Azure DevOps Expert in Austria

I build. I advise. I think in systems. After years leading digital transformation at scale — Accenture, BP, Lidl — I made a deliberate choice: trade platform dependency for structural independence. My focus is at the intersection of AI systems, product strategy, and venture thinking. I work with operators and founders who want to move fast without losing control — of their data, their stack, their direction.

• Analysis of existing work, information and decision-making processes.

• Identification and prioritization of suitable use cases for AI agents.

• Elicitation of functional and non-functional requirements.

• Design of collaboration between users and AI agents, including control and escalation mechanisms.

• Support for the implementation of the AI agents and adapted keyboard hardware.

• Business target vision for the AI-first transformation.

• Structured and prioritized requirements for implementation.

• Defined roles, interactions and control points between people and AI agents.

• Preparation for the gradual automation of productive work processes.

Techstack: AI agents, LLMs, agent orchestration, RAG, APIs, automation, hardware

Technologies: Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, Office 365 (Teams, PowerPoint, Copilot, Excel, SharePoint, Forms, OneNote, PowerAutomate, Word), DataDog, Conceptboard, Python, AWS, Claude, Perplexity Methodology: Scrum

• Steering and supporting the organization in introducing Scrum and a SAFe-inspired quarterly roadmap and portfolio planning at program level.
• Servant leadership for Scrum teams and managers to achieve quarterly goals and measurably increase value creation for internal and external customers.
• Designing and building efficient communication and collaboration structures between multiple development teams and central stakeholders in the organization.
• Moderating and facilitating cross-functional workshops and management meetings to align on shared goals.
• Coaching leaders, Product Owners, and development teams on agile values, role understanding, and scaled ways of working (Scrum, SAFe, Business Agility).
• Removing structural obstacles at team and organizational level through targeted impediment management and escalation processes.
• Enabling teams to become more self-organized, accountable, and end-to-end responsible along the value streams.
• Individual coaching of key people (Product Owners, Chapter Leads, Scrum Masters) to strengthen their impact in the transformation program.
• Organization-wide identification, planning, and implementation of process, structure, and tool improvements to sustainably increase efficiency, throughput, and value creation.
• Close support for Product Owners in stakeholder management, business value prioritization, product strategy, roadmap planning, and effective collaboration with development teams.
• Introducing, governing, and scaling Azure DevOps as the central project and product management tool, including coaching the organization on usage, reporting, and alignment at all levels.

Achievements:

• Clear increase in visibility, transparency, and perceived value creation of the development teams within the overall organization.
• Noticeable improvement in communication between development, business, and other stakeholders.
• Optimization of work processes, workflow, and backlog structures, which reduced lead times, sharpened priorities, and sustainably increased team effectiveness.

• Focus on digital transformation in the energy and mobility sector, including SAP R3 transition to S/4HANA
• Project management and requirements engineering in the energy sector (workshops, requirement specification creation, process development)
• Advice on the mobility strategy for public transport/transport of Stadtwerke Wien
• Development of digital strategies for after-sales program at Daimler-Benz

• Extraction, transformation, and cleansing of data from Microsoft Dynamics AX
• Creation of sales reports in Power BI
• Training employees in business intelligence
• Technologies: Power BI, SQL, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)

• Business analysis
• Requirements engineering
• System design
• Various insurance projects
• Technology stack: msg.Billing (InExkasso)
• Product: Pay-per-use car insurance based on blockchain and OBD-II real-time telemetry with AI

