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Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany

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Sep 2024 - Dec 2024
Germany

Agile Business Analyst and Requirements Engineer

Deutsche Post DHL

Position summary
Agile Business Analyst and Requirements Engineer at Deutsche Post DHL
Industries
Transportation
Business areas
Information Technology
Quality Assurance
  • Agile project "PEPSi annual vacation planning MVP Lite" (digitalization project).
  • Definition of state transitions for the JUP Lite functionality.
  • Creation of user stories for login/logout and registration.
  • Quality assurance of the business-side concept.
  • Preliminary analysis for the transformation from the old PersPlan to DigiPEP.
  • Tools used: Signavio, MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Jira, Confluence, Mural, Miro, Conceptboard, MS Teams, Mattermost.
Apr 2023 - Nov 2023
Germany

Agile Business Analyst and Requirements Engineer

Mercedes-Benz AG

Position summary
Agile Business Analyst and Requirements Engineer at Mercedes-Benz AG
Industries
Automotive
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Project "MVP NextGen for Squid applications for supplier evaluation".
  • Working with business contacts and developers.
  • Aligning requirements and user stories with product management and external service providers.
  • Updating and reviewing business concepts.
  • Consolidating information from multiple sources and working through contradictions, open points, and tasks.
  • Data and process modeling using UML, BPMN, and business object model (GOM).
  • Functional documentation of the user interface (GUI).
  • Writing and updating user stories.
  • Tools used: Signavio, MS Office, Jira, Confluence, Mural, Miro, Conceptboard, MS Teams, Mattermost.
May 2022 - Jun 2022
Germany

Business Analyst / Requirements Engineer in an agile environment

REWE Systems

Position summary
Business Analyst / Requirements Engineer in an agile environment at REWE Systems
Industries
Retail
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Working out the current state in the area of market product information and market prevention.
  • Creating user stories.
  • Starting release planning for the future platform.
  • Helping shape the target picture of the future platform.
  • Tools used: Conceptboard, Confluence, JIRA, MS Office.
Jan 2020 - Jun 2020
Frankfurt, Germany

Requirements Engineer / Part Product Owner

etengo (Client: Finance, Sales)

Position summary
Requirements Engineer / Part Product Owner at etengo (Client: Finance, Sales)
Industries
Banking and Finance
Insurance
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Agile project to replace legacy systems.
  • Creating documentation for existing legacy systems and process instructions.
  • Developing and structuring the new documentation and documenting the current state afterwards.
  • Checking and aligning requirements for completeness and consistency.
  • Analysis, capture, and documentation of business requirements in the insurance and banking environment.
  • Identifying and consolidating cross-functional requirements.
  • Developing concepts and IT solutions together with departments responsible for the legacy systems.
  • Working on the new data model while considering historically grown data models and processes.
  • Developing customer-focused and innovative solution strategies.
  • Assessing and identifying preferred solution strategies in terms of cost-effectiveness, resources, and risks.
  • Creating and aligning user stories.
  • IT environment: Kotlin, cloud, Azure, Confluence, Jira, Slack, MS Teams, MS Office.
Aug 2018 - Apr 2019
Esslingen, Germany

Requirements Analyst / IT Business Analyst / Requirements Engineer

Daimler Truck Engineering IT

Position summary
Requirements Analyst / IT Business Analyst / Requirements Engineer at Daimler Truck Engineering IT
Industries
Automotive
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Supply Chain Management
  • KEM plant distribution project in the BOM (Bill of Materials) area.
  • Defining the distribution of components and product documentation to plants.
  • Moving from manual plant assignments to automated calculation.
  • Developing concepts and IT solutions together with the business unit and software development.
  • Documenting existing legacy systems and process instructions.
  • Checking and aligning requirements for the second implementation stage for completeness and consistency.
  • Reviewing the calculation algorithm (Boolean algebra, set theory) for distributing product variants.
  • Carrying out VBA programming to illustrate complex examples.
  • Designing the usability for the specification matrix, including logically combinable filters and visual markings.
  • Creating wireframes for the user interface.
  • Drafting a concept including later expansion stages and dynamic rights management.
  • Suggestions for expanding the data model for future improvements in plant supply.
  • Tools: Skype, MS Office, VBA, BCP matrix, SAFIRA, EDS/BCS.
Aug 2017 - Dec 2017
Dortmund, Germany

