Lothar Hinsche - Solution Manager for PoC investigation and for replacing and refining an existing cloud and IoT power plant control system

Q: Where is Lothar based?

Lothar is based in Ditzingen, Germany and can operate in on-site , hybrid , and remote work models.

Q: What languages does Lothar speak?

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

Q: How many years of experience does Lothar have?

Lothar has at least 24 years of experience. During this time, Lothar has worked in at least 15 different roles and for 14 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 7 months . Note that Lothar may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Lothar's latest experience?

Lothar's most recent position is Solution Manager for PoC investigation and for replacing and refining an existing cloud and IoT power plant control system at Shell AG and NEXT Kraftwerke GmbH .

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

In recent years, Lothar has worked for Shell AG and NEXT Kraftwerke GmbH , IBM , Mercedes-Benz Financial Services , IBM EMEA + DB Systel , and EnBW Karlsruhe .

Q: Which industries is Lothar most experienced in?

Lothar is most experienced in industries like Information Technology , Professional Services , and Tourism . Lothar also has some experience in Education , Banking and Finance , and Telecommunication .

Q: Which business areas is Lothar most experienced in?

Lothar is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Strategy , and Research and Development . Lothar also has some experience in Project Management , Operations , and Quality Assurance .

Q: Which industries has Lothar worked in recently?

Lothar has recently worked in industries like Information Technology , Professional Services , and Tourism .

Q: Which business areas has Lothar worked in recently?

Lothar has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology , Strategy , and Research and Development .

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Experience

Jan 2023 - Dec 2024

2 years

Germany

Solution Manager for PoC investigation and for replacing and refining an existing cloud and IoT power plant control system

Shell AG and NEXT Kraftwerke GmbH

Investigating the PoC and replacing and refining an existing cloud and IoT power plant control solution for certificate management of renewable energy plants (solar, wind, biomass, etc.) for the largest European renewable energy network operator, including examining the field IoT devices and their integration and network connections, aiming for automated PKI key management.
Messaging with Kubernetes for large API-connected enterprise applications
Risk and attack vector analysis, software quality & bug assessments
Agile workload scheduling via Jira & Confluence
Evaluation of pub/sub message streams for MQ and Kafka.
Various tests with “best design approaches” for resilience patterns like circuit breaker designs, throughput measurement and monitoring, bulkhead governors – for robust EA design
Integration of API management with IBM's API Connect to Kubernetes for platform-agnostic microservices API management designs. Google Apigee
Solution health check approaches for load burst situations + remedy
Research and evaluation of potential sub-service providers in the coordinating role as solution manager. CIS20 controls.
DREAD and STRIDE security assessments.

Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

1 year

Hybrid

Multi-cloud and hybrid cloud transformations of enterprise solutions

IBM

Kubernetes routing and resilience PoC and testing of solutions for network stabilization and creating redundancy, DREAD and STRIDE security assessments, hybrid cloud hosting refinements, system hardening for clients, backend & datacenter.
Refinements of routing systems within Kubernetes solutions using Tigera Calico with its network management policies and behavioral profile logs, as well as custom visualization tools for resilience improvement and redundancy of fallback automations.
Clients in the context of energy providers, network operators, banks, insurance and automotive.

Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

1 year

Lead architect - coaching and consulting for IoT + backend system hardening and KRITIS transformation

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services

Focused on network resilience in the transformation of an automotive financing and leasing buy-back evaluation enterprise solution with architectural renewal and conversion to a cloud-native / Kubernetes-based hybrid hosting design.
Standardization of the existing code and evaluation enterprise solution, transferring the initially in-house built coding solution into a scalable, future-proof, extensible and resilient system and solution concept. PKI as a Service.
Coordination and coaching of the team of solution architects
Lead architect - coaching and consulting on microsegmentation, security, load balancing, intrusion detection, as well as meaningful log scraping and real-time analysis of threat situations for expanding and extending software resilience.
Creating a roadmap for implementation into the existing software architecture
Risk assessments and zero trust based architecture refinements of the existing solution
Refining the consumer API via zero trust designs and microsegmentation approaches
Technical analysis of the requirements and security context regarding granted access rights and their minimization (need-to-know and least privilege principles)
Integration of API management with IBM's API Connect to Kubernetes for platform-agnostic microservices API management designs
Solution health check approaches for load burst situations + remedies