• Backend / Microservices Developer, DevOps, Test Automation
• ~100 Developers, ~10 Teams, per Team: 1 PO, 1 ScrumMaster, 1UX, 1 Developers, 1 Tester
• .net core 8, 9, C#
• Microservices, Clean Architecture, MediatR, CQRS
• GraphQL, REST, SDL
• Azure DevOps, CI / CD pipelines, Azure Service Bus, Rabbit-MQ, Kafka, Azure App Configuration, Azure KeyVault, Azure Kubernetes AKS
• Splunk, dashboards, custom metrics, Elastic-Search, Kibana (ELK)
• Azure SQL Databases, Azure Cosmos DB
• Architecture decisions, event governance, COP (Backend, DevOps, FrontEnd, Test Automation)
• AI, Copilot, creating Test Templates
• Scheduler, Hangfire, Quartz
• Automated Unit and Integration Tests
• Automated E2E Tests, Playwright Test Automation, BDD, Gherkin, Cucumber
• Shipment tracking
• GIS, GPS data, geofence, geo search, position tracking, asset positions
• Jira, Confluence
• Focus on high-performance message-oriented architecture (~xx e6 messages / month / service)
• Structured logging, Serilog, OTel, Splunk, Application Monitoring
• Integration of different position data sources (GPS-based data) into AzureDataLake

• Built and maintained a full-featured React Native mobile app and companion web portal supporting multi-role access and real-time collaboration for service teams.
• Developed a robust NestJS backend using TypeScript, adhering to scalable microservices patterns to support a dynamic task management system.
• Designed and optimized PostgreSQL schemas, using advanced indexing and normalized data models to support patient tracking, tasks, and outcome reporting.
• Integrated Socket.IO to support real-time team communication, task status updates, and instant notifications across mobile and web platforms.
• Developed secure authentication workflows using AWS Cognito, including multi-role login, token refresh, and session timeout handling.
• Leveraged AWS S3 for secure document uploads (patient records, resource materials) with signed URLs and access control policies.
• Connected AWS SNS and SES to automate notifications for escalations, missed follow-ups, and appointment reminders.
• Engineered an admin analytics dashboard using React + Zustand for tracking user activity, case completion rates, and compliance metrics.
• Designed and implemented AI-driven features for task prioritization and patient risk classification using external API integrations.
• Established a robust CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions and Docker, achieving automated testing, linting, and environment-based deployments.
• Followed Agile ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, retros) while collaborating with QA, BAs, and PMs to deliver high-velocity features.
• Led data protection efforts ensuring full GDPR compliance, including encrypted storage, session control, and user-consent management.
• Delivered a fully responsive UI using DaisyUI-style components for mobile and tablet-first designs, achieving high Lighthouse scores.
• Reduced support tickets by 40% by implementing detailed audit logging and a self-service helpdesk system in the admin interface.

• Consulting in national and international projects in various roles and sectors (banking and finance, public sector, telecommunications, data management, software development)
• Engaging in project management, requirements management, business analysis, process management, IT consulting and coaching
• Delivering sustainable value quickly and efficiently due to high complexity and diversity of projects and expertise
• Emphasizing collegiality and integrity and fostering a positive team atmosphere

• Supports CANCOM customers in migrating legacy on-prem systems to Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Foundry
• Takes over and stabilizes existing solutions after a short handover
• Business analysis and requirements engineering for migration to a new cloud environment
• Optimization of machine learning models for feature extraction and customer profiling
• Ensures data protection and compliance
• Leads the migration of on-prem systems to Microsoft Fabric
• Designs new AI platforms for clients
• Tests the integration of chatbots for document intelligence with Microsoft Foundry, including requirements analysis, implementation, validation, and client communication

• Consulting on the enterprise data-warehouse and reporting practice at one of Austria's largest industrial groups.
• Designing and standardizing Power BI dashboards and data-visualization governance for company-wide enterprise reporting.
• Developing a WCAG-compliant, colorblind-safe visualization standard (Okabe-Ito palette) to harmonize dashboards across the organization.

• Deputy project manager for one of the largest projects in the Customs Union Code program, CEIS CDA for the Federal Ministry of Finance
• Budget planning and control
• Negotiations and ongoing communication with all relevant stakeholders
• Risk identification and assessment, and development of risk mitigation strategies
• Creation and implementation of action strategies to achieve project goals
• Efficient resource planning and allocation to support project requirements
• Managing the release process using agile methods and coordinating sprints for analysis, development, and testing phases
• Process optimizations and regular reporting for progress monitoring and decision making

• Automating software tests with Tosca instead of manual tests
• Ensuring system stability through early issue fixing
• Optimizing for faster releases and better software quality
• Technologies: Tosca, API Testing, JIRA, Confluence