Alexander Willer - Freelance Head of Development / Strategy Consultant

Q: Where is Alexander based?

Alexander is based in Hamburg, Germany .

Q: What languages does Alexander speak?

Alexander speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced) .

Q: How many years of experience does Alexander have?

Alexander has at least 16 years of experience. During this time, Alexander has worked in at least 10 different roles and for 8 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 7 months . Note that Alexander may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Alexander's latest experience?

Alexander's most recent position is Freelance Head of Development / Strategy Consultant at LabMaker GmbH .

Q: What companies has Alexander worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Alexander has worked for LabMaker GmbH , BitSelect Systems GmbH (own company) , and SSW-Trading GmbH .

Q: Which industries is Alexander most experienced in?

Alexander is most experienced in industries like Manufacturing , Professional Services , and Government and Administration . Alexander also has some experience in Banking and Finance and Information Technology .

Q: Which business areas is Alexander most experienced in?

Alexander is most experienced in business areas like Product Development , Production , and Project Management . Alexander also has some experience in Quality Assurance , Procurement , and Information Technology .

Q: Which industries has Alexander worked in recently?

Alexander has recently worked in industries like Manufacturing , Professional Services , and Banking and Finance .

Q: Which business areas has Alexander worked in recently?

Alexander has recently worked in business areas like Product Development , Procurement , and Production .

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Hamburg, Germany

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Experience

Nov 2022 - Apr 2023

6 months

Berlin, Germany

Freelance Head of Development / Strategy Consultant

LabMaker GmbH

Consulting on a wide range of open science hardware projects in the fields of electronics, mechatronics, and optoelectronics
Comprehensive system analysis and DFM optimization of a novel open hardware miniaturized two-photon microscope
Exchange with scientists from renowned academic institutions to align the customer’s work in the best possible way
Production coordination with local and international partners for PCB assembly, CNC machining, and optics
Process analysis for product design, production planning/execution, product lifecycle, and product data management
Coaching employees from all departments on the requirements that complex technical products place on business processes
Development of a comprehensive PLM & PDM concept tailored to the needs of development and manufacturing
Initiating intensive and direct cross-departmental exchange to identify improvement potential
Planning shopfloor layout improvements with the production team and supporting the implementation process
Quick onboarding of two new English-speaking colleagues in technical product management and development
Ad-hoc and in-depth training of employees in the use of software tools such as KiCad or Autodesk Inventor
Consulting on long-term development into a scalable, even stronger partner for the open science hardware community

Mar 2022 - Present

4 years 5 months

Hamburg, Germany

Automation & Mechanical Engineering Developer / Managing Director

BitSelect Systems GmbH (own company)

Creating the structural foundation for PCB manufacturing, especially in the area of component management
Concept and design of a pick-and-place machine based on a SCARA industrial robot
Assembly, testing, and commissioning of the pick-and-place machine, planning and implementation of necessary adjustments
Software integration of the machine with the OpenPnP software, adaptation and extension of the Java-based software
Evaluation of additive manufacturing processes (FDM, HP MJF, SLA, SLS) for the production of complex mechanical parts
Development, manufacturing, and testing of electronic assemblies
Planning and execution of complex procurement tasks (scope of about 40 individual orders)

Oct 2021 - Mar 2022

6 months

Hamburg, Germany

Freelance IT Administrator

SSW-Trading GmbH

Rollout, operation, and debugging of infrastructure and services on AWS with Terraform and Kubernetes/EKS
Technical support for test trading in new markets in cooperation with the development department
Short-term diagnosis and fixing of trading issues, partly as part of on-call duty
Further development of various processes in the Microsoft 365 environment (especially Exchange, AAD)
Analysis of existing system configurations and mapping these configurations in Ansible playbooks
Creation and revision of documentation for processes and infrastructure
Design and implementation of an onboarding guide to explain the technical connections of the trading systems
Work in an agile team with integration into existing processes for managing work packages

Apr 2021 - Oct 2021

7 months

Hamburg, Germany

Electronics Developer / Managing Director

BitSelect Systems GmbH (own company)

Identifying sought-after key features for a new retro gaming electronics product in the consumer segment
Feasibility study and preliminary planning for the implementation of key features and design aspects
Circuit and PCB development of a compact multi-PCB system
Supply chain analysis of the required components, taking into account the cost sensitivity of a consumer product
MCAD co-design to achieve a very compact form factor without compromising other product features
BOM management, component sourcing, and design adjustments to address the difficult component market situation
Finalizing the design, creating production data, and manufacturing the first prototypes