Requirements Analyst / IT Business Analyst / Requirements Engineer

KVWL Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Westfalen-Lippe

Position summary
Requirements Analyst / IT Business Analyst / Requirements Engineer at KVWL Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Westfalen-Lippe
Industries
Healthcare
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Agile digitalization project ProShare (project management with SharePoint).
  • Revising and adding to the requirements documentation in line with IREB in the requirements specification.
  • Creating business and system use cases for project management applications.
  • Consolidating existing intranet wireframes for different stakeholders.
  • Modeling wireframes and creating a click dummy with Balsamiq.
  • Describing workflows, processes, and information.
  • Tools: MS Office, Balsamiq, Confluence.
Jan 2017 - May 2017
Mainz, Germany

Consultant for SW-QM Systems

ZDF

Position summary
Consultant for SW-QM Systems at ZDF
Industries
Media and Entertainment
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Project SuDocu (Sustainable Documentation) as part of a host migration.
  • Designing an SW-QM system for documentation requirements in work contracts.
  • Developing adaptable guidelines (tailoring) for internal and external projects.
  • Ensuring knowledge transfer for a future competitive tender.
  • Optimizing the cost-benefit ratio of documentation.
  • Planning the approach using a network diagram and setting up the processes.
  • Consolidating requirements from cascading guidelines into documents and templates.
  • Designing specification templates in line with UfAB VI.
  • Proposal for project risk management including an Excel workbook and manual.
  • Quality review of project documentation for pilot projects and external contractors.
  • IT environment: Host, Cobol, Natural, Adabas, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Confluence, Jira.
Nov 2014 - Dec 2015
Berlin, Germany

IT Business Requirements Analyst

ORION Systems Integrators Germany GmbH (Client: KPMG)

Position summary
IT Business Requirements Analyst at ORION Systems Integrators Germany GmbH (Client: KPMG)
Industries
Information Technology
Professional Services
Business areas
Human Resources
Information Technology
  • Projects HR Skill Management (Online CV) and IMPaCT engagement planning and controlling.
  • Gathering requirements from the business side and discussing alternatives with the customer.
  • Solution design: functional description of website processes and dialogs from the user perspective.
  • Translating documentation into English for locations in India.
  • Supporting the creation of test cases.
  • Reengineering the software and revising the documentation for IMPaCT.
  • Tools: MS Office, Lync, Visio (BPMN), SharePoint, TFS, HTML5, CSS3, Javascript.
Nov 2013 - Jan 2014
Zollikofen, Switzerland

IT Business Analyst

T-Systems Data Migration Consulting Switzerland (Client: SBB Cargo)

Position summary
IT Business Analyst at T-Systems Data Migration Consulting Switzerland (Client: SBB Cargo)
Industries
Information Technology
Transportation
Business areas
Information Technology
Sales
Strategy
  • Presales activities for modernizing software from Cool:Gen/DB2 to Java/MySQL.
  • Preparing opportunity assessments for global data consolidation.
  • Text analysis of tenders (RfPs).
  • Developing the solution design and project strategy.
  • Estimating effort, costs, and project duration.
  • Tools: MS Office 2010, Webex, SharePoint, Confluence.
Apr 2013 - Sep 2013
Hamburg, Germany

Business Analyst / Requirements Engineer

DV-Ratio / syngenio (Client: Bank)

Position summary
Business Analyst / Requirements Engineer at DV-Ratio / syngenio (Client: Bank)
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Project "tax adjustments" as part of an application replacement.
  • Gathering high-level business requirements.
  • Creating detailed functional requirements.
  • Checking requirements for completeness and consistency.
  • Coordinating with international teams and developers in the Far East.
  • Tools: MS Office, Lotus Notes, SharePoint.
May 2012 - Sep 2012
Salzburg, Austria

IT Business Analyst

SPAR Österreich Business Services ICS

Position summary
IT Business Analyst at SPAR Österreich Business Services ICS
Industries
Retail
Business areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
Quality Assurance
  • Projects: Balanced Scorecard (BSC) Deployment Upgrade, BSC expansion, and ePayment.
  • Planning and preparation of regression tests for BSC upgrades.
  • Ensuring consistency between Austrian functionalities and international ASPIAG programs.
  • Preparation of acceptance and production environments as well as coordination with EAI and system engineering.
  • Review of mass data transfer via EAI message tracking.
  • Re-documentation of requirements and specifications.
  • Development of parameters to identify requirements and test cases for card payments.
  • Creation of parametrizable test case templates in Excel.
  • Execution and documentation of tests for PayLife and CardComplete with a bankomat simulator.
  • Ticket handling, data analysis, and user support.
  • Tools: SAP BW, Squirrel (SQL), MS Office 2010, InterSystems Cache DBMS, FOLIO.
Apr 2011 - Mar 2012
Bonn, Germany

