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Braunschweig, Germany

Experience

Sep 2020 - Present

5 years 6 months

Product Owner, Team Lead, Account Manager

Evia Consulting GmbH & Evia Solutions GmbH

Product responsibility towards clients, point of contact and account manager
Leading and coordinating development projects carried out with and for these clients, in addition to product development. This included, for example, the technical migration of a purchased company's IT systems into our own systems.
Responsible for security and operational infrastructure; coordinating external companies handling related tasks.
Constant exchange with management to ensure alignment of product and company goals.
Creating product roadmaps and coordinating with software developers.
Requirements management and user story refinement.
Coordinating cross-team work. In addition to my own team, seven other teams worked in the immediate environment.
Interface management with point-of-sale systems in stores, webshop, and external providers.
Customer support by providing reports on voucher issuance and redemption, as well as business-relevant reporting for annual financial statements and reserves.
Participated in the rollout of a new webshop platform in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Italy, including integrating my products and implementing country-specific custom requirements.
Team lead: First point of contact for all matters related to software developers.
Over a period of 1.5 years, took on Scrum Master tasks: removing impediments, preparing and conducting retrospectives, facilitating all Scrum meetings.
Aligning team work to achieve sprint goals; principle "Outcome over output".
Restructuring a large team into two smaller Scrum teams.
Developing team identity, defining vision, mission, and purpose.
Planning, conducting, and facilitating all Scrum events (review, retrospective, planning).
Coordinating the takeover of data from third-party systems after company merger.
Implementing new reporting.
Early detection of fraud cases; rapid development of sustainable countermeasures in collaboration with software developers.
Drafting concepts for microservices in an environment of eight development teams; aligning services with business domains.

Jan 2018 - Aug 2020

2 years 8 months

Java Developer

BWS Consulting Group

Implementing business requirements in Java.
Participating in the refinement process to formulate requirements into stories together with the Product Owner and the team.
Developing solution approaches and defining sub-tasks.
Setting up a sprint plan to implement the stories.
Providing third-level support for the developed software.
Migrating the software to new hardware, including testing with the business unit.
Project management: Coordinating the server migration in collaboration with other component factories.
Developing software for measuring source code quality (identifying code smells to simplify code reviews).
Migrating the software of a component factory to a new server.
Resolving various third-level issues.
Coordinating further server migrations.
Developing a tool to improve code reviews.

Industries Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology (8 years) and Professional Services (2.5 years).

Information Technology

Professional Services

Business Areas Experience

The graph below provides a cumulative view of the freelancer's experience across multiple business areas, calculated from completed and active engagements. It highlights the areas where the freelancer has most frequently contributed to planning, execution, and delivery of business outcomes.

Experienced in Information Technology (8 years), Project Management (8 years), Product Development (5.5 years), and Quality Assurance (2.5 years).

Information Technology

Project Management

Product Development

Quality Assurance

Summary

In my role as Product Owner, I help my clients develop a continually improving product. To do this, I integrate stakeholders and users into the development process, encourage direct communication between product developers and stakeholders, and help ensure that everyone involved can take responsibility for the product outcome. As a former software developer, I speak the developers' language and can bridge the gap between business and development.

Skills

Management Skills

Team Lead
Project Management
Stakeholder Management

Communication

Results-oriented Facilitation (Reviews, Test Sessions, Client Approvals)
Transparency

Software Development

Java, C
Sql

Tools

Ms Teams, Zoom, Slack
Jira, Confluence, Trello
Miro
Git, Svn
Office (Google Docs, Ms)
Eclipse, Intellij, Squirrel

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

Master of Science · Business Informatics

Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences

Bachelor of Science · Logistics and Information Management · Germany

Certifications & licenses

PSM I

scrum.org

PSPO I

scrum.org

Profile

Created

August 2024

Last Update

September 2025

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Where is Kathleen based?

Kathleen is based in Braunschweig, Germany and prefers 100% remote projects.

What languages does Kathleen speak?

Kathleen speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Kathleen have?

Kathleen has at least 8 years of experience. During this time, Kathleen has worked in at least 2 different roles and for 2 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 4 years and 1 month. Note that Kathleen may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Kathleen be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Kathleen would be well-suited for roles such as: Product Owner, Team Lead, Account Manager, Java Developer.

What is Kathleen's latest experience?

Kathleen's most recent position is Product Owner, Team Lead, Account Manager at Evia Consulting GmbH & Evia Solutions GmbH.

What companies has Kathleen worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Kathleen has worked for Evia Consulting GmbH & Evia Solutions GmbH.

Which industries is Kathleen most experienced in?

Kathleen is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT) and Professional Services.

Which business areas is Kathleen most experienced in?

Kathleen is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Project Management, and Product Development. Kathleen also has some experience in Quality Assurance (QA).

Which industries has Kathleen worked in recently?

Kathleen has recently worked in industries like Information Technology (IT).

Which business areas has Kathleen worked in recently?

Kathleen has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Product Development, and Project Management.

What is Kathleen's education?

Kathleen holds a Master in Business Informatics and a Bachelor in Logistics and Information Management from Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences.

Does Kathleen have any certificates?

Kathleen has 2 certificates. These include: PSM I and PSPO I.

What is the availability of Kathleen?

Kathleen is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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