IBM Informix Experts in Germany

• Worked for several M&A projects (Eire, Sunshine C, Coral) in the role of IT project manager and cross-functional technical manager / integration manager.
• Preparation and maintenance of project charters, project change requests and project plans.
• Weekly project status report.
• Preparation of decision papers and steering committee slidedecks.
• Risk & issue management.
• Tracking and managing activities, dependencies and deliverables across all functional IT domains.
• Data migration (planning and execution).

Successful delivery of projects on behalf of customers:

• -> 2023 – present: Project management for the consolidation of sites/data centers for a large telecommunications provider (infrastructure project, customer: Telefonica)

• Opening and preparing new sites

• Application migrations

• Decommissioning and handover of old sites

• -> 2021 – 2022: IT multi-project management for a large car leasing company (customer: Athlon)

• Migration of applications to the cloud and to another data center

• Additional projects to expand and optimize the application landscape

• -> 2021: Project management for the development of a platform providing internet access on aircraft operated by various airlines (customer: m3Connect/German Telekom)

• -> 2017-2020: Responsible management of an IP network consolidation (infrastructure project, customer: Cisco/Vodafone) at a large telecommunications provider

• Planning and coordination of migrations and their rollout

• Team leadership and integration of different teams (network operators, hardware and service providers)

• Management of IT with 10 employees, including budget and personnel responsibility.
• Harmonization of the Navision systems in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
• Connection of the ERP systems in Switzerland, Austria and Italy to the central Microsoft Power BI systems in Germany.
• Rollout of a new firewall at 10 locations in D, CH and A.
• Evaluation of a new DMS.
• Migration to Windows 10 / 11.
• Transformation of 9 countries into ONE Europe.
• Start of NIS2 implementation in 5 European countries.

• WRICEF objects (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms and Workflow) in the FI and CO modules of S/4HANA ECC using ABAP OO
• Use of SAP HANA Studio, AIF, SAP Solution Manager, Confluence and Jira
• Environment: SAP S/4HANA on Premise 2020

• Analysis, software development/adaptation and testing of various transaction and batch objects
• Execution of specialist integration and regression tests on TEST and QA platforms under z/OS for subsequent implementation in production
• Hardware / software / tools: IBM-MVS, z/OS, JES2/3, TSO-ISPF, JCL, DB2, SQL, SQL/PL, QMF, QMF for Work-Stations, SPUFI, FileAid, IMS-DB/DC, MFS, XPEDITER, COBOL, REXX, Windows-10, MS-Office-365, MS-Teams, batch job management via OPC, BETA92, RVS, BVB, ABL, DIALOGplus, PROBA, PRODPR (VW internal systems), JIRA, CONFLUENCE

• Creating interfaces between the legacy platform and the new container solution
• Coordinating required contributions from line units
• Moderating regular status meetings with the software vendor
• Minimally invasive conversion of TWS scheduling from the old to the new platform
• Environment: IBM Mainframe, DB2, CICS, MQ, Red Hat Linux, Oracle, Kubernetes, Kafka, Helm, GitLab, Jenkins

C# Contract Programming for Special-Purpose Machinery/Visualization Technology

C# contract programming; .net; WPF, WCF, MVC, MVVM

Customization and further development of control software for special-purpose machinery (programming machine sequences), with corresponding interface connections to create a graphical user interface for the mechanical engineering environment (mapping scan processes in 3D)

Quality assurance before handover for use in the customer's live operations

Software, hardware and systems used:

• Windows 2003 Server
• Windows 2008
• Visual Studio 2012 and later
• Various customer-specific hardware and software
• .net Framework
• TFS

• Lead programmer, architect and deputy product owner
• Completed transition from zPDV to STEP
• Ensured quality of C++ and Perl sources through automated and manual checks
• Supported resolution of incidents and errors in testing
• Implemented batch for supplementary assignment of payment run numbers
• Implemented batch for distribution of SGB 2 information to the central payment unit
• Supported replacement of Solaris with Linux
• Upgraded gcc from 7.4 to 9.3
• Programmatically generated Makefiles from Borland projects for builds
• Extended funding data with new attribute “Kennzeichen Fahrtkosten Praktikum”
• Programmatically generated XSD and WSDL files from IDL definitions
• Represented the product owner when needed
• Implemented batch for one-time payment processing
• Developed generator for Liquibase files
• Implemented and maintained regular anonymization of production data
• Supported migration from SLES 12 to SLES 15
• Supported introduction of mutual TLS
• Implemented batch for sending deletion impulses to EDA BE
• Organized script directory structure
• Investigated potential introduction of String-Latin and implemented minimal solution
• Remediated security findings identified by CheckMarx
• Supported PAP recalculations and general change notices
• Converted ERP interfaces from SOAP to REST
• Planned technical and business topics such as register modernization, cash register security, training costs, four-eyes principle

• The customer is undergoing a comprehensive transformation. All SAP ECC landscapes worldwide are being migrated to SAP S/4HANA, with the goal of introducing a standard template worldwide.

• The program also includes the “RISE with SAP” migration and modernization program, which may involve migrating the landscapes of selected country installations to the SAP Private Cloud.

