Kocherstetten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Ziehl‑Abegg is a family‑owned German engineering leader in ventilation, drive, and control technology, founded in 1910 and headquartered in Künzelsau; the group designs and delivers more than 30,000 products to customers in over 100 countries, around 1 billion revenue. The company employs around 5,000 people worldwide, operates 15 production plants, 30 subsidiaries, and 117 sales locations, reflecting strong global growth and ongoing investments in new production sites and automation. Ziehl‑Abegg manufactures high‑performance ventilation fans and systems, including radial and axial fans for HVAC, industry, and data centers, plus the bionics‑inspired ZAbluefin radial fan for improved efficiency and low noise. The company is a leader in external‑rotor motors (a technology its founder developed in 1897) and produces energy‑efficient EC and AC motors used across ventilation, cooling, and industrial applications. Ziehl‑Abegg supplies complete elevator drives and control systems, branded solutions such as ZAtop and ZAmotion, optimized for high efficiency, smooth ride quality, and compact installation in residential and commercial lifts.
Die HARTING Technologiegruppe ein international führender Anbieter von industrieller Verbindungstechnik für die drei Lebensadern Data, Signal und Power mit 6.200 Mitarbeitende in 44 Vertriebsgesellschaften, 15 Produktionsstätten und sechs Entwicklungsstandorten. Darüber hinaus stellt das Unternehmen auch Kassenzonen für den Einzelhandel, elektromagnetische Aktuatoren für den automotiven und industriellen Serieneinsatz, Ladetechnik und -kabel für Elektrofahrzeuge sowie Hard- und Software für Kunden und Anwendungen u. a. in der Automatisierungstechnik, Robotik und im Bereich Transportation her.
TecAlliance provides leading global industry solution for the automotive aftermarket and defines automotive industry standards worldwide. Besides collecting data from all over the world, TecAlliance operates one of the largest research and order services for aftermarket data in Europe (50 billion requests per day; 30 auto parts order per second) . Besides Dev, QA and OPS, a focus of my work is the promotion of technical innovations, agile culture in globally distributed teams and optimzation of workflows. I'm in charge of global system engineering, stability and security with a team of 150 employees worldwide (Europe, America and Asia). As Headquarter CIO I'm responsible for central and global decentral IT units.
Global Director of Division Technology GGB and CPI. Primary point of accountability for the effectiveness and efficiency of all division IT. E.g. specific businesses applications, including ERP system configurations (GGB:SAP; CPI:EPICOR), Customer Relationship Management Systems, Manufacturing Resource Planning Systems, Business Intelligence Systems and local Financial Systems.
Leitung eines IT-Dienstleisters (bis 50 Mitarbeiter) für interne Profit Center und Kunden: Betreuung des gesamten Software-Lebenszyklus IT Projektmanagement/Vorgehensmodelle: Wasserfall, SCRUM/Kanban Software Engineering: Java, PHP, .Net, Delphi WebCMS: WordPress, Typo3. Enterprise-CMS: Attensity/Empolis CLS Online-Shops: RedSys AMAN, IBM Websphere Commerce Betrieb: ITIL-Prozess-Teams Qualitätssicherung: HP ALM, RAT IT-Support: Cisco Strategieentwicklung und -umsetzung Change-Management Spezifisches Wissen in den Bereichen Medien Verlagswesen Fachinformation Head of Software Engineering In the way of a sidestep merger in 2010 a department for Soft-ware Engineering was built up (staff up to 50 person). This de-partment is in charge of the whole software life cycle. Divided into 6 teams: Software Project Management, IT Architecture, CMS & Engineering, Operations, Quality Assurance and Technical Support. The department is responsible for the development of every digital WEKA product in Germany. The technical range spans from Java- or PHP-Web-Applications connected to an In-house Oracle-RAC-System, .Net and Delphi Desktop Applications to .Net or Apple Apps. Development Models: Extended Waterfall and agile-adapted procedure models based on SCRUM and Kanban. Operation Services are organized by ITIL-Process-Teams, based on DevOps. WebCMS: WordPress and Typo3. Enterprise-CMS: Attensity/Empolis CLS. Online-Shops: RedSys AMAN, IBM Websphere Commerce and T-Systems MMS.