Interim CTO

I am a senior leader of complex technology environments with many years of web development experience, as well as managing software development and product teams. Currently I am available to help and advise companies to build internet products, teams and further digitalize products and processes. Responsible for tech strategy and vision, cyber security, DevOps, hands-on solutions, and team development, I led an agile tech team of 40 FTEs toward KELLER business goals until the company was liquidated. As a full-stack programmer, I built the first web shops of KELLER Group GmbH and played a key CTO role in boosting Florian’s sales growth and achieving business targets. Between 2012 and 2019, as Managing Director, I was also responsible for various key business decisions with the founders on the KELLER Group executive team, growing over 100 employees, 19 internationally awarded web shops, and two unique apps. From 2019 to today, my focus has been on changing and supporting how development teams work: moving from a hierarchical structure to self-managed, purpose-driven product teams with clear roles and responsibilities. Alongside implementing and supporting that setup, I renewed the entire IT architecture from a monolith to a scalable headless and composable microservice architecture to adapt instantly to future needs. Lately, I focused on optimizing purchasing and logistics processes and connecting vendors via EDI to automate the purchase-to-pay process. I have international experience from several years abroad in various countries and enjoy hiking (I reached 5895m on Mt. Kilimanjaro) or skiing in the Alps in my free time.