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Time-limited interim assignment filling a vacant program leadership position: joint leadership of a complex software project and orchestration of several agile teams (business, development, and DevOps teams), as well as actively driving change processes.

• Program Management & Planning: Responsibility for creating and updating milestone, resource, and budget plans to ensure project objectives using agile and hybrid methods.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Promoting cooperation and knowledge sharing across teams; resolving blockers through proactive conflict management and targeted facilitation.
• Stakeholder Management & Transparency: Ensuring transparent and audience-appropriate communication within and outside the project organization using modern project management tools.

• Defined and established the areas of responsibility
• Built a governance model for the department and its areas of responsibility
• IT strategy, project management, process management, and quality and sustainability management
• Developed a communications strategy for the group
• Created the IT strategy
• Designed templates, guidelines, and processes for consistent ways of working
• Recorded strategic guidelines and grouped ongoing projects – derived a roadmap for strategic planning
• Reviewed ongoing projects
• Prepared staffing calculations and capacity planning
• Defined job profiles

• Built and drove the European marketing function during the company's market expansion, establishing processes that improved campaign efficiency and cross-market alignment.
• Supported the go-to-market strategy for 14 crypto ETP/ETF products across multiple European markets, contributing to successful listings and early investor awareness
• Developed and executed marketing strategies across key European markets, including DACH, the UK, France, Italy, Spain and the Nordics, driving growth in brand visibility, investor engagement and investor acquisition.
• Led PR activities: coordinated with a European PR agency, managed press releases, and expanded media exposure, increasing share of voice and securing coverage in top tier outlets.
• Delivered integrated digital marketing campaigns that increased website traffic, boosted content engagement, and drove a consistent uplift in qualified inbound leads.
• Drove audience growth and user acquisition across LinkedIn and owned channels, significantly increasing newsletter subscriptions and strengthening recurring engagement with educational content.
• Managed the European marketing budget and identified cost-efficient advertising and influencer opportunities, improving overall campaign ROI.
• Organised and executed the company's participation at major European blockchain and finance events, enhancing visibility and strengthening institutional relationships.
• Created annual digital and content plans; coordinated research based educational materials that improved investor understanding and supported conversion.
• Strengthened brand presence and credibility in key markets through consistent messaging, education, and multi-channel execution.

Built charts for historical data, alarms, and downtime, plus enhanced interactive tables to efficiently track and compare oil-well performance. Eliminated 80% of high/medium security risks (Checkmarx) for the app. Optimized charting libraries, cutting usage from to 300–400MB for large data sets.

IOG (IOHK), is one of the world's pre-eminent blockchain infrastructure research and engineering companies.

• Converted a lingering R&D project into a cohesive, production-ready testnet; built and scaled the 35-member engineering team (Core, QA, SRE) to achieve this goal.
• Defined strategic direction and aligned technology development with business objectives as a key member of the leadership.
• Optimized software development processes and implemented agile methodologies, enhancing operational efficiency and code security.
• Delivered projects in a fast-paced startup environment through effective project management and resource allocation.

• Supports ICT project and program management across all project phases in a life sciences major project (volume approx. €3.5 billion).
• Supporting technical design.
• Managing RFI and change control processes.
• Continuous coordination of installation teams during construction and integration.
• Quality assurance of ICT systems.
• Evaluation of external planning documents and identification of optimization potentials.
• Coordinating with stakeholders to ensure Acceptance for Construction (AFC).

• Built a Trend-Scouting AI system to automate technology intelligence in power electronics and semiconductors, combining Azure OpenAI with LangChain, Scrapy-based web crawling for structured, noise-free data acquisition, and automated PDF reporting for internal R&D use. Developed a FastAPI-based (Uvicorn) web application to validate LLM outputs, test prompt strategies, and enable interactive system evaluation.
• Developed a real-time STM32 binary telemetry debugger with a PyQt-based GUI, featuring header-based frame synchronization, anomaly detection, template-driven payload decoding, time-aligned buffering, and live signal visualization.
• Developed an AI-driven power inductor designer using surrogate regression models for accurate electromagnetic and thermal prediction. Integrated multi-objective NSGA-II optimization to generate efficient, manufacturable designs.

• Crypto quant strategy development, automated trade execution, onchain data client (Ethereum / Solana)
• Data and trade architecture development for liquidity provision

• Led the realignment and positioning of the 'Connect' sector as a company-wide fiber-optic business
• Oversaw the architectural redesign of the system infrastructure, including process and staff structure optimization
• Designed and implemented a comprehensive modernization strategy for the IT and telecommunications systems
• Managed stakeholder relationships to ensure alignment between business goals and technological implementations

• Leading strategic initiatives focused on delivering exceptional results from initial project phases, ensuring optimal execution and stakeholder satisfaction across deeptech and interim decision management portfolios.
• Driving business development and client relationships across digital transformation and innovation projects, expanding market presence and revenue streams.
• Establishing operational frameworks and quality standards to maintain excellence in service delivery and organizational performance.
• Managing company resources, budgets, and strategic partnerships to achieve sustainable growth and long-term viability.

• Developed an IT governance and oversight framework aligned with DORA requirements
• Coordinated and trained external service providers
• Optimized financial processes and performance

• Independent Software Engineer focusing mainly on complex backend architectures.

• Led bankable technical and commercial due diligences and IT carve-outs across hospitality, TIC energy, SaaS, and FMCG
• Conducted comprehensive IT assessments for mid-market companies across the DACH region
• Created pitch decks and sales materials driving new client acquisition in large-cap transactions
• Managed customer-facing projects with complex stakeholder landscapes, providing CIO support in project management, portfolio management, and coaching

• Developed backend features for Modern RIS, a web-based Radiology Information System integrated with the existing Classic RIS via WebView.
• Worked on a modular Spring Boot backend covering clinical workflows such as appointments, examinations, patients, orders, reporting, billing, and inventory.
• Contributed to event-driven architecture using domain events to decouple workflows across backend modules.
• Implemented REST/OpenAPI endpoints, service-layer business logic, DTO mapping, validation, and integration points for the React frontend.
• Worked with PostgreSQL-backed domain models, Liquibase database changes, read/write model separation, and legacy RIS database structures.
• Integrated authentication and authorization flows using Keycloak and OAuth2.
• Added and maintained unit/integration tests using JUnit, Rest Assured, Testcontainers, and project-specific test utilities.
• Supported CI/CD and local development workflows using Maven, Docker Compose, Jenkins, and generated OpenAPI clients.

Tech stack: Java 21, Spring Boot 3.5, Maven, PostgreSQL, Liquibase, Keycloak, OAuth2, REST, OpenAPI/Springdoc, MapStruct, Lombok, Docker, Testcontainers, Jenkins.