Ulf S.-Interim Consulting
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Experience
Innovation Manager
Claas
- Steer innovation projects for AI-based systems, focusing on plant detection technology for agricultural applications.
- Champion digital transformation initiatives within software departments, advocating for Agile methodologies and Scrum-based workflows.
- Analyse and optimise team infrastructure, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and strategic development.
- Pioneered integration of AI technology in agricultural equipment, significantly advancing precision farming techniques.
- Designed a cloud-based dashboard platform, facilitating real-time data access and decision-making for field management.
- Developed camera-based GPS systems for tractors, enhancing field analysis capabilities.
- Created and implemented AI interfaces for pre-processing image data, ensuring seamless statistics delivery to the cloud via LTE.
- Innovated cloud-based dashboard platforms, introducing cutting-edge technology concepts and coordinating cross-functional teams to execute project visions.
Senior Management
Cariad
- Lead a team of 40 people mostly located in India, responsible for the AUTOSAR test tool environment.
- Weekly status reporting to senior management.
- Ensure requirement and documentation management of all test procedures.
- Develop CI/CD framework and integration.
- Address test-architecture design basis questions.
- Established the team in several stages at Cariad and acted as the direct Audi contact and manager for software delivery chain, due diligence reporting, CI management, problem-solving management, and KPIs.
Consultant
Kurtz Holding GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs KG
- Provide consultancy on digital transformation, focusing on software departments, Scrum Agile work processes, and cloud computing.
- Report directly to the CEO, analyse team infrastructure, and introduce Agile methodologies to enhance work processes.
- Planned, methodically analysed, and optimised team infrastructure.
- Analysed Agile software cost structure.
- Implemented Agile methodologies and Scrum-based workflows.
- Provided strategic training and development on future technologies.
Entrepreneur Energy Management
Senec GmbH (EnBW)
- Lead integration of Industry 4.0 technologies into development of the "Home V4" Battery-Energy-Management System, including inverter, battery balancing system, and heat pump.
- Directed Scrum-based development teams, requiring in-depth technical understanding of MQTT and cloud technology, alongside embedded software engineering with Linux-based control units.
- Oversaw series introduction, coordinated development efforts, and provided regular updates to the steering committee.
- Pioneered a new IoT concept integrating energy management across battery, controllers, solar, and apps, enhancing system interoperability.
- Initiated and enhanced industrial processes within and outside of Senec GmbH, implementing tools and methodologies such as Scrum, EOL, JIRA, and release management to streamline operations.
- Introduced agile Scrum processes to establish coordinated milestone planning across frontend, backend, and storage-system engineering teams.
Managing Director – Entrepreneur
Kimetis GmbH
- Lead industrial DS-Control coaching, advising on Industry 4.0 technologies tailored for next-gen manufacturing.
- Conduct training on Industry 4.0, integrating AI into management practices.
- Facilitate connections between software suppliers and data scientists to enhance client capabilities.
- Establish machine network support and develop AI models to diversify analytical approaches.
- Advocate for adoption of predictive data analytics and implement Big Data solutions as SaaS in cloud, optimising production chain procedures.
- Found and directed a new R&D department focused on industrial Big Data in manufacturing, overseeing all operations.
- Pioneered introduction of AI and machine learning models to streamline various manufacturing processes.
- Fostered collaborative partnerships, connecting clients with key software and data science resources.
- Spearheaded development of a new R&D division, focusing on leveraging Big Data within the industrial manufacturing sector.
- Drove integration of predictive analytics to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency.
- Built a data ecosystem integrating different databases through a data lake for predictive analysis, including forecasting and quality management.
Chief Technology Officer
Bigdata in Manufacturing
- Developed detailed cost projections for development, manpower, and equipment to ensure project feasibility.
- Strategised and cultivated a network of software supplier partnerships to enhance module support and engineering capabilities.
- Negotiated mathematical frameworks for machine learning programs and delineated clear milestones and work packages for supplier collaboration.
- Authored technical requirements specifications to serve as the foundation for product platform development.
- Presented technical product strategies to investors and clients, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Oversaw pilot projects in partnership with universities, leveraging CNC machines and AI methodologies.
- Established a new office in Darmstadt, leading recruitment and hiring of software engineering talent.
- Structured hierarchical engineering infrastructure to optimise technical expertise and project delivery.
- Spearheaded coordination of Linux-embedded target systems and establishment of robust software architecture frameworks.
