Robert R. - Senior Software Development Manager

Mannheim, Germany

Experience

Apr 2019 - Apr 2020

1 year 1 month

Mannheim, Germany

Responsible for 4 teams, 5 direct reports and the development recruiting process in Mannheim.
Under my watch grew from 15 to 60 people in the Mannheim office.
Reported to the VP of Engineering of EMEA and represented him in case he was not available.

Nov 2017 - Apr 2019

1 year 6 months

Mannheim, Germany

Started to work on the solution concept for FaaS (Function as a Service) and implemented the very first lines together with an SDE I.
Recruited & build up 2 teams of 10 SDEs around the FaaS project.

Dec 2011 - Present

13 years 11 months

Mannheim, Germany

Implemented my own idea for [link] a tool for developers to track OS dependencies with alerts for security vulnerabilities, licenses and out-dated versions.
Did SEO & Marketing to build up a community of 50K developers using the platform.
Raised money from Hasso Plattner Ventures and a local angel investor.
Won big brands like SAP, Deutsche Bahn, Daimler as enterprise customers.
Sunsetting the product by end of 2017.
Did some consulting projects in the DevOps area and re-launched VersionEye 2.0, a tool for Open Source License Compliance & Security.

Jun 2011 - Oct 2011

5 months

Heidelberg, Germany

Talked with the managing board at Reutax AG in Heidelberg/Germany and coordinated their strategy with the development team at WildGigs in San Francisco.

Oct 2010 - Oct 2011

1 year 1 month

San Francisco, United States

Responsible for the internet portal development in San Francisco by Zeitgeist@Work / WildGigs. Zeitgeist@Work and WildGigs belong to the Reutax AG.

Feb 2008 - May 2011

3 years 4 months

Launched and established the PLOIN GmbH out of private assets.
Acquired diverse clients from the public domain and conducted extensive software projects on a controlled price or hourly rate basis.
Used the profit from the project business to develop a product, a portal for centralised time tracking, project management and task management.
Sold the company to the Reutax AG at a profit in 2010.

Mar 2007 - Feb 2008

1 year

Served as the software architect and technical leader for several big web applications. The software is still used by MVV, the fifth biggest energy supplier in Germany.

Jan 2006 - Feb 2007

1 year 2 months