Microsoft Visio Experts in Munich

AI telephone assistant platform

Claude Code, Google AI Studio, Python, LLM / Voice-AI, PostgreSQL

• Conception and hands-on development of an AI-supported telephone assistant platform (voice AI / LLM) – from idea and architecture to MVP/product.
• Built agentic workflows and full automations with Claude Code and Google AI Studio.
• Also delivered AI-supported work in client engagements: used Claude Code for governance documentation, requirement drafts, and automations.

• Project management for a simplification project to reduce effort for an IT transformation project
• Stakeholder management and preparation of decision documents for top management
• Scoping and PI planning across multiple delivery streams
• Planning requirements for the transformation project
• Creation of partner and customer journeys for the structured end-to-end capture of requirements
• Design of suitable tracking methods for project progress
• Coordination with IT service providers and transformation project committees

• Responsible for introducing agile methods within the Interface & Integration Team (2 Scrum Teams)
• Planning and delivering trainings in agile methods
• Facilitating workshops and Scrum events
• Removing impediments
• Increasing sprint performance

Large Insurance Company – Consultant Wiesbaden: Consulting support for the introduction of an integrated planning and performance management framework (operational, financial, customer) to enhance customer-centric transparency, decision-making quality, and steering capabilities across all lines of business within an insurance organization:

• Analysis of existing processes, reports, KPIs, and KPI calculation methodologies
• Design and introduction of new, standardized customer KPIs (gross/net), as well as key steering metrics with consistent linkage across all lines of business
• Recalculation, validation, and plausibility checks of KPIs based on existing and newly integrated data sources
• Conceptual support for the development of an integrated reporting and performance management setup
• Execution of customer insights analyses to identify patterns and anomalies within customer data clusters

Large retail company – Consultant in Karlsruhe: Advisory services for the setup and step-by-step implementation of an internationally deployable RELEX solution in the supply chain management environment:

• Advising overall and sub-project management on methodology, project setup and steering (e.g. agile approach, Jira configuration, RELEX phases, Jira Structure PPM)
• Strategic-operational consulting for the introduction of RELEX including best practices
• Support in defining overarching goals and requirements (2-year target picture)
• Guidance in scoping a relevant supply chain network segment for the project
• Development of a roadmap for iterative, incremental RELEX setup and rollout
• Assessment of project dependencies (interfaces, configurations, etc.)
• Advice on prioritized implementation of business requirements and data interfaces
• Support in test planning (data validation, system testing, UAT)
• Consulting on internationalization, change management, training, and knowledge transfer
• Stakeholder advisory and alignment activities between the client, implementation partner, and RELEX

Insurance company – Management Consultant in Munich: Analysis, consulting and support for the optimization of a large-scale business and IT transformation. Focus on strategically important programs and modernization projects in the area of Managed Services Operations and processes:

• Review of project plans and deliverables; analysis of programs and projects (e.g. cloud approach, process standardization, system integration, roadmaps)
• Identification of technical, functional and personnel risks and challenges; development of content-related measures and alternative solutions
• Proposal of quality improvements for program and modernization efforts
• Sparring partner and professional, technical, structural and organizational consulting for project and program management

Large retail group – Management Consultant & Stream Lead in Cologne: Consulting, process, project and product management for the introduction and implementation of a large strategic program in the field of advanced analytics, assortment and space management:

• Setup, test and rollout of a new space planning, automation and optimization product based on the existing cluster-based merchandising approach
• Definition and setup of new processes and transformation and change management measures for the new store-specific merchandising approach
• Collaboration with Advanced Analytics and IT (internal and external) for software implementations, automations, extensions and interfaces
• MVP approach and piloting in phases with gradual rollout (pilot with 80 stores, region with 500 stores, national level with 4000 stores)

Large retail company – Agile Coach & Change Agent in Cologne: Agile coach, OKR master and facilitator for the introduction of the OKR approach in a large strategic digitization program for retail stores:

• Coaching of the core team with topic managers and team leads
• Introduction to the OKR topic and setup of the OKR cycle
• Establishment of the OKR approach in teams and on a cross-team level

Delivery and logistics company – Management Consultant in United Kingdom: Consulting and coaching in the restructuring of the Data Analytics department:

• Analysis of current challenges
• Definition of overarching goals
• Development of a proposal for a new team structure
• Identification of required competencies, skills and responsibilities
• Advisory and alignment on communication and change management strategy

• As-is assessment of the current network infrastructure and its documentation, including on-site inspections
• Independent planning of new distribution and main distribution rooms in the individual district offices (components used, rack layout, connectivity), considering the BSI IT-Grundschutz and InfoSic requirements
• Planning of new copper and fiber optic cabling, including patch panels
• Coordination with building services engineering (TGA) to ensure compliance with relevant on-site requirements
• Development of detailed execution plans and high-level concepts for the rollout of the new infrastructure
• Additional support after the components go live (hypercare phase)
• Regular communication with project management and client stakeholders

• Installation, maintenance and regular upgrade of the DB systems with 19x
• Use of OPatch and RU 19.27 on RHEL 8x, SLES 15.x and Windows
• DBA for DACH and European customers in production and last test environments (e.g. Konrad Adenauer) as well as others in CDB
• Processes via Confluence
• Support in operations for customers SR via Metalink

Refinement of epics and user stories to achieve a higher degree of automation in CRM usage. Testing of new Discountsystem

Consulting and support in the areas of sales/business/technology/development/marketing:

• Sales, Key Account Management
• Business Development, business/corporate development
• Partner management
• Program/project management
• Product management & marketing
• Technical marketing, content marketing
• New business, innovation and technologies

Until July 2021 active as advisor and consultant for Mixed Mode in the areas of Key Account Management, Project Management and Business Development.