- Defined and implemented machine learning structures to advance technological innovation.
- Identified and recruited a high-potential AI scientist, enhancing the team's capabilities in future-driven product development for part production.
Senior Manager
Continental Corporation
- Orchestrated integration of full-display systems between cluster instrument and infotainment units for automotive industry leaders.
- Served as a pivotal liaison among tier-one suppliers.
- Led global software development teams, negotiating supply chain objectives and establishing project milestones in alignment with architectural requirements.
- Formulated complete resource plans, initiated project kick-offs, and identified key performance indicators to ensure project success.
- Managed embedded teams worldwide, delivering complex projects for clients such as VW/Audi and BMW.
- Assembled and managed Agile Scrum teams, employing SAFe methodology to meet and exceed project targets.
Solution Manager
Continental Corporation
- Managed cross-functional teams in a joint project between Audi and VW, focusing on resource planning, team ramp-up, and coordination.
- Oversaw third-party supplier selection and engagement, establishing project budgets and KPIs.
- Negotiated milestones and planning, leading task forces to drive project progress.
- Ensured systems testing and validation met ASPICE and functional safety criteria.
- Collaborated with customers to plan new HMI ADAS concepts and executed clear requirement engineering.
- Coordinated prototype planning and prepared for series production through the Gate Maturity Process.
- Defined innovative concepts and shared them with stakeholders, ensuring alignment with project goals.
- Strengthened international cooperation and steered workflow processes using JIRA.
- Spearheaded a joint venture with suppliers to develop a new HWI concept for BMW (AZV), demonstrating leadership in innovation and collaboration.
Global PM/Solution Manager
Continental Corporation
- Directed development of the MQB FPK full display cluster instrument, coordinating international teams across Singapore, Timisoara, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Germany.
- Managed project budget estimations, milestone scheduling, and strategic planning of prototypes and series production.
- Fostered a Scrum-based work environment, improving processes and integrating continuous software strategies using CI/GitLab.
- Conducted risk assessments for technical concepts, ensuring adherence to ASPICE and safety standards.
- Orchestrated ADAS concept planning sessions with clients, maintaining a forward-thinking approach to automotive safety and technology.
- Defined and introduced new automotive innovations, enhancing product functionality and market competitiveness.
- Spearheaded innovative solutions for complex technical challenges, reinforcing role as a key problem solver.
Global P/Taskforce Lead
Continental Corporation
- Coordinated communication between customers, vice president, and development teams, negotiating milestones and managing project planning.
- Directed error ticket handling and executed requirements engineering to adhere to safety ASIL standards, traceability, quality, and documentation.
- Managed time scheduling for software integration strategies and liaised directly with chip supplier NXP on complex technical challenges.
- Facilitated interactions with the software test team for system, integration, and PVV tests, and prepared for series production.
- Delivered continuous status updates to senior management, driving project success and timely delivery.
- Oversaw third-party development, evaluated hardware errata implications, and planned prototypes and samples.
- Led a high-impact cluster instrument project for BMW, steering an international team of over 110 members across Mexico, Singapore, Timisoara, Egypt, and Germany.
Project Management (SW Team lead)
FTE (Valeo)
- Directed a software development team in pioneering an innovative BLDC motor driving concept for start-stop automatic systems in collaboration with Ford and Chrysler.
- Established a new software development department, recruiting and managing a skilled team to support automotive system innovation.
- Organised creation of pre-development prototypes, ensuring adherence to industry standards and project requirements.
- Negotiated agreements with chip manufacturers and built a Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) in C to manage a 3-phase BLDC motor.
- Coordinated the series prototyping phase, streamlining transition from concept to production-ready prototypes.
- Defined hardware and micro-controller specifications, aligning system design with the V-model for software architecture in C.
- Appointed and managed a software supplier, building external partnerships and delivering software components on time.
- Led requirements engineering efforts, ensuring compliance with the V-model and delivering robust software architecture solutions.
Consultant, Interim Manager, Project Manager
Assignments with renowned companies in the automotive, industrial, energy, medical, and defense sectors.
Software Engineer
Colortronic (now Motan)
- Software development for dosing systems
- Software development and responsibility for connecting control systems to a central unit
Project Planner and Software Engineer
ZDF
- Planning the technical equipment for TV outside broadcast vans
- Support for the Astra satellite series (uplink)
Agile Management Consultant
Industry: Industrial
My role at a medium-sized company active in the manufacture of soldering lines was to establish Scrum and agility in the development department for a new generation of soldering machines.
