Rene Seiler

Quality Manager and Management Representative

Aying, Germany

Experience

Oct 2017 - Present
7 years 10 months
Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, Germany

Quality Manager and Management Representative

Trimble Germany GmbH

  • GNSS Service Provider
  • Budget responsibility: 0 EUR
  • Staff responsibility: 0 employees
  • Maintain ISO 20000 Management System of Advance Positioning Network Operation Team
  • Maintain Documentation (Confluence)
  • Maintain ISTM tool (4me)
  • Internal Audits
  • Internal Trainings
  • Reporting to Director Network Operations
  • Setup management system from scratch and passed certification audit within 12 months.
  • Certificate covers 3 sites in Australia, Germany, and United States
May 2015 - Sep 2017
2 years 5 months
Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany

Product Group Software Quality Manager

Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH

  • Automotive Tier 1 supplier
  • Turnover: 13.0 bn EUR
  • Employees: 80,000
  • Budget responsibility: 500.00 EUR
  • Staff responsibility: 30 employees
  • Maintain Software Quality Management System
  • Supervise software quality engineers worldwide
  • Define software quality goals
  • Manage internal assessments
  • Manage Software Quality Reporting
  • Developed SW Quality Model and organization
  • Defined and rolled-out SW Quality processes
  • Developed SW Quality trainings and trained employees
Apr 2015 - Present
10 years 4 months
Munich, Germany

Chief Technology Officer

CHARRY GmbH

  • Logistics start-up
  • Budget responsibility: 300.00 EUR
  • Staff responsibility: 2 employees
  • Operation of IT infrastructure and software development
  • Develop and maintain technical concepts
  • Manage software development team
  • Maintain IT infrastructure
  • Manage IT team
  • Successfully built the system and ensured 24/7 operations
Jun 2012 - Mar 2015
2 years 10 months
Traunreut, Germany

Director IT Application Management

Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH

  • Control and measurement technology (DE)
  • Turnover: 1.5 bn EUR
  • Employees: 8,000
  • Budget responsibility: 5.0 m EUR
  • Staff responsibility: 30 employees
  • Operation and maintenance of IT systems for Warehouse/Logistics, Production, and Sales and Marketing
  • Managed various teams of software developers to maintain and operate manufacturing IT systems, warehouse IT systems, and software supporting the sales and marketing department
  • Responsible for the IT application landscape and software architecture
  • Successfully implemented mechanisms to ensure software quality and architectural compliance of custom software components
  • Improved software life-cycle processes by introducing agile (SCRUM) methodologies and rolled out SAP EWM
  • Reporting to CIO/CEO
  • Introduction of SAP EWM
  • Test Management for SAP Systems
  • Introduction of SCRUM as project management method
  • Strategic and tactical planning of IT systems
  • Reduction of interfaces between IT systems
  • Development of a production client (HTML5)
  • Operation of IT applications
  • Organization of 2nd Level Support
  • Development of IT and software architecture
  • Risk Management
Apr 2011 - May 2012
1 year 2 months
Regensburg, Germany

Worldwide Function and Software Quality Manager

Continental Automotive GmbH

  • Engine control electronics (DE)
  • Turnover: 33.0 bn EUR
  • Employees: 150,000
  • Staff responsibility: 20 employees
  • Setup of Software Quality Management System
  • Responsible for a worldwide function and software development quality management system for engine systems
  • Successfully managed 17 software quality managers worldwide
  • Developed the software quality strategy and obtained senior management commitment
  • Defined and implemented software quality metrics and reporting to ensure process quality (ASPICE) and software quality (e.g. compliance with AUTOSAR)
  • Conducted software project reviews
  • Conducted ASPICE assessments
  • Analyzed employee skills, recommended training, or trained teams myself
  • Reporting to the head of quality
  • Defined vision and mission of SW QM System
  • Defined software quality assurance measures
  • Planned and implemented training programs for Software Quality Managers
  • Delivered trainings
  • Planned and executed automotive SPICE assessments
  • Defined problem solving method according to “Toyota PPS”
  • Conducted project reviews
Mar 2010 - Mar 2011
1 year 1 month
Munich, Germany

Director Technologies

Quisma GmbH

  • Online Marketing (DE)
  • Turnover: 100.0 m EUR
  • Employees: 120
  • Budget responsibility: 1.0 m EUR
  • Staff responsibility: 10 employees
  • Reporting to CEO/CTO
  • Transformation of QUISMA IT into GroupM IT
  • Managed IT operations and services including development and maintenance of a multichannel online marketing system (SEO, SEM, Affiliate Marketing, Display Advertisement, Real Time Bidding) to serve 6 billion ad impressions per month and 5k-20k contacts per second
  • Chief point of contact for international customers, partners, and suppliers on technical topics
  • Handover of procurement, IT operation, and support processes to GroupM
  • Organization and realization of IT relocation for three GroupM enterprises (QUISMA, Mediacom, Mindshare) to Medienbrücke Munich
  • Responsible for shared IT service for all GroupM enterprises in Medienbrücke
  • Development and operation of Ad-Server technology (6 bn ad impressions per month / 20k inquiries per second)
  • Introduction of SCRUM as project management method
  • Coordination of IT suppliers (Akamai, FHE3, DELL, 101 World Labs)
  • Risk Management
Jul 2005 - Feb 2010
4 years 8 months
Munich, Germany

