About Me

I am a versatile problem solver with the exceptional ability to combine management consulting, leadership experience, and deep expertise in agile methodologies, software development, coaching, and product and project management. This allows me to translate between the different perspectives and "languages" of these fields, enabling efficient problem solving, effective team leadership, and the co-creation of innovative solutions.

Areas of Expertise

  • Software development with a focus on cloud development
  • Development of digital business models, products, and services
  • Development of product teams towards data-driven and agile approaches

In-Depth Industry Experience

  • Retail & eCommerce (B2B and B2C)
  • Travel industry (online booking portals)
  • Telecommunications (risk management / sales support)
  • Business Consulting
  • Finance (Investor Relations)

Special Experiences

  • Extensive experience as Product Owner / Product Manager
  • Expert in Agile Transformation and OKR
  • Experience as a founder in 7 startups
  • Leadership roles - Interim Head of Product, Interim Managing Director (IT)
  • NLP Coach (DVNLP) with a focus on business coaching
  • Extensive experience with distributed near- and offshore teams

Professional Experience

Agile Coach / Business Coach / Mentor (2015 - Present)

I have been continuously accompanying several entrepreneurs, product managers, and Scrum Masters as a coach. My focus is on product development and strategic development of companies, supplemented by intensive work in the personal development of executives and founders.

Interim Product Owner Healthcare (2024)

03/2024 – 08/2024: Took over a backend development team for gedisa and drove the development of the team and several products, including the conception and planning of a new product for pharmacies and health insurance companies.

Project Management / Product Management AI (2023)

08/2022 – 12/2023: Led a project to evaluate the technical feasibility of a system based on machine learning and generative AI for extracting information from unstructured documents.

Education

  • NLP Coach

    11/2007 - 07/2012

    Specialization in Business Coaching, Communication & Conflict Resolution

  • Business Administration and Computer Science Studies

    1997 - 2003

    Fernuniversität Hagen - Fundamentals of Business Administration

    University of Dortmund – Economics (focus on Business Administration)

    University of Dortmund – Computer Science (Basic Studies)

Technical Skills

  • Project Management (Waterfall & Agile)
  • Product Management (Customer Discovery – Development)
  • Atlassian Confluence/JIRA Application & Development (Expert)
  • Python Development Focus on Machine Learning (Advanced)
  • Architecture of Cloud Applications and Microservices (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
  • Frontend Development (HTML5, jQuery, CSS3, Angular.js, Node.js)
  • Mobile Application Development (Hybrid HTML5 Apps/Ionic)
  • MYSQL Development (Database Design) (Advanced)
  • Graph Databases (Neo4j)