Greater Hamburg Area
With over 20 years of professional experience as a developer, cloud solution architect and account strategist at Microsoft, I now lead a team of talented professionals who design and deliver innovative, scalable, and secure cloud-native applications for enterprise clients. Our mission is to help our clients achieve their business goals and optimize their performance in a digital world, using Microsoft Azure and other Microsoft technologies. As a trusted technical advisor and business strategist, I collaborate with cross-functional teams to devise comprehensive cloud strategies aligned with clients' objectives and challenges. I also leverage my expertise in AI adoption, application modernization, digital transformation, and cloud migration to educate and empower clients and team members through hackathons, workshops, and coaching sessions. I am passionate about building strong partnerships with clients and Microsoft engineering, and making an impact with the latest technology.
As the leader of a high-performing engineering organization, I empower public sector, healthcare, and life sciences customers in Germany to unlock the full potential of Cloud and AI. I guide a multidisciplinary team of Solution Engineers, with deep expertise spanning infrastructure, data platforms, AI, and modern app development, to deliver transformative technical solutions. My core focus is on driving technical excellence, accelerating the adoption of next-gen technologies, and ensuring that every technology investment directly aligns with strategic outcomes. Ultimately, my team and I enable these critical sectors to modernize, harness AI, and innovate at scale.
I lead a high-performing team of senior Cloud Solution Architects, partnering with Germany's largest enterprises to accelerate AI and cloud adoption at scale. We take a programmatic approach to transformation—grounding architecture in business outcomes—and leverage the Microsoft Unified support model to deliver both deep technical guidance and executive-level strategy. My focus is enabling customers to realize measurable value from the cloud while growing the impact, skills, and careers of my team. What my team and I do 1. Drive large-scale, programmatic adoption of AI and cloud across portfolios, not just projects 2. Elevate engagements through Microsoft Unified, combining hands-on architecture with strategic roadmaps 3. Identify, shape, and grow value-creating opportunities in modernization, data platforms, AI, cloud-native apps, security, and FinOps 4. Seamlessly switch between deep technical design reviews and C-level conversations to align tech with business outcomes 5. Orchestrate cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Customer Success, Engineering, and Partners to remove blockers and accelerate time-to-value 6. Establish governance, success plans, and metrics that track adoption, ROI, and continuous improvement Always open to connecting with leaders who want to turn AI and cloud strategy into executed outcomes.
As a Senior Cloud Solution Architect Manager in Digital & Application Innovation at Microsoft, I led a skilled team of solution architects focused on designing and delivering cutting-edge, scalable, and secure cloud-native applications for enterprise clients. Our expertise lay in application modernization, digital transformation, and cloud migration, ensuring our clients benefited from improved efficiency, cost savings, and increased business agility. Key responsibilities and achievements included: 1. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to devise comprehensive cloud strategies aligned with clients' business objectives, leveraging Microsoft Azure and other Microsoft technologies. 2. Mentored and guided a high-performing team of solution architects, fostering a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and collaboration. 3. Assessed clients' application portfolios and provided tailored recommendations for cloud migration, modernization, and optimization. 4. Managed the consumption and developer support business across various verticals, including life sciences and chemicals, energy, retail, travel, transport, and digital natives, ensuring tailored solutions to address unique industry challenges. 5. Drove the adoption of GitHub Copilot in the German market.
Software development and software architecture consulting for industry-specific software solutions. Technical leadership as lead developer and lead architect with oversight on three Scrum teams working to continuously delivering software increments in a Scrum-of-Scrum process. Industries: Manufacturing & Bioscience.
Student Employee and Diploma Thesis with focus on Embedded Linux development.
Student Internship with focus on Embedded Linux development.