Lecturers in Germany

University is a "Triple Crown" holder of AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS accreditations

• Teaching Internationalization, Culture and Problem Solving (FT Top-50 Master)
• Case-based modules built on consulting projects in Europe, Africa and Asia

• Patch management and system hardening for Linux and Windows via AWS Systems Manager, including Maintenance Windows; image pipelines (AWS Image Builder), Ansible, and PowerShell DSC
• IT security & compliance: IAM/KMS/MFA, secrets management, Policy-as-Code (Checkov, tfsec, cfn-nag), AWS Config, CloudTrail, and Security Hub; infrastructure security audits, internal audits, penetration tests, and incident response exercises
• Analysis of cloud security reports and implementation of preventive measures; automated security and compliance tests; backup strategies using snapshots and S3 Glacier
• Administration of multiple AWS accounts (VPCs) with up to 2.500 Linux and Windows servers and hybrid networks
• Automation using Terraform, OpenTofu, CloudFormation, Ansible, and PowerShell DSC; CI/CD with GitLab CI and GitHub Actions
• Planning of rollouts, upgrades, and lifecycle management for key components; coordination with DevOps, security, and development teams; preparation of concepts and decision papers

Task: Operator development and observability

Technologies and skills: Kubernetes, Valkey-Operator, Crossplane, Backstage, OpenPortal, OTEL, Grafana Cloud, Azure DevOps, Artifactory, Flux, Alloy, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OCF, Copilot

What I did:

• Evaluated/developed Valkey-Operator
• Set up OpenTelemetry
• Integrated it with OpenPortal/Backstage/CrossPlane

AI Learning Management System

Financial reporting as an MVP. Follow-up assignment.

• Reports on profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow
• Budget and personnel metrics (FTE)
• Implementation as an MVP with a fixed scope

• Contact person for all German entities of Heidelberg Materials AG for “Digitalization in Reporting”.
• Management and expansion of existing Tableau reports.
• Design, implementation, and management of new Tableau reports, including any required ETL processes, as well as the introduction of Tableau in various business areas.
• Direct contact for business and technical questions about existing and planned Tableau reports.
• Design, organization, facilitation, and delivery of workshops, training sessions, and tutorials.

I assess the skills of project managers, also taking into account the feedback of the leaders they name.

• Teaching Introduction to Data Science Course in MBA Programme

Supporting agile scaling according to SAFe and stabilizing delivery capability in an international multi-project environment.

• Stabilization of Feature and Integration Teams in the SAFe context
• Preparation and facilitation of complex, cross-functional PI Plannings
• Promoting collaboration with international teams in India
• Process optimization and strengthening of agile team ownership

• Taught ML, BI, and Big Data to Master's students.

Tech: Python, Power BI, SQL, ML, SnowflakeDB, databricks, MS Fabric, MongoDB, LLM

AI Consulting | AI Training | Public Sector

Building a specialized AI consulting firm focused on the public sector and the organizational integration of generative AI.

• Development of AI-supported assistant and agent solutions for public sector organizations
• AI consulting, with a focus on public companies
• AI seminars and webinars for the public sector

• Teaching across the academy's systemic and individual psychology coaching programs.

• Since October 2025, we have been working successfully with omaria GmbH in the area of digital continuing education and artificial intelligence.
• What initially began with the design and production of learning and training videos developed into a broader collaboration: Since February 2026, omaria GmbH has also been supporting us in delivering our continuing education program “Digital Manager - für KI, Tools, Online-Marketing und Vertrieb”.
• Mr. Stefan Thomann, Managing Director of omaria GmbH, personally managed the services and was responsible for both the technical and didactic design as well as the delivery of the live online training sessions.
• So far, around 21 hours of video-based learning material have been created as part of the collaboration.
• In addition, Mr. Thomann conducted around 60 teaching units of live online training for two cohorts.
• The learning videos he created continue to be part of our online course.
• In terms of content, Mr. Thomann covered a broad range of current and practically relevant topics. These included the professional use of ChatGPT and generative AI in everyday business, prompting and AI-supported text creation, deep research and AI agents, the design of custom AI assistants and Custom GPTs, as well as AI-supported image and video generation.
• These topics were complemented by digital productivity and administrative tools and numerous specific application scenarios from different business areas.
• It is particularly worth highlighting that Mr. Thomann takes on responsibility far beyond his role as a trainer.
• He was fully responsible for the technical and didactic design of the sessions, the development of training materials and exercises, as well as the selection and preparation of suitable practical examples.
• He was very successful in translating current technological developments into clear, application-oriented learning content.
• As a trainer, Mr. Thomann stands out in particular for his ability to explain complex AI topics clearly and vividly and consistently connect them with specific use cases from everyday professional life.
• His live online training sessions are interactive, practical and designed to support sustainable knowledge transfer.
• He handles participants with different levels of prior knowledge and professional backgrounds in a confident and assured manner.
• On both an organizational and personal level, we also experience Mr. Thomann as a competent, reliable and professional contact.
• His high level of flexibility and proactive approach, including bringing his own ideas and suggestions to the collaboration, are also particularly noteworthy.