Result:
HW, SW and mechanical engineering work using Scrum, with shorter development times (24 months).
Innovation Consultant
AI agent automation. Implementing agents alongside employees in value chain processes. What will future hybrid process systems look like?
AI Innovation Consultant
Industry: Manufacturing
For an agricultural machinery manufacturer, my task was to automate plant recognition using AI. Plants can be captured and classified in fields using tractors or drones.
Result:
I handled both the AI training in the development department and the implementation of the technology (12 months).
Software Architect
IFM
Responsible for the software architecture project at a leading sensor company, with the aim of measuring distances using a highly precise 270° laser system.
Result:
Built Lidar system prototypes, including on a functional safety basis (18 months).
R&D Sensor and Control Development
VW
Industry: Automotive
Responsible for ensuring that the Park4U engineering concept for VW was suitable for series production. The sensors and control systems had to undergo extensive testing and validation before being approved by VW, Audi, Skoda, Porsche, and Seat.
Result:
VW/Audi/Porsche vehicles are equipped with distance sensors in series production. (27 months)
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Experienced in Manufacturing, Automotive, Energy, Aerospace and Defense, Healthcare, and Information Technology.
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Experienced in Project Management, Product Development, Information Technology, Research and Development, Business Intelligence, and Quality Assurance.
Summary
Highly accomplished professional with over two decades of extensive experience in SW developing, global R&D management in cross function teams, digital transformation and engineering leadership across diverse industries.
Proven track record in steering large-scale international teams, leading complex projects, and driving innovation in Industry 4.0, IoT, AI, and automotive technologies. Demonstrated expertise in software development, hardware integration, and cloud-based solutions with strong focus on delivering cutting-edge products and services. Adept at navigating high-pressure environments, solving critical client challenges, and fostering agile, Scrum-based work cultures. Recognised for pioneering advancements in AI-driven solutions, digital transformation, and next-generation automotive systems.
Additional expertise includes AI agent automation and the implementation of hybrid human-and-agent processes across value chains; building data ecosystems using data lakes for predictive analysis in forecasting and quality management; and introducing agile Scrum processes to coordinate frontend, backend, and engineering teams.
Skills
- Ai-Based System Development
- Digital Transformation
- Software Architecture & Development
- Technical Talent Acquisition
- Cost Estimation Of Projects
- Agile & Scrum Methodologies
- Team Leadership & Mentoring
- R&D Management
- Product & Technology Innovation
Languages
Education
University of Applied Sciences
Dipl.-Ing. · Technical Computer Science · Frankfurt, Germany
Fachoberschule
Abitur · Electronic Engineering · Friedberg, Germany
ALCATEL/SEL
Kommunikationselektroniker · Telecommunications · Frankfurt, Germany
Certifications & licenses
IHK Ostbrandenburg
Maschine Learning Komplettkurs mit Python inkl. AI Einführung
Udemy Akademie für Algorithmik
Statistics
Experience
Global experience
Expertise
Qualifications
Frequently asked questions
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Ulf is based in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany.
Ulf speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Portuguese (Advanced).
Ulf has at least 27 years of experience. During this time, Ulf has worked in at least 14 different roles and for 10 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 11 months. Note that Ulf may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Ulf would be well-suited for roles such as: Innovation Manager, Senior Management, Consultant.
Ulf's most recent position is Innovation Manager at Claas.
In recent years, Ulf has worked for Claas, Cariad, Kurtz Holding GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs KG, Senec GmbH (EnBW), and Kimetis GmbH.
Ulf is most experienced in industries like Manufacturing, Automotive, and Energy. Ulf also has some experience in Aerospace and Defense, Healthcare, and Information Technology.
Ulf is most experienced in business areas like Project Management, Product Development, and Information Technology. Ulf also has some experience in Research and Development, Business Intelligence, and Strategy.
Ulf has recently worked in industries like Automotive, Manufacturing, and Energy.
Ulf has recently worked in business areas like Project Management, Product Development, and Research and Development.
Ulf holds a Master in Technical Computer Science from University of Applied Sciences.
Ulf has 2 certificates. These include: KI Manager („digitale Transformation“) and Maschine Learning Komplettkurs mit Python inkl. AI Einführung.
The availability of Ulf needs to be confirmed.
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