Automotive SPICE Experts in Germany

• Project management: Project leadership and coordination, consulting on project management methods

• Process management: Analysis, design and implementation of processes through to operational use

• Organizational development: Training and coaching for teams and leaders, maturity development

Selected consulting and project leadership experience:

• ZEISS SMT: Technical project lead for the development and industrialization of a transport system for high-performance optics, using a development process based on the NASA Systems Engineering Handbook and MIL-STD, including maintenance, repair and cleaning concepts and transition to line operations

• ZEISS SMT: Process architecture for a generic set of rules that guides projects in procuring or developing transport systems to meet their needs

• CARIAD: Process Manager for Change Request Management (SUP.10) in a SAFe environment, aligning the process with ASPICE Level 2

• Luxair/LuxairCargo: Stream Lead Customs for replacing the Cargo Management System, with an interface to the Luxembourg customs system

• GEODIS: Consulting on the design of a pharma cross-dock in line with IATA CEIV Pharma

Selected teaching assignments at Hochschule Fresenius:

Freelance lecturer in the Business and Media department, supervising bachelor's and master's theses and student project groups

Bachelor's lectures (in person):

• Project Management and Presentation Skills

• Digital Leadership and Collaboration

• Digital Program and Project Management

• Digital Product Management

Master's lectures (online, Fresenius Online Campus):

• Quantitative Decision-Making – Models, Concepts and Methods

Assignment focus: Leading digital restructuring in a highly regulated Defence and Aerospace environment. Focus areas: improving data flows and data quality, introducing paperless data collection in production, integrating machine data for automatic SPC calculation and process control, as well as cybersecurity analyses.

Main objectives:

• Analyze, structure and improve data flows and data quality in production
• Introduce paperless data collection in manufacturing areas
• Integrate machine data for automatic SPC data calculation and process control
• Implement digital restructuring while meeting regulatory requirements in the Defence environment

Measures and results:

• Analyzed and structured existing production data flows as a basis for control and reporting
• Established mechanisms to ensure data quality and availability across manufacturing areas
• Introduced paperless data collection in production — replacing manual and paper-based processes
• Integrated machine data for automatic SPC data calculation (control charts, Cp/Cpk) and real-time process control
• Conducted cybersecurity analyses in the production and IT environments

Area of responsibility: Project management for digital restructuring, paperless production, data management and data quality in a highly regulated Defence and Aerospace environment.

• Conduct comprehensive assessments of operational processes to ensure alignment with ASPICE standards.
• Develop and implement quality assurance frameworks that enhance product and process quality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement initiatives and foster a culture of quality.
• Provide training and support to teams on ASPICE requirements and best practices.
• Facilitate audits and assessments to identify non-compliance issues and develop corrective action plans.

Objective: Consulting in IT project management for interface management, with the aim of driving the structural transformation toward global systems in the cloud

Activities:

• Process design in the source system: Analyzing and developing processes for the efficient provision of data from source systems
• Data definition: Precisely defining the data records to be transferred and ensuring data quality
• Process design in the target system: Designing and developing processing processes within the target systems
• Technical consulting for the IT implementation team within an iPaaS system
• Quality assurance: Planning, leading and documenting User Acceptance Tests (UAT) to ensure the functional requirements
• Project completion & handover: Formal handover of the implemented interfaces, including complete technical documentation, to IT operations

Tools: Jira, Confluence, Office 365

• Ran a group-wide steering committee to set strategic direction for a turnaround program. Planned delivery to secure go-to-market and investor milestones
• Prepared the project structure and supplier management process for an ACQ.4 Automotive SPICE audit. Built dry runs and compiled evidence with the team, resulting in a successful CL2 assessment
• Synchronized Automotive SPICE activities with the organization's SAFe rollout by screening base practices and agile artifacts for overlap. Avoided approximately 30% duplicate effort

• Interim assignment until a new plant manager was found
• Ensured production control and on-time order processing.
• Introduced transparent weekly and monthly planning as well as forward-looking capacity management.
• Cleaned up and structured bills of materials, master data and work documents.
• Held team leader meetings and coordinated the production areas.
• Took over the professional management of the production teams.
• Promoted an open, constructive leadership culture and involved employees in change processes.
• Coordinated with adjacent areas (production planning, supply chain, quality, development).
• Documented measures and prepared the handover to permanent management

