemens S7 PLC / SPS, OPC UA,
Prosys OPC UA Client, RESTful Web Services, KUKA Robots.
2016/08 - 2016/09 Industry Automation Provider, Rheinland-Pfalz,
Germany, Project "F1"
HIBERNATE CONSULTING, ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP / DATA MODELLING
Object: Refine and enhance the data model of a Java based
MFC-solution (material flow controller). Verify the
implementation with Hibernate. Provide best practices
coaching for Hibernate annotations.
Roles: Hibernate Consultant. Data Model Architect.
Size of Core Team: 5.
Achievements:
o Developed a well-documented, easy-to-understand,
and flexible data model.
o Created a Best Practices Guideline for the team.
o Developed coding examples for the Hibernate entity usage.
o Enabled the team to develop their own Hibernate entities.
o Improved the existing Hibernate annotations.
o Developed significant unit tests for the entities.
Technologies: Java 7, Spring, Hibernate, Tomcat, Jira, Confluence,
FreeMind, Oracle DB, OPC UA, RESTful Web Services, Prosys
OPC UA Client.
2014/03 - (continued) Global Automotive Supplier, Stuttgart
Projects "ResSy II / III / IV / V" (Follow-Up)
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, SOLUTION DESIGN, MANAGEMENT
Object: Extension of the Resource Management System
Roles: Developer, Solution-Designer, Scrum Product Owner
Methodology: SCRUM-style development cycles with frequent
reviews with users and backlog prioritizations, introduction
and continuous improvement of DevOps processes.
Technologies: Java SE7, Swing, JUnit, JDBC, JPA, HQL, SQL,
JBoss Hibernate ORM with advanced cashing mechanisms
for high performance, Oracle 10g / 11g, MS Access, ODBC,
Apache POI (Office Integration), MS Excel,
NetBeans IDE, Subversion, Tortoise SVN, Git, Windows 7,
FreeMind, UMLStudio, OOA/OOD/OOP, design patterns,
Agile Software Engineering according to SCRUM, Refactoring,
Ant building, Maven, multi-threading & clean exception
handling, Clean Code.
(Please find further details below in initial project "ResSy".)
2014/06 - 2014/08 Global Automotive Supplier, Stuttgart,
Cross-Divisional Group
Project "CI MultiStage (Embedded Systems)"
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, SOLUTION DESIGN
Object: A continuous integration solution, software logistics for
thousands of embedded software components
Roles: Lead Solution Designer / Developer
Team size: 4
Achievements:
o Delivered the solution in budget within a slight
deadline extension of 1 week
o Authored comprehensive documentation of the
complete solution (in English language)
o Collected and synchronized requirements
o Designed and implemented a Jenkins based CI
solution that transports software components
between multiple build environments (distributed,
automated software- and hardware-testing)
o Designed and implemented a database for management
of component composition into products, hardware-
variants and controlling the transport process.
o Authored the detailed requirements specification
for the process- / software-design and the
data model
o Created a test system with integrated unit testing
of the complete transport process
o Authored test specifications and test protocols
o Integrated the findings of multiple review sessions
Technologies: Git, Perl, Log4Perl, OO Perl, unit testing, DMI, SQL,
MySQL, Jenkins CI, UMLet, Tortoise Git, Eclipse, Windows 7,
OOA/OOD/OOP, design patterns, TDD Test-Driven Development,
Design Reviews, Code Reviews, Test Reports.
10/2013 - 02/2014 Global Automotive Supplier, Stuttgart
Project "ResSy"
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, SOLUTION DESIGN
Object: Resource Management System
Roles: Developer / Solution Designer
Team size: 3 (solution owning line manager, 2 developers)
Achievements:
o Designed and implemented a distinct special-
purpose solution that presents resource
management in a new light, different and more
efficient than conventional approaches
o Delivered the solution in time and budget,
generated very good customer satisfaction and
business value
o Generated a very high level of end user acceptance
o Designed and implemented a complete multi-layered
business application (Java Swing based GUI, MVC,
workflow, encapsulated business logic and backend)
o Created a tuned JPA / JBoss Hibernate ORM layer with
granular caching that allows superior performance
and efficient object oriented development
o Integrated reporting tools with export interfaces
o Created an optimal workflow process design through
close collaboration with the business owner
of the solution
o Managed communication and agile iterations
o Created high-quality documentation and readable
Java code thus facilitating future enhancements
o Internationalized the application (i18n)
o Migrated data from a pre-existing database
o Workshop & support for the management team
Technologies: Java SE7, Swing, JUnit, JDBC, JPA, HQL, SQL,
JBoss Hibernate ORM with advanced cashing mechanisms
for high performance, Oracle 10g / 11g, MS Access, ODBC,
Apache POI (Office Integration), MS Excel,
NetBeans IDE, Subversion, Tortoise SVN, Git, Windows 7,
FreeMind, UMLStudio, OOA/OOD/OOP, design patterns,
Agile Software Engineering according to SCRUM, Refactoring,
Ant building, Maven, multi-threading & clean exception
handling, Clean Code.
