Blockchain Experts in Germany

Non-custodial staking and digital-asset infrastructure for Web3 wallets, exchanges, and institutional custodians

Advised the COO on delivery for staking and digital-asset infrastructure serving institutional custodians, exchanges and wallets across regulated markets.

• Ran the company-wide KPI and OKR process across the organisation, raising company-wide OKR achievement from 50% to 65%.
• Designed and implemented OKR/KPI frameworks enabling structured quarterly delivery cycles and executive-level execution visibility.
• Defined, documented and improved the P2P governance and operating processes across programmes and operations.

Maturing their API practices on both a business and technology level. My role covers strategy, architecture, developer advocacy as well as hands-on software engineering, enabling both technical teams and business leadership to adopt and act on API-centric principles effectively. Coincidentally, we also establish GitOps, DX and platform best practices with this project.

Highlights:

• Aligning executives with the initiative by clarifying strategy, replacing misconceptions and myths with facts, clarifying the value of existing assets and enabling informed decision-making
• Formulating a way forward for API Lifecycle Management at OTTO
• Driving platform progress and fostering developer engagement by hands-on engineering work towards strategic goals

API Lifecycle Management, Team Topologies, Organizational Evolution, Regulatory, Platform Advocate, Developer Platform, Communities of Practice, Terraform, Kotlin, Kafka, Kong, WSO2, Apigee, Gravitee, Backstage, AsyncAPI, OpenAPI, API Design, AWS, React, Node.js, TypeScript, Redocly, reactive programming, CDC, Golang, Gin, GitOps, DX (developer experience), stakeholder management, roadmaps, workshops, discovery.

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.

• Built and scaled a 35-member engineering team (Core Engineering, QA, and SRE) in 12 months, accelerating Midnight’s blockchain development on Parity’s Substrate framework.
• 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.

• 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

• Transformed the marketing department of a global logistics and transport manufacturer in Germany, identifying value-driving measures, coordinating key stakeholders like CMO and CSO, and designing and implementing revenue-driving initiatives.
• Led a strategic transformation & change-management and implementation project for the CMO and CPO of a KKR portfolio company (HQ in NYC & Geneva), optimizing PMO structures, designing and leading executive workshops, managing executive stakeholders, and reporting across key global markets.
• Identified and quantified growth and cost-cutting opportunities for a global F&B/FMCG manufacturer & distributor through market sizing, competitive analysis, and profitability assessments, highlighting €300 m e-commerce growth potential and €100 m savings.
• Directed internal communications and PMO for an enterprise-wide analytics initiative at a global pharma company, creating executive-ready packs, newsletters, and storylines for leadership, while maintaining RAID/critical path and aligning 10+ workstreams across regions.
• Designed and directed a national go-to-market marketing strategy covering customer segmentation, digital/offline touchpoints, and e-commerce journeys for the German commercial lead of a new therapy at a global pharma corporation, earning ‘lighthouse project’ recognition by the country CEO.
• Led a project and team for the board of a DAX-40 company in a comprehensive organizational transformation strategy, managing scopes, budgets, timelines, and stakeholders to deliver a strategy affecting over 100,000 employees globally.
• Upgraded reporting and organizational structure for an automotive e-commerce marketplace, driving operational efficiency and supporting €615 m annual revenue.

• 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.

• Designed blockchain-based learning platform with event-driven architecture, integrating RESTful APIs for personalized learning paths
• Developed scalable microservices using Java, Python, and React in Kubernetes, enabling real-time data processing
• Implemented smart contracts (Solidity) for secure course purchases and mentor engagement
• Led AI-supported matching system (DecisionTreeRegressor) to optimize learning recommendations

• Digital and print media designer, specialist focus: digital media, PHP development, TYPO3
• PHP, MySQL programming
• Full-stack (frontend & backend programming)
• IT consulting
• Web hosting, consulting, and IT services
• Software and internet projects
• IT system administration
• Linux and Mac system administration

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.

• 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.

• Consulting in the SAP EAM module as part of the migration to EON's S/4 HANA oneERP system

• Review and cost estimation of customer-specific developments (e.g. cockpit for EAM orders, document flow display)

• Preparation of EAM classification data for technical objects (functional locations, equipment) for migration to new classes

• Fixing issues in the program logic

• Covering the changes with unit tests

• Analyzing and documenting the data structure of the various applications

• Analyzing and documenting the parameters for configuring the applications

• Analyzing and documenting the measures required to ensure the operation of the applications

• Analyzing and designing the separation of the individual database structures

• Analyzing and estimating the effort for planned extensions

• Analyzing, maintaining and documenting a heterogeneous legacy system landscape for a print media service provider

• Technology: C#, VB.NET, C, Python, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio 2010, JetBrains Rider, Visual Studio Code, arc42, Draw.io, Jira, GitLab