Patrick Beck
AML Officer
Experience
Mar 2023 - Jun 2024
1 year 4 months St. Gallen, Switzerland
AML Officer
Creative Cloud AG
- Qualification as an AML Officer in the Swiss jurisdiction
- Responsible for the implementation of AML policies and procedures
- Responsible for due diligence reviews of clients and compliance monitoring of transactions to identify suspicious activity
- Organize staff training on AML regulations and practices
- Work with regulators and audit firms to ensure compliance (AML audits)
Jan 2022 - Dec 2025
2 years Locarno, Switzerland
Chief Executive Officer
Rescale Consulting GmbH
- Founded and built a software development agency as the sole shareholder
- Advised clients on web- and app-based IT projects, leveraging experience and strategies for clients’ business ideas, modeling use cases and creating click dummies and high-fidelity designs, as well as writing technical concepts
- Consulted companies in the energy and data center sectors; served in an interim role as Head of IT; developed and implemented monitoring systems for the data center; coordinated frequency containment reserve (FCR) services
- Managed an IT team in the financial sector for development of a payment gateway and other financial services tools with high security requirements under PCI-DSS in a primarily cloud environment
Sep 2014 - Jun 2018
3 years 10 months Kassel, Germany
Chief Executive Officer (and CTO)
Lehrerheld UG
- Business development and Chief Technology Officer
- Develop business model; find and improve product–market fit
- Design platform and marketing materials
- Orchestrate an international development team in Poland and Russia
- Lead technical project management
Jun 2007 - Nov 2007
6 months Berlin, Germany
Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
seosupport GmbH
- Execute search engine optimization for clients and company marketing
- Handle pre-sales, including creating quotes and invoices
- Build search engine–optimized customer websites
- Coordinate copywriters and designers
Feb 2005 - Dec 2023
18 years 11 months Kassel, Germany
Chief Executive Officer
PlatinPower.com GmbH
- Founded and built a software development agency as the sole shareholder
- Advised clients on web- and app-based IT projects, applying experience and strategies to clients’ business ideas, modeling use cases, drawing click dummies and high-fidelity designs, and writing technical concepts; supported market entry and marketing engagement with technology and digital sales support
- Advised clients on cybersecurity, cybersecurity awareness, OSINT, improved software applications for security (OWASP), implemented security systems (WAF), managed external penetration tests and integrated test results into applications
- Responded to hacked websites using the NIST framework: analyzed intrusions, backdoors and malware; removed malicious code; implemented strategies for future prevention through risk management and governance, preparation and prevention, detection and analysis with WAF, MFA and similar measures tailored to company size
- Advised on and managed GDPR requirements for software projects and technical infrastructure decisions
- Orchestrated marketing to generate short-term leads (Google Ads, Facebook) and long-term leads (organic traffic); conceptualized marketing campaigns; organized photographers, videographers and copywriters; created sales funnels
- Managed sales and distribution through inbound and outbound processes; developed sales processes and call scripts
- Drafted contracts within the legal framework of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)
- Ensured quality assurance for graphic and code development; orchestrated test strategies
- Consulted on and executed technical and copy-based search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine advertising (SEA), including on-page and off-page measures
- Coded in various languages—primarily HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, SQL—for small tasks, tools and jobs
- Set up, configured and administrated Linux-based web servers for tasks with basic requirements
Apr 2004 - Jul 2005
1 year 4 months Kassel, Germany
Trainee
B.I.O.S. Technologie Partner GmbH
- Provided technical assistance for server setups (Windows and Linux)
- Developed customer project websites
- Conducted quality assurance on software products; identified and reported bugs
- Digitized documentation in the insurance branch of B.I.O.S.
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Advanced
Italian
Advanced
Education
Oct 2007 - Jun 2009
Universität Kassel International Management School
Marketing Economics · Kassel, Germany
Oct 2004 - Jun 2006
Max-Eyth-Schule Kassel
Technical College Maturity · Kassel, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Professional Scrum Product Owner 1
scrum.org
Certified SAFe 6 Product Owner/Product Manager
Scaled Agile Inc.
AML Basic Education
VQF Zug
Remote Pilot Certificate of Competency (Fernpiloten-Zeugnis)
BAZL Federal Office of Civil Aviation
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
EC-Council
Marketing Economist
Universität Kassel
IHK Instructor (AEVO Trainer Aptitude Regulation)
IHK Kassel
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