04/2013 - 06/2013 Förster Datentechnik GmbH, Mannheim / Vodafone,
Germany, Project "FD Geo Tickets" (Cloud-Based)
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, SOLUTION DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE
Object: A management tool for the control room for directing technical
support agents that are on the road for Vodafone end-customers
Roles: Developer / Solution Designer / Middleware Architect
Core Team: 3 (two line managers, developer)
Achievements:
o Conceived a middleware connecting applications
across geographical and logical layers (cloud
services, frontends, local backends)
o Developed a frontend for geographical route
optimization
o Build a real-time business intelligence solution
(KPI management cockpit, real-time analytics)
o Integrated BMC Remedy, MS Outlook with an
on-premises application server
o Provided level 2 and 3 support
o Implemented the system in budget and time
o The application suite was rapidly adopted by
the end users
o Targeted team productivity rise of 18% achieved
within 6 weeks after go-live
Technologies: MS Windows 7, MS SBS 2010, Citrix MetaFrame,
BMC / AR Remedy, XML, Saxon XSLT & XQuery processor,
RESTful web services, MS Exchange, MySQL Server, HTML,
Google Maps API, Yahoo! GeoPlanet API, JavaScript,
VBA (Excel, Outlook), OOD/OOP, AutoHotkey_L, MS Windows
low-level API.
2005/06 - 2013/03 Frankfurt, Tokyo
Development of a Financial Trading Tools for Private Clients
& Business Education
EDUCATION
Completed a series of certifications in interactive learning
environments such as Michael Milken founded Cardean University.
Evaluated the effectiveness of new media learning.
A selection of topics: General Management, Accounting,
Security Analysis, Financial Reporting & (IFRS/IAS, GAAP),
Business Communication, Security Exchanges, Financial
Trading, Risk Management, Design Patterns.
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Roles: Solution designer, architect, designer, developer,
tester, supporter.
Effort: 15 man months (development).
Achievements: Created a comprehensive suite of trading
tools for rapid trade execution, transaction safety,
position management, risk parameter control, risk management
and performance reporting. Enabled inter-application
communication using ready-made APIs as well as custom-built
middleware.
Environment: MS Windows XP, Interactive Brokers TWS Trader
Work Station, Sierra Chart ACSIL Advanced Custom Study
Interface and Language, C++, OOD, OOP, AutoHotkey_L,
MS Excel VBA, MetaQuotes MetaTrader MT4 / MT5, MQL,
Trading Station 2, R Platform for Statistical Computing.
2002/01 - 2005/05 SAP Japan, Tokyo, Japan
Regional Integration Group (RIG) in Asia Pacific for
SAP SRM and SAP NetWeaver. Built the bridge between
SAP corporate development and the local SAP organisations
in Asia Pacific. Coached projects implementing new SAP
products and provided 3rd level support. Initiated and
led knowledge projects. Conceived and conducted
trainings. Worked with customers, SAP Consulting, SAP
Global Support, SAP Development, SAP Labs, clients and
partners from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia,
Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, while
utilizing the global SAP business ecosystem.
ROLES
Senior consultant, knowledge champion, project manager,
coach, trainer, transcultural change-agent.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Successfully coached 9 struggling customer projects. Two
of them (in the fields SAP SRM and SAP KM / TREX) were
turned around, and eventually generated an utmost level
of customer satisfaction. Both turnarounds re-established
trusted customer-relationships and resulted in follow-up
business deals.