• On the stakeholder side, the program reporting line extends to the company’s executive board and that of the implementation partner.

• Fiserv Germany’s ERP landscape currently includes several non-standard SAP tools and applications that extend the functionality of the ECC environment and can often be integrated into downstream systems. As part of the transition to SAP S/4HANA, it is essential to assess the core functionality, integration points and future viability of these applications in order to determine their alignment with the target architecture.

• The focus of the work is on providing expert advice and assessment to define the scope, strategy and roadmap for transitioning Fiserv Germany’s SAP ECC system to SAP S/4HANA.

• The recommended best practices from SAP are followed and a structured approach is used to ensure a smooth transition with minimal disruption while maximizing business value.

• This assessment forms the basis for a successful SAP S/4HANA transformation and ensures alignment with industry best practices, regulatory compliance and future scalability.

• Migration Strategy Definition – assessment of available transition approaches based on business objectives, technical feasibility and SAP Best Practices.

• Technical Readiness Assessment – conducting a system analysis to assess compatibility, custom code impact, data volume management, integration points and infrastructure readiness for SAP S/4HANA.

• Business Process Impact Analysis – reviewing the latest business process documentation to define the scope and effort required to implement the necessary functions in SAP S/4HANA and to identify opportunities for process optimization.

• Roadmap for Non-SAP Systems and Applications – assessment of third-party and legacy applications regarding their integration with SAP S/4HANA and recommendation of consolidation, migration or replacement strategies.

• Deployment & Implementation Planning – defining a phased approach for implementation, including project schedules, risk mitigation strategies and key milestones aligned with business priorities.

• This transformation takes place in phases: the Discovery phase leads to the Explore phase, which is followed by the Design phase and finally implementation.

• Program management

• Change management

• Requirements management

• Transition management

• Stakeholder management

• Risk management

• Comprehensive coordination

• Support and further development of a complex process for creating XML documents for electronic invoices / E-Invoicing (XRechnung, ZUGFeRD)
• Automation of operational processes, process development and optimization
• Development of frontend applications with MS Power Apps
• Porting SQL Server 2016 to SQL Server 2022
• SQL Server database administration

End Customer: Openry GmbH

E-commerce platform to globally commercialize high-quality Italian artistic productions. Several European shops are already operational and Asian markets soon coming up. My role as Agile Project Manager is to lead the complete team on both the customer and technical side (offshore) including strong strategic consulting, in a continuous delivery approach. As project in a small enterprise, the budget management aspects are particularly challenging, in a quest to deliver the maximum business value with minimal overheads. Technologies: Magento 2, M2E Pro, Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP (LAMP), Stripe

• Migrate company software to RHEL10
• Development in Bash, Python, C, Ansible

• Migration of the platform to X systems
• Analysis of changes related to TCP/IP communication
• Handling error tickets
• Installation and configuration of Xypro Security 1 attack detection
• Setting up an SNMP.v3 connection to send alert traps to Netcool (Tivoli)
• Installation and configuration of the RemoteAnalyst software
• Migration of master data and timetable data
• Setting up and monitoring MQ pipelines to external partners

• Consulting and project management for customers such as Advantest, IBM, Mercury Computer Systems Inc, Adara Networks, Themis Computers, CheckPoint, Smart Technologies Inc, Soma Networks Inc, Plus Server AG, Positron Inc.

• Roles: Software Team Lead, Subproject Lead, System Subproject Lead, System Engineering, Requirements Engineering and Management, QA and Process Expert.

• Automotive industry experience (2008–2025) with customers such as Elektrobit, Valeo, Magna, Bosch, Continental, Schaeffler, BMW, TRW, ALPS.

• Project examples:

• Hanon Systems: CI/CD development and test automation (ETAS ISOLAR AUTOSAR, Jenkins, AWS, Azure).

• Magna Inc. and GETRAG: Consulting for SW integration and process improvement (ASPICE audit, ASIL-B).

• Valeo: SW project lead for Park Assist and Volvo/JLR, release planning, mentoring, process adjustments, ASPICE compliance.

• Schaeffler AG: System engineer and SW project manager, development of functional specifications, subprocess frameworks for RM, CM, V&V.

• Mahle Electric Drives: System Requirements Engineer, algorithm optimization, Embedded C/C++, unit and integration testing.

• Bosch/Daimler: Design and development of Multi-Core-AUTOSAR and RTE layers, Continuous Integration Framework, Change Management.

• Elektrobit: Development of AUTOSAR BSW configuration tools, bootloader framework, performance optimization, debugging.

• ALPS Automotive/CDN Automotive: Low-memory AUTOSAR architecture, BSW and ASW integration, automation of documentation and code generation.

• KOM Technologies Group: Internal SW Development Subcontracting for Daimler OHCM, CAN drivers, SSA integration, AURIX MCAL development.

• Extensive Linux/Automotive experience (2005–2025) at MBTI, Advantest Corporation, Harman Samsung, Valeo, Molabo GmbH, Continental Automotive, Mercury Computer Systems Inc, General Dynamics Mission Systems, US Telco Vendor, Adara Networks, Positron Inc, Soma Networks Inc, CheckPoint, NDA projects, Plus Server AG, KOM Technologies Group (R&D).