Feb 2020 - Dec 2020

11 months

Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany

Freelance IT Solution Architect

Landesvermessung und Geobasisinformation Brandenburg (LGB)

Concept, implementation, and documentation of a highly available database solution for a statewide geo portal
Review and improvement of a configuration management system
Long-term support for the lead Linux administrator as well as diagnosis and fixing of issues
Coordination of upgrades and modifications in heterogeneous staging-based environments
Support for the specialist departments by evaluating and implementing technical requests
Development and presentation of a strategic perspective for introducing a container-based microservice architecture

Feb 2014 - Feb 2020

6 years 1 month

Hamburg, Germany

Embedded Systems Developer

Schäfter + Kirchhoff GmbH

Product concept development, feasibility studies, and specification writing
Development of systems with multiple high-speed, high-density PCBs under tight mechanical / thermal constraints
Design for manufacturing and coordination of prototype production with EMS providers
FPGA and embedded software design, architecture design, and implementation
HW / SW tooling evaluation, workflow development, and introduction of DevOps tools and processes
Project management of custom optical measuring systems in the areas of electromechanics and drive technology
Leading demanding development projects
Functional management of two English-speaking employees

Jun 2013 - Jun 2013

1 month

Hamburg, Germany

Intern Software Development

Neusoft Technology Solutions GmbH

Development of an OpenGL-based map data viewer in C# as part of a test evaluation framework
Integration of the map data viewer into the main software branch

Aug 2011 - Jan 2014

2 years 6 months

Hamburg, Germany

Trainee in IT System Integration

atrias personalmanagement GmbH

IT administration in a mixed Linux/Windows environment
Diagnosis and resolution of network and application issues
Improvement of processes and infrastructure
Introduction of the Microsoft Lync UC solution
Support during the migration of all IT systems to DIS AG
Development of software to make it easier to create job advertisements in line with the corporate identity
Development of a mobile version of the company website

Jul 2010 - Jul 2011

1 year 1 month

Hamburg, Germany

Employee in Mechatronics Production

Schäfter + Kirchhoff GmbH

Assembly of electronic and mechanical components
Suggesting process improvements to increase production efficiency and product quality
Support for custom special projects

Feb 2010 - May 2010

4 months

Quickborn, Germany

Electronic Technician for Special-Purpose Equipment and Automation Technology

RaTec Strahlenmesstechnik GmbH

Design of a circuit board for a detector pulse simulator to test radiation detectors
Evaluation of CANopen-based I/O modules
Installation and programming of a PLC-based door speed limiter for extremely heavy doors
Support with assembly in special-purpose equipment construction

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Manufacturing, Professional Services, Government and Administration, and Banking and Finance.

Manufacturing

Professional Services

Government and Administration

Banking and Finance

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Product Development, Production, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Procurement, and Information Technology.

Product Development

Production

Project Management

Quality Assurance

Procurement

Information Technology

Skills

Core Competencies

Embedded Systems (Arm, Fpga, C/C++, Rtos)
Cloud Technology (Linux, Devops, Containers, Iot)
Pcb Design (Altium, Kicad, Hyperlynx)
Mechatronics (Cad, Motion Control, Optoelectronics)

Personal Success Factors

Creative, Resourceful Problem Solving
Persistence Until A Solution Is Found
Quick Understanding Of Abstract Concepts
Targeted Communication With All Audiences

Information Technology – Networks

Ethernet Standards
Layer 2 Infrastructure
Link Aggregation, Mlag
Vlan
Layer 3 Topology
Static Routing
Firewalls, Nat
Ipv6 Basics
High Availability
Load Balancing
Dns
Network Troubleshooting

Information Technology – Services & Technologies

Virtualization
Containerization
Software-Defined Storage
Hyper-Converged Infrastructure
Microservice Architecture
Service Discovery
Metrics, Monitoring, Alerting
Log Collection
Configuration Management
Web Servers And Apis
Message Queuing
Rdbms, Tsdb
Vpn
Pki
Reverse Proxies

Information Technology – Linux Distributions

Debian / Ubuntu
Centos / Fedora
Arch Linux
Proxmox Ve
Vyos
Pfsense
Freepbx
Raspbian
Openwrt

Information Technology – Linux Software

Qemu
Virt-Manager
Libvirt
Docker
Docker Compose
Podman
Kubernetes
Consul
Ansible
Saltstack
Puppet
Zfs (Zol)
Ceph, Rbd
Iet, Scst (Iscsi)
Smbd
Nfs
Networkmanager
Open Vswitch
Rsync
Dm-Crypt
Smartmontools
Fio
Iotop
Ncdu
Ip
Iptables
Firewall-Cmd
Ethtool
Tcpdump
Traceroute
Iperf / Iperf3
Sshfs
(C)Fdisk / (C)Gdisk
Dd, Ddrescue
Dig
Systemd
Grub2
Ssh
Bash, Zsh
Tmux
Atop
Htop
Bind
Cups
Haproxy
Freeipa
Node-Red
Mosquitto
Cups
Apache2
Tomcat
Node.Js
Postgresql
Pgpool
Mariadb
Influxdb
Prometheus
Telegraf
Grafana

