Vitae

professional experience

11/2021 – todayHead of Enginering
Zalando SE
Member of Zalando Partner Tech Excecutive Management. Responsible for driving the Partner Portal and Tech Foundion (5+ teams)
09/2018 10/2021Engineering Manager
Zalando SE
Responsible for building up the Partner/Supplier Portal for Zalando’s Retail Business (Retail Center)
09/2015 – 8/2018Engineering Manger/Delivery Lead (Team Lead)
Immobilien Scout GmbH
10/2014 – 03/2016IT Project Manager
Immobilien Scout GmbH
02/2013 – 08/2015Senior IT Developer
Immobilien Scout GmbH
technologies: Java, Eclipse, Servlet/JSP, REST, SOAP, Axis, JAX-WS, Tomcat, Jetty, Hudson/Jenkins, Ant, Maven, Jboss ESB
07/2012 – 01/2013Software Engineer
Data Experts GmbH
technologies: Java, Eclipse, OSGI/Equinox, RCP, SWT/JFace, EMF, JET, XText, XMI, Servlet/JSP, REST, SOAP, Axis, JAX-WS, Tomcat, Jetty, Hudson/Jenkins, Ant, C#
09/2009 – 06/2012research assistant
Charité Berlin
Technical lead for the development of a Java/RCP-based virtual microscopy platform and a plattform-independent processing- and parallelization environment for virtual slidesDevelopment of domain-specific languages for digital pathologySetup and design of test environments for functional, non-funtional and UI-tests. Installation and maintenance of the build-environment and responsible for releasesModeling of domain-specific modelsDevelopment of generators for Java and C# source code
technologies: Java, Eclipse, OSGI/Equinox, RCP, SWT/JFace, EMF, JET, XText, XMI, Servlet/JSP, REST, SOAP, Axis, JAX-WS, Tomcat, Jetty, Hudson/Jenkins, Ant, C#
10/2009 – 09/2014Contract Teacher – Applied Computer Sciences
HTW Berlin – School for Applied Sciences Berlin
09/2009 – 09/20016Eclipse Committer (CDO/NET4J)
Eclipse Foundation
Committer for CDO/Net4jSub-component lead and author of DawnCollaborative modeling
2006 – todayFreelancer
MFTechnologies
Freelancer in the field of Java-Development, Eclipse technologies, Modeling, CDO, Dawn
02/2008 – 06/2009working student
Tieto (formally known as TietoEnator)
Creation of test scenarios for module-, system- and regression testExecution of test in the domain charging with focus on high availability, charge correlation und user interfacesExecution of load- and performance testsError analysis und -deletion of software problemsInstallation of test environmentstechnologies: C/C++, vi, nedit, UNIX/LINUX, Rational ClearCase, Shell-Scripting, FTP
01/2007 – 12/2007working student
Nokia Siemens Networks
Software Integration Test NodeB. Responsible for the design and development of a test tracking application based on Apache Tomcat, Struts, Hibernate and MySQLMirgration of old database to the new systemDevelopment of serveral applications and tools to support the NodeB integration testResponsible enhancing the test automation and integration of web service interfaces for the test bedtechnologies: Eclipse, Java, Swing, XML, MySQL, MSAccess, Hibernate, Apache Struts 1.3, PHP, Web-Services, Apache AXIS, Apache Tomcat, JFreeChart
10/2004 – 12/2006working student
Siemens AG
Software Integration Test Node BResponsible for implementing software for automating integration tests with RNC-Simulators (Radio Network Controller)Integration into an existing java-based test framework (Pegasus) using a TCP bridgeCreation and execution of non funtion test (load- and long term tests) for verifying the funtionality of the NodeB stationResponsible for design and inplmenentation of a PHP/MS Access based management software for test casestechnologies: Eclipse, Java, PHP, MSAccess, HTML, JavaScript
09/2003 – 09/2004Telelogic DOORS Customizing and Support
Siemens AG
Development of complex graphical user interfaces for IBM DOORS (formally known as Telelogic DOORS) using DXL (DOORS eXtension Language)Customization and development of DOORS scripts for test- and project management supportExport of reports from DOORS database to Microsoft Word/Excel using OLE-interface.Management of the DOORS database and customer supporttechnologies: Telelogic DOORS, DOORS Extension Language (DXL), Object Linking and Embedding (OLE), Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel

education

10/2004 – 07/2009Study of apllied computer sciences (Dipl.-Inf. (FH))
FHTW Berlin 
(since 04/2009 HTW Berlin)specialised in “Multimedia” and “Facility Management”degree: 1,1; excellent (with distinction)
08/2001 – 08/2003apprenticeship (IT Specialist for Systemintegration)
Siemens AG
08/2000 – 08/2001apprenticeship (IT Specialist for Systemintegration)AEG Signum

distinctions and certificates

2010Honored as “Best Graduate” in Applied Computer Science in 2009/2010 at University of Applied Sciences Berlin, 2010
2003Distinction for exceptional results in final exam as IT Specialist from SPE (Siemens Professional Educations) , 2003
2003Distinction for exceptional results in final exam as IT Specialist from IHK (Industrie und Handelskammer), 2003
2003First Certificate in English (ESOL Examinations)