Timo Bakenecker
Business Analyst
Experience
Dec 2024 - Feb 2025
3 months Düsseldorf, Germany
Business Analyst
Linkitsystems GmbH
- Industry: Logistics / Mendix Software Development
- Business Analyst & development of CargoCast (AI-driven load optimization)
- Mendix low-code development
- Creating test cases (Jira)
- Master data entry (tractors & trailers, drivers, delivery regions, subcontractors)
- Analyses (planning vs. AI model calculation)
- API interfaces (AI data transfers)
- Various .csv imports
- External MySQL integration
- Interface function management <-> development
- Testing
- Creating epics & stories in Confluence
- Jira Scrum planning & control
Feb 2024 - Feb 2025
1 year 1 month Munich, Germany
Freelancer (self-employed)
Bloxxone GmbH & Co. KG
- Industry: Logistics, mechanical engineering, manufacturing
- New build: yard management/time slot management (Logster)
- Mendix low-code platform
- Planning, evaluating and implementing all requested developments, partly with nearshore involvement (demand management for Bewital GmbH & Co. KG)
- Implemented modules included among others:
- Time slot management
- Gate/barrier management
- Weighbridge recording
- Parking space planning
- SMS calls (charging station status, call to arrival)
- Data import interface (WMS/LVS -> registration of inbound and outbound warehouse shipments)
- Email API integration
- Supply chain module (demand registration)
Oct 2021 - Feb 2025
3 years 5 months Karlsruhe, Germany
Technical Consultant
Grenke AG
- Industry: banking, insurance, leasing
- Demand management – API integration for clients
- Gathering and evaluating customer requirements (internal & external)
- Integration of leasing API (REST API, JSON)
- Developing best practice concepts for business units
- Integration of a support ticket solution
- Expansion of the developer portal (.NET)
- Creation of onboarding techniques and documentation
- Sales API training
- API test cases
- Splunk logs
- Client integrations (PHP, REST(JSON), web services(XML), SFTP)
- Error management (C#, MSSQL queries)
- Integration consulting for clients and internal staff
- Project management (agile, waterfall)
- Establishing a support department
Feb 2021 - May 2021
4 monthsInterim Manager (Technical Key Account Manager)
Loyalty Prime Deutschland GmbH
- Industry: loyalty SaaS provider
- Project & product management (agile & waterfall)
- Budget responsibility
- Development & consulting for SaaS loyalty software
- Loyalty SaaS integration into existing ERP & CRM infrastructure
- REST/JSON/web service/XML data communication
- XSLT conversion/web platform
- Setting up promotions, vouchers & incentive processes
- Interface definition, development, implementation & testing
- KPI definition & implementation with Tableau
Aug 2020 - Jun 2021
11 months Munich, Germany
IT System Architect
Stadtwerke München
- Industry: energy
- Tendering of an omnichannel platform
- Preparation of tender documents
- Defining the 17 interface partners
- Establishing interface requirements
- Defining evaluation criteria
- Reviewing application documents
- Vendor selection
Feb 2020 - Jun 2020
5 monthsProject Manager Technical Integration AutoIdent
Idnow GmbH
- Industry: online authentication provider
- Multi-project management
- Maintaining client accounts in Salesforce
- Leading technical workshops
- Recommending target designs
- Requirement management for various authentication systems
- Consulting on OCR scanning, photo & liveness detection
- Advising on fraud scenarios such as identity theft, passport forgery and benefit fraud
- REST interface definition for integrating an authentication solution into existing portal solutions
- XML conversion/middleware configuration
- Webhook design
- Configuration of target solutions
- Setting up test plans
- Conducting training sessions
Feb 2019 - Feb 2020
1 year 1 monthInterim Manager (Technical Key Account Manager)
Loyalty Prime Deutschland GmbH
- Industry: loyalty SaaS provider
- Project & product management (agile & waterfall)
- Budget responsibility
- Development & consulting for SaaS loyalty software
- Loyalty SaaS integration into existing ERP & CRM infrastructure
- REST/JSON/web service/XML data communication
- XSLT conversion/web platform
- Setting up promotions, vouchers & incentive processes
- Interface definition, development and implementation
- KPI definition & implementation with Tableau
Dec 2017 - Jan 2019
1 year 2 months Unterföhring, Germany
Head of Demand Management
Sky Deutschland GmbH
- Industry: media
- Requirement management/demand management
- Functional & disciplinary responsibility for 12 employees
- Comprehensive resource planning
- Leading complex media projects as project manager
- Agile (SCRUM) & waterfall multi-project management
- Product launches as IT project manager
- Budget responsibility > €10M
- Reviewing and evaluating business concepts & specifications
- Vendor management (target setting, budget, performance control)