Speaker at SAP events such as SAP TechEd in Bangalore and
Tokyo with very good feedback from the audience.
Conceived and distributed success-critical knowledge:
Initiated and executed globally innovative
SAP NetWeaver knowledge projects. Created buy-in from
team members and stake holders across cultures and
continents. Received very positive feedback for the
results from external and internal customers.
Technical environment, selection: Sun Solaris, Windows
NT, AIX, HP-UX, WebSphere, SAP SRM, SAP NetWeaver,
SAP WAS, ABAP, SAP Basis, SAP KMC, SAP EBP, ADABAS,
MS SQL Server, Java, J2EE, SAP ERP Server, heterogeneous
technical infrastructures, SAP UM, SAP Enterprise SOA,
SAP XI, identity management, systems integration, load
testing, SAP Enterprise Portals.
ENGAGEMENTS WITH SAP PARNERS & CLIENTS
China Telecom - Beijing, EMC Japan - Tokyo,
Fujitsu - Tokyo, Hewlett Packard - Beijing / Tokyo,
IBM Beijing / Tokyo, Mitsui Trading - Tokyo,
NEC - Tokyo, Nissan - Tokyo, Samsung Electronics - Seoul,
Sanofi Aventis - Tokyo, Satyam - Bangalore,
Telephone Authority of Thailand (TOT) - Bangkok,
Telstra - Melbourne, Unisys - Tokyo.
2000/10 - 2001/01 HypoVereinsbank AG, Munich, Germany
Project "Workflow"
SOLUTION DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE
Object: Server side Enterprise Java Beans interface for
a Staffware Workflow Server leading to a thin intranet
client for more than 40,000 concurrent users.
Achievements: Developed the software-architecture and
component interfaces of a scalable EJB based application
server; also, trained two developers who are currently
implementing this solution.
Role: Contractor / consultant.
Effort: 2 man-months.
Environment: Sun Solaris, Sun E10K, BEA WebLogic 5.1,
EJB Enterprise Java Beans 1.1, Java Servlets, Staffware
Workflow JavaSEO.
2000/07 - 2000/09 HypoVereinsbank AG, Munich, Germany
Project "Webpower"
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, SOLUTION DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE
Object: Customer relation management system in direct
banking.
Achievements: Our final system considerably reduced the
response times to customer inquiries, and established a
warning and reporting system for processes behind
schedule with a configurable service level for each
department.
Activities: Contributed to shaping quality management
processes and put them into operation; involved were the
HypoVereinsbank and its subsidiary HVBDirekt.
Furthermore, designed, and implemented some related
Enterprise Java Bean components for bank's web re-launch.
Role: Contractor / consultant / manager / developer.
Effort: 2 man-months.
Environment: Sun Solaris, Sun E10K, BEA WebLogic 5.1,
abaXX e-Business-Suite, Borland JBuilder, TogetherJ, EJB
Enterprise Java Beans 1.1, Java Servlets, JSP Java
Server Pages, SMTP Protocol, MIME Protocol, CGI, Perl,
Java SDK 1.2.2, XML / XSL, JDBC, JNDI, J2EE, Aspect Mail
Management System, PVCS, Ant.
2000/08 B. P. Systemes d'Information Sarl, Nice,
France, Project "Entrepot"
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, SOLUTION DESIGN
Object: SAP driven web-platform for chemical engineering
supply chain management.
Achievements: Designed an interface to an SAP database,
as well as a data model for a buffer-database, planned
database replication, implemented a rapid prototype of
the website, and trained one developer, who was
subsequently implementing the solution.
Role: Contractor / consultant.
Effort: 9 man days.
Environment: MS IIS 4, ASP, JavaScript, MTS Microsoft
Transaction Server, Visual Basic, Win32 API, MS SQL
Server, DTS Data Transfer Services, ADO, SAP Basis,
SAP R/3, Oracle.
2000/01 - 2000/06 HypoVereinsbank AG, Munich, Germany
Project "Workflow"
Object: Porting a proprietary Rich Client for a
Staffware Workflow Server to a stateless MS IIS intranet
web farm.
Achievements: Researched the design guidelines for
building scalable Microsoft DCOM solutions. Designed,
implemented and presented a load-tested prototype of an
MTS / DCOM interface, which was hosted on a
load-balanced session aware WinNT application server
farm accessible from a stateless web farm.
