Nicholas H.
Freelance Interim Team Manager
Experience
Sep 2024 - Jan 2025
5 monthsGermany
Freelance Interim Team Manager
Bank-Verlag GmbH
- Managing a team of 5 developers and application owners.
- Managing a sub-project to ensure PCI4.0 compliance.
- Introducing a new company agile development process to the team.
Mar 2023 - Apr 2024
1 year 2 monthsGermany
Freelance Product Owner/ Project Manager
LS Telcom
- Leading an internal software project to add customer-specific features to a standard product.
- Doing requirements analysis for customer-specific software features.
- Distributing work packages to an international development team.
Oct 2022 - Feb 2023
5 monthsSchönaich, Germany
IT Manager
Freelance
- Setting up activities (finance, website, etc.).
- Finding projects in interim team management, project management, agile leader/Scrum Master, business analyst/product owner.
- Earning Agile Leadership Certification.
Jun 2021 - Jul 2022
1 year 2 monthsStuttgart, Germany
People Lead Software Factory
Viastore software GmbH
- Managing 46 developers.
- Driving agile transformation in the organisation.
- Planning and controlling budget for the Software Factory with the VP of Software Factory.
- Recruiting, onboarding, and personal development.
- Managing, coaching, and mentoring development leads and developers.
- Improving processes in application development and employee management.
Apr 2020 - May 2021
1 year 2 monthsSabbatical
- Taking Udemy courses in HTML, CSS, and Intro to Cloud Computing with AWS
- Travelling
Jun 2016 - Mar 2020
3 years 10 monthsStuttgart, Germany
Manager Digital Solutions Analysts
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Germany GmbH
- Planning, prioritizing, and monitoring projects in the Development Centre pipeline (for about 80 developers).
- Developing the digital strategy with the Director of Digital Solutions.
- Creating technical solutions to meet our business partners’ digital needs.
- Preparing business cases and pitching digital solution proposals to senior management.
- Managing, coaching, and mentoring an international team of analysts.
- Guiding development leads and project managers in the Indian Development Centre.
- Controlling project budgets (up to €2m per project) and timelines for internal and external projects.
- Leading improvements in app development processes (including introducing Scrum and Kanban).
- Troubleshooting project issues, disputes, and delays.
- Managing two major Sitecore CMS migration projects: upgrades, CRM and product data integration, and insourcing technical work. Teams of 30+ internal and external staff.
Mar 2012 - Jun 2016
4 years 4 monthsStuttgart, Germany
Team Lead Digital Solutions Analysts, Project Manager (PMO), Team Lead BPM GMS, Business Analyst
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Germany GmbH
- Setting up a Project Management Office and processes (focus: software development).
- Building and managing a team of application and process analysts.
- Running web and mobile development projects with internal and external developers.
- Liaising and negotiating with external developers and vendors.
- Analysing business requirements to decide on buying or building software.
- Introducing a company learning management system (Totara).
- Creating e-learning on project management methods in English and German.
Jun 2007 - Feb 2012
4 years 9 monthsGütenbach, Germany
IT Network Engineer/ Business Analyst
RENA GmbH
- Leading third-party suppliers to plan and introduce new hardware and software.
- Managing telecom systems, time and access control, and peripherals.
- Helping expand and maintain the network (Cisco switches, routers, cabling, backup, etc.).
- Mapping and improving business processes (mainly for the IT department).
- Planning and conducting ISO 9000 internal audits.
Jul 2003 - Jun 2007
4 yearsVillingen-Schwenningen, Germany
MFL & English Teacher
Elgar Technology College, Stafford House Summer School, Inlingua Language School
- Teaching foreign languages to students aged 11–16.
- Teaching English to adults in companies, groups, or one-on-one.
Jul 2003 - Jun 2007
4 yearsVillingen-Schwenningen, Germany
Project Manager
Inlingua Language School
- Mapping processes and implementing an ERP system for a language school.
Feb 2001 - Sep 2002
1 year 8 monthsWindsor, United Kingdom
IT Business Analyst
British Bakeries Ltd
- Analysing business requirements for software development projects.
- Leading third-party suppliers in software development.
- Controlling developer effort, project costs, and timelines.
- Training users on new software solutions.
- Developing, arranging, and supporting user acceptance tests.
Sep 1998 - Jan 2001
2 years 5 monthsBournemouth, United Kingdom
Graduate Trainee: Systems Developer
Abbey Life
- Writing software in COBOL.
- Analysing business requirements for pension processing and workflow applications.
- Researching use of Cognos cubes for reporting.
Apr 1997 - Mar 1998
1 yearDublin, Ireland
German Billing Clerk
United Parcel Service Inc.
Aug 1996 - Apr 1997
9 monthsBanbury, United Kingdom
Retail Support Coordinator
Talkland International
Languages
English
NativeGerman
AdvancedFrench
IntermediateItalian
IntermediateEducation
Oct 1992 - Jun 1996
University of Plymouth
BA (Hons) International Business with German · International Business with German · Plymouth, United Kingdom · 2:1
Oct 1985 - Jun 2000
Bournemouth and Poole College
Poole, United Kingdom
Oct 1985 - Jun 2000
Chenderit School
4 A-Levels, 1 AS-Level, 12 GCSEs · Middleton Cheney, United Kingdom
Certifications & licenses
PAL1 Professional Agile Leadership
Scrum.org
CSM Certified Scrum Master (with Jeff Sutherland)
Scrum Alliance
CELTA Certificate in English Language Teaching
Regent Oxford
Agile Leadership Certification
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