Cloud Computing Experts in Berlin

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.

• Course duration: 46 min
• Certificate Id: Ab2Hw1PxFkKCHeycuKNujzCTWS6T

• Insurance service provider*

Challenge: Business-critical documents were processed through external OCR providers, with ongoing costs, dependency, and data privacy risks for sensitive insurance data.

Implementation:

• Architecture and production implementation of an on-premise OCR solution with full data ownership
• Methods for recognizing document structures as the basis for automated further processing
• ML-, NLP-, and LLM/VLM-based information extraction, especially from invoices and quotations

Success: Replaced external providers: full data ownership, GDPR-compliant processing, and 75% lower recurring OCR costs per year

Used technologies: Python, Docker, Microservices, FastAPI, PyTorch, Torchvision, MongoDB, MySQL

• Overall leadership of multiple strategic operations projects focused on workplace services, SLA framework, access management, certificate management, e-learning, backup & recovery, test management, and capacity management, as well as implementing system monitoring and feasibility studies for a 24x7 operation, partly including ServiceNow implementation
• Development of various ServiceNow operating concepts related to training, permissions, and emergency management as part of a new cloud-hosting initiative for the ServiceNow platform
• Board reporting and leading steering committees within the framework of corporate strategic objectives, as well as establishing new balanced scorecards to measure KPIs for optimization-driven project results

• Enhance and develop the Information Security Management System (ISMS) in compliance with ISO 27001 and TISAX standards by continuously updating and refining the ISMS to align with evolving global standards.
• Ensure that security practices and policies are integrated into all business processes to achieve and maintain certifications.
• Lead the effort to identify, evaluate and mitigate risks across the organization, setting benchmarks for security measures.
• Oversee and refine security processes, with an emphasis on incident management and rapid response by developing and enforcing policies for rapid detection, investigation and remediation of security incidents.
• Train and lead the incident response team to handle breaches effectively, minimizing impact and ensuring swift recovery.
• Implement continuous monitoring solutions to detect and respond to threats in real time.
• Conduct comprehensive security assessments for internal and external IT projects, ensuring adherence to GDPR, DORA and other relevant standards.
• Oversee security evaluations for all IT projects to ensure they comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Integrate security measures from the planning phase through deployment to ensure all projects uphold the organization’s security standards.
• Collaborate with project teams to address findings and ensure that security risks are managed effectively.
• Serve as the principal security advisor to the IT department and senior management, offering insights on potential security challenges.
• Facilitate a culture of security awareness throughout the organization through training and regular communication.
• Lead security initiatives that align with the organization’s long-term strategic goals.
• Establish and oversee a robust third-party risk management framework to mitigate external security threats by regularly assessing third-party security practices and compliance and developing contingency plans and mitigation strategies.
• Provide regular updates and security briefings to the executive leadership and relevant committees, highlighting recent security incidents, responses, lessons learned and recommending strategic improvements.

• Proceeding what was started in 10/2023, offering data science development skills fulltime to international clients

• Helping companies learn more about their existing (unstructured) data, optimize processes and technical systems, and derive solutions for their problems

• Tools and technology used: Python (sklearn, pandas, numpy, Django, sqlAlchemy, pyTorch), Matlab, Docker, AWS EC2, Lambda, S3, SQL, MySQL, Hadoop & Spark, Machine Learning, DNN, AI, Jira, Confluence, Git, CI/CD, GitLab, Jenkins

• Leasing, lifecycle and process management for Apple iPhones, maintenance and expansion of the MDM system, coordination of leasing, device integration into DEP and MDM, followed by a rollout and hardware swap process, plus a BYOD and Android option
• Migration of the IT ticket system from ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus to Atlassian Jira Service Management: project management, definition of ticket types, seamless execution according to a detailed timeline, user communication, decommissioning of the old system
• Project lead: SAP interface in workforce management to automate reading of working hours
• Sub-project lead for inventory software EZO AssetSonar: demand management, software selection, procurement

• Consulting and advisory services for the AI space on product management, strategy, AI models, AI infrastructure
• AI Product Lead for Ringier AG:
• BliKI chatbot for Blick.ch - live, tens of thousands of users
• AI Forge journalist tooling for Blick.ch - live, hundreds of internal users
• Floorian automated ad floor price optimization system - pilot ongoing
• Freelance CTO for an AI-as-a-Service company focusing on automated trading solutions
• AI Agent calls people on the phone at scale, converses to achieve specific goals, and takes action based on how the conversation
• AI Trading bot based on transformer time-series model forecasting future asset prices

• Practical seminar "Generative AI in Software Development"
• Mobile apps and cloud computing
• Internet of Things, smart home and consumer healthcare
• Future of mobile communication

• Geo-sharded different Ruby services to improve scalability.
• Planned and executed a project to increase peak-time order processing capacity by launching a second Amazon Aurora database cluster.
• Offloaded high-volume tables with billions of rows to the new cluster.
• Reduced absolute CPU usage during peak hours on average by 15.79%.
• Utilized technologies and skills including Ruby on Rails, AWS, Kafka, microservice architectures, big data, Terraform, Datadog and Protocol Buffers.

• Designed, implemented, and evaluated multiple machine learning models (e.g., regression, time series, neural networks) to forecast cryptocurrency prices, incorporating data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model optimization for improved predictive accuracy.
• Performed in-depth data exploration and visualization on large cryptocurrency datasets, using tools like Python and libraries such as Pandas and Matplotlib to identify trends and patterns.

• Served as IT project manager and Scrum Master
• Consulted on IT security