CV
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Education
- 1990-1992: b.i.b. International College; Hanover (Germany)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology
- Graduated as “staatlich geprüfter Informatiker”
- 1985-1988: Georg-von-Langen-Schule Fachgymnasium; Holzminden (Germany)
- Abitur (university entrance degree), Physics, Electrical Engineering, German, Economics
Work experience
- since 2020: Product & Process Owner; company name and location on demand
- Enterprise architecture board member
- Owner of the company’s BSI C5 multi-cloud platform testation
- Design and development of new features and services for a multi-cloud platform
- 2018-2020: Inhouse Consultant; Union Investment, Frankfurt (Germany)
- Managed the design, development, and implementation of Union Investment’s EAI service environment along with its associated front end applications
- Implemented and improved a single sign-on solution for the Union Investment banking network
- “Union Fonds Online” Product Owner and Information Security Officer (web and mobile application)
- 2014-2018: Senior Business Analyst; Wirecard, Aschheim (Germany)
- Conducted agile technical project and product management for e-commerce and business processing applications
- Product Owner Accounting and Clearing & Settlement
- 2013-2014: System Analyst; Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg (Germany)
- Performed requirements analysis, created the conceptual design and acted as Product Owner of VW’s proprietary global “CarNet” Webshop
- 2012-2013: Project Manager; Otto Group, Hamburg (Germany)
- Managed a variety of projects, supporting the development and delivery of e-commerce applications and systems (Web and Mobile Apps)
- 2007-2012: Project Manager; Amazon.com, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
- Developed product and business specifications to enhance Amazon’s EU platform, including legal and functional changes
- Product Ownership for multiple products on the Amazon EU/Global seller platform (Packstation, Kindle EU, Base Price, Buybox, …)
- 2005-2006: Project Manager; Arvato Finance (Bertelsmann), Dublin (Ireland)
- Managed the design, development, and implementation of billing software modules, supporting Arvato Finance Ltd. and Arvato Finance Germany operations
- 2001-2005: Project Manager / Software Developer; Arvato Systems (Bertelsmann), New York (United States)
- Appointed to lead the development of technical solutions on-site at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California charged with the design and develop software modules for BFS billing solutions, supporting Google Ireland, U.S., and China
- Designed, developed, and maintained high-availability software, including the API backend to support 24/7 operations
- 2000-2001: Software Developer; Symrise AG, Holzminden (Germany)
- Designed, developed and maintained RenCS ERP software modules “Sales / Purchase Order Processing”
- 1992-2000: Software Developer; Fliegel Data GmbH, Hoexter (Germany)
- Designed, developed, and maintained high-availability medical software modules
Skills
- Languages
- English (full professional proficiency)
- French (elementary proficiency)
- German (native proficiency)
- Low German (intermediate proficiency)
- Japanese (beginner)
- Certifications (Excerpts)
- Project Management Institute
- Scrum.org
- Microsoft
- Axelos / PeopleCert
- Amateur radio & maritime radio licenses