I’ve worked with some of the best companies.
2001 – 2005
Software Developer C++ – Logistics
Responsibilities:
– End-customer facing
– Project Business SW-Development
– Component Design, Implementation and Test
– On Site Commissioning
Domains:
– Logistics (Postal Automation)
Technologies:
– C++
– ORACLE Databases, PL-SQL, Stored Procedures
– Industrial Automation, logic Controllers
Experiences:
– C++ Programming at its finest
– Professional SW-Development
– Many international projects with on site commissioning
2005 – 2010
Technical Lead & Software Architect – Logistics
Responsibilities:
– End customer facing
– Technical Lead for customer-specific software projects- Lead Developer- End-Customer point of contact for technical topics
– Chief Architect and technical lead for a medium sized green field SW-Platform Project based on C++ for backend and Java (JSF) for frontend services
– Defining and driving the architecture for single-machine systems and multi-machine deployments
– Project Management with budget and time responsibility for platform development and end-customer solution projects
– Implementation & Test
Domains:
– Logistics (Postal Automation), Runtime Control System (near real time)
Technologies:
– Service Oriented Architectures
– Event Driven Architectures
– Architecture Patterns
– Visual C++
– JSF, Ajax, JEE (MDBs in JBoss)
– JMS
– IBM Webshpere MQ
– Several Development Tools
– MS SQLServer
– UML Modelling
– ORACLE Databases, PL-SQL, StoredProcedures
– Industrial Automation, logic Controllers
– Industrial HMI Systems- Siemens SIMATIC HMI and SIMATIC S7 PLC
Experiences:
– Technical Proposals and customer negotiation, requirements engineering, project execution
– Technical Leadership in design, architecture, implementation, test and commissioning
– Siemens SW-Architect certification program with successful certification
– C++ SW-Development
– Commissioning (worldwide)
– Stakeholder communication
– Model Driven SW Engineering
– Cross-Department activities
– SW-Projects execution from requirements collection to end-customer acceptance
– Implement customer solutions on existing frameworks
– Small teams (<= 5 people)
– Change Management
– Test Management
– Technical Leadership
Responsibilities:
– Lead Architect for several innovative, large size Projects
– Best Practices in large Platform Development
– Research and Technology Transfer of software architecture concepts that support a increased integration of systems
– Software Architecture Reviews and Consulting
Domains:
– Energy Automation, Engineering Systems
– Smart Grid, Middleware Strategy
– Industrial Automation, Engineering Systems
– Drive Technology, Engineering Systems
– Remote Services
– Data driven Services
Technologies:
– Service Component Architecture
– Service Oriented Architecture
– Web-Service Concepts
– Event Driven Architecture
– C#
– Java & Scala
– Enterprise Service Bus, Messaging Middleware
– Distributed Data Service
– Business Process Management, BPMN, BPEL
Experiences:
– Professional Consulting (including a certified learning program)
– Taking a leading role in large SW-Projects in Product Business with high business criticality
– Massive parallel work on several topics
– Project Management and Lead of Consulting Projects
– Software Architecture for distributed systems
– Siemens Senior SW-Architect certification program with successful certification
2014 – 2016
Senior Software Architect – industrial IOT
Responsibilities:
– Lead Architect for in-Field Data Acquisition and Connectivity Services
– Technical Serviceability Strategy
– Industrial Internet of Things
– Connectivity Strategy
– (as a Hobby) Trainer for Software Architects in the Siemens SW-Architecture Curriculum
Domains
– Factory Automation
– Process Industry
– Remote Services
– Data Collection & Analytics for Industry
Technologies
– Industrial data exchange protocols / standards
– Networking protocols & Security
– VPN, encryption, certificates
– Service oriented architecture / micro services
– Embedded C++ on Linux and Windows
– Java / JavaScript
– Big Data Architectures
Responsibilities:
– Product Owner for the new MindSphere Platform and Offering
– Management and Prioritization of Customer Demands and strategic Requirements
– Breakdown and management of work items into worldwide distributed R&D team backlogs (up to 42 teams)
– Definition of product roadmap and iteration scopes
– Trainer for Software Architects in the Siemens SW-Architecture Curriculum
Domains:
– Remote Services Business
– Data driven Services
– Industrial Internet of Things
Technologies
– SAP Hana
– Microservices
– Cloud Services, AWS
– Web Authentication and Authorization
Experiences:
– Product execution in a highly agile environment
– Strategic roadmap development
– Orchestration of business goals, strategy and team level roadmaps
– Cross cultural software engineering and delivery (over 4 continents)
