Michael H.-Product Owner & Project Manager | from concept to go-live - structured, hands-on and strong on delivery

Analysis and structuring of business and technical requirements for the further development of the LS One checkout system. Designing solution proposals and translating them into precise implementation tasks for international development teams. Prioritizing and coordinating requirements from a functional perspective, taking business and legal requirements into account. Quality assurance through reviewing, testing and evaluating the implementation based on defined acceptance criteria. Functional support for international deployments and rollouts, as well as analysis of feedback from locations for release planning.

Additionally: Supporting the integration of Anybill to provide digital receipts, as well as coordinating business and technical requirements within the existing POS environment.

Providing support as a functional consultant in the evaluation of cash management, specifically in the areas of national and international cash logistics, assessment of relevant aspects, identification of improvement opportunities, calculation of added value and savings, as well as the initial design of measures.

• Technology Stack: Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Keywords: Retail, Cash Logistics, Cash-in-Transit Service Providers, Cash Management

As Subproject Manager, responsible for planning, setting up, managing and monitoring the “Product Development” subproject for the development of new checkout software. Coordination with internal departments and external providers, management and consulting of the software development team and the development process, risk analysis and countermeasures, as well as regular review, management and consulting regarding the measures taken.

• Technology Stack: Jira, Confluence, Teams, Miro, Microservice Platform
• Keywords: DIY Retail, DIY, Scrum, Checkout Software, Payments, Payment Methods

As the second Product Owner, jointly responsible for the conceptual and operational development of features for the B2C app “Fressnapf”. Contributed to roadmap planning and the Product Backlog. Requirements management and communication with stakeholders, service providers and internal departments.

• Technology stack: Jira, Confluence, Teams, Figma, Miro, Microservices
• Keywords: eCommerce, B2C, Apps, Roadmap, Feature planning

As an Agile Multi-Project Manager, responsible for managing various project streams for a Swiss end customer in the insurance sector. Stakeholder and requirements management as well as coordination of internal and external service providers. Agile management of development teams (Frontend, Backend and App). Preparation of quotations, activity reports and invoices. Training Project Managers and optimizing the agile setup.

• Technology stack: Jira, Confluence, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Box, Slack, Teams
• Keywords: Insurance, Websites, Portals, Apps, Roadmap, Planning

Product Owner / Project Manager responsible for developing a REST interface between Jira and an external ticket system for tracking and transmitting statuses with Jira in AWS.

• Technology stack: Teams, Atlassian, Jira, Confluence, ReadMe.io, Miro, Groovy, Jira Service Management (JSM), ScriptRunner, AWS, AWS Design Flow
• Keywords: Documentation, B2B, B2C, Portals, Digitalization, Automation, Multi-project management (traditional/agile)

Coaching and consulting in software development and product management. Establishment and introduction of agile working methods and Scrum processes in collaboration with an international development team. Support in developing the product vision and product roadmap, as well as defining product packages. Technical consulting in the area of search engine optimization (SEO).

• Technology stack: Teams, Atlassian, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Service Management, .Net, CapRover, Nginx, Docker, Kubernetes, Scrum, Marvel
• Keywords: Marketing, SaaS, B2B, Portals, Digitalization, Coaching, SEO

Interim Head of Product Management - Coaching and consulting in product management. Creating a roadmap, as well as advising, coaching and optimizing product management in collaboration with the Software Factory (development).

• Technology stack: Office365, Teams, Planner, JIRA, Confluence, Scrum, Amazon, AWS
• Keywords: Coaching, Training, Change Management, Portal, Backend, UI/UX, Wireframes, Mockups, Prototyping, Roadmap

Development of features for the planning and management portal „XXXXX“ for managing and controlling resources and schedules for the production of cinema and advertising films.

