Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
I specialize in driving high-stakes technical and organizational growth for unicorn startups and scaleups, including managing end-to-end platformizations. As a Senior Manager and Consultant, I sit at the intersection of technical architecture and organizational strategy. For over a decade, I have focused on one core truth: you cannot build scalable, secure software without building a scalable, high-trust team first. What I bring to the table: - Strategic Leadership: 7+ years of experience guiding engineering teams to balance technical mastery with business speed. - Organizational Development: Designing structures where engineering excellence is the norm, not the exception. - Community Building: I actively drive a community of engineering leaders that grows beyond Netlight, fostering mentorship across the industry. Outside the office: Leadership doesn't stop at work. As a Ride Leader at Rapha Amsterdam, I lead inclusive group rides, ensuring safety and community for cyclists of various levels.
Market Entry Strategy: Spearheading Netlight’s expansion into the Amsterdam region, establishing the cultural and financial foundation for long-term growth. Strategic Alignment: Leveraging 8+ years of experience (Hamburg/Berlin) to align local operations with the broader Netlight network while building key initial client partnerships.
Core Focus: Driving technical and organizational transformation for high-growth clients. Scaling Unicorns (Quick-Commerce): Steered organizational design for a hyper-growth quick-commerce company, transforming feature teams into high-autonomy squads to improve delivery speed. Platformization (Mobility): Architected a full-scale platformization initiative for autonomous driving fleet management, reducing legacy system dependency and accelerating feature delivery. Organizational Growth (Mobility): Defined the 1-year Technical Strategy and architecture roadmap for a premium mobility scaleup, directly supporting expansion into international markets as an Enterprise Architect & Program Manager. Engineering Excellence: Provided hands-on leadership for diverse teams in E-commerce and Mobility, driving Continuous Delivery (CD) practices and technical quality.
Delivery Assurance: Acting as a Delivery and Engagement Coach to enhance client outcomes by sharing collective best practices across engagement teams. Risk Management: Supporting colleagues in navigating complex client environments to ensure project success and commercial stability.
Projects: - Coach and Backend Engineer @ Insurance company - Fullstack Engineer @ Insurance consulting company - Backend Engineer @ Cost optimization company Developed software for a variety of clients, focussing on backend engineering and architecture analysis. Created workshops for 600+ engineers on agile software development and processes. Consulted engineering teams with microservices architecture approach. Speaker at various conferences: JavaZone Oslo, geecon Prague, codemotion Berlin, Bed-Con Berlin,codemotion Linz, codemotion Rome