Gilbert (Jörn) H.

Process Design: Solution Development and Release Management

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Düsseldorf, Germany

Experience

Aug 2023 - Mar 2024
8 months

Process Design: Solution Development and Release Management

E.ON Digital Services

  • Led workstream for analysis and optimisation of the solution development and release process within the newly established organizational structure
  • Analyzed and adopted existing processes after transition of technical responsibility to E.ON Digital Services
  • Supported the agile development approach within engineering teams
  • Established a unified workflow for business requirements and clear communication interfaces, documented using Atlassian Jira on both the business and engineering sides
  • Created dashboards with Rich Filters for Jira Dashboards to provide an overview of feature releases and their connection to technical releases
  • Designed new burnup charts and statistics per release to improve transparency of overall technical progress at the product level
Apr 2023 - Jun 2023
3 months

Training and Certification

Scrum.org

  • Re-certified as Scrum Master (PSM Level 1 and Level 2)
  • Re-certified as Product Owner (PSPO 1)
Jul 2021 - Mar 2023
1 year 9 months

Release Management / Rollout Coordination

Vorwerk Digital

  • Adapted Release Management to requirements of Vorwerk’s growing delivery organisation, transforming technical tasks into part of the agile DevOps delivery organisation
  • Added “feature management” requirement into the Release Management role and designed interfaces, processes and tools to define and maintain business-focused Rollout Management
  • Bridged agile technical teams and the business organisation
  • Reduced the footprint of technical Release Management and adapted requirements to modern toolchains and agile, self-responsible DevOps teams
Mar 2021 - Jun 2021
4 months

Requirements Engineer / Concept Paper

Polizei NRW

  • Conducted requirements engineering and developed a concept paper
  • Defined a messaging-based communication standard (Enterprise Service Bus) for interoperability of components in the planned IT landscape of the German police administration
Aug 2020 - Dec 2020
5 months

Project Support – Service Management

Vorwerk Digital

  • Transitioned the service desk for Kobold products to an external service provider
  • Reviewed and optimized the process for the Service-Management monthly report
  • Defined and documented the risk management process considering existing IT-Security risk management
  • Supported the introduction of Service Acceptance Criteria for new developments in the Thermomix area
Feb 2019 - Mar 2020
1 year 2 months

Agile Transformation of Release Management

Vorwerk Digital

  • Designed, introduced and documented a Jira-based Release Management process for agile development of the Cookidoo recipe platform for Thermomix TM5 and TM6
  • Tracked software releases and infrastructure changes deployed as part of the agile continuous delivery process with internationally distributed teams and markets
  • Targeted a global OpenShift-based microservice architecture on AWS with multiple environments (productive, integration, test)
  • Migrated the existing Polarion-based Release Management process for legacy components to Jira
Apr 2018 - Dec 2018
9 months

Training and Certification – Cloud Computing

Self-study

  • Completed further education and practical training migrating personal online presence to AWS
  • May 2018: certified as AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • December 2018: certified as AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Feb 2013 - Oct 2017
4 years 9 months

Project Management and Deployment Management

Vodafone Group

  • Introduced new services, upgrade and operations projects in Vodafone Group's data centre
Apr 2012 - Oct 2012
7 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Project Management and Application Design

Appseleration GmbH

  • Managed technical project management, requirements management and conceptual work for an agile software development project introducing a sales application
May 2011 - Dec 2011
8 months
Bonn, Germany

Project Management / Project Office

Deutsche Telekom AG

  • Supported the standardisation chair for HTML5-based widgets in the Wholesale Application Community (WAC)
  • Supported go-to-market activities and interconnection to a cross-operator billing API
Nov 2010 - Jan 2011
3 months

Project Management – Organisation of Operational Processes

Vodafone Group

  • Managed the Environment Strategy project, creating processes and MS-SharePoint-based tools
Jan 2007 - Sep 2010
3 years 9 months

Programme Management – Mobile Applications Programme

Vodafone Group (GSP)

  • Managed the Mobile Applications Programme, introducing a widget platform and a widget runtime engine for HTML5-based widgets
Jan 2006 - Dec 2007
2 years

Project Management – Prototypes and Pilots

Vodafone Group (GSP)

  • Managed agile project management and specification for prototypes and pilots
  • Developed and introduced Vodafone’s Mobile TV-Player and Interactive Mobile TV Player, a mobile client/server solution for interactive streaming media on JME capable devices
Jan 2004 - Dec 2006
3 years

Project Management – MMS Migration

Vodafone Group (GSP)

  • Managed and engineered the MMS Migration project
Jan 2002 - Dec 2004
3 years
Düsseldorf, Germany

Technical Project Management

Vodafone D2 GmbH

  • Managed and engineered the introduction of the MMS platform, interfacing with national and international network operators and introducing various value-added services
Jan 2000 - Dec 2002
3 years
Dortmund, Germany

Research & Business Development

Materna GmbH

  • Conducted study-related part-time employment in mobile communications and value-added services

Skills

  • Solution-oriented Team Player With Hands-on Mentality

  • Empathic And Strong In Communications

  • Quick Learner Of New Technologies And Methods

  • Pragmatic, Product-focused, And Supportive.

  • Mobile Apps And Services

  • Energy

  • Iot / Home Appliances

  • Telecommunication

  • Government Services

  • Extensive Experience In Project Management And Implementation Of Agile Processes.

  • Agile Mindset, Experienced In Working With Scrum And Kanban Teams.

  • Integrating Agile Teams Into Classical, Delivery-driven Organisations

  • Cloud Computing (Aws) And Classical Infrastructure

  • Iot, Mobile Applications And Internet Services

  • Various Software, Operating Systems And Services: Ms Office, Ms Project, Ms Sharepoint, Windows, Linux, Clarity, Jira, Confluence, Bmc Remedy, Google Docs, Etc.

  • Basic Programming Knowledge (Java, Android, C++, Python, Scripting Languages)

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Elementary

Education

Oct 1994 - Jun 2002

Technical University of Dortmund

Computer Science · Applied Computer Science with a focus on engineering · Dortmund, Germany

Oct 1982 - Jun 1993

Theodor-Fliedner-Gymnasium

Düsseldorf, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Scrum Master (PSM Level 1)

Scrum.Org

Scrum Master (PSM Level 2)

Scrum.Org

Scrum Product Owner (PSPO 1)

Scrum.Org

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

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