Michael Simann-Business Analyst & Product Owner
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Business Analyst & Product Owner
Deutsche Vermögensberatung (DVAG)
- Product Owner for stakeholder management, backlog prioritization and sprint organization (refinements, planning, testing, release) in agile team (8 developers, 2 testers)
- Scaled according to SAFe by introducing sub-teams and leading retrospectives for team development
- Developed central DVAG commission system from batch to near-real-time processing (Kafka) including data migration and structure hierarchy
- Specified functional, technical and quality requirements in close coordination with lead developers
- Modeled complex business processes (BPMN) and interfaces (Kafka, REST, GraphQL)
- Supported authentication (Keycloak), frontend development (Angular) and test automation (CI/CD, CDCT)
- Accompanied cloud migration of microservices to Azure; created workbooks, dashboards and KQL queries for system monitoring
- Analyzed and optimized database systems (CosmosDB, MongoDB, SQL) and reported via Power BI to manage commission competitions
- Applied industry expertise in sales and structured sales model including overseeing financial products to market release
Business Analyst
Init AG
- Analyzed and optimized reports for environmental protection regulations
- Implemented digital solutions for more efficient environmental protection processes
- Independently planned, conceptualized and implemented project under consideration of legal emission protection regulations
- Created IT system security concept (system administration)
- Provided IT infrastructure and architecture consulting in the domain environment
- Managed payment processes between authorities and citizens
- Communicated and coordinated with stakeholders (ministry)
- Modeled processes (BPMN 2.0), elicited requirements (stakeholder workshops) and documented requirements (user stories)
- Conducted data analysis (data synopsis) and user acceptance testing
- Performed requirements engineering in agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)
PLM Product Manager
Newell Brands
- Modeled business processes using UML, BPMN, ERM, EPK, SERM
- Created user stories and use cases
- Conducted stakeholder workshops
- Defined requirements for products and features and managed them
- Developed test cases (user acceptance testing)
- Supported product market release
- Described interfaces (API)
- Handled payment processing (e-payment)
- Designed wireframes and screen mockups
Business Analyst
Münchner Rückversicherung
- Owned product market release processes
- Managed IT service management according to ITIL
- Analyzed big data
- Elicited functional requirements through workshops and user stories
- Modeled business processes (BPMN 2.0)
- Planned internal IT transformation processes
- Coordinated solution approaches with software developers
- Prepared daily, monthly and quarterly reports
- Created post implementation reviews (PIRs)
Uniklinikum Augsburg
- Gathered requirements from business department
- Coordinated and documented solution processes internally
- Administered systems and applications
- Planned company operating system update (Windows 10 rollout)
- Performed data backup and created daily backups
Marketing Engineer / Analyst
Self-employed (sole proprietorship)
- Gathered stakeholder requirements for web software development
- Acted as communication interface through workshops, requirements and presentations
- Advised on IT infrastructures for web processes
- Conducted data analysis and reporting
- Managed projects for marketing campaigns (e-commerce)
- Optimized business processes for SEO visibility
- Ensured IT security and data management (IT infrastructure, backups, FTP servers, SQL databases)
- Designed UI/UX for user-friendly web applications
Industry experience
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Experienced in Information Technology, Retail, Banking and Finance, Government and Administration, Insurance, and Manufacturing.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Business Intelligence, Product Development, Marketing, and Quality Assurance.
Skills
Requirements Engineering
Scrum, Kanban, Safe
Agile Sdlc, Plm Product Manager
Business Process Modeling
Uml, Bpmn, Erm, Epk, Serm
User Stories & Use Cases
Stakeholder Workshops
Requirements For Products & Features
Requirements Management
Test Cases (User Acceptance Testing)
Interface Descriptions (Api)
Payment Processing (E-Payment)
Wireframes & Screen Mock Up'S
Product Market Release
Product Ownership
It Service Management/ Itil
Big Data Analytics
Domain Requirements (Workshops & User Stories)
Business Process Modeling Bpmn 2.0
Jira, Confluence
Visio, Draw.Io
Tableau, Power Bi
Sap, Sap Plm
Azure
Figma, Miro
Wordpress
Sharepoint
Citrix
Xml, Json, Html
Python, C++, Css
Java, Vba
Solution-Oriented
Strong Communication Skills
Analytical Thinking
Strong Documentation Skills
Self-Directed
Intrinsically Motivated
Team Player
Languages
Education
Asklepios Klinik
State-Certified Computer Science Assistant · Computer Science · Bad König, Germany
BSO
Technical High School Diploma, Computer Science · Computer Science · Michelstadt, Germany
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Michael is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Michael speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Italian (Intermediate), Russian (Elementary).
Michael has at least 11 years of experience. During this time, Michael has worked in at least 4 different roles and for 6 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 11 months. Note that Michael may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Michael would be well-suited for roles such as: Business Analyst & Product Owner, Business Analyst, PLM Product Manager.
Michael's most recent position is Business Analyst & Product Owner at Deutsche Vermögensberatung (DVAG).
In recent years, Michael has worked for Deutsche Vermögensberatung (DVAG), Init AG, Newell Brands, and Münchner Rückversicherung.
Michael is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Retail, and Banking and Finance. Michael also has some experience in Insurance, Government and Administration, and Manufacturing.
Michael is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Business Intelligence. Michael also has some experience in Product Development, Marketing, and Quality Assurance.
Michael has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance, Insurance, and Information Technology.
Michael has recently worked in business areas like Business Intelligence, Information Technology, and Product Development.
Michael attended Asklepios Klinik for Computer Science.
Michael has 4 certificates. Among them, these include: Cisco 1 & 2, Federal Information Management, and Professional Scrum Master.
The availability of Michael needs to be confirmed.
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