Jan 2021 - Dec 2022

2 years

Transformation of API management and dev app migration

IBM EMEA + DB Systel

Transformation of API management and dev app migration between departments including IBM API Connect resource management, security and cyber risk attack vector assessments + refinements. Openshift + Kubernetes + software resilience patterns
Transformation of partner API integrations, various desired parameters and KPIs – multi-cloud & hybrid refactoring with Kubernetes
Technical analysis of the requirements and security context regarding granted access rights and their minimization
Segmentation of various in-production consumer APIs, zero trust designs, microsegmentation of pod solutions in combination with hybrid cloud hosting.
OAuth, single sign-on, authorization and authentication patterns
Proofs of concept for robustness and load balancing
Integration of API management with IBM's API Connect to Kubernetes for platform-agnostic microservices API management designs
Solution health check approaches for load burst situations + remedies
Multi-cloud migration of a monolithic solution to AWS and Microsoft Azure in a hybrid and multi-cloud context.

Jan 2020 - Dec 2022

3 years

Karlsruhe, Germany

Solution Manager + Integration Coach

EnBW Karlsruhe

Company-wide introduction of a software asset management (SAM) system for group and enterprise-wide license monitoring of hybrid-hosted, cloud-based and on-premise installed solution packages (SAP, Oracle, IBM, Office 365, Adobe, etc.)
A cloud-based software asset management solution was PoC-tested, security-checked, then rolled out to 12,000 end users and all data centers.
As solution manager, I coordinated the entire project and the rollout with service providers, system integrators, and all stakeholders in data center, security teams, networking, and smart-client deployment. Also optimized the Microsoft Azure cloud components of the overall solution.
Group-wide solution transformation with cloud big data analytics providers for license optimization, working with customer teams, commercial and technical departments, and stakeholders from all group areas including energy generation, transport, administration, and billing on software asset management.
SAM visualization and optimization
Advising management and business units
Architecture and concept development – cloud 12-factor app style – concept presentations / agile cycles / discussions / refinements
Context: Elasticity, resilience, composability, separation of stateless, ephemeral transient components from stateful persistent resilient aspects of the application, serverless lambda components, overlay networks, fallback and backup solutions, tunneling and SD WAN integrations, dynamic path selection, load sharing.
Hybrid mix: AWS, SoftLayer, Google Cloud, Azure, private cloud components + internal datacenters

Jan 2017 - Dec 2022

6 years

Australia

Investigation and creation of an SDN PoC and pilot for a cloud-native messaging application

Westpac AU / NZ

Investigation and creation of an SDN PoC and pilot for a cloud-native messaging application using Software Defined Networking and load balancing (using technologies like Kubernetes) running in various global data centers and geolocations.
Including geo-awareness and region auto-routing load balancing, serverless components, and high resilience.
System is part of a strategic application – migrated from a former middleware monolith solution – built on and based on relevant container orchestration frameworks in the context of SDN & load-balancing services and container and VM arrangement management systems.
The 'classic' solutions via Docker and Docker Swarm were transformed to Kubernetes due to its advanced capabilities, and Kafka was evaluated and used as a messaging and streaming service.
Refinement and modification of the enterprise application on latency, timing, and decoupling.
Created the roadmap to achieve optimized ESB use + more efficient Kubernetes designs, datastore sync optimizations, and use of resilience checks.
Integration of API lifecycle management solutions from Akana, Red Hat, and IBM: API Analytics, API Gateway, API Management, Developer Portal, Lifecycle Manager, IBM API Connect.
Focus on monitoring, SLA, and monetization.

Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

2 years

Germany

Solution Architect for IBM Business Monitor PoC with integration, scaling, and rollout

BMW Bank – BMW Global Financial Services

Proof of concept and integration of IBM's BAM IIB toolset to monitor the real-time workload, visualize throughput and real-time performance in detail, and show the throughput of BMW Group Financial Services modules of various national banks, as well as achieved KPIs, SLAs, and the overall health status of the operational solution.
Successful PoC execution for BAM, proving the feasibility of the target goals using the selected frameworks. Pre-installed multiple pilots on various VMs with appropriate load tests.
Created an integration roadmap for implementing BAM for the given networking and messaging services (IBM Integration Bus v9 and v10) and for the related workload process monitoring of the cross-country active 'Global Connected Financial Services Modules'.
Coached developer teams for BAM coordination regarding the affected module integration (black-box monitoring / white-box monitoring).
In-depth analysis of IBM Business Monitor's capabilities in relation to IBM Integration Bus, MQ, and SOAP integrations.
Created an implementation roadmap after completing the successful PoC in coordination with all project partners to implement 24/7 real-time service monitoring and move it into rollout.
Coached and led the necessary organizational and architectural change process.

Jan 2014 - Dec 2017

4 years

On-site

Project + Team Coach and Lead, Change Manager, Enterprise Architect - T-Onsite - Cloud Integration Center

Telekom - T-Systems

International recruitment to create a cloud architects group.
Advising JEE clients on enterprise application 'CloudiJications' and new architecture approaches to convert existing JEE applications to hybrid cloud capability.
Sourcing, screening, interviewing, and coaching suitable consultants and staff, including creating the hiring and business cases.
Set up the OpenShift and WSO2 training path for a team of 24 employees.
Coaching Kubernetes PoCs.
Technologies used: Kubernetes, OpenShift, VMware, OpenStack, load balancers, SDN, K8s network + CNI plugins, HAProxy, health checks, Contiv, Open vSwitch, T-Systems cloud artifacts.

Jan 2011 - Dec 2013

3 years

Germany

Lead Consultant for creating a Cloud Competence EA Review Center

Logica / CGI Deutschland

Created a Cloud Competence EA Review Center for transforming enterprise applications.
Advised JEE clients on new architecture approaches and converting existing JEE applications for hybrid cloud capability.

Jan 2010 - Dec 2025

16 years

Brisbane, Australia

Solution Manager and Transformation Coach for microservice solutions with Docker and Kubernetes

Flight-Centre Travel Group AU

Microservice solutions with Docker and Kubernetes and various API management integrations as a solution manager and transformation coach.
AWS transformation of existing JEE system modules for auto-deployment in different global AWS regions (mainly Ireland and Australia).
Latency session optimizations – loosely coupled optimizations, SDN, auto-deployment and load balancing, geolocation awareness, Layer 7 strategies and optimizations for local IPs, API lifecycle management & monetization.
Kubernetes and KubeFed cluster federation / region auto-routing, serverless components, and CI/CD pipeline integrations with Jenkins and Argo.
Business logic extraction BPM and enterprise architecture review of existing solutions.
Project management and change management. Middleware health checks in JBoss, application architecture, and infrastructure review – tuning and SOA refinement.
Team coaching for cloud-native architecture transformation of EA, testing and diagnosis of the existing web solution, fine-tuning infrastructure and servers.
Refinement and modification of the enterprise application on latency, timing, and decoupling.
Created the roadmap to achieve optimized ESB use + more efficient Kubernetes designs, datastore sync optimizations, and implementation of resilience checks.

