Matthias Geis
Requirements Engineer and Test Manager
Experience
Mar 2024 - Present
1 year 11 monthsRequirements Engineer and Test Manager
- Work packages in requirements engineering, documentation, administration, support, and testing/quality assurance
- Facilitation of stakeholder workshops, gathering requirements and additional information
- Collecting information through system archaeology and stakeholder interviews
- End-to-end requirements engineering
- Conceptual work to prepare requirements (UML, tables, etc.)
- Defining acceptance criteria for requirements
- Defining test cases and test steps based on acceptance criteria
- Test management, execution, and documentation
- Working with agile methods (user stories, sprints, Kanban) and test management (Zephyr for Jira)
Dec 2023 - Apr 2024
5 monthsBusiness Analyst
- Analyzing data flows, business processes, and cost structures in the used car market in European countries
- Communicating with stakeholders at all levels in the European context
- Analyzing and preselecting suitable technical partners for use case implementation
- Creating business cases to support board decisions
Feb 2023 - Dec 2023
11 monthsMigration & Change Manager
- Independently learning the company's specific agile SAFe configuration
- Collaborating with the product owner to define and develop SAFe features for PI planning
- Clarifying project progress and impediments in the daily Scrum
- Refining and prioritizing backlog items and change requests
- Developing the roadmap and ensuring the timeline is met
- Assisting with cost and resource planning
- Preparing presentations for management
- Process analysis, standardization, and optimization in Jira and Confluence
- Developing the roll-out plan for data and user migration
- Monitoring all process steps, deadlines, and milestones
- Stakeholder analysis, management, and communication with the management level, migration candidates, and the development team
- Conducting live training sessions and providing training videos
- Creating and updating documentation in the onboarding portal
- Risk analysis and ongoing risk mitigation
- Regular project reporting to the PO, PM, solution management, and business owner
Jan 2019 - Dec 2023
5 yearsBusiness Analyst and Project Manager
- Introducing new processes and optimizing existing ones
- Planning and conducting workshops with relevant stakeholders
- Designing and implementing projects
- Creating and evaluating reports
- Setting up an online store and implementing logistics and production processes
- Advising on financing, crowdfunding, and brand presence
Sep 2018 - Present
7 years 5 monthsBusiness Analyst
Freelancer
- Demand management / requirements analysis
- Change management
- Identifying growth opportunities and process improvements
- Developing new business areas
- Applying agile methods (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, epic and user story definition, product backlog maintenance)
- Planning and conducting workshops and training
- Stakeholder management
- IT project management
Feb 2014 - Aug 2018
4 years 7 monthsManaging Director and COO
Campusjäger GmbH
- Development of a scalable business model
- Definition and communication of the product vision
- Building and leading a team of over 50 employees
- Requirements gathering and definition for the in-house developed online marketplace
- Coordination of all stakeholders (development team, departments, customers)
- Implementation of a CRM tool including API interface definitions
- Introduction of agile structures (Daily Scrum, Lean Startup, OKR management framework)
- Establishment and continuous optimization of all operational processes
- Creation of KPI dashboards using SQL queries
- Financial planning and controlling
- Building a customer base of 1000+ clients (EnBW, Lenovo, Stihl, Stadtwerke Karlsruhe, L-Bank)
Jan 2013 - Dec 2014
2 yearsBusiness Development, Coaching & Mentoring
- Optimization of a CRM system
- Creation of complex reports for more efficient analysis of company data
- Analysis and evaluation of new business ideas
- Development of a website based on WordPress and HTML
- Planning, execution, and evaluation of events
Jan 2010 - Dec 2011
2 yearsSoftware Development
- Project planning and implementation of software projects
- Development of a coding standards validator plug-in for the Eclipse IDE
- Working with API interfaces (REST, XML, JSON)
- Further development of an Android app for private accommodation bookings
- Project presentation at executive level
Skills
General Skills
- Traditional Project Management Methods
- Agile Project Management Methods
- Tools And Processes In Pm
- Change Management And Hybrid Pm
- Conflict Resolution, Communication, Team Building
- Strong Communication Skills
- Leadership Skills
- Analytical Thinking And Problem-solving Skills
- Ability To Work Independently And High Self-motivation
- Strong It Affinity
- Facilitation Skills
Tools And Frameworks
- Jira
- Confluence
- Miro
- Lucidchart
- Hubspot
- Asana
- Trello
- Slack
- Ms Office 365
- Power Bi
- Scrum
- Safe
- Agile
- Okr
- Lean
- Bpmn
- Uml
- Html
- Css
- Sql
- Vba
- Java
- Svn
- Relational Databases
- Rest
- Json
- Xml
- Google Analytics
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedSpanish
ElementaryEducation
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science · Industrial Engineering and Management · Karlsruhe, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Project Management Expert
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