Personal data
- Born in Magdeburg on 14th of January 1983
- Nationality: German
Work experience
- Lead Software Architect (since 2017)
@ Zühlke Engineering GmbH, Stuttgart
Tech lead and software architect in customer projects in the embedded software development domains.
- Group Leader Software Core Components (2016-2017)
@ Roche PVT GmbH, Waiblingen
Functional and disciplinary lead of an intercultural team with the focus on close-to-hardware software development; development of a ZeroMQ/Protobuf based microservice framework for close-to-hardware software architectures; continuous improvement of software development and change management processes with corresponding documentation and training; site-independent development and consulting; coordination of external development partners; consulting on software architecture and DevOps topics.
- Group Leader Embedded Software Development (2016)
@ Roche PVT GmbH, Waiblingen
Functional and disciplinary lead of an intercultural team with the focus on close-to-hardware software development; support of projects by providing necessary resources (developers, external contractors, tools and processes); continuous improvement of software development and change management processes with corresponding documentation and training; build-up networks with other Roche sites; coordination of external development partners; consulting on software architecture and DevOps topics.
- Senior software developer (2015-2016)
@ Roche PVT GmbH, Waiblingen
Coordination and development of software modules for lab automation; coordination of external development partners.
- Project manager and researcher (2008 - 2015)
@ Fraunhofer IPA, Stuttgart
Functional lead of the robot navigation team; project leader for EU projects BRICS and PRACE; project leader for commercial customer projects; coordination of robotics open source activities; development of software architectures and algorithms in the areas of navigation and manipulation for mobile and stationary service robots.
- Research assistant (2007 - 2008)
@ GPS Gesellschaft für Produktionssysteme GmbH, Stuttgart
Project lead for research project ImRoNet, development of algorithms for localization of camera tripods and manipulation control for mobile manipulators.
- Internship (2006 - 2007)
@ GPS Gesellschaft für Produktionssysteme GmbH, Stuttgart
Installation of robot systems, development of path planning algorithms for mobile robot navigation.
Education
- Doctorate in Engineering @ Universität Stuttgart (2009 - 2015)
Thesis title: Modellbasierte Softwareentwicklung für mobile Manipulatoren im industriellen Einsatz
- Diplom Mechatronics @ Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg (2002 - 2008)
Diploma thesis title: Erweiterung der Kinematik und Pfadplanung einer Roboterarmsteuerung für mobile Manipulation
- Abitur @ Hegel Gymnasium, Magdeburg (2000 - 2002)
- High school @ Mason City High School, Mason City, Iowa, USA (1999 - 2000)
- Gymnasium @ Wilhelm Raabe Gymnasium, Magdeburg (1993 - 1999)
Further qualifications
- SEI Software Architecture Professional Certificate
- ISAQB® Certified Professional for Software Architecture - Foundation Level
- IREB® Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering - Foundation Level
- Roche Leadership Excellence Program for People Leader
- Certified Scrum Master
- Fraunhofer executive qualification (Führungskräftetraining I+II, Effektives Zeit- und Selbstmanagement, Führen von Mitarbeitergesprächen)
- Fraunhofer basic qualification (Soziale Kompetenz I+II, Projektmanagement I+II, Präsentation/Rhetorik)
IT skills
- Programming languages
C/C++, Java, Python, Matlab, C#, Bash, KRL, URScript
- Frameworks
ZeroMQ, Protobuf, ROS, Eclipse, OROCOS, git (Github, Bitbucket, TFS), CMake, Jenkins, JIRA, Unix-Tools
- Operating systems
Linux and LXC/Docker, Mac OS X, Windows
- Office
Microsoft Office, GSuite, LATEX, Bildverarbeitung
Language skills
- German: native speaker
- English: near native / fluent
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