– Execution in very large teams
– Orchestration of SW delivery in coordination with Sales, Marketing, Legal and other disciplines
– Leadership through vision and inspiration
Responsibilities:
– Leading and growing a team of Solutions Architects in the pre-sales organization at AWS Germany
– Coaching, Teaching and Consulting a large scale, industrial customer in cloud adoption
– Creating sustainable solution architectures based on AWS technology
– Driving digital change with a focus on IOT, Data Lakes and Platform Development
– Building the bridge between the customer and AWS engineering, innovating the AWS
services and offerings
Domains:
– Cloud Computing
– Factory Automation
– Energy / Smart Grid Automation
– Building Automation
Technologies
– AWS services
– Serverless cloud computing
– Big Data transfer, storage, processing
– Machine Learning adoption
– Databases, Communication Middleware
– Microservices
– Software as a Service
– Containers (Docker & Kubernetes)
– Internet of Things
Experiences:
– Certified Professional Cloud Architect
– Consulting at high scale with senior executives and technical specialists
– Orchestration of specialist support for customers
– Execution of consulting projects
– Growing and expanding Pre-Sales and sales activities
– Growing an enterprise account into high 2-digit million revenue levels
– Hiring at the pace of Amazon, leading and developing a team of cloud architect specialists
– Cloud operations & business models
– Amazon Leadership principles
– Amazon Innovation framework
– Amazon culture in general
Responsibilities:
– Review and optimize tool chain for product sales (CRM, Shop, Licence Handling, etc)
– Consult and coach a new team to build a cloud based IOT platform for new products
– Build a strategic road-map to expand the product portfolio into new markets and customer segments
– Interface with Sales and strategic Marketing to build a new product line
– Write and promote investment proposals, execute Proof of Concepts, run validations
Domains:
– Software Monitoring
– Data-center Monitoring
Technologies
– Internet of Things
– Cloud based data collection platforms
– Cloud computing on AWS
Experiences:
– Innovation Management
– Investment Proposals
– Portfolio Management and Strategy
– Enterprise Architecture for product sales tools (CRM, Shop, Licence Handling, etc)
Responsibilities:
– Build a strategic road-map to expand the product portfolio of AWS into new markets and customer segments in industrial and manufacturing
– Collect customer demands from the industrial and manufacturing domains
– Interface with AWS product management and teams to process customer demand into new features and services
– Write and promote investment proposals, execute Proof of Concepts, run validations to enhance the AWS portfolio for industrial customers
Domains:
– Cloud Computing
– Factory Automation
– Energy / Smart Grid Automation
– Building Automation
Technologies
– AWS services
– Serverless cloud computing
– Big Data transfer, storage, processing
– Machine Learning adoption
– Databases, Communication Middleware
– Microservices
– Software as a Service
– Containers (Docker & Kubernetes)
– Internet of Things
Experiences:
– Certified Professional Cloud Architect
– Demand Management
– Cloud operations & business models
– Amazon Innovation process and investment steering
– Partner Development
– Amazon Leadership principles
– Amazon Innovation framework
– Amazon culture in general
Responsibilities:
– Product Owner for a new automation Platform and Offering
– Management and Prioritization of Customer Demands and strategic Requirements
– Breakdown and management of work items into worldwide distributed R&D team backlogs
– Definition of long term product roadmap and short term iteration scopes
– Drive and own the product vision
– Build out the new product offerings with Sales, Marketing, Business Development and other functions
– Build the bridge between SW delivery and business
Domains:
– Industrial Automation
– Factory Automation-
Technologies
– Microservice Architectures
– Container Management
– C++, Go, Phyton
– DDS, MQTT, OPC-UA, HTTP, REST, YAML, JSON, …
– Industrial Edge Computing
– Hard real time optimizations
– Motion Control
– Profinet, EtherCat, EtherNet/IP, …
Experiences:
– Product execution in a highly agile environment
– Strategic roadmap development
– Innovation in the Enterprise (working against the innovators dillema)
– Orchestration of business goals, strategy and team level roadmaps
– Cross cultural software engineering and delivery (over 3 continents)
– Execution in very large teams
– Orchestration of SW delivery in coordination with Sales, Marketing, Legal and other disciplines
– Leadership through vision and inspiration
– Building a new software business in long established organizations
– Change Management