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  • Building strong awareness within the company towards nearshoring
  • Engagement manager in the Competence Center Nearshore
  • Responsible for nearshore consulting, partner screening and technical onboarding, designing and implementing cooperation scenarios, change management, stakeholder management, participating in steering committees and collaborating with IT and business units
  • Tools used: Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Teams, Azure Devops, Microsoft Sharepoint, Conceptboard
  • Key results: Established a nearshoring strategy, successfully identified and implemented outsourcing partnerships, carried out change and stakeholder management at the highest level
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  • Requirements management, feasibility studies of fintech and insurance projects
  • Preparation and coordination of market entry pilot projects, needs analysis for private equity clients
  • Interface between business and IT
  • Key results: Took over IT/IoT consulting, conducted IT due diligences, feasibility studies and preparation of market entry pilot projects
  • Tools used: Microsoft Office, Jira, Trello, Confluence, Google Documents Suite, Zoom, Slack, Google Drive, Skype
May 2019 - Sep 2021
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  • Full product development of a complex Machine Vision product (CCTV, HW, FW, SW, machine learning) from idea to MVP
  • Product Owner / technical project manager
  • Coordination and management of technology selection, requirements management, industrial design, hardware and firmware development, connectivity
  • Collaboration with industrial partners (Sony) and pilot customers (Prosegur)
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  • Tools used: Microsoft Office 365, Trello, Zoom, Slack, Google Documents Suite, Google Drive, Microsoft Teams
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  • Reporting and documentation
  • 2nd and 3rd level troubleshooting
  • Test management
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  • Tools used: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Sharepoint, Microsoft Project
Apr 2017 - Aug 2017
5 months
Magdeburg, Germany

External IT Consultant

T-Systems International GmbH

  • Analysis of the existing IT infrastructure and server landscape
  • Creation of the migration concept
  • Reporting and documentation
  • 2nd and 3rd level troubleshooting
  • Key results: Took over analysis of the IT infrastructure, including requirements analysis and concept development as well as creation of comprehensive documentation
  • Tools used: Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project
May 2013 - Present
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Founder & CEO

eCozy GmbH

  • Complete end-to-end product development of a complex smart home product (HW, FW, SW, AI-based, predictive, OTA) from idea to mass production and launch
  • Executive management with a focus on product development
  • Product ownership, idea generation, technology selection, requirements management, BoM selection and procurement
  • Test and QA management, coordination of mass production
  • Contribution to industrial design (Red Dot Award)
  • Coordination of hardware and firmware development, product development, certification, patents and logistics
  • Coordination of international (nearshore and offshore) development teams, risk analysis
  • Key results: developed and launched a smart home product from concept to mass production, managed international development teams
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External IT Consultant

Linde AG

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  • Management of global software deployment worldwide (approx. 20 sites, 8000 clients) and patch management
  • Reporting and documentation, 2nd- and 3rd-level troubleshooting
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3 years 1 month
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CTO

Inside-Out GmbH

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  • Hardware validation, testing and integration
  • Implementation of the CDA infrastructure (with Vodafone) and face recognition system (with Fraunhofer Institute)
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  • Coordination of development teams
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Mar 2004 - Present
21 years 11 months
Munich, Germany

Founder & CEO

ADUK GmbH

  • Organization and delivery of IT consulting and embedded development (HW / FW / SW)
  • Executive management with development of new and improved project setups and processes
  • Strategic work with internal and external teams worldwide
  • IoT consulting
  • Maintenance of existing and creation of new partnerships and strategic alliances
  • Key results: founded and built a consulting company focused on embedded development and IT, introduced market-leading IoT solutions, built long-term partnerships
  • Tools used: Microsoft Office 365, Azure DevOps, Jira, Hubspot, Trello, Notion, Harvest, Google Documents Suite, Zoom, Slack, Google Drive, Skype
Apr 2002 - Mar 2007
5 years
Munich, Germany

External IT Consultant

Münchener Rück / MEAG Munich ERGO

  • IT consulting and management of IT infrastructure with a focus on software deployment
  • Development and implementation of a global software deployment concept
  • Interim Product Owner for SMS infrastructure worldwide (01.2005–12.2005)
  • Rollout coordination, management of global software deployment (approx. 60 sites, 10,000 clients) and patch management
  • Reporting and documentation, 2nd- and 3rd-level troubleshooting
  • Key results: IT infrastructure management, development and implementation of a global software deployment concept
  • Tools used: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project

Summary

  • Over 20 years of experience in product development, technical project management, digital transformation and business development in both startup and enterprise settings, with a focus on IoT & embedded development
  • Strong technical affinity
  • Highly versatile due to quick learning ability and structured, process-oriented approach
  • Entrepreneurial mindset, strong analytical skills (IQ 132)
  • Drive for innovation, empathetic team leadership, agile experience
  • High resilience and flexibility even in challenging situations
  • Extensive intercultural and interdisciplinary experience as well as expertise in near- and offshoring

Skills

  • It / Embedded Development / Outsourcing

  • Iot / Industry 4.0 / Manufacturing And Automation

  • Smart Home / Proptech / Smart City

  • Energy Sector

  • Planning, Concept And Hands-on Management Of Complex Hw/fw/sw Projects

  • Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Incident Management

  • Team Leadership, Team Accountability, Coordination Of Distributed Teams

  • Market-oriented End-to-end Development Of Complex Technologies And Products

  • Managing Communication Between Technical And Commercial Departments

  • Monitoring And Coordinating Projects From Planning To Completion

  • Coordination Of Offshore/nearshore Partners In Eastern Europe And Asia

  • Feasibility Studies, De-risking, Technical Due Diligence, Review Of External Effort Estimates, Partner Screening

  • Agile

  • Waterflow

  • Kanban

  • Scrum

  • Ms Teams

  • Ms Office

  • Ms Sharepoint

  • Jira

  • Trello

  • Asana

  • Confluence

  • Ms Project

  • Shopify

  • Hubspot

  • Zoho Projects

  • Conceptboard

  • Creatio

  • Notion

  • Azure Devops

  • Harvest

  • Zoom

  • Slack

  • Skype

  • Embedded Development

  • Iot

  • Cyber Security

  • Smart Home

  • Industry 4.0

  • Cctv

  • Machine Vision

  • Machine Learning

  • Ai

  • Sensors

  • Imu

  • Flowmeter

  • Radars/lidars

  • Smart Connectivity (Lan, Wlan, Iso/osi, Zigbee, Thread, Matter, Ble, Gsm, Lora, Nb-iot)

  • Embedded Linux

  • Rtos

  • Microcontrollers (Stm32, Esp32, Nordic, Atmel)

  • Microcomputers (Nvidia Jetson Etc.)

  • Fpga

  • Low Energy Technologies

  • Aws

  • Azure

  • Dt Open Cloud

  • Energy Harvesting

  • Co2 Lasers

  • Mechatronic

  • Knowledge In Product Certification And Standardization (Ce, Weee, Rohs, Reach)

  • Gtin/ean Assignment

  • Mac Address Assignment

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Russian
Advanced
Ukrainian
Elementary

Education

National Technical University

Diploma Engineer, diploma with distinction · Automation & remote control - Degree in telemechanics and IT · Kharkiv, Ukraine

Certifications & licenses

Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE)

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