Tobias Horn
CEO / Test Manager
Experience
CEO / Test Manager
HIQT GmbH (formerly Hetz Engineering)
Business Development
Internal IT
CRM Admin
Finance
Software development project UiPath (Partner: UiPath; Role: Test Manager, 09.2022 – Present):
Built a partnership to support UiPath, from new customer migration to the UiPath tool landscape
RPA and testing
Support for UiPath product maintenance
Partnership with UiPath to support migration projects and advance the software testing tool suite
Project PARIS (Client: Energy Group (name withheld), Munich, Germany; Role: Test Manager, 10.2020 – Present):
POC Ranorex vs Nightwatch vs Gauge
Created test concept according to ISO 29119
Wrote manual and automated test cases and executed them at UAT level (Black-Box)
Test automation with Ranorex, Nightwatch, and Gauge
Trained testers
Overall testing responsibility
Created and tracked bugs and change requests
Resource planning
Developed and ran test concepts
Planned and allocated nearshore resources
Built and improved manual and automated tests
Test automation with Gauge/Python
Office relocation project (Client: Weikert and Rot, Rosbach, Germany; Role: Head of IT, 06.2021 – 01.2023):
Planned and executed office move to a new location
Designed and set up network (LAN + WiFi)
Planned and built the server rack
Configured WiFi
Commissioned office PCs at the new site
Accompanied site inspections and coordinated with the builder.
Voting Member
Swiss Testing Board
- Reviewed curricula
- Wrote exam questions
- Audited training material creators
- Audited training providers
- Tested internal tools
Member of AK MICS, Member of FG Cybersecurity Medical Devices
ZVEI
- Association of the Electrical and Digital Industry (formerly: Central Association of the Electrical and Electronics Industry), representing the economic, technology, and environmental policy interests of the German electrical and digital industry
Head of IT / Project Manager / Test Manager
Nihon Kohden Europe GmbH
- IT 4.0:
- Developed concept for Europe-wide rollout of a standard firewall
- Standardized IT infrastructure for EU HQ and 6 branches
- Migrated all PCs to Windows 10
- Consolidated all existing ADs
- Initiated cultural change toward M365
- Rolled out an ICT policy across Europe
- Led the Europe-wide project
- Clarified GDPR questions
- Defined MFA and client encryption implementation
- Planned and executed SIT and UAT
- Managed external service providers
- Polaris.one start tool:
- Created test concept per ISO 29119
- Developed test cases and executed tests (manual, Black-Box)
- Performed migration tests
- Network infrastructure overhaul:
- Procured necessary hardware
- Established an ID engine to manage clients in the network (Company, Cooperation, Guests) with automated access rules
- Prepared formation of a fabric including all European sites
- Deployed a new WLAN for staff and guest access
- Migrated to the new infrastructure
- Server architecture update:
- Analyzed and selected hardware
- Project management and migration tests
- Evaluated phone system providers and ISPs
- Deployed new hardware
- Connected Berlin site to central phone system and ran migration tests
- File server migration:
- Migrated file server to Windows Server 2016
- Performed migration tests
- Created user/access concept
- Migrated and filtered legacy data
- Introduced quotas
- Salesforce CRM implementation:
- Gathered user requirements
- Migrated customer data from SAP to Salesforce
- Trained all European users in local languages
- Managed change for the sales team to Salesforce
- Conducted postal data cleansing
- Implemented ESB (Dell Boomi)
- Established Europe-wide customer master data process
- Deployed CPQ configurator
- Planned and executed SIT and UAT
- Salesforce admin and data migration tests
- Transferred approval management and IT asset management into Salesforce CRM
- DICOM Server:
- Created test concept and test cases
- Conducted manual Black-Box tests
- Automated tests with Ranorex
- Tracked and managed issues
- Developed and maintained European medical IT solutions in EKG, EEG, IOM, EMG, and patient monitoring
- Built test philosophy
- Led European solution network of country managers
- Managed external IT service providers
Head of IT / Project Manager / Test Manager
Deutscher Sparkassen Verlag
- S-Wallet:
- Led the German banks’ certification lab
- Head of chip card test lab
- Ensured functionality of the German banking community’s test lab
- Conducted approval and quality assurance tests for payment cards
- Scanned the market to evaluate future payment technologies
- Developed and aligned company-wide test strategy
- Represented the company in the AK Verlage committee
- POC mobile payment (Project: POC pay with iCaisse to test mobile payments in the field):
- Established a mobile wallet solution with iPhone and iCaisse
- Led the project through product release and pilot phase
Member of the FDI Group Verification & Validation Team
FDI Group
- Represented Endress + Hauser Group interests in the FDI Group for verification and validation of the emerging FDI driver specification
- Project manager for verification and validation of the “Device Driver Packages” specification
Member of Testing and Certification Team, later Team Lead
FDT Group
- Facilitated integration of measurement and automation devices into process control systems
Head of IT / Project Manager / Test Manager
Endress + Hauser Process Solutions AG
- Led test automation working group
- Synced company-wide test automation activities with Ranorex
- Led and managed Integration Services unit
- Presented integration activities at customer visits
- Managed internal test network to ensure consistent test processes
- Responsible for 16 people and CHF 2.5M revenue
- Monitored market for new technologies and trends
- Defined approach for driver development (DTM) and integration testing of Endress + Hauser drivers in control systems and third-party FDT frame applications
- Led Marketing Integration unit (28 people, CHF 2.5M revenue)
- Managed testing and test processes for company-developed software at acceptance and system test levels
- Oversaw service support and sales support
- Member of Project Review Board for project governance
- Conducted audits to ensure process compliance
- Solution 21 Exchange:
- Defined structures, resources, and know-how for solution business
- Sub-project lead for “Structures, Resources and Know-how Exchange” with 15 international team members, mapping company structure and resource needs from 2009 to 2015 and enabling knowledge exchange
- Member of Field Service & Repair committee
- Represented company interests in field service
- Led system test team with technical and personnel responsibility
- Developed and expanded test processes
- Managed resource budgeting and allocation (domestic and international)
- Coordinated internal and external testers
Summary
As an experienced IT expert and CEO, I have extensive knowledge in operating systems, project management, leadership, and test management. I have successfully led numerous projects. My recent leadership projects include implementing Salesforce CRM and migrating to Windows 10. I also managed an office relocation and partnerships to support migration projects. I combine technical expertise and management skills, making me a valuable asset for any IT and management project. My IT strategy focuses on standardization, migration, and optimization. I place great importance on unifying IT infrastructure, migrating to modern technologies, and meeting security and compliance standards. I also promote cultural change toward modern work methods and process optimization through automation tools.
Languages
Education
Bachelor of Science · Computer Science
Certifications & licenses
21 CFR Part 11
CMMI Introduction for Managers
Essentials of Rational RequisitePro
FIELDBUS Foundation Level
GxP Course for IS Staff
Internal CMMI Appraiser/Assessor
M2710 Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures
Mastering Requirements with Use Cases
PROFIBUS Foundation Level
Project Management (Malik)
Sales Performance International Training
St. Gallen Marketing Program
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