Patrick (E.) Schärer
Project Manager
Experience
Project Manager
- Creation of a solution for web layout, approval procedures, mass printing, and dispatch of credit card carriers.
- Managed market analysis of existing standard software (output management systems).
- Delineation of in-house development needs.
- Project planning and implementation by various Scrum teams.
- Leading responsibility for business process analysis, requirements engineering, and structuring of relational databases.
Leading Analyst
German State Office for Geoinformation / Ministry of Agriculture
- Structuring the complete recording of complex business processes, hardware/software requirements, and interfaces between internal and external systems.
- Training internal employees.
Product Owner and Project Manager
Symatics GmbH
- Founding of Symatics, establishment of a Scrum team of experienced and talented developers.
- Cost-effective implementation of development projects requested in Germany and Switzerland.
Project Manager
- Creation of a solution for web layout, approval procedures, mass printing, and dispatch of credit card carriers.
- Managed market analysis of existing standard software (output management systems).
- Delineation of in-house development needs.
- Project planning and implementation by various Scrum teams.
- Leading responsibility for business process analysis, requirements engineering, and structuring of relational databases.
Trainer and Consultant
IT-Visions
- Focused on UML, BPMN, Sparx Enterprise Architect, and project management topics.
Requirements Engineer and Analyst
Hannover Re
- Main responsibility for requirements engineering in a multi-year business-critical project.
- Introduction of use case analysis and BPMN.
- Reorganization of existing methodologies.
- Intensive use of Scrum (partly Kanban).
- Participation in development activities (Silverlight, Prism, Oracle).
Analyst
- Requirements gathering and application architecture creation for the central planning software of a large bank publishing house and its counterpart credit card producer.
- Use case analysis for remotely communicating applications.
Migration Specialist
Leading Credit Card Manufacturer
- Migration of development projects.
- Conversion of source code and work item management to TFS.
Developer
- Developed a workflow web application for an international publishing house using Silverlight 4.
- Focus areas included complex data structures, rich user interfaces, and implementation with WCF standard services and WCF Ria Services 1.0.
Trainer
Integrata AG
- Trained developers and development teams in Silverlight 4 / C# / WPF / WCF Services / WCF Ria Services / ADO.NET / LINQ / Entity Framework.
- Focus on data-centric applications.
- Speaker at Silverlight Developer Conference Frankfurt and SQL-Server/.NET DevCon.
Project Manager
- Managed a pin printing project involving credit card pins in cooperation with bank publishers.
- Work included template management, approval procedures, and security network communication.
- Data coordination across different database locations.
- Extensive use case analysis preceded development work.
Head of Analysis
- Led a team of analysts tasked with a large-scale use case analysis for reprogramming card production software.
- Team comprised seven members.
Solution Architect
- Use Case Analysis with UCM.
- Developed a proprietary system for data-based support of use case analyses and project planning.
- Incorporated learnings into agile project planning principles and TFS methodologies.
Author
Addison-Wesley
- Authored books: "Der Visual FoxPro 6.0-Anwendungsentwickler" and its successor book on Visual FoxPro 7.0.
- Focused on object-oriented programming using Visual FoxPro.
Software Architect
Raiffeisendruckerei GmbH
- Worked as a Solution Architect for credit/debit card production software.
- Designed multi-tier architecture distributed with COM server systems.
- Gained experience managing large data volumes (SQL Server).
Project Manager
Bundesdruckerei GmbH
- Managed projects involving UML-based use case analysis and development tasks at Bundesdruckerei GmbH.
Project Manager
Degussa AG
- Managed a complex cost calculation system project for precious metal separation processes.
Localization Specialist
Microsoft
- Worked on translating Visual FoxPro 5.0 into German.
- Gained valuable insights into Microsoft's development methods.
- Established relationships with Microsoft teams in Dublin and Redmond.
Co-Developer
- Co-developed and maintained ClassMaxX framework for Visual FoxPro.
- Collaborated with a prominent provider of FoxPro tools.
Trainer
Integrata AG
- Delivered Visual FoxPro programming courses.
- Worked with clients such as Münchner Rückversicherungs-AG.
- Since 2011, trained on areas involving XAML, WPF, Silverlight.
Business & System
Extensive project experience as head of development teams, leading software analyst in analysis teams, requirements engineer, business process analyst, solution architect or as project manager in the insurance/reinsurance environment (e.g., Hannover Re) as well as with customers such as Degussa and Bundesdruckerei.
Development projects in security-relevant and performance-critical environments.
Experienced in the design and management of data structures.
Application of agile methods such as Scrum and Kanban in various roles.
Analysis of projects of various sizes, including one year managing a team of analysts covering all departments of one of the largest German chip card manufacturers.
Coordination of requirements engineers at Hannover Re.
Intensive use of Sparx Enterprise Architect and Azure Teams Services.
Development of a proprietary methodology for the integration of use case analysis (UML) and requirements analysis into structured project management in agile environments.
Trainer in notation languages, software analysis with UML, business process analysis with BPMN, Sparx Enterprise Architect.
Partner for training companies such as Integrata AG and IT-Visions.
Speaker at international developer conferences.
Summary
Patrick E. Schärer has been working in the IT sector since 1988, initially in programming, then increasingly in software analysis, project management and business management. His company Business & System was founded in 1993.
Project activities: Extensive project experience as head of development teams, leading software analyst in analysis teams, requirements engineer, business process analyst, solution architect or as project manager in the insurance/reinsurance environment (e.g. Hannover Re) as well as with customers such as Degussa, Bundesdruckerei and others. Development projects in security-relevant and performance-critical environments. Experienced in the design and management of data structures. Application of agile methods such as Scrum and Kanban in various roles.
Requirements engineering and business process analyst: Analysis of projects of various sizes, including one year managing a team of analysts covering all departments of one of the largest German chip card manufacturers and coordination of requirements engineers at Hannover Re. Intensive use of Sparx Enterprise Architect and Azure Teams Services. Development of a proprietary methodology for the integration of use case analysis (UML) and requirements analysis into structured project management in an agile environment.
Training activities: Many years as trainer in the areas of notation languages, software analysis with UML, business process analysis with BPMN, Sparx Enterprise Architect. Partner for training companies such as Integrata AG and IT-Visions (Dr. Holger Schwichtenberg). Speaker at international developer conferences.
Author: Two books published by Addison-Wesley in the field of object-oriented development.
Languages
Education
Music, Music Education
General Higher Education Entrance Qualification · Germany · 1.7
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