Tobias H.
Managing Director / Test Manager
Experience
Managing Director / Test Manager
HIQT GmbH (formerly Hetz Engineering)
Business Development
Internal IT
CRM Admin
Finance
Project: Software development UiPath (Partner: UiPath; Role: Test Manager, 09.2022 - Present):
Building a partnership to support UiPath, from migrating new clients to the UiPath tool landscape
RPA and testing
Supporting UiPath with product maintenance
Partnership with UiPath to support migration projects and develop the test tool offerings
Project PARIS (Client: Energy company (name withheld), Munich, Germany; Role: Test Manager, 10.2020 - Present):
POC Ranorex vs Nightwatch vs Gauge
Creating the test plan according to ISO 29119
Writing manual and automated test cases and running them at the UAT level (black-box)
Test automation with Ranorex, Nightwatch, and Gauge
Training testers
Overall responsibility for testing
Logging and tracking bugs and change requests
Resource planning
Developing and implementing the test plan
Planning and using resources (near shore)
Setting up and improving manual and automated tests
Test automation with Gauge/Python
Project Office relocation (Client: Weikert und Rot, Rosbach, Germany; Role: Head IT, 06.2021 - 01.2023):
Planning and carrying out the office move to a new location
Planning and setting up the network (LAN+WiFi)
Planning and installing the network rack
Setting up the WiFi
Deploying office PCs at the new site
Assisting with site inspections and communication with the builder
Voting Member
Swiss Testing Board
- Reviewing curricula
- Writing exam questions
- Auditing training material creators
- Auditing training providers
- Testing internal tools
Member of the AK MICS working group, Member of the FG Cybersecurity Medical Devices
ZVEI
- Association of the Electrical and Digital Industry (formerly: Central Association of Electrical Engineering and Electronics Industry), representing the business, technology, and environmental policy interests of the German electrical and digital industries
Head of IT / Project Manager / Test Manager
Nihon Kohden Europe GmbH
IT 4.0:
Creating a concept for a Europe-wide rollout of a standard firewall
Standardizing the IT infrastructure of the EU HQ and its 6 branches
Migrating all PCs to Windows 10
Merging all existing Active Directories
Starting the cultural change process towards M365
Introducing an ICT policy across Europe
Leading the Europe-wide project
Clarifying questions regarding GDPR
Defining the implementation for MFA and client encryption
Planning and executing SIT
Planning and executing UAT
Managing external service providers
Polaris.one Starter Tool:
Creating the test concept according to ISO 29119
Writing test cases and executing them (manual, black-box)
Performing migration tests
Network infrastructure upgrade:
Procuring needed hardware
Setting up an ID engine to manage network clients (Company, Cooperation, Guests) with automatic access rules
Preparing to build a fabric across all European sites
Introducing a new WLAN for internal and guest access
Migrating to the new infrastructure
Server architecture refresh:
Analyzing and choosing the hardware to use
Project management
Performing migration tests
Evaluating available telephony systems
Evaluating available ISP providers
Deploying new hardware
Connecting the Berlin site to the central telephony system
Performing migration tests
File server migration:
Migrating the file server to Windows Server 2016
Performing migration tests
Creating a user/access concept
Migrating and filtering legacy data
Introducing quotas
Salesforce CRM implementation:
Gathering user requirements
Migrating customer data from SAP to Salesforce
Training all European users in their native language
Change management of the sales team to Salesforce
Performing postal data cleaning
Setting up an ESB (Dell BOOMI)
Establishing a Europe-wide process for customer master data creation
Introducing a configurator for quote configuration (CPQ)
Planning and executing SIT
Planning and executing UAT
Salesforce administration
Performing data migration tests
Transferring approval management to Salesforce CRM
Moving IT asset management into Salesforce CRM
DICOM server:
Creating the test concept
Writing test cases
Executing tests (manual, black-box)
Test automation with Ranorex
Logging and tracking issues
Developing and maintaining European medical IT solutions in ECG, EEG, IOM, EMG, and patient monitoring
Building the test philosophy
Leading the European solution network of country leads
Managing external IT service providers
Head of IT / Project Manager / Test Manager
Deutscher Sparkassen Verlag
S-Wallet:
Leading the German banks' approval lab
Head of the smartcard test lab department
Ensuring the functionality of the test lab for the German banking industry
Ensuring the execution of approval and quality assurance tests for payment cards in the German banking industry
Scanning the market to evaluate future payment technologies
Creating and agreeing on the company-wide test strategy
Representing the company in the AK Verlage committee
POC mobile payment with smartphone (Project name: POC mobile payment with iCaisse to test mobile payments in the field):
Setting up a mobile wallet with iPhone and iCaisse to test mobile payments in the field
Leading the project through product release, including overseeing the pilot phase
Member of the FDI Group's Verification and Validation Team
FDI Group
- Representing the interests of the Endress + Hauser Group within the FDI Group in verification and validation of the emerging FDI driver specification.