Business Analyst and Designer

Deutsche Post DHL IT Services

Position summary
Business Analyst and Designer at Deutsche Post DHL IT Services
Industries
Transportation
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
  • Project mobile handheld scanner HASCI for delivery staff.
  • Joint Application Design (JAD) and User Centered Design (UCD) with product managers.
  • Consolidation of the current state and requirements from heterogeneous sources.
  • Business moderation of workshops.
  • Solution design: modeling of business requirements and dialog processes for mobile handheld scanners.
  • Process modeling using eEPK in ARIS.
  • Screen design and navigation using Axure and Excel.
  • Extension of the UML data model.
  • Reverse engineering to derive requirements from existing parcel processes.
  • Tools: ARIS Business Designer 7, MS Office, Axure, i-Share.
Jul 2010 - Jan 2011
Frankfurt, Germany

Functional Analyst / Architect

DB Systel (DB AG)

Position summary
Functional Analyst / Architect at DB Systel (DB AG)
Industries
Information Technology
Transportation
Business areas
Information Technology
  • Projects EPA (Electronic Seat Reservation System) and RESI (Reservation Information).
  • Preparation of a pre-study, decision paper, and offer for the detailed business analysis.
  • Stakeholder identification and needs analysis.
  • Structuring of information in the project data model and reference model.
  • As-is analysis of processes, systems, and interfaces.
  • Carrying out impact and feasibility analyses.
  • High-level design of functional architecture variants and alignment with the IS roadmap.
  • Evaluation of migration strategies to replace legacy systems.
  • Effort estimation using Function Point Analysis (FPA).
  • Design of the project roadmap for future phases.
  • Tools: MS Office, Visio, Lotus Notes, Athene.
Jul 2009 - Dec 2009
Heidelberg, Germany

Sub-project lead Solution Design / Business Analyst

Lloyds Banking Group (IFS)

Position summary
Sub-project lead Solution Design / Business Analyst at Lloyds Banking Group (IFS)
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Projects “Tax Changes 2010” and “Portfolio Commission / Renewal Commission” (B2B).
  • Business and systems analysis as well as design in a model-based environment.
  • Interface between business and IS departments.
  • Review of business requirements and functional designs.
  • Creation of technical design overview documents.
  • Carrying out impact analyses and feasibility studies across multiple systems.
  • High-level design for partner master data management, LifeFactory 4, SAP FS-CD, and Qapla.
  • Definition of system requirements for interfaces, data, and GUI.
  • Derivation of critical test cases from the requirements.
  • Traceability analysis using Catalogue of Requirements (CoRe).
  • Coaching and improvement of BA-RE processes as well as optimization of the SDLC.
  • Organization of workshops to involve suppliers early.
  • Tools: MS Office, Visio, Sharepoint.
Feb 2009 - Mar 2009
Backnang, Germany

Consultant for Planning Processes and Reporting

Tesat Spacecom (EADS Astrium)

Position summary
Consultant for Planning Processes and Reporting at Tesat Spacecom (EADS Astrium)
Industries
Aerospace and Defense
Space Exploration
Business areas
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Consulting to improve program planning and increase on-time delivery.
  • Design and implementation of data analysis and dashboards for the COO.
  • ETL processes from Primavera into Excel using VBA.
  • Load-transform of SAP data in Excel macros.
  • Leading status meetings with production controllers and quality assurance.
  • Support for program planning for satellite equipment.
  • Tools: Primavera Enterprise 5.0, SAP, Excel, VBA.
Nov 2007 - Sep 2008
Ingolstadt, Germany

Interim Project Manager / Business Analyst

Media-Saturn IT (METRO)

Position summary
Interim Project Manager / Business Analyst at Media-Saturn IT (METRO)
Industries
Information Technology
Retail
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Projects for card payments (B2C) and the migration strategy from EFT 2010 to SEPA.
  • Reengineering and consolidation of business processes, infrastructure, and software architecture.
  • Preliminary study and research on the SEPA Card Framework (SCF).
  • Impact analysis of SCF on the domain architecture of POS systems.
  • Preparation of the vendor selection (beauty contest) in cooperation with the CFO.
  • Building a model for requirements and as-is analysis of the EFT landscape across 15 countries.
  • Optimization of the SDLC with regard to requirements engineering and testing.
  • Crisis management and turnaround for the EFT project in Portugal.
  • Creation of test guidance and test case specifications.
  • Execution of functional user acceptance tests (UAT) and integration tests (WWS).
  • Methodical solving of technical server issues.
  • Tools: Java, C++, MS Office, Visio, StarTeam, Wincor Nixdorf POS systems.
Sep 2007 - Oct 2007
Hanau, Germany