Role: Contractor / consultant / developer.
Effort: 4 man-months.
Environment: WinNT, MS IIS, stateless web farm, MS SQL
Server, Visual Basic, Win32 API, ActiveX, (D)COM,
multi-tier layers, MS DNA, MTS Microsoft Transaction
Server, DCOM via HTTP, ADO, RDO, JavaScript Remote
Scripting, HTML, DHTML, CISCO Local Director, Staffware
Workflow Server, SEO Staffware Enterprise Objects,
PassGo Server API, Rational Rose, MS SourceSafe, UML.
1999/02 - 1999/05 Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank eG,
Dusseldorf, Germany, apobank.de
Project "Real-Estate Contracts"
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Object: Client-server system for generating real estate
credit contracts and related documents.
Our solution led to a considerable faster way of
generating business documents. One example: the average
time needed to generate a mortgage loan contract
decreased by 80 %.
Role: Contractor / developer.
Effort: 3 man-months.
Environment: WinNT, Visual Basic, RDO, ODBC, Informix,
MS Office VBA, DAO, MS Access, Win32 API.
1998/11 - 1999/02 Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank eG,
Dusseldorf, Germany, apobank.de
Object: Customer relation management system for handling
postal mailings.
Achievements: Designed and implemented the system well
within time-limits.
Role: Contractor / developer.
Effort: 2 man-months.
Environment: WinNT, Visual Basic, RDO, ODBC, Informix,
MS Office VBA, DAO, MS Access, Win32 API.
1998/03 - 1999/10 Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank eG,
Dusseldorf, Germany, apobank.de
Project "Credit Contracts"
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Object: System for effective generation of printed
documents such as contracts, reminders, and standardized
letters.
Achievements: Our development-team could deliver
the solution within a narrow deadline. After rollout to
2000 clients, we provided the initial customer support
and software maintenance.
Role: Contractor / developer / production support.
Effort: 6 man-months.
Environment: WinNT, Visual Basic, RDO, ODBC, Informix,
MS Office VBA, DAO, MS Access, Win32 API, XP Extreme
Programming.
1997/07 - 1997/08 BMI - German Federal Ministry of the
Interior, Project "Cultural Goods DB"
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Object: MS Jet Engine based database system for the
management of cultural goods.
Achievements: Reengineered an existing system to meet
the latest user requirements and performed the final
testing.
Role: Contractor / developer.
Effort: 1 man-month.
Environment: WinNT, NT, Visual Basic, DAO, Crystal Reports.
1996/01 - 1996/12 DHZB - German Heart Centre Berlin,
Germany, Project "Image Segmentation"
RESEARCHER, SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
Object: Textural segmentation of digital medical images
as part of the research project BERKOM.
Achievements: Implemented a method of applying
Markov-Fields for the texture recognition and
segmentation of medical images and evaluated its
effectiveness.
Role: Researcher / developer.
Effort: 11 man-months.
Environment: Sun Solaris, UNIX, X11 Windows, C++, Cantata.
1994/03 to present Various Organizations
CORPORATE TRAININGS
Role: Contractor / Staff Instructor / Trainer / Coach
Seminars & Workshops Conducted (Selection):
o Project Management
o Cross-Cultural Leadership & Collaboration
o Time Management
o SAP Support Processes (for SAP Global Active Support Agents)
o SAP Enterprise Portal & Load Testing
o SAP Identity Management
o SAP NetWeaver Architecture & Technical Infrastructures
o SAP SRM Supplier Relationship Management
o All Microsoft Office products
o Microsoft Project
o Microsoft Office VBA development
o Design of relational databases
o Systems administration of MS SQL Server
o Systems administration of MS WinNT 4
o TCP/IP
o OOP object oriented programming
o Designing scalable solutions with MS IIS / ASP
and MTS Microsoft Transaction Server
Conducted more than 100 trainings and workshops in English language
for international audiences.
[Name on request]
>> MORE THAN PROJECT SUCCESS
The role of Scrum Master in a SAFe enterprise. Key components of scaled Agile development, how Scrum is facilitated throughout the enterprise, and how to execute iteration planning.
The Professional Scrum Product Owner course is targeted to Product Owners and anyone else accountable for maximizing the value delivered by software products and services.
