Jan Kiefer

Visionary Technologist & Strategic Leader — Innovating at the Intersection of Connectivity, Mobility & Experience - Making Complex Systems Work for People

Kriens, Lucerne, Switzerland

About

Experience

  • Stay at Life @ Earth
    Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Specialized Bicycle Components (7 yrs 9 mos)
    • Director, Turbo Connectivity
      Jan 2021 - Jul 2024 · 3 yrs 7 mos

      Make the world a better place riding bicycles.... with our Turbo E-Bikes. Within TURBO, I'm responsible for all e-bike connectivity covering all software (PC and mobile applications) required for the factory, the retailer and the rider - leading a on-off shore team of more than 40 engineers. We make sure bikes get produced, can get updated and serviced and in the end that the riders have an awesome experience using our mobile app to enhance their ride experience.

    • Connectivity Program Manager
      Nov 2016 - Jan 2021 · 4 yrs 3 mos

      Make the world a better place riding bicycles.... Responsible for all TURBO e-bike connectivity covering all software (PC and mobile applications) required for the factory, the retailer and the rider.

  • Senior Software Developer, Scrum Master, Team Lead at NIS AG
    Nov 2008 - Oct 2016 · 8 yrs

    • Analysis, specification, design and development of solutions based on the object-oriented geospatial information system Smallworld CST from GE Energy. • Redesign, refactoring, development und bugfixing of NIS AG's core product "NIS Strom" maintaining geospatial data of electric networks. • Leading role in development of new products from start to end, including "NIS Schematics for NIS Electricity" - a trend-setting solution automatically generate schematic views of complex geospatial data, providing enormous savings potential for the customers. • Support of product management regarding priority management and release planning. • Implementation of modern quality assurance including automated testing of legacy and new products. • Team lead of a five person developer team responsible for the company's core products range as scrum master. • Over hundred sprints scrum experience • Representation of the company and presentation of solutions at conferences and customer events. • Customer consulting regarding technical solutions and applications.

  • Senior Software Developer / Senior Consultant at GIT HydroS Consult GmbH
    Oct 2001 - Oct 2008 · 7 yrs 1 mo

    • Responsible for business division Geoinformatics and GIS application development • Realisation of software applications based on GE Smallworld Core GIS technology for customers in the water and energy utilities sector and for local authorities. • Responsible for system architecture, product design, project management, conception, software support and application development. • Supervision of customer projects from proposal to termination. • Responsible for error and configuration management projects inside the company • Optimisation of work flows and customers enterprise information systems

  • GE Energy (1 yr 10 mos)
    • Contractor / Senior Software Developer
      Jan 2007 - Aug 2008 · 1 yr 8 mos

      • Department Local Development (8 days per month on a regular basis) • GE Smallworld GIS product development: Development of various features and bug fixing

    • Contractor / Senior Software Developer
      Nov 2006 - Dec 2006 · 2 mos

      • Development and localisation of the GE Smallworld Product Suite • Version upgrade realisation for Network resource management base (NRMB) and cadastral applications (ALK and ALB)