Rene Seiler - Quality Manager and Management Representative

Aying, Germany

Experience

Oct 2017 - Present

7 years 9 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
Tunrover: 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 3 months

Munich, Germany

Chief Technology Officer

CHARRY GmbH

Logistic 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 build the system and ensure 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.
Staff responsibility: 30 employees
Operation and maintenance of IT systems of Warehouse/Logistics, Production as well as Sales and Marketing
Managed various teams of software developers to maintain and operate manufacturing IT systems, warehouse IT systems, and software to support 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 self-made software components
Improved software life-cycle processes by introducing agile (SCRUM) methodologies. Roll out of 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
Organisation of 2nd Level Support
Development of IT und 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
Definition and implementation of software quality metrics and reporting to ensure process quality (ASPICE) as well as software quality (e.g. compliance with AUTOSAR)
Conducting software project reviews
Conducted ASpice Assessments
Analyzed skills of employees recommended training or trained teams myself
Reporting to the head of quality
Definition of vision and mission of SW QM System
Definition of software quality assurance measures
Planning and implementation of training programs for Software Quality Manager
Performance of Tranings
Planning and execution of automotive SPICE assessments
Definition of problem solving method according to “Toyota PPS”
Conducting of 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: CEO/CTO
Transformation of QUISMA IT in GroupM IT
Managed IT operations and services including the development and maintenance of a multichannel online marketing system (SEO, SEM, Affiliate Marketing, Display Advertisement, Real Time Bidding) to server 6 billion ad impressions per month and 5k-20k contacts per second
Chief point of contact for international customers, partners and suppliers as it relates to any technical topic
Handover of procurement, IT operation and support process to GroupM
Organisation und realization of IT relocation of three GroupM enterprises (QUISMA, Mediacom, Mindshare) to Medienbrücke Munich
Responsible for suburb IT service for all GroupM enterprises in Medienbrücke
Development and und 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 supplier (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 regarding 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
Project management (SPICE, V-Modell, CMMI) consultancy for Electronic Wedge Brake (EWB) project (100 team members across Europe)
Responsible for the implementation of a software quality management (ISO 9126) and test strategies (ISTQB, IEE829) to ensure AUTOSAR as well as ISO 26262 compliant implementation of various software components
Introduced UML (Rhapsody) and UML methodology to develop and document software architecture
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
Development of additional costs reportings and of quality strategy
Data acquisition and analysis
Development of additional costs reportings (500 m. additional costs) on the basis of project reportings
Development of a quality strategy to avoid additional costs
Roll-out of 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
Preparation and maintenance of Management handbook
Planning of external and internal audits
Conduction of internal audits
Support of external audits
Preparation of software for management of internal and external audits (incl. audit documentation)
Ensured realization of improvement actions
Project (2005-2007): Software Quality Management**
Budget for this project: 600.000 EUR p.a
Staff responsibility for this project: 4
Planned and conducted quality assurance measures for series project and research project “EWB”
Inhouse Consulting for project “Elektronische Keilbremse” (EWB), consulting and coaching of project teams (100 persons) and ensuring realization of national and international standards
Planning und conduction of quality assurance measures for EPB – series projects (BMW, Maserati, PSA) incl. assessment and monitoring of cost
Support of Eskalationsmeetings with clients
Conduction of PPAPs (production parts approval process)
Software Test Management for EWB-Software (Definition of test process, selection of test methods, planning of tests, reporting)
Support of 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 und 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 a team of 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 quality of processes and products
Definition of development process (Rational Unified Process) and of support process (Service Desk)
Setup of necessary infrastructure (e.g. Configuration Management, CMDB, test systems, Incident Management)
Demand analysis and design of software
Risk Management
Setup and operation of 2nd Level Support for 70 clients (DACH)
Support of clients on-site 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
Definition of development process (Rational Unified Process)
Setup of necessary infrastructure (e.g. ClearCase, Oracle Application Server)
Demand analysis and software design
Risk Management
Development of prototypes by means of Java EE technique