I occasionally like to write about business and technology. Here are some links.
A brief behind the scenes examination of what happens when an app/developer runs a SQL query to fetch data from a PostgresDB database.
Read the full storyGet on the hype train for Big Data in Kubernetes with this Spark tutorial
Read the full storyJump and run in this brief introduction to Big Data with Hadoop, Hive, Parquet, Hue and Docker.
Read the full storyGet up and running with Process Mining by trying out Celonis Snap and analyzing your first process.
Read the full storyUp and running with Spring Boot, Docker and the ELK stack at break-neck speed.
Read the full storyThe current state of training artifical neural networks on non-CUDA GPUs.
Read the full storyA short deep dive into Android Automotive and how Apple and Google are doing in the new mobility wars.
Read the full storyA brief intro to how AI business models work and whether your startup could ever potentially break even with AI.
Read the full storyThis is a short intro to what I've been up to lately.
Celonis SE
October 2019 - present | Munich
PM and Product Owner for 2 teams at Celonis:
- Platform Infrastructure: Dev/GitOps, CI/CD, public cloud infrastructure (US, EU, Russia, Japan & exploring new regions), Kubernetes, monitoring & logging, automation & infrastructure as code, cloud native security, development of internal tooling
- Data Lake: big data, encryption, storage, database migrations, cloud infrastructure
Motius GmbH
July 2018 - September 2019 (1 year 3 months) | Munich
Project Owner for large software engineering projects with personal sales targets and a more strategic role within the company with a direct line to the CEO and CTO. Total managed project volume (10.2017-09.2019) was 1+ MEUR and total acquired project volume (07.2018-09.2019) was 1+ MEUR.
Motius GmbH
Oct 2017 - June 2018 (9 months) | Munich
Managing agile software development projects for enterprise clients like BMW, Siemens, Audi and Allianz. Main focus on web and mobile development, increasingly often accompanied by a machine learning stack for chatbots, text mining, gesture recognition etc. There are projects in an early R&D stage with cutting edge tech while others are built and designed as production-ready software.
POs are a mix of Product Manager, Project Manager, and Lead Engineer. Depending on the project, the tasks include: planning and structuring software engineering projects, supporting the team setup by conducting technical interviews and defining the team roles, estimating the project costs during the sales process, leading customer meetings throughout each project, sprint planning, deciding on the right tech stack according to different stakeholder requirements, helping developers by doing code reviews, pair programming etc. and solving all tech issues together with the team along the way.
Tech:
- Python (Django, Flask), Java (Spring Boot, AWS Lambda), Node.js (Express), ...
- React, React Native, D3.js, ...
- iOS, watchOS & macOS (Swift & Objective-C), Android
- PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Neo4j, Elasticsearch, ...
- Alexa Voice Service, Microsoft LUIS, IBM Watson, ...
- Tensorflow + Keras, CoreML, ...
- AWS, Azure, Docker, docker-compose, Kubernetes, OpenShift, fastlane, Hockey, GitLab CI, ...
Motius GmbH
Mar 2017 - Sep 2017 (7 months) | Munich
Worked on a hybrid React Native/Redux mobile app with a Django-based REST backend.
Tech: React Native, Redux, JavaScript (ES6), Python, Django, iOS, Android, HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap
KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
Jun 2016 - Dec 2016 (7 months) | Munich
Researching the strategical impact of digitalization on Compliance in the German Financial Services sector. Specifically looking at emerging technologies like big data, Blockchain (as a ledger system), crypto currencies, machine learning in order to help KPMG's customers, which are going through their digital transformation, to transition without negatively impacting their regulatory compliance.
Siemens AG
Mar 2016 - May 2016 (3 months) | Munich
Worked with the Process and Workflow Optimization team (IT in-house consulting) on building and extending AngularJS apps with SharePoint 2013 as a back-end - further development of an internal project management tool and a project reporting tool, developed an issue & bug tracking app for an internal ERP-Software, helped project team lead with other web development tasks.
Tech: AngularJS, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap 3, SharePoint, SharePoint Designer, SOAP etc.
optile GmbH
Mar 2016 - May 2016 (3 months) | Munich
optile is a fintech company, which offers a distributed scalable payments system with 100+ payment methods and processes worldwide. Developed and refactored front-end code for web apps, wrote Confluence docs, used JIRA & Git, made code reviews & charged the technical migration of optile's homepage to WordPress.
Tech: JavaScript, jQuery, LESS, Bootstrap 3, XML, JSP, REST, WordPress etc.
Orchids and Eons UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Oct 2014 - Dec 2015 (1 year 3 months) | Munich
Co-founded a brand for premium handcrafted leather goods and accessories. Responsible for web development, e-commerce, UI/UX. The company got featured in Sueddeutsche Zeitung, TextilWirtschaft and others.
Tech: PHP, Shopware 5, Bootstrap 3, WordPress, WooCommerce etc.
Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG
Jul 2013 - Dec 2013 (6 months) | Munich
Worked with Telefónica's team that was responsible for O2's social media presence in Germany. Support and community management of the O2 customer forum & realization of small projects (building web widgets, creating forum campaigns etc.); organization of community events (incl. the first official meet-up of forum super users and moderators at the O2 Tower); social media activity & analytics (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube)
Studied Computer Science with a focus on Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and Software Engineering.
Minor: Business Administration for New Media
Thesis: "A text mining and NLP based approach to exploring the incentives for consumer health wearables" at the Institute for Information Systems and New Media
Learned & worked with: Scala, Java, Python, JavaScript, Node.js, PHP, HTML5, CSS, MySQL, MongoDB ...
Minor: Business Administration for New Media
Thesis: „A systematic literature overview of the different alternatives for integrating third-party software“ at the Institute for Information Systems and New Media - focused on the main differences when purchasing and integrating OTS & OSS software components and APIs
Learned & worked with: Java, C, Python, Haskell, JavaScript, PHP, HTML5, CSS, MySQL ...
From time to time I'll do a course or a certification. Here is a list.