Greater Munich Metropolitan Area
Software development expert fluent in multiple programming languages, leading a high-skilled team of engineers in the MySQL development group.
Leader (Fraktionssprecher) of the SPD group in the city district council of the 18th city district. Coordinating the work wothin the SPD group and with the other party's groups to make our city district a place where people love to live, work and play.
Product and Engineering leadership for the MySQL Container Experience and Orchestration Team. A new formed team created from internal transfers and new hires took over maintenance of MYSQL Container images and created MySQL Operator for Kubernetes, making MYSQL InnoDB Cluster available in Cloud Native environments. Working with Customers and internal stakeholders to define project scope and priorities and leading the development team.
Manager building and leading the MySQL Scripting Connectors Team combining three products: MySQL Connector/PHP, MySQL Connector/Node.js and MySQL/Connector/Python. Providing Product and Development leadership to the teams building the products. Unified processes across previously independent teams and growing by hiring additional developers.
Initial creator and developer of MySQL Connector/Node.js - redefining MySQL for Node.js users. Connector/Node.js was a new product to cover the Node.js market. Drove the project from market analysis to implementation of first prototypes to GA quality in close exchange with users, customers and internal teams.
Contributing code to the PHP core.
Connectors and Client Connectivity Department