Cybersecurity Experts in Berlin

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.

• WiNOWiG enhancements (digitalization & organization)
• Project management for the WiNOWiG project (regulatory offenses)
• Process optimization and coordination

• Partnered with senior stakeholders across AWS EMEA to drive talent strategy, partner development, and business growth in the cloud ecosystem.
• Focus areas:
• Collaboration with Sales & Partner Management on Go-to-Market initiatives
• Advisory on long-term resource strategy for Cloud, Data, and Security Divisions
• Supporting internal innovation teams in scaling AI and automation projects
• Result: Contributed to AWS’s expansion in Central Europe by aligning business, technology, and people strategy.

AI Platform Backend – Senior Developer

Hired to design and build an AI platform backend from the ground up, including multi-provider LLM orchestration and real-time infrastructure for AI influencer personas at scale.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Architected and implemented a multi-LLM orchestration layer with Semantic Kernel to integrate GPT-4 and other providers for core platform logic and AI influencer personas, reducing model-switching overhead by abstracting provider APIs behind a unified interface.
• Designed and developed a backend from the ground up in C# / .NET 10, including domain modeling with DDD, a versioned RESTful API layer, and cloud infrastructure on Azure.
• Built real-time chat infrastructure with Server-Sent Events (SSE), message persistence, and delivery guarantees for running AI influencer personas live at scale.
• Developed a media management service with cloud object storage integration for uploading and retrieving influencer-generated content.
• Created an integration and unit test suite with data seeding for reliable regression testing across all core platform flows, significantly reducing the production error rate.

Tools and Technologies: C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, Python, TypeScript, MySQL, Semantic Kernel, EF Core, Minimal APIs, LLM Orchestration, Prompt Engineering, Agentic AI, Generative AI, AI-Assisted Engineering, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Google Gemini, OpenAI API, Ollama, Redis, Azure, Azure Container Apps, Azure Database for MySQL, Docker, GitHub Actions, Clean Architecture, Vertical Slice Architecture, CQRS, Domain-Driven Design, REST API, xUnit, Integration Testing, Unit Testing, Jira, Confluence, Scrum

Through Sourcegarden GmbH, ongoing engagement. Transitioning software development to agentic development in phases, from setup and pilots through transformation and handover.

• Advisory for Bank-Verlag GmbH on establishing a risk management and compliance function by defining the DORA strategy, conducting a DORA gap analysis and developing all DORA-relevant policies, supporting the design and roll out of the risk management framework, and providing overall PMO support for all DORA-relevant streams
• Ensured the conceptual and operational setup of a Cyber Defence Center for Vienna Insurance Group AG, including the implementation of regulatory requirements, development of the organizational, tax, and financial construct, including up- & downstream cost allocation model, DORA compliance, outsourcing, data protection, and works council requirements, gap analysis for contracts with regard to DORA, EIOPA, Solvency II and best practices and creation of policies in line with DORA
• Definition of an IT security target operating model for Oldenburgische Landesbank, including definition of processes, responsibilities and interfaces for a new, DORA-compliant IT security operations area that can be integrated into the existing IT organization and that is to be established or expanded
• Implementation of a service management readiness and maturity analysis according to ITIL for Ottobock Group, definition of an ITSM target operating model including processes, organization and governance, and derivation of measures to close identified gaps
• Developed an overarching cloud strategy for the corporate segment of ThyssenKrupp AG, involving all business units and stakeholders while considering business unit specific requirements
• Conducted an IT benchmark for a business unit of ThyssenKrupp AG, including structural analysis of the organizational structure and IT strategy
• Introduced a company-wide business continuity management system for Krieger Group, including identification and assessment of potential crisis scenarios and risks, and establishment of structures
• Developed an S/4HANA transformation strategy for Pfalzwerke AG, including a transformation plan and preliminary project
• Developed a restructuring strategy for Pfalzwerke AG, including the future IT delivery model, transformation plans, and business cases for each scenario
• Conducted an IT cost review for AMS-OSRAM AG, including analysis and optimization of IT costs and budget, as well as planning and implementing a strategy to reduce IT costs.

• Consulting and project management in IT projects
• Data and process analytics, evaluation, reporting, optimization, dashboards
• Program management, project management
• Strategic consulting
• Rollout, cut-over (concept development, automation, planning)
• IT infrastructure, IT system architecture, ITIL
• Process and application management
• ITSM, IT security, data protection, IAM
• BPNM
• MDM

• Development of a Target Operating Model for integrated hardware, firmware and software delivery.
• Establishment of a PDMO governance model with clear roles, responsibilities and decision rights.
• Improvement of portfolio and delivery transparency for senior management and executive management.
• Integration of a stage-gate product development process with agile software delivery.
• Redesign of release, quality, change and prioritization processes.
• Development of a scalable tooling and reporting architecture for Jira and PPM systems.

• Creating guidelines
• Conducting Business Impact Analyses (BIA), assessing risks, and identifying time-critical business processes
• Process management
• Creating emergency plans and crisis management plans, including cyber response and IT emergency plans with special consideration of a cyberattack
• Conducting awareness trainings
• Planning and carrying out tests and exercises
• Developing tailor-made solutions to reduce risks and ensure business continuity

• Teaching content on content marketing strategy, planning, implementation, and performance measurement.
• Training in storytelling, tools, and the use of Artificial Intelligence.
• Leading courses for hundreds of participants.

For the past year I have been working on up-skilling my agentic development skills. This year I've built multiple tools myself, but also supported clients with design and software development. What I built:

• Full-fledged Australian Real Estate Marketplace
• Procedural Music Engine
• Conversational Prototyping Tool

• Conducting cybersecurity readiness checks based on an in-house assessment methodology
• Analyzing the external attack surface using the Graydaxe EASM platform
• Assessing maturity levels and deriving prioritized recommendations for action

• Spearheading investor outreach and partnership development as founding MD, building the business case and technical narrative needed to attract initial funding and strategic collaborators in the digital health space
• Designing multi-agent AI systems for autonomous biosignal analysis, orchestrating LLM-based reasoning pipelines with domain-specific medical context to enable intelligent, clinical decision support