- Project manager for the verification and validation of the "Device Driver Packages" specification
Member of the Test and Certification Team, later Team Lead
FDT Group
- Facilitated the integration of measurement and automation devices into process and plant control systems.
Head of IT / Project Manager / Test Manager
Endress + Hauser Process Solutions AG
- Leading the Test Automation working group
- Synchronizing group-wide test automation activities with Ranorex
- Leading the Integration Services unit
- Unit Manager of Integration Services
- Presenting Endress + Hauser's integration activities during customer visits.
- Managing the internal test network to ensure consistent testing processes company-wide.
- Responsible for 16 people and CHF 2.5 million in revenue.
- Responsible for market monitoring to identify new technologies and trends
- Responsible for the approach to device driver development (DTM) and integration testing of Endress + Hauser device drivers in control systems and third-party FDT frame applications.
- Leading the Marketing Integration unit
- Unit Manager of Marketing Integration
- Presenting Endress + Hauser's integration activities during customer visits.
- Responsible for 28 people and CHF 2.5 million in revenue.
- Responsible for the approach to device driver development (DTM) and integration of Endress + Hauser device drivers in control systems and third-party FDT frame applications.
- Responsible for testing and the testing process of company-developed software at acceptance and system test levels
- Responsible for service support and assisting sales organizations in the sales process
- Member of the Project Review Board for project oversight
- Conducting audits to ensure process compliance
- Solution 21 Exchange:
- Developing the required structures, resources, and know-how for the solution business
- Sub-project management
- Responsible for the global sub-project "Structures, Resources and Know-how Exchange" for the process automation solution business with 15 international project team members. The aim of the sub-project was to determine the Endress + Hauser Group's structural setup, the required resources from 2009 to 2015, and to implement the knowledge exchange for the solution business.
- Member of the Field Service & Repair committee of the Endress + Hauser Group
- Advocacy
- Representing corporate interests in the internal field service area
- Leading the System Test team
- Team leadership
- Technical and personnel responsibility.
- Responsible for creating and expanding the test processes.
- Responsible for resource budgeting and assigning team resources (domestic and international to projects)
- Managing external and internal testers
Summary
As an experienced IT expert and managing director, I have extensive knowledge in operating systems, project management, leadership, and test management. I have successfully led many projects. My most recent leadership projects include implementing Salesforce CRM and migrating to Windows 10. I also supervised an office relocation and formed a partnership to support migration projects. I combine technical expertise and management skills, making me a valuable asset in any IT and management project.
My IT strategy focuses on standardization, migration, and optimization. I focus on standardizing the IT infrastructure, moving to modern technologies, and following security and compliance standards. I also promote cultural change to modern work methods and improve processes with automation tools.
Languages
Education
Bachelor of Science · Computer Science
Certifications & licenses
21 CFR Part 11
CMMI Introduction for Managers
Essentials Of Rational Requisites Pro
FIELDBUS Foundation Level
GxP Course for IS Employees
Internal CMMI Appraiser/Assessor
M2710 Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures
Mastering Requirements With Use Cases
PROFIBUS Foundation Level
Malik Project Management
Sales Performance International Training
St. Gallen Marketing Program
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