Development Tools

Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio
Vim
Eclipse
Git
Gitlab
Gcc
Doxygen
Confluence
Jira
Wireshark
Mqtt.Fx
Latex
Pgadmin 4
Mysql Workbench
Draw.Io

Microsoft Products

Windows 7, 8, 10
Server 2008 R2, 2016, 2019
Remote Desktop Services
Active Directory
Dns / Dhcp
Hyper-V
Exchange
Print Services
Office

Other Software

Vmware Esxi
Vmware Vcsa
Splunk
Checkmk

Programming And Scripting Languages

Python
Shell Scripting
C#
Javascript
Html/Css
Perl
C/C++
Assembler
Tcl
Systemverilog
Mathematica
Mitsubishi Melfa-Basic Iv

Hardware – Electronic Assemblies

Circuit Design And Dimensioning
Pcb Design
Power & Signal Integrity
Thermal Design
Mechanical Integration
Emc
Design For Manufacturing
Smt Assembly
Eda Library Management
Bom Management

Hardware – Protocols And Interfaces

Spi
Sdio
I2c
Rs232/422/485
Lvds
Axi4
Pcie
Xaui
Miim
Ethernet
Can
Canopen

Hardware – Technologies

µControllers (Stm32, Avr, Microblaze)
Fpga (Xilinx, Altera, Lattice)
Lpddr3 Ram
Smps
Adc/Dac

Hardware – Simulation And Measurement

Circuit Simulation
Signal Integrity Simulation
Oscilloscope
Spectrum Analyzer
Logic Analyzer
Protocol Decoder
In-System Debugging
Data Acquisition

Hardware – Eda / Cad Tools

Altium Designer
Mentor Hyperlynx
Kicad
Autodesk Eagle
Saturn Pcb Toolkit
Ltspice
Rowley Crossworks
Xilinx Vivado
Intel Quartus
Yosys
Autodesk Inventor

Industrial Technology

Automation Technology
Drives / Motion Control
Plc / Fieldbus
Special-Purpose Machine Development
Cnc Machine Tools
Mechanical Cad / Fem
Pneumatics
High-Vacuum Technology

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

Mar 2015 - Jul 2017

University of Applied Sciences (HAW) Hamburg

Electrical and Information Engineering · Hamburg, Germany

Feb 2012 - Jul 2014

G18 Vocational School

University of Applied Sciences entrance qualification · Hamburg, Germany

Aug 2011 - Jan 2014

G18 Vocational School

IT specialist for system integration · Hamburg, Germany

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 10

Experience in Manufacturing 12 y

Avg length 1 y 7 m

Longest experience 6 y

Global Experience

Countries worked in 1 (Germany)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Freelance Head of Development / Strategy Consultant, Automation & Mechanical Engineering Developer / Managing Director, Freelance IT Administrator

Main industries Manufacturing, Professional Services, Government and Administration

Main business areas Product Development, Production, Project Management

Qualifications

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Created

June 2025

Last Update

July 2026

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Alexander is based in Hamburg, Germany.

Alexander speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

Alexander has at least 16 years of experience. During this time, Alexander has worked in at least 10 different roles and for 8 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 7 months. Note that Alexander may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Alexander would be well-suited for roles such as: Freelance Head of Development / Strategy Consultant, Automation & Mechanical Engineering Developer / Managing Director, Freelance IT Administrator.

Alexander's most recent position is Freelance Head of Development / Strategy Consultant at LabMaker GmbH.

In recent years, Alexander has worked for LabMaker GmbH, BitSelect Systems GmbH (own company), and SSW-Trading GmbH.

Alexander is most experienced in industries like Manufacturing, Professional Services, and Government and Administration. Alexander also has some experience in Banking and Finance and Information Technology.

Alexander is most experienced in business areas like Product Development, Production, and Project Management. Alexander also has some experience in Quality Assurance, Procurement, and Information Technology.

Alexander has recently worked in industries like Manufacturing, Professional Services, and Banking and Finance.

Alexander has recently worked in business areas like Product Development, Procurement, and Production.

Alexander attended University of Applied Sciences (HAW) Hamburg for Electrical and Information Engineering.

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