Robert Reiz-Senior Software Development Manager
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Experience
Senior Software Development Manager
LivePerson
- Promoted to Senior Software Development Manager
- Responsible for four teams and five direct reports
- Managed the development recruiting process in Mannheim
- Grew the Mannheim office from 15 to 60 people
- Reported to the VP of Engineering of EMEA and represented him when he was unavailable
R&D Group Lead
LivePerson
- Started solution concept for Function as a Service (FaaS)
- Implemented initial code together with an SDE I
- Recruited and built up two teams of ten software development engineers around the FaaS project
CEO
Version Eye GmbH
- Implemented own idea for a tool to track open source dependencies with alerts for security vulnerabilities, licenses and out-dated versions
- Conducted SEO and marketing to build up a community of 50K developers using the platform
- Raised money from Hasso Plattner Ventures and a local angel investor
- Won enterprise customers such as SAP, Deutsche Bahn and Daimler
- Sunset the product by end of 2017
- Did consulting projects in the DevOps area and relaunched VersionEye 2.0, a tool for open source license compliance and security
Managing Director
WildGigs
- Coordinated strategy with the Reutax AG managing board in Heidelberg
- Aligned strategy with the WildGigs development team in San Francisco
Chief Architect
ZEITGEIST at Work
- Responsible for the internet portal development in San Francisco for Zeitgeist@Work and WildGigs, subsidiaries of Reutax AG
CEO & Founder
PLOIN GmbH
- Launched and established PLOIN GmbH using private assets
- Acquired diverse public domain clients and conducted extensive software projects on fixed-price and hourly-rate bases
- Used profit from project business to develop a portal for centralized time tracking, project management and task management
- Sold the company to Reutax AG at a profit in 2010
Freelance J2EE Consultant
24/7 IT Services
- Served as software architect and technical leader for several large web applications
- Delivered software still in use by MVV, the fifth largest energy supplier in Germany
Java Developer
Scarus GmbH / MA
- Developed several Java-based web applications
- Served as trainer for students
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Experienced in Information Technology and Energy.
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Experienced in Product Development, Information Technology, Marketing, Project Management, Research and Development, and Strategy.
Skills
- Amazon Management Skills
- Shamaym
- Agile
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Aws
- Devops
- Docker
- K8s
- Ansible
- Java
- Ruby
- Javascript/Node.Js
Languages
Education
Mannheim University of Applied Sciences
Diploma · Computer Science · Mannheim, Germany
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Experience
Global experience
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Robert is based in Mannheim, Germany.
Robert speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).
Robert has at least 20 years of experience. During this time, Robert has worked in at least 8 different roles and for 7 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 3 years and 7 months. Note that Robert may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Robert would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior Software Development Manager, R&D Group Lead, CEO.
Robert's most recent position is Senior Software Development Manager at LivePerson.
In recent years, Robert has worked for Version Eye GmbH.
Robert is most experienced in industries like Information Technology and Energy.
Robert is most experienced in business areas like Product Development, Information Technology, and Marketing. Robert also has some experience in Project Management, Research and Development, and Strategy.
Robert has recently worked in industries like Information Technology.
Robert has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Marketing, and Product Development.
Robert attended Mannheim University of Applied Sciences for Computer Science.
Robert is immediately available for suitable projects.
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