Colleges
1997 Masters Degree in Economical Mathematics (M.Sc.), TU Berlin
2005 SAP Knowledge Management Programme, INSEAD Fontainebleau
2006 Management Summer School, Malik Center St. Gallen
Further Education / Certification (Selection)
1994 Prokoda TTT (Train The Trainer)
1997 MCT Microsoft Certified Trainer
1999 MCP MS SQL Server / Sybase Database Server
1999 Project Management (PMI-oriented) at Daimler AG, Berlin
2004 SAP NetWeaver Portal
2005 SAP Knowledge Management & Collaboration
2013 Oracle Certified Professional - Java SE6 Programmer
Miscellaneous
2004 Conceived and conducted trainings for SAP AG
2007 Cardean Online-University: Corporate Finance,
Accounting for Managers (GAAP, IFRS/IAS), Business Communication
2010 Analysis of financial reports, security analysis,
financial markets, financial trading, risk management
[Name by request]
PERFORMANCE TRIGGERS
I get the results that you strive for:
Outstanding Business Value + Delighted Customers.
+ Co-Create + Innovate
+ Create Customer Value
+ Solve Problems + Capture Opportunities
+ Cultivate Systems & Teams
+ Lead by Example + Implement Change
+ Build Operational Excellence
May I recommend to verify the results of my work.
Contacts to clients are provided on request.
Do you need...?
To lift barriers to high-performance.
To get results that currently seem to be impossible.
To reach an excellent success probability for critical projects.
Does your organization have this potential?
Are you committed to change?
Then let's get there. Together.
[Name by request]
>> MORE THAN PROJECT SUCCESS
*****
FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
+ Trained in General Management, Reading Balance Sheets
+ Computer Science, Mathematics,
+ Scrum (Master, Product Owner, Scaled Agile SAFe)
+ Communication, Negotiation
+ Cybernetics, Benefitting from Complexity
+ Building Distributed Systems
+ Digital Transformation, SaaS, IoT, DevOps
Result oriented and close to the client. Highest customer satisfaction. Trust-based collaboration. Delivery on schedule.
Value-generating business solutions.
From services through SaaS & middleware to IoT consumers & user-friendly frontends.
Secure, stable and scalable components. Clean source-code.
Proven leadership skills (several years of experience as trainer, coach, manager). Outstanding project success with agile methods since 1998.
Leading distributed off-shore teams to results. I am enjoying working with people across cultures (e.g. from China, France, Germany, Japan, India, Thailand, Philippines, UK, USA). Frequently turned around international projects. Re-building effective collaboration. Winning back stakeholder buy-in. Verifiable track-record.
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+++ Reference contacts on request
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I am in the position to accept results-based contracts. Rolling contracts based on sprint duration are most welcome.
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
o AWS Machine Learning, EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudFront, Glacier, RDS
o Portals, Systems Integration, SSO
o Identity Management, Security
o Server & Cloud Solutions, Scalability, High-Availability
o Sizing and Load-Testing, Large Databases
o Transaction Processing & Distributed Computing
o "I18N" Software Internationalization
o XI, Middleware, EAI, ESB
o EA Enterprise Architecture
STANDARDS
o Industry Automation, Digital Transformation, IoT, I4.0
o Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain
o Bitcoin, Security Consulting, Ethereum
o Virtualization, Microservices
o Webservices, SOA, SOAP, WSDL, JSON, RESTful
o TDD Test Driven Development
o CI Continuous Integration (Hudson, Jenkins)
o Automation, CD Continuous Delivery, DevOps
o Clean Code, High Quality
BUSINESS & FINANCE
o Business Process Design, Workflow Systems
o Creating and "Selling" Business Cases
o Accounting (GAAP, IFRS/IAS), Controlling
o Security Analysis, Valuation
o Financial Markets, Exchanges, Trading
o Risk Mitigation & Management
o Resource Management
MANAGEMENT
o Certified Scrum Master PSM, Scrum Product Owner PSPO
