Resume

What You Get

• Experienced Freelance Senior Project Manager, certified Product Owner, Scrum Master
• A true translator of realities, possibilities and technological solutions between project sponsors, upper management, product management and your DEV teams
• Agile Coach, Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO Scrum Alliance), Scrum Master
• Versatile project manager for international and local IT projects of all kinds
• Experienced working in cross-functional, multi-cultural teams in an international context - in person on site and virtually
• True ambassador and man of action for organizational change
• A guy focussed on
  • getting things done,
  • mid- and long-term roadmapping + moderation between stakeholders,
  • writing user stories according to genuine Scrum,
  • technology-agnostic approach,
  • working mainly for large and mid-size platforms, CMS and web projects,
  • introduction of Scrum, Agile and Management 3.0 as a new way of working,
  • launch, maintenance and management of global and european platforms including the coordination of multiple markets/stakeholders/countries,
  • several major projects >1m € for automotive, finance, global brands and the 'Mittelstand'.
• Deepened knowledge about Scrum, Kanban, Agile, SAFe, DevOps, OKR, Lean, Servant Leadership
• Advanced use of JIRA & Confluence
• A creative maker with an agile mindset and extensive knowledge about technologies, team organisation and motivation, agile frameworks, markets and successful project management
• A passionate cyclist and offshore sailor (this is important if things get hectic ;-)).

Leading Pieces of Wisdom

• "90% of the functionality delivered now is better than 100% delivered never." Brian W. Kernighan & P. J. Plaugher on planning, productivity, releasing
• "If you're not sure what to do with the ball, just pop it in the net and we'll discuss your options afterwards." Bill Shankly, Manager Liverpool F.C.

Selected Projects

• 2021 - 2024 Global IT company: Scrum Master / Agile Coach for German insurance / Munich
• 2020 - 2021 Web projects for a museum and manufacturing systems engineering
• August - December 2019 Scrum Master for API project in public business development bank
• March - August 2019 Agile Coach ti&m AG
• June - October 2018 Triplesense Reply: Product Owner / Senior Project Manager — implementation new portal for Burda Community Network. CMS TYPO3, Atomic Design with Pattern Lab, backend import of complex copy books for initial + updatable data
• 2017 - 2018 ETECTURE: Product Owner / Senior Project Manager — migration to a shared platform for all brands of Radeberger Gruppe (CMS FirstSpirit)
• 2016 -2017 Fidelity International: Senior Consultant / Agile Coach / Change Agent — organisational change and implementation of agile ways of working for European platform management (CMS TeamSite)
• 2015 - 2020 Associate Lecturer for Management at h_da Hochschule Darmstadt, department Interactive Media Design — management and coaching for projects in the field of simulations, mobility and Internet of Things (IoT). Further teaching activities about Kanban, Scrum, Agile, project management.
• 2015 Neuland + Herzer: Agile Coach for Neuland + Herzer and Senior Project Manager — migration of BASF EN (CMS Adobe AEM) and consulting for Social Media in the field of B2B Marketing and Social Selling
• 2014 ETECTURE@Ogilvy: Agile Coach and Consultant - global platform management for development of Nestlé Global Infant Nutrition (CMS Drupal); Ogilvy One: Scrum Master Relaunch R+V Versicherung
• 2012 - 2014 Kia Motors Europe: European Platform Manager E-Business Technology - main responsibilites:
  • cost efficiency of all web activities and further development of a pan-European platform,
  • CMS Sitecore + Kia Car Configurator and underlying infrastructure,
  • strategic decisions concerning SEO, tag management, semantic web content, monitoring tools,
  • connecting business needs from After Sales, CRM, Marketing and Dealer Network with web technology,
  • integration of global IT projects, e.g. global domain consolidation, URL policy, global campaigns, monitoring and tracking needs,
  • selection and steering of external service providers and agencies,
  • coordination and requirements management for 19 European markets on the platform,
  • introduction of Scrum and agile management techniques.
• 2012 OgilvyOne, ETECTURE: implementation & launch "Volkswagen. Mein Auto"
• 2011 Scholz & Volkmer: interim unit direction, several projects for Mercedes
• 2010 Neuland + Herzer: implementation & launch BASF Simplify for BASF AsiaPacific
• 2007 Hansenet: consulting platform management
• 2006/07 Deutsche Telekom: consulting
• 2005 Peter Schmidt Group: implementation of several iBrams projects
• 2000-2002 GFT Technologies / Pixelfactory: Relaunch Mercedes eMB, several projects for Mercedes divisions

The Person

• 1992 Freie Universität Berlin: German Philology, Political Science, Linguistics Magister Artium »Sehr gut«
• 1997 Ph.D. Freie Universität Berlin Dr. phil. »magna cum laude«
• 1997 Autodidactic learning of HTML (HTML 3.2!, those where the geeky times...), freelance author and HTML developer, e.g. for a computer based training (CBT) for DaimlerChrysler
• 1998 - 2000 Head of text & editorial services and project manager at eskatoo, Nuremberg
• 2000 - 2002 Project manager at Pixelfactory, subsequent GFT Technologies, Frankfurt am Main
• 2002 Head of e-learning unit at M.I.T newmedia, Friedrichsdorf
• 2003 Consultant with main focus on online services and e-learning at Avinci, Frankfurt am Main
• since March 2004 Freelance agile Coach, senior project manager, CSPO and consultant

In a Nutshell

• An Agile Coach and an agile minded Senior Project Manager and Consultant for numerous projects >500T€ for DaimlerChrysler, DCVD, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Telekom, BASF, Hankook, Volkswagen, Kia Motors, Nestlé, Fidelity International, Allianz and others in the fields of IT, software, platforms, online applications and services, brand sites and e-Learning.
• Languages: German, English, Tacheles. Some French, Swedish and Korean.