From Q3/2021 successful delivery of various customer projects in the area of Business Development, corporate development, consulting, coaching, technical content management, sales and marketing:

• EMS service provider and PCB test house, inspection systems: revision of company portfolio and presentation. Integration of specialized distribution for optical inspection systems from Japan: content management, marketing, communication, web, sales automation, lead generation
• Full service marketing agency – technology marketing for industry: expansion of the existing B2B and B2C marketing portfolio with industrial and technology topics: content management, presentation and focus on "technical marketing", web, target market and customer analysis, lead automation, consulting
• Software product manufacturer & software development in the field of security for Embedded & IoT: company alignment and portfolio definition for an IoT and Embedded Security company with a SaaS solution for IoT device management: building a partner network to offer complete Embedded/IoT security solutions, technical content, company alignment and portfolio definition, strategy & planning, target market and customer analysis, product marketing/USPs for the security device management tool "IoT-Suite", standards and regulations for cyber resilience (e.g. CRA, NIS2, RED), web content, SEO, management of marketing and sales agencies, CRM, sales, presentations, trade fairs, congresses, building company webinars & events
• Software engineering service provider/system house for IoT, Embedded, web, mobile and desktop applications: business development, content creation, customer acquisition and sales
• Manufacturer of memory products with security features as an add-on: memory products in standard form factors (SD, CF, SSD...) are extended with security modules such as HSM, TPM or secure elements and thus offer users secure data storage, transfer and access. Also interesting as an upgrade or retrofit solution to meet the coming new regulations and requirements regarding cybersecurity such as CRA, RED and NIS2. Business & New Business Development for the area "Embedded IoT Solutions & Security", sales & marketing. Expansion of the pure semiconductor business to include security solutions and services. Interface between management, marketing, sales and product management. Building business partners, technology partners, system integrators and resellers from the Embedded, IoT, OT and IT environment. Creating reference designs/demos/lighthouse cases and proof of concepts for cross- and reference selling. Co-marketing with security partners. Technical content creation for web, sales and marketing, webinars, social media etc. Networking, participation in trade fairs, congresses and events. Lead generation, qualification, follow-up and conversion to customer. Product definition, USPs, features. Analysis of competitors, market positioning, target markets - strategy, concept and measures - go to market.
• Marketing agency group with sales and management consulting: consulting for companies on restructuring, market analysis and market entry, go-to-market concepts, customer acquisition and expansion, new customer generation, lead generation and management, concepts and execution of campaigns (web, mail, social media, phone outreach in person or with AI voice assistant, webinars...). Processing and managing customer product data for PIM product information and DAM data asset management systems. Focus on customers in the industrial and technology environment with products and services that need explanation.

Freelance consultant in a family foundation and other companies in the role of commercial manager/CFO in the real estate/construction industry Responsibilities

• Treasury & Financial Planning
• Controlling
• Accounting
• Human Resources
• IT

• Europe's largest stem cell bank; company revenue: 78 Mio. EUR; employees 700; personnel responsibility: 18; duration: 6 months
• Interim takeover of all teams in the areas of sales/inside sales, order management and service
• Separation of the order business in Germany/Austria into two GmbHs under my leadership, while also integrating an acquired company into the German operational business
• Additional creation of new KPIs and adjustment of processes with internal interfaces and customers
• Requirements management for the introduction of the new CRM
• Full implementation of the above-mentioned operational integration and separation of the areas
• Improvement of KPIs in call accessibility, first-contact resolution rate and response time
• Established newly introduced customer feedback management
• Structured handover of the area to my successor

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

Goal: Select and introduce an AI operating system, build a structured knowledge base, and develop AI agents and skills to increase efficiency across the entire company

• Analyzed requirements and evaluated suitable AI operating systems based on the company’s specific needs
• Designed and built a central knowledge base as the foundation for AI-supported processes
• Developed and configured AI agents and skills for recurring business processes
• Used prompt engineering to generate precise, context-specific outputs from AI agents
• Personally coached the founders and employees on using AI independently and effectively
• Managed the overall project, including planning, prioritization, and progress tracking
• Documented the solutions used and created usage concepts for sustainable operation

Tools: Langdock, SharePoint, prompt engineering, AI agents, AI skills

• Analysis of affected business processes taking numerous stakeholders into account
• Interface analysis, architecture and system design
• Communicating and coordinating various subprojects and interface partners
• Creating epics and user stories, maintaining the backlog, workshops and review presentations
• Support during implementation between business departments and development
• Test management including strategy and approach definition
• Test case definition, execution and approval
• Cross-team organization of integration and acceptance tests
• Support of test environments
• Technologies and tools: Java, Angular, Kubectl, REST, AWS SNS/SQS, Kafka, S4/HANA, Bruno

• Analyzing, aligning and modeling business processes (BPMN 2.0) for the 'The New Retail' program in the areas of invoicing, tax, customs and accounting
• Tracking user stories and their impact on processes
• Point of contact for preparing the tool migration from Symbio to Signavio for the mentioned areas
• Power user after the introduction of Signavio, point of contact and coach for other process modelers