o Certified DSDM Dynamic Systems Development Method Agile PM
o Management 3.0 (Jurgen Appelo)
o PRINCE 2
o Project Management, Project Turnarounds
o Participative Generation of Innovative Solutions
o Transcultural Communication & Collaboration
o Transformational Leadership, Team-Building
o De-Escalation and Mitigation, Harvard Negotiation
o Knowledge Management, Change Management (including ADKAR)
METHODS
o Focusing Teams on Customer-Outcome
o Agile Engineering, Scrum, Scaled Scrum, DevOps, Kanban, ScrumBan
o Rapid Prototyping, Evolutionary Engineering
o Cross-Discipline Engineering, Overcoming the Silo View
o SAFe, Overcoming the Silo View, Shorten SDLC Feedback Cycles
o Requirement Prioritization, Solution Management
o Business Exception Handling (Integrating SW-Application & Organization)
TEAM & OFFICE
o Atlassian Jira, Confluence, FreeMind
o MS Office 365, 2013/2010/2007/2003, Collaborative Solutions
with SharePoint, Lync / Skype for Business, Exchange
o Professional Consulting and Presentation Skills Utilizing
Office Software Suites, Various Project Management and
Collaboration Tools (such as MS Project, Word, PowerPoint,
Outlook, Lotus Notes, SAP Accounting, SAP Solution Manager)
o MS Excel Expert: Reporting, Visualization, Pivot Tables,
External Data, Analysis, Modeling, Simulations, VBA
PRODUCTS
o Aris, Rational Rose, UML Studio, UMLet
o Cantata
o Crystal Reports
o VMware, Citrix Metaframe
o Eclipse IDE, NetBeans IDE, MS Visual Studio IDE
o Revision Control: Git, GitHub, Perforce, SVN, Tortoise SVN/Git
o OpenSTA
o Sierra Chart & API
o Interactive Brokers TWS Trader Work Station & API
o MetaQuotes MetaTrader 4 / MT4
o BMC / AR Remedy
o Google Maps, Yahoo! GeoPlanet
o Tomcat, Glassfish, WebLogic
o ? see more in Project List
SAP STANDARDS
o SAP R/3 Basis, SAP ERP
o SAP server infrastructure : solutions architecture, maintenance
o SAP JCo
o SAP Web Application Server (ABAP and J2EE)
o SAP SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)
o SAP NetWeaver Portal, SAP XI (Exchange Infrastructure)
o SAP TREX
o SAP KMC (Knowledge Management & Collaboration)
o SAP SRM (Supplier Relationship Management)
SQL <-- Senior Expert (see Database)
UML, OOA/OOD/OOP, Object Orientation, Analysis/Design/Programming
Design Patterns, Loose Coupling, DI Dependency Injection
AOP Aspect Oriented Programming
Clean Code, Team-Minded Documentation, High Quality
Business Exception Handling (Integrating Software and Organization)
Multi-Threading
Diagnosis and resolving of memory- und resource-leaks
Solving performance bottlenecks in distributed systems
Familiar with RAII / SBRM Scope-Bound Resource Management
R Platform for Statistical Computing
Java Spring, EE / J2EE, EJB, Servlets, JSP,
JPA, JBoss Hibernate (high performance), AspectJ, JAXP,
JUnit, Maven, Oracle Certified Professional / Java SE6
JavaScript, AJAX, HTML, CSS
.NET Platform & API (CLR, CIL, C#, C++/CLI, VB.NET)
RegEx Regular Expressions
XML / XSLT / XPATH / XQUERY transformations
AutoHotkey for cross-platform UI-integration
JCBC, OLE DB, RDO, ADO, JET
SQL <-- Expert: Stored Procedures, Triggers, Isolation Levels, Transactions, Optimizing Locking / Throughput
Design of relational databases, performance tuning, consolidation and cleansing of distributed data, statistical analysis, data provisioning for business intelligence, analytics
R, Microsoft Excel, Derive: Advanced financial and statistical modeling, numerical and graphical, Monte Carlo simulations
A few old fellows are helping: Passion for learning, rapid on-boarding, cultural curiosity, people skills evolved while working with teams from Asia, Europe, the Middle-East and the US, an effective work-style, a sense of responsibility and last but not least plain old hard work.
[Name by request]
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— Project ResSy - Innovative Solution for Resource Management, 10/13 - 02/14
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Referenz durch Projektleiter einer großen Bank vom 10.01.01
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Referenz durch Systemverantwortlicher einer großen Bank vom 10.01.01