Consultant for Business Concepts and Business Process Analysis

Schwab Versand (OTTO)

Position summary
Consultant for Business Concepts and Business Process Analysis at Schwab Versand (OTTO)
Industries
Retail
Business areas
Operations
Product Development
Quality Assurance
  • Creation of the business concept "New Login" for the POS online shop.
  • Business process analysis and definition from the customer perspective.
  • Definition of required changes for customer account, newsletter, and referral marketing.
  • Solution design for different login types, taking security zones into account.
  • Review of usability and development of improvement suggestions.
  • Creation of a migration strategy for master data and functions.
  • Design and execution of user acceptance tests (UAT) for the relaunch.
  • Tools: MS Office, Visio, online shop systems.
Aug 2006 - Aug 2007
Backnang, Germany

Consultant for PM Governance and Planning

Tesat Spacecom (EADS Astrium)

Position summary
Consultant for PM Governance and Planning at Tesat Spacecom (EADS Astrium)
Industries
Aerospace and Defense
Space Exploration
Business areas
Project Management
Strategy
  • Management consulting on PM governance, organization, and planning processes.
  • Coaching of managers for planning and project management.
  • Recommendations for an expansive corporate strategy.
  • Initial planning for the YAMAL-300 satellite program using Primavera V5.
  • Optimization of program schedules for international satellite equipment projects.
  • Leading status meetings with production controllers and QA.
  • Tools: Primavera Enterprise V5, SAP, MS Office.
Jan 2006 - Jul 2006
Bern, Switzerland

Test Lead / Requirements Engineer

SBB CFF FFS

Position summary
Test Lead / Requirements Engineer at SBB CFF FFS
Industries
Government and Administration
Business areas
Information Technology
Quality Assurance
  • Project to replace a POS card payment system with an ep2 standard product.
  • Recovery of the project after internal audits.
  • Process modeling of the business use cases and organizational workflows.
  • Building a method to consolidate requirements from tender documents and offers.
  • Coordination between IT, finance, and customer service.
  • Creation of the test concept including risk analysis and usability checks.
  • Design of generic test cases to ensure financial integrity.
  • Execution of functional acceptance tests (UAT) and mass data tests.
  • Defect management and high-level migration concept (cutover).
  • Tools: MS Office, Visio, MS Project, Lotus Notes, PMS topas SBB.
Jul 2005 - Dec 2005
Zürich, Switzerland

Project Leader / Test Manager

Credit Suisse

Position summary
Project Leader / Test Manager at Credit Suisse
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business areas
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Leading the PeopleSoft HCM Salary + Bonus and eDossier (digital personnel file) projects.
  • Test management and metrics for user acceptance tests (UAT).
  • Creation of milestone forecasts.
  • Clarification of business architecture requirements for the eDossier evaluation project.
  • Tools: PeopleSoft HCM, MS Office, Excel, Visio.
Jan 2004 - Jun 2005
Stuttgart, Germany

Consultant for Large Project Planning and Control

Alcatel SEL (Thales)

Position summary
Consultant for Large Project Planning and Control at Alcatel SEL (Thales)
Industries
Professional Services
Telecommunication
Business areas
Project Management
  • Planning and controlling large projects across the full process chain (system engineering to testing).
  • Improving processes for planning, project controlling, and PM governance.
  • Developing and introducing an estimation system and monitoring KPI/metrics.
  • Creating forecasts (ETC, EAC) for budgets and milestones.
  • Performing defect forecasts for test management.
  • Resource and budget planning as well as creating rolling forecasts.
  • Maintaining CMM Level 2 criteria in project management.
  • Knowledge transfer and coaching for project managers and line managers.
  • Projects: DB LBS control and operation system and LZB Munich subway M21.
  • Tools: Primavera 3.5.1, MS Office, Excel, Visio, ClearDDTS, DOORS.
Jan 2003 - Dec 2003
Venice, Italy