• Senior agile practitioner in a complex, regulated pharmaceutical environment — facilitating Scrum ceremonies across three international teams (~40 people) while supporting delivery governance and agile coaching.
• Time-limited assignment to bridge the gap until the client could fill the role internally
• Facilitated all Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-up, Review, Retrospective) across multiple international teams; kept sprints predictable and productive
• Coached teams and Product Owners in agile practices within a GxP-regulated environment, pragmatically balancing agile ways of working with QMS compliance requirements
• Tracked and visualized delivery metrics, managed dependencies, and produced status reports for senior stakeholders and Steering Committee
• Stepped up to project leadership of the internal CCMS product initiative: introduced structured processes and transparent tooling into a previously low-governance environment
• Actively contributed to the company-wide Agile Community of Practice, including authoring blog articles on agile topics
• Commended for analytical thinking, reliability under pressure, and the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously

• Development of safety-related embedded software for a mobile machine on a Hydac TTC 2390 controller.
• Implementation in C with consideration of SIL 3 / ASIL D and MISRA-C:2025.
• Implementation of communication via CAN, CANopen, and J1939.

Standards, guidelines and norms: ISO 26262, IEC 61508, MISRA-C:2025

Technologies: C99, Hydac TTC 2390, Infineon TriCore Aurix TC397, Hightec C/C++ Compiler, PC-lint Plus, CAN, CANopen, J1939, MISRA-C:2025

• Developed model-based software for hydrogen tank control units using MATLAB/Simulink, aligned with ISO 26262 functional safety requirements
• Performed system integration and software verification across MIL and HIL environments using dSPACE and Vector tools
• Defined software architecture (SADS) with interface specifications for CAN, analog, and digital communication protocols
• Generated production-ready embedded C code using Simulink Embedded Coder; created and maintained A2L calibration files with CANape
• Designed and executed MIL/HIL test cases ensuring full coverage of functional and safety requirements
• Implemented CODESYS PLC applications on IFM ecomatController; applied CAN and Modbus TCP/IP communication protocols
• Contributed to HMI/UI development using Qt/C++ on Linux (Qt Creator)
• Applied agile Kanban workflow with Git-based version control (Bitbucket)

Tools: MATLAB, Simulink, CANape, CANalyzer, PCAN-View, Embedded Coder, CODESYS, TTC2038/PXROS, Codebeamer, Jira, Git

• Portfolio development & customer acquisition
• Portfolio development (RAG, NLP fine-tuning, process automation with n8n) and active customer acquisition
• Positioning: GDPR-compliant, locally hosted AI solutions for SMEs

• Field: Automotive / Amplifier
• freelance
• Mercedes Benz AG: MBOS 2.0 Amp581
• Coordination of an international software team
• Setting up and adapting development structures
• Representing software topics in all committees and meetings
• Coordination of various software suppliers
• Software responsibility for VDA 6.3 Audit & ASPICE Assessment

Testing and verification of high-voltage systems

• Performed integration and system tests for control units in PHEV/EV vehicles using ECU-TEST (TraceTronic), Vector CANoe, CANalyzer, ETAS INCA, Tornado, E-Sys, and EDIABAS.
• Analyzed the interaction of high-voltage control units (including CCU, BMU, inverter, IPB, and IPF) and carried out software updates and flash processes to verify new software versions.
• Worked closely with software, system, and integration teams in an agile development environment to analyze issues and verify new software versions.

• Own the technical direction of several AI products in a product-owner capacity: shape roadmaps, guide the in-house development team, and provide oversight from concept through delivery.
• Act as the technical bridge between stakeholders, end clients, and vendors for a solutions provider (reseller and in-house products): evaluate vendor solutions against client needs, lead vendor discussions, and support sales and pre-sales with technical solution design.

• Quality management
• Preparation of templates and review minutes
• Preparation of FAT documents
• Support during hardware tests and FAT
• Verification of test results