Managing Consultant

it-economics GmbH, Munich, Germany		 2009–present
  • Worked in several projects in the financial sector as developer, Scrum Master and project manager
  • Promoted Agile development practices, including test-driven development, acceptance testing, continuous integration and pair programming
  • Incrementally introduced Agile project management practices, including Scrum, user stories and JIT requirements.
Senior Consultant

Valtech GmbH, Munich, Germany		 2007–2009
  • Actively participated in Agile Projects as Scrum Master, and Team Member
  • Promoted Agile development practices, including test-driven development, acceptance testing, continuous integration and pair programming
Director R & D and Professional Services

Infopark AG, Berlin, Germany		 2005–2007
  • Lead the whole company into favoring and using Agile Approaches
  • Actively participated in Agile Projects as Project Owner, Scrum Master, and Team Member
  • Championed Agile development practices, including test-driven development, acceptance testing, continuous integration and pair programming
  • Lead inhouse workhops about Agile topics
  • Introduced Ruby-On-Rails as technological basis of the upcoming new product platform
  • Integrated two culturally different departments into one cohesive and collaborative team
  • Promoted and made use of Agile Leadership skills
  • Refocused regular performance reviews and managed up to 20 people
Director R & D

Infopark AG, Berlin, Germany		 1999-2004
  • Released about 4 major and 40 minor releases of the company’s flagship CMS product
  • Lead the department through the New Economy period (rapid growth, rapid downsizing, stabilization, innovation)
  • Presented new releases at user conferences
  • Managed multiple teams and up to 35 people
Software Engineer

infopark online services GmbH, Berlin, Germany		 1998-1999
  • Lead the development of the company’s flagship product
  • Introduced necessary quality assurance procedures like automated tests and bug tracking
Part-time Junior Software Developer

infopark online services GmbH, Berlin, Germany		 1994-1998
  • Implemented an online shop for a local bookstore
  • Developed websites with several automated templating systems
  • Designed a command line API for the company’s new product