I fill gaps in tech projects through agile coaching and product management.
Lean more!Every team experiences friction. I help take care of this friction for technology teams and small businesses.
As someone who walks the intersection of business and technology, I have experience with many typical and not-so-typical challenges in tech.
Your processes are all over the place?
As an Agile Coach, I help your team become better, faster.
You have an idea for a new product but no idea how to get started?
As a Product Manager, I help you fulfill your customer's needs with your business' capabilities
Afraid of a cyber security incident but unsure where to start?
As a Tech Generalist, I am your first point of contact for all questions around information technology - whether it be cyber security, workflow automation or software quality.
This being said, my areas of expertise can roughly be described as follows:
Fresh out of high school, I did an internship at a small IT consulting firm.
After a few weeks, I was made a junior consultant and tasked with finding and implementing new software for customer relationship management (CRM). At 17, I negotiated with vendors and then prepared the roll-out, including database migration and training concept. After that, I decided to study business informatics.
Not content with a purely theoretical approach to learning, I applied and joined a dual study program at Daimler - alternating between university and work placements every 3 months. I experienced first-hand how new software and hardware was brought into the sales branches throughout Germany, worked on a security concept for the German IT and developed software that is still used in a branch today.
Even before graduation, I joined to the newly founded Mercedes-Benz Innovation Lab (MBition) in Berlin as the right-hand man of the managing director. During the rapid growth of MBition I was primary contact person for and involved in numerous internal issues, from the continuous improvement of the hiring process to the reporting of progress and the design of the product portfolio. I crammed my Bachelor's thesis into weekends and late nights.
When said managing director left the company to start