Business Process and Website Reviewer

Adria Travel Point

Position summary
Business Process and Website Reviewer at Adria Travel Point
Industries
Tourism
Business areas
Marketing
Operations
Strategy
  • Review of business processes and website usability for POS search engines.
  • Consulting on market and setup strategies.
  • Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and controlling using Google AdWords.
  • Creating graphical reports on metrics and conversion rates.
  • Configuration management for booking requests.
  • Tools: MS Office, Excel, Google AdWords.
Jan 2002 - Dec 2002
Düsseldorf, Germany

PM Consultant and Coach

EMPRISE

Position summary
PM Consultant and Coach at EMPRISE
Industries
Information Technology
Professional Services
Business areas
Project Management
Quality Assurance
Strategy
  • Support in creating offers during presales.
  • Strategic consulting for reorganizing software development processes.
  • Process analyses for project management governance.
  • Introduction of methods for planning, time and effort estimation, and KPI metrics.
  • Tools: MS Office, Visio.
Jan 2001 - Dec 2001
Munich, Germany

Project Manager Business Process Analysis

SFS

Position summary
Project Manager Business Process Analysis at SFS
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business areas
Finance
Project Management
  • Project management for business process analysis in the finance sector.
  • Presales support for creating offers.
  • Project planning and execution of project risk analyses (FMEA).
  • Project control based on KPI and metrics.
  • Tools: MS Office, Visio.
Jun 1998 - Dec 2000
Frankfurt, Germany

Interim Programme Office Manager / Process Consultant

Deutsche Bank

Position summary
Interim Programme Office Manager / Process Consultant at Deutsche Bank
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business areas
Human Resources
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Management of the Global PeopleSoft BPR db-people to replace national legacy systems.
  • Steering the transition from project organization to line organization (Global Center of Competence).
  • Definition of processes and KPI metrics for implementation.
  • Setting the requirements for archiving legacy system data.
  • Activating the HR Competence Center for Continental Europe.
  • Design and introduction of a process model in the HR-IS team.
  • Conducting PM assessments based on the IPMA Project Excellence Model.
  • Coaching on organization, planning, and communication.
  • Consulting for the strategic project EURO/y2k in Continental Europe.
  • Design of a PM cockpit for project data and forecasts for up to 400 projects.
  • Creating milestone trend analyses.
  • Tools: PeopleSoft HCM, MS Project, MS Office, Visio, Lotus Notes, Access.
Mar 1998 - May 1998
Munich, Germany

Interim Project Manager Documentum

Telefónica O2 Germany

Position summary
Interim Project Manager Documentum at Telefónica O2 Germany
Industries
Telecommunication
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Design and implementation of document management for Order + Contract Management.
  • Coordination with the supplier Documentum.
  • Leading domain architecture workshops for process modelling and interface definition.
  • Building a DMS/CMS structure and archiving strategy.
  • Identifying project risks using project and process FMEA.
  • Planning the roll-out.
  • Tools: Documentum, MS Project, Visio, MS Office.
Jan 1997 - Feb 1998
Munich, Germany

PM Consultant and Coach

BayernLB

Position summary
PM Consultant and Coach at BayernLB
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business areas
Project Management
  • Design and introduction of project and program management processes for risk controlling.
  • Training and coaching of managers and project leaders for PM introduction.
  • Creation of the project handbook and communication plan.
  • Modelling and introduction of the multi-project management tool ARTEMIS.
  • Definition of standards for order management, reporting, and escalation processes.
  • Ensuring the conceptual integrity of the PM processes.
  • Design of PM metrics and a program cockpit.
  • Tools: ARTEMIS, ARIS Toolset, MS Office, Visio.
Jun 1996 - Jun 1996
Germany

Consultant for Process Analysis

Commerzbank

Position summary
Consultant for Process Analysis at Commerzbank
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business areas
Operations
Quality Assurance
  • Process analysis and definition for the production test and reference field.
  • Creation of a ruleset for management, quality management, and system administration.
  • Coaching the test field manager and training internal customers.
  • Focus on the organizational framework for collaboration.
Jan 1995 - Dec 1996
Nuremberg, Germany

Quality Management Software + Controls

Siemens

Position summary
Quality Management Software + Controls at Siemens
Industries
Transportation
Business areas
Audit
Procurement
Quality Assurance
  • Project baggage handling system for the New Hong Kong Airport.
  • Design of process-oriented quality plans for software engineering, manufacturing, and installation.
  • Evaluation of subcontractor offers in presales.
  • Collaboration with international quality managers.
  • Conducting internal and external audits in the Netherlands and Hong Kong.
  • Monitoring traceability and advising on automated tests.
  • Tools: HP-UX, C++, PL/SQL, MS Office, Access.
Nov 1991 - Dec 1993
Germany