Nov 2016 - Present
8 years 9 months Munich, Germany
Project Manager and IT Consultant
Bloxxone GmbH & Co. KG
- Industry: logistics, mechanical engineering, manufacturing
- Staff management & control
- Budget responsibility
- Low-code app development on Mendix.com (yard management)
- Development (C#/MVC/SQL/FTP/VB.NET/VB6.0/VBA/JSON/XML)
- Form digitization via providers like Flixcheck and Paperfly
- Passing digital data via REST/JSON to various interfaces
- Development & consulting of cloud services, including:
- Procurement management
- Quality management (8D/tasks)
- Yard management (time slot, gate, weighbridge management)
- Mobile services (SMS & MMS)
- Cloud injection (Amazon AWS integration, REST API)
- MS Azure design & architecture (design, SQL Server, app server, certificates, security, process digitization)
Jun 2015 - Nov 2017
2 years 6 months Hallbergmoos, Germany
Senior Consultant
SupplyOn AG
- Industry: logistics, mechanical engineering, automotive, aero
- Process consulting (management level)
- Business process design
- Project management according to PRINCE2
- Creation of business concepts for cloud services (SaaS)
- Transitioning processes into digital format
- Consulting on procurement management, logistics management & quality management topics
Oct 2012 - May 2015
2 years 8 months Hallbergmoos, Germany
Product Manager
SupplyOn AG
- Industry: logistics, mechanical engineering, automotive, aero
- Product manager (cloud services)
- Document management (classic DMS)
- Collaboration folders (social collaboration)
- Business directory (CRM B2B)
- Agile project management (SCRUM)
- Development of business concepts & specifications
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Leading creative workshops
- Vendor management national/international
- Service procurement
- Third level support
Jan 2008 - Sep 2012
4 years 9 months Munich, Germany
Consultant
Wassermann AG
- Industry: mechanical engineering, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing
- Project lead for supply chain software integration projects
- Process management consulting
- Shop floor optimization
- Kanban implementation
- Supply chain optimization
- KPI definition & visualization
- Interface development (VBA, VB.NET, FTP, XML, XSLT)
- SAP modules MM, PP, SD (basic knowledge)
- Development of business concepts
- IT infrastructure analysis
- Consulting and sales of consulting services & software
- 1st & 2nd level support
Feb 2007 - Nov 2007
10 months Haltern am See, Germany
Head of IT
Dahlhoff Feinkost GmbH
- Industry: food
- IT site planning (5 national locations)
- Managing a team of 5 employees
- Resource planning
- Budget responsibility
- VB.NET development (revenue visualization)
- Navision Attain (ERP)
- MS SQL database administration & development
- Outlook email server administration
- Network specialist
- Vendor selection & evaluation
- Vendor management (target setting, budget, performance control)
Oct 2001 - Oct 2006
5 years 1 month Heiden, Germany
Sole Responsible for IT
Innogenetics GmbH
- Industry: biotechnology
- Lotus Domino 5 email server administration
- Support of Navision Financials ERP
- Programming Navision Financials DataPorts
- Coordination of external service providers
- Medical IT equipment setup
- Overall responsibility for hardware and software
- Network specialist (HP routing, HP switching)
- Data exchange (CSV, FTP, HTTP, XML)
- First level IT support
- Professional supervision of a trainee
May 2000 - Sep 2001
1 year 5 months Borken, Germany
IT Administrator
Foseco GmbH
- Industry: foundry operations
- Maintenance of Lotus Notes databases
- Development of Lotus Notes Domino workflow tool (Notes DB)
- Management of corporate domains
- 1st level Microsoft Office support
- 1st level support for network, hardware and software (Foseco Steel)
- Analysis of "e-commerce on the Internet"
Summary
I offer many years of comprehensive experience in IT consulting, project management and software development and specialize in delivering and integrating custom software solutions in environments with ERP, CRM, WMS or LMS systems. My areas of expertise include interface architectures such as REST API, XML web services or file transfer. I am proficient in low-code development with Mendix, with knowledge of C#, VB.NET, VBA, JS and SQL. I excel at bringing business and technical teams together to ensure seamless communication and efficient project execution in both agile and waterfall-driven projects.
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Education
Oct 1999 - Jun 2000
Computer College Rheine
Rheine, Germany
Oct 1981 - Jun 1992
Gymnasium Maria Veen
Secondary School Certificate · Germany
Certifications & licenses
Mendix Rapid Developer
Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate
Microsoft Certified Professional
Novell Certified Administrator
Novell Certified Engineer
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