Senior Quality Manager

Siemens AG

  • Siemens IT-Solutions and -Services (DE)

  • Turnover: 78.0 bn EUR

  • Employees: 400,000

  • Staff responsibility: 40 employees (overall)

  • Successfully supervised international multi-site certification of Siemens offices and data centers for ISO 9001 (Quality Management), ISO 20000 (IT Service Management), and ISO 27001 (Information Security) in 40 countries

  • Conducted international IT audits

  • Developed global non-conformance cost reporting (500 million EUR) and strategies to avoid non-conformance costs

  • Provided project management (SPICE, V-Model, CMMI) consultancy for Electronic Wedge Brake (EWB) project (100 team members across Europe)

  • Responsible for implementing a software quality management system (ISO 9126) and test strategies (ISTQB, IEEE829) to ensure AUTOSAR and ISO 26262 compliant software components

  • Introduced UML (Rhapsody) and UML methodology for software architecture development and documentation

  • Managed software quality of Electronic Park Brake (EPB) products used in BMW, PSA, and Maserati vehicles

  • Project (2009-2010): Senior Quality Management

  • Staff responsibility for this project: 40

  • Developed additional cost reporting and quality strategy

  • Data acquisition and analysis

  • Developed additional cost reporting (500 m EUR) based on project reports

  • Developed a quality strategy to avoid additional costs

  • Rolled out quality strategy worldwide

  • Project (2007-2010): Software Quality Management

  • Budget for this project: 300,000 EUR

  • Staff responsibility for this project: 40

  • Ensured multi-site certification of Siemens IT solutions and services

  • Prepared and maintained management handbook

  • Planned external and internal audits

  • Conducted internal audits

  • Supported external audits

  • Prepared software for managing internal and external audits (including audit documentation)

  • Ensured execution of improvement actions

  • Project (2005-2007): Software Quality Management

  • Budget for this project: 600,000 EUR per year

  • Staff responsibility for this project: 4

  • Planned and conducted quality assurance measures for series and research project “EWB”

  • In-house consulting for project Electronic Wedge Brake (EWB), consulting and coaching project teams (100 people) and ensuring compliance with national and international standards

  • Planned and conducted quality assurance measures for EPB series projects (BMW, Maserati, PSA) including assessment and cost monitoring

  • Supported escalation meetings with clients

  • Conducted PPAPs (production parts approval process)

  • Software test management for EWB software (test process definition, method selection, test planning, reporting)

  • Supported crisis projects (fire fighting) to regain customer satisfaction

Oct 2002 - Jun 2005
2 years 9 months
Ismaning, Germany

Head of PACS development

INOVIT GmbH

  • RIS and PACS software systems (DE)
  • Employees: 35
  • Staff responsibility: 10
  • Development and support of PACS software
  • Managed development, maintenance, and support of a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) for 70 clients
  • Transformed a team of Solaris C developers into Java (SE) developers to build a new system
  • Successfully implemented new processes between management, product owners, first level support, and software development team to improve process and product quality
  • Defined development process (Rational Unified Process) and support process (Service Desk)
  • Setup of necessary infrastructure (e.g. Configuration Management, CMDB, test systems, Incident Management)
  • Demand analysis and software design
  • Risk Management
  • Setup and operation of 2nd Level Support for 70 clients (DACH)
  • On-site client support to regain customer satisfaction
Aug 2001 - Oct 2002
1 year 3 months
Radolfzell, Germany

Project Manager-Frontend

Done!ware GmbH

  • Data processing systems (DE)
  • Realization of web-based interfaces for workflow system
  • Managed a team to develop a worldwide Java (J2EE) based workflow system for METRO AG, Switzerland
  • Defined development process (Rational Unified Process)
  • Setup of necessary infrastructure (e.g. ClearCase, Oracle Application Server)
  • Demand analysis and software design
  • Risk Management
  • Developed prototypes using Java EE technology
Oct 2000 - Aug 2001
11 months
Gröbenzell, Germany

Software developer

TSI Software AG

  • Marketing / Online Marketing (DE)
  • Developed various software modules for an ERP suite
Oct 1995 - Sep 2000
5 years
Germany

Partner

EDEL–Softwareschmiede GbR

  • Software development services (DE)
  • Provided software development services to several clients alongside my studies at the University of Leipzig

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 1998 - Jun 2000

University of Leipzig

Master of Science, minor in Sociology · Computer Science · Leipzig, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Certified Auditor – Information Security Management Systems (ISO 27001)

TUEV College

Certified Auditor – Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001)

Siemens LC College

ISTQB Certified Test Manager

Method Park Academy

OOAD with UML and Rational Unified Process

Rational University

Certified ClearCase Administrator

Rational University