Jan 2009 - Dec 2013

5 years

New Zealand

BPM + Cloud Consultant – JEE Enterprise Middleware Audit + Architectural Review

2Degrees Mobile

EA review and restructuring for a mobile phone provider.
Architectural review and business logic extraction for BPM – SOA for an existing payment solution, as well as change management to introduce new services.
BPM reviews & optimizations.
Middleware health check for jBoss, application architecture and infrastructure review, tuning and refinement of ESB.
Strategic advice and coaching to introduce BPM on top of the existing SOA and the related source code transformations.
Technologies: IBM BPM, BPMN 2.0, Process Designer, Integration Designer, WebSphere Process Server, WID, WS Portal, Business Modeller + Monitor, Rational Software Architect + Application Developer, Version Control, Eclipse, Intellij, Kubernetes Dev Environments, CI/CD, SDN, Resilience System-Hardening, Network Analysers.
Advice to management and business units.

Jan 2009 - Dec 2011

3 years

Canberra, Australia

Auditor + Consultant for Enterprise Architecture and Solution Design Review

AEC - Australian Electoral Commission

Review of the JEE core application for software stabilization and software resilience patterns.
Middleware health check for jBoss, application architecture and infrastructure tuning improvements for SOA components and BPM.
Testing of the existing Java enrollment solution and tuning recommendations for infrastructure and server clusters.
Transformation of the enterprise application in terms of BPM design, timing and decoupling, BPM logic extraction.

Jan 2008 - Dec 2023

16 years

Australia

Research Fellow – Decision Services Lab

University of Wollongong - Australia

Research fellow at UoW Australia / DSL Lab since 2009 under Prof. Aditya Ghose.
BPM and ODM Transformations for EA with Software Resilience Patterns.

Jan 2005 - Dec 2025

21 years

Germany

Hybrid

Digital strategist, principal consultant, CEO, management consultant, Dipl. Eng., solution and change manager and BPM coach,

MCS I.T. Services

Team leadership and coaching
Technology transformations
System integration
Change management
Hybrid multi-cloud Kubernetes enterprise solutions
Software resilience patterns
Cyber compliance frameworks – CMMC, NIST, DORA, BSI, NIS-2, Swiss Federal, KRITIS
Object Storage (AWS S3 <-> Google GCS) , K8s platforms (AWS EKS <-> Google GKE) , Legacy apps (AWS EC2 <-> Google GCE), Relational DB (AWS RDS <-> Google Cloud SQL)
Clients e.g. IBM, Red Hat, Flightcentre, BMW, Daimler, Mercedes Benz, Deutsche Bahn, Westpac, Vodafone, 2DegreesMobile, UoW, T-Systems, EnBW, NEXT Kraftwerke, Shell, BNZ, ASB, Allianz, etc.

Jan 2002 - Dec 2024

23 years

New Zealand

Trainer, consultant, eBusiness architect, enterprise application reviews, BPM + cloud native consultant

IBM

Training and consulting partner with IBM for IBM Germany as well as IBM EMEA, IBM Australia, and IBM New Zealand.
Training and consulting around BPM, BPMN, ESB, SOA, WS Lombardi, WSRR, ILOG Rules, ODM, communications products, cloud native, Tigera Calico, Kubernetes.
Advice to management and business units.
Strategic advisor for enterprise architecture and solution design reviews.

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Professional Services, Tourism, Education, Banking and Finance, and Telecommunication.

Information Technology

Professional Services

Tourism

Education

Banking and Finance

Telecommunication

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Strategy, Research and Development, Project Management, Operations, and Quality Assurance.

Information Technology

Strategy

Research and Development

Project Management

Operations

Quality Assurance

Summary

Communications Engineering / Electrical Engineering, Dipl. Ing., digital strategist, system architect, change manager for cloud-native BPM and digital transformation, resilient infrastructures, EA and BPM coach, compliance frameworks and software resilience patterns.

Skills

Team Leadership + Coaching
Technology Transformations
System Integration
Change Management
Hybrid Multi-Cloud Kubernetes Enterprise Solutions
Software Resilience Patterns
Cyber Compliance Frameworks – Cmmc, Nist, Dora, Bsi, Nis-2, Swiss Federal, Kritis
Industries: Automotive, Manufacturing, Energy, Insurance, Banking, Finance, Telecom, Government, Travel, Etc.
12 Factor Applications, Cloud-Native Designs
Enterprise Application Transformations
Agile Methods, Scrum, Waterfall, Safe
Declarative Concepts
Software Resilience Patterns
Kubernetes Enterprise Solutions, Resilience And Cyber Hardening
Certification Frameworks
Multi- And Hybrid-Cloud Hosting, Migrations And Solution Transformations
Lift & Shift Projects And Architecture Refactoring When Moving To A New Solution
Dread And Stride Security Assessments
Cloud-Native Solution Designs And Kubernetes Security
Microsegmentation, Zero Trust Strategies
Ibm Bpm And Odm, Esb And Messaging Solutions, Integration Bus, Websphere And Soa, As Well As Related Communication Products And Solutions
Kubernetes, Calico, Argo, Helm, Docker, Kafka
Platform-Agnostic Cloud Solution Designs, Sdn, Load Balancing
Bpmn, Uml, Bpel, Wsdl, Xml, C, Jee
Intellij, Eclipse, Soap, Yaml, Html, Maven, Git, Spring Boot, Rest
Tigera Calico, Wireshark, Iptables, Linux Tc – Traffic Control, Gremlin, Firewalld
Nginx, Ingress, L7 Balancer, Bulkhead, Governor, Circuit Breaker
Queue Size & Timing Automation
Argo, Jenkins, Helm, Grafana, Prometheus
Various Log Scrapers, Kubernetes Monitoring Via Calico And Datadog, Etc.

Languages

German

Native

English

Native

Education

Dipl. Ing. · Communications Engineering / Electrical Engineering · Ulm, Germany

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 15

Experience in Information Technology 24 y

Avg length 7 y 1 m

Longest experience 22 y 11 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 3 (Germany, Australia, New Zealand)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Solution Manager for PoC investigation and for replacing and refining an existing cloud and IoT power plant control system, Multi-cloud and hybrid cloud transformations of enterprise solutions, Lead architect - coaching and consulting for IoT + backend system hardening and KRITIS transformation

Main industries Information Technology, Professional Services, Tourism

Main business areas Information Technology, Strategy, Research and Development

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

Profile

Created

June 2025

Last Update

June 2026

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Where is Lothar based?

Lothar is based in Ditzingen, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Lothar speak?

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

How many years of experience does Lothar have?

Lothar has at least 24 years of experience. During this time, Lothar has worked in at least 15 different roles and for 14 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 7 months. Note that Lothar may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Lothar be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Lothar would be well-suited for roles such as: Solution Manager for PoC investigation and for replacing and refining an existing cloud and IoT power plant control system, Multi-cloud and hybrid cloud transformations of enterprise solutions, Lead architect - coaching and consulting for IoT + backend system hardening and KRITIS transformation.

What is Lothar's latest experience?

Lothar's most recent position is Solution Manager for PoC investigation and for replacing and refining an existing cloud and IoT power plant control system at Shell AG and NEXT Kraftwerke GmbH.

What companies has Lothar worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Lothar has worked for Shell AG and NEXT Kraftwerke GmbH, IBM, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, IBM EMEA + DB Systel, and EnBW Karlsruhe.

Which industries is Lothar most experienced in?

Lothar is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Professional Services, and Tourism. Lothar also has some experience in Education, Banking and Finance, and Telecommunication.

Which business areas is Lothar most experienced in?

Lothar is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Strategy, and Research and Development. Lothar also has some experience in Project Management, Operations, and Quality Assurance.

Which industries has Lothar worked in recently?

Lothar has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Professional Services, and Tourism.

Which business areas has Lothar worked in recently?

Lothar has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Strategy, and Research and Development.

What is Lothar's education?

Lothar holds a Master in Communications Engineering / Electrical Engineering.

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Lothar is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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