• Technology stack: CakePHP, PHP, MySQL, JSON, API, Rest, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML/CSS, Scrum, GIT, Jira

• Keywords: Service Provider, Cinema, Film, TV, Planning, Management, Backend, Portals

Design, planning and consulting, as well as development of custom software for documentation in the areas of oil spill removal, soil remediation, industrial cleaning and special cleaning. The software package consists of an iOS app (for Apple devices), a web portal and various interfaces; establishment of a SaaS solution; integration of mobile GPS devices.

• Technology stack for iOS app: Objective-C (iOS Xcode), GIT, Scrum, Product Owner

• Technology stack for web portal: PHP, MySQL, JSON, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML/CSS, Scrum, GIT

• Keywords: SaaS, Cloud, Services, Intranet, B2B, iPhone app, Portals, Web Analytics, Security, Digitalization, Geo-Tracking, Project Planning, Quote Creation

Consulting, design, development and testing of an interface for the complete transfer of customer data to a new shop system.

• Technology stack: PHP, MySQL, Docker, Vagrant
• Keywords: Media, service provider, interfaces, data migration

Consulting, design, new development, further development and testing of an interface for data synchronization between Microsoft Dynamics Online (CRM) and TYPO3/Magento; additionally, restructuring of the project setup and guidance of other developers. Additionally from 03/2018: Agile Coach and Project Manager.

• Technology stack: TYPO3, Microsoft Dynamics Online (CRM), PHP, MySQL, XML, SOAP, GIT, Continuous Integration (CI) and TFS Team Foundation Server

• Keywords: Multi-project management, Security, B2B, interfaces, portals, CRM

Consulting, design, project management and development of a web portal for the central management, recording and billing of parking reservations at Leipzig Airport; integration of external booking portals and mobile printers via Bluetooth.

• Technology stack: Prototyping, mockup creation, screen design, Scrum, PHP, MySQL, JSON, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML/CSS, Web Analytics, PDF, hosting, server configuration, Jira, GIT, Bluetooth

• Keywords: Services/eCommerce, intranet, B2B, iPhone app, interfaces, portals, Web Analytics, Security, digitalization, online payment

Bug fixing and feature development in the Java backend system, creation of functional specifications, process flows and test concepts, as well as documentation of components and preparation and execution of functional tests.

• Technology stack: Java, JSF, Vaadin, Liferay, Spring, JPA2, REST, Activiti, Balsamiq, Visio, Jira, Confluence, GIT, Maven

• Keywords: Banking, intranet, B2C, interfaces, portals, security, digitalization

Conception, planning and consulting, as well as development of a knowledge and contact platform for oil spill removal companies with central data management and user-friendly interfaces.

• Technology stack: PHP, MySQL, JSON, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML/CSS, Scrum
• Keywords: Trade, intranet, portals, eCommerce, products, B2B, interfaces, security

Project management, conception, planning and consulting for customers during the introduction and process optimization of cash logistics through the ALVARA ICC platform.

• Interface between customers and the development department

• Coordination and definition of new processes and functions

• Consulting, gathering and documentation of new requirements

• Creation and maintenance of requirements specifications and functional specifications

• Creation, maintenance and management of roadmap implementation

• Definition of milestones for each country and company

• Technical consulting when selecting service providers (in Germany and abroad)

• Training of teams (in Germany and abroad)

• Presentation and coordination with top management (C-level)

• Regular reporting and status presentations

• Preparing proposals, project planning and customer support

• Keywords: Retail/eCommerce and banking, B2B, portal, web analytics, security, digitalization, online tracking, cash management, Product Owner, multi-project management, key account, requirements analysis, cash register systems, project planning, proposals/RFP‘s

Design, development, testing and documentation of web-based software for external customers and internal use.

• Learning platform for an automotive manufacturer: Development, testing and documentation. Technologies: HTML, Java, JavaScript

• Stock exchange transmission system for a bank: 8 months on site in Nuremberg; planning, design and development. Technologies: Java, UML, XML and Oracle

• Design and implementation of a support system: Design, development, testing and documentation. Technologies: PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS and HTML

• Keywords: Automotive and banking, B2B, portals, web analytics, security