Zurich, Switzerland
I am an experienced solution architect and agile project manager, possessing highly developed people and management skills, and sound business judgment. A demonstrable record of success sustained by conceptual skills and effective problem solving capabilities. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and spoken). Goal-oriented, engaged, analytical, self dependent, and able to excel in high-pressure situations. Especially interested in the fields of innovation management, business development and strategy in international environments, artificial intelligence and user-centric software solutions. Nine years experience in developing cloud-based “as-a-Service” software solutions, responsible for hardware and software stack, including servers, network, edge devices, web technologies, artificial intelligence integrations. Translating business needs into technical requirements. Managing development teams and coordinating cross-functional teams over several business units in agile environments. Stakeholder management, business strategy development and execution.
Responsible for design, development and deployment of a cloud-based video-surveillance solution (VSaaS) for the swiss entity of a global, U.S. based corporation. Engage customers and understand their business objectives and value proposition. Build technical relationship to customer and drive the technical adaption to the changing requirements and developments on the market. Responsible for scaling, reliability and operational excellence of the solution. Oversee successful delivery to customers and endusers. TOP ACHIEVEMENTS: * Successful design, development and deployment of the solution within time & budget. Demonstrated progress by frequent delivery of technical POCs to demonstrate feasibility, roll out of MVP to a distinct group of beta-testers and regularly transition of MVP to production environment * Development and integration of artificial-intelligence-based object detection into existing solution * Transformation to a new technology stack utilizing docker for containerization and a micro services architecture * Platform maintenance with higher than 99.99% availability * Successful monthly shipping of software increments * Implementation and continuous optimization of a new hardware stack AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES: • Leading the agile development team • Upgrades and enhancements to solution architecture according to business needs and new market trends • Ensuring timely and quality delivery of technology updates using CI/CD pipelines and automated testing • Alignment of the product development with the marketing and sales teams • Ensuring Application Security & customer data protection with regular penetration testing & increased security measures • Provide strategic recommendations to the executive board
Migration of existing video-surveillance solution (VSaaS) onto a modern technology stack. The main area of responsibility was the alignment of the product development with the marketing and sales teams and the adaption to the changing requirements and developments on the market. AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES: • Leading the agile development team • Implementation of agile management methods (scrum/kanban) for development, sales, marketing and social media teams • Reorganisation, supervision and coordination of multinational, globally distributed teams: 5 sites, 9 nationalities • Development and execution of marketing and sales strategy to define frame work for the go-to-market strategy • Supervision of teams for market research and competitor analysis • Alignment of product development, marketing and sales strategies by aligning back-logs of the individual teams, definition of objectives and KPIs • Creation of project deliverables including technical white papers and marketing material to support sales and marketing teams • Reporting to the executive board: current project status and strategic recommendations
Project management of a video surveillance as-a-service solution (VSaaS). Design and development of a software solution built on a service- based approach, providing the customer with a solution package, changing from a hardware-based to a service-based business model. AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES: • Coordination and alignment of globally distributed, interdisciplinary internal and external resources •Carrying out market studies to define product development strategy & unique selling points, and to increase value proposition • Development, implementation and revision of strategy, product plan and product features • Tracking of progress and reporting (results and strategic recommendations) to the management