Expert Reviewer / Project Management Consultant

DPMA German Patent and Trademark Office

Position summary
Expert Reviewer / Project Management Consultant at DPMA German Patent and Trademark Office
Industries
Government and Administration
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Strategic DEPATIS patent information system project.
  • Expert review work for the Federal Ministry of Justice and the Patent Office.
  • Schedule and technical controlling as well as risk analysis.
  • Requirements, claim, and contract management.
  • Consolidation of requirements to prepare acceptance.
  • Conducting acceptance tests and user acceptance tests (UAT).
  • Enforcing prototyping to validate usability.
  • Creation of lessons learned and recommendations for further project stages.
  • IT environment: Ingres, C++, MS Office.
Oct 1989 - Oct 1991
Aachen, Germany

Software Developer

InfoGraph

Position summary
Software Developer at InfoGraph
Industries
Construction
Information Technology
Business areas
Product Development
Quality Assurance
  • Development of CAD software for structural engineering (InfoCAD).
  • Implementation of structural calculations using the finite element method (FEM).
  • Development of mathematical algorithms for static and dynamic loads.
  • Creation of a formula interpreter using Test Driven Development (TDD).
  • Implementation of DXF interfaces for AutoCAD.
  • Development of a black-box regression test tool for test automation.
  • Technologies: Fortran, MS DOS, C.
Jun 1988 - Jun 1989
Paderborn, Germany

Software Developer

Nixdorf Computer

Position summary
Software Developer at Nixdorf Computer
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Quality Assurance
  • Software development in the finance sector.
  • Evaluation of a tool for software distribution.
  • Development for customer service centers (cash machines/ATM).
  • Creation of a test tool for simultaneous modules for test automation.
  • Technologies: Business Basic, C, MS DOS.
Apr 1987 - Apr 1988
Darmstadt, Germany

Software Developer / Graduate Thesis Student

Fraunhofer IGD / Alcatel SEL

Position summary
Software Developer / Graduate Thesis Student at Fraunhofer IGD / Alcatel SEL
Industries
Information Technology
Manufacturing
Business areas
Product Development
Research and Development
  • Writing my diploma thesis on a CAD expert system GUI for PCB layout.
  • Development with rule-based systems (OPS5).
  • Technologies: C, CommonLISP, VMS, VAX.
Jan 1984 - Dec 1986
Darmstadt, Germany

Student Assistant / Software Developer

Tech. Univ. Darmstadt

Position summary
Student Assistant / Software Developer at Tech. Univ. Darmstadt
Industries
Education
Business areas
Information Technology
Research and Development
  • Software development in research.
  • Running software labs on the mainframe.
  • Pair programming projects in the graphics area.
  • Technologies: PL/1, Pascal, Assembler, BS2000, C.

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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Transportation, Professional Services, Education, and Government and Administration.

Banking and Finance
Information Technology
Transportation
Professional Services
Education
Government and Administration
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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Product Development, Research and Development, and Human Resources.

Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance
Product Development
Research and Development
Human Resources
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Summary

Making complexity transparent Focus areas since 2006: analysis, requirements, processes independent of industries, vendors, products, technology Preferred roles: IS Business / Process / Requirements Analyst, Product Owner Tasks: business + process + functional analysis, modeling, requirements engineering, requirements / specifications, analysis, impact analysis / impact assessment, feasibility and preliminary studies, presales, offers, evaluation, implementation: estimates, forecasts, risk management, business concepts, rough drafts, solution design, detailed specifications, user stories.

Type: method expert, thinker-doer, communicator, optimizer, pragmatist (link between theory and practice) Strengths: fair, self-driven, forward-looking, priority-oriented, goal-oriented, flexible, innovative, logical-analytical, holistic, coherent, solution-oriented, methodical-systematic, careful, transparent, able to learn Orientation: customer success, consistency / coherence, optimization

Typical environments: between business and development, client and contractor (internal and external in each case) e-business, information systems, custom-built applications, extending software applications, especially custom software most common industries: retail, passenger transport (automotive and rail), finance, logistics, large programs (up to 150 employees or 10-15 projects) down to small projects (5-10 employees) many international projects or employees or contacts, also nearshore and offshore (India), 5 projects abroad (3x Switzerland, 1x Austria, 1x Italy)

Professional experience: various company-specific + project-specific topics Management experience: project management from 1992 to 2009 Technical experience: developer until 1991

Skills

  • Methods**

  • Requirements Analysis / Requirements Engineering, Fit/Gap

  • Interviews, Facilitation, Workshops

  • Process Analysis, Modeling (Bpmn, Eepk, Uml), Optimization

  • Impact Analysis, Feasibility, Solution Design, Detailed Design

  • Methodologies: Impa, Pmi, Prince2, V-Model, Incremental, Iterative, Waterfall

  • Risk Analysis, Approach/Strategy, Planning

  • Estimates, Forecasts, Etc Eac

  • Kpi / Metrics, Eva Earned Value Analysis

  • Project Management, Steering, Controlling, Reporting

  • Preparing Decisions (Kepner-Tregoe)

  • Test Concepts, Interactive Functional User Acceptance Tests

  • Tools**

  • Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

  • Visio

  • Primavera

  • Dms/Cms

  • Organization + Management Of Projects + Processes**

  • Project Lead And Management, Interim Management

  • Large Projects, Multi-Project And Program Management

  • Project Consolidation, Recovery, Crisis, Turnaround

  • Methodical Innovative Problem Solving, Corrective Actions, Escalation Management, Task Forces

  • Preparing Decisions (Kepner-Tregoe)

  • Coaching, Pm Introductions And Pm Further Development

  • Project Setup And Process Organization / Project Design

  • Project + Program Competence Centers / Offices, Pmo

  • Approach, Planning Processes, Prevention

  • Process Analysis, Modeling, Definition, Optimization

  • Forecasts Etc Eac, Kpi / Metrics, Target Controlling

  • Project Steering, Coordination, Controlling, Reporting

  • Requirements Analysis / Requirements Engineering, Fit/Gap

  • Impact Analysis / Impacts Analysis, Feasibility

  • High-Level Design / Rough Design, Solution Design

  • Scrum, Agile Projects

  • Human Change Management / Change Processes

  • Pm Governance, Methodologies (Waterfall, V-Model, Spiral, Iterative, Incremental), Sdlc, Software Engineering, Process Maturity

  • Cockpits, Dashboards For Pm And Testing, Eva Earned Value Analysis

  • Project Risk Analysis And Management, Project Fmea

  • Continuous Improvement Process, Cip, Process-Oriented Quality Management

  • Preparing Offers, Evaluation, Tool Selection / Evaluation

  • Test Management, System Analysis, Design, Programming, Test

  • Order And Change Request Management Processes

  • Interviews, Moderation, Negotiation, Workshops

  • Functional Interactive User Acceptance Tests, Uat, Test Concepts

  • Use Cases

  • Training Modules For Project Management, Facilitation Concepts

  • Qfd, Demand Management, Claim Management

  • Migration Strategies, Rough Concepts, Release Management, Cutover

  • Usability Engineering

  • Is Governance, It Security / Information Security

  • Agile Project Management

  • Standard Methods And Modeling**

  • Data Flow, Activity, Dependency Diagrams

  • Modeling For Processes, Methodologies, Projects, Software (Especially With James Martin / Information Engineering With Visio)

  • Network Plan, Pert, Gantt

  • Eepk, Information Engineering (Visio)

  • Erm / Erd / Rdbms

  • Petri Nets, Condition-Event Nets, Level-Rate

  • Project Fmea, Sw Fmea, P-Fmea

  • Sadt, Sa/Sd

  • Cmmi / Cmm Capability Maturity Model

  • Ipma Project Excellence Model, Efqm

  • Iso 9000, 9001, 900x Qms

  • Uml 2

  • Aris Method

  • Tdd Test Driven Development

  • Pair Programming (Xp)

  • Prince2, Bpmn

  • Dbms, Especially Rdbms

  • Domain Experience (Selection)**

  • Hr Skill Management

  • Bsc Balanced Score Card

  • Parcel / Letter Delivery, Mobile Scanners

  • Pos Online Shops

  • Card Payments: Debit / Credit

  • Passenger Transport / Traffic / Travel / Travel (Rail)

  • Customer Service / Customer Care

  • Renewal Commission

  • Pos Sco Self-Check-Out

  • Scf Sepa Card Framework

  • Satellite Devices (Telco)

  • Manufacturing / Production

  • Eft-Pos Terminals, Cash Machine / Atm

  • Hr: Payroll / Salary, Bonus

  • Personnel File / Dossier

  • Vehicle Devices (Subway / Train)

  • Risk Controlling

  • Baggage Handling (Airport)

  • Structural Analysis (Structural Engineering)

  • Standard Products / Tools**

  • Office, Especially Excel For Requirements Engineering, Msta/Mta Milestone And Defect Trend Analyses, Cost Analyses, Hands-On Data Mining, Forecasts Etc Eac

  • Visio, Mind Maps

  • Primavera V5 (Oracle Ppm Portfolio Management)

  • Artemis (Multi-Project Planning, Ppm)

  • Jira, Confluence, Dms/Cms Portal

  • Aris Business Designer, Aris Toolset

  • Lotus Notes

  • Starteam (Configuration Management)

  • Ms Project

  • Signavio

  • Sharepoint (Dms/Cms Portal)

  • Squirrel (Sql), Sap Bw Test Reports

  • Folio (Dms/Cms Portal)

  • I-Share Dms/Cms Portal

  • Athene Dms/Cms Portal

  • Vensim (Simulation)

  • Argouml, Bouml

  • Oracle Peoplesoft Peopletools V8

  • Ecm² Documentum (Dms/Cms)

  • Ingres (Rdbms)

  • Programming**

  • C, Fortran

  • Pl/1, Pascal, Assembler

  • Editors, Scripting Languages, Macros, Shell

  • Ms Dos On Pc

  • Infocad (Similar To Autocad) Structural Engineering With Fem

  • Vms On Vax

  • Bs2000 On Mainframe

  • Vba (Excel), Windows

  • Access Rdbms

  • Sql

  • Commonlisp, Ops5 (Rule-Based), Basic

  • Personal Traits (Excerpt)**

  • Fair, Self-Driven, Forward-Looking, Priority-Oriented, Goal-Oriented

  • Flexible, Innovative, Logical-Analytical, Holistic, Coherent

  • Solution-Oriented, Methodical-Systematic, Careful, Transparent, Able To Learn

  • Dialogue-Oriented, Easy To Connect With, Adaptable, Realistic, Coaching-Oriented

  • Precise Communication, Honest, Convincing, Able To Deal With Conflict

  • Intrinsically Motivated, Proactive, Planning-Oriented, Structured, Systematic, Persistent

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Elementary
Dutch
Elementary

Education

Oct 1989 - Oct 1991

RWTH Aachen

Postgraduate studies in Business Administration and Economics · Business Administration and Economics · Aachen, Germany

Oct 1982 - Dec 1987

TU Darmstadt

Diplom-Informatiker · Computer Science (minor in Mathematics) · Darmstadt, Germany · 1.75 (good)

Sep 1972 - May 1981

Gymnasium Theresianum

Mainz, Germany · 2.1 (good)

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Certifications & licenses

Certified Trainer for Communication, Coaching, Change

Certified Coach + Communication Trainer INLPTA (USA), certified Master Practitioner + Practitioner (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)

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Experience

Total positions 34
Experience in Banking and Finance 7.5 y
Avg length 10 m
Longest experience 2 y 11 m

Global experience

Countries worked in 4 (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy)
Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Agile Business Analyst and Requirements Engineer, Business Analyst / Requirements Engineer in an agile environment, Requirements Engineer / Part Product Owner
Main industries Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Transportation
Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance

Qualifications

Highest degree Master
Certifications earned 4

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Bernhard is based in Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany.

Bernhard speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Elementary), Dutch (Elementary).

Bernhard has at least 29 years of experience. During this time, Bernhard has worked in at least 29 different roles and for 33 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 10 months. Note that Bernhard may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Bernhard would be well-suited for roles such as: Agile Business Analyst and Requirements Engineer, Business Analyst / Requirements Engineer in an agile environment, Requirements Engineer / Part Product Owner.

Bernhard's most recent position is Agile Business Analyst and Requirements Engineer at Deutsche Post DHL.

In recent years, Bernhard has worked for Deutsche Post DHL, Mercedes-Benz AG, and REWE Systems.

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

Bernhard is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Quality Assurance. Bernhard also has some experience in Product Development, Research and Development, and Human Resources.

Bernhard has recently worked in industries like Automotive, Transportation, and Retail.

Bernhard has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Quality Assurance.

Bernhard holds a Master in Computer Science (minor in Mathematics) from TU Darmstadt.

Bernhard has 4 certificates. Among them, these include: Certified DGQ Quality Manager (EOQ), Certified Project Management Professional / PMA (GPM / IPMA Level D), Certified Trainer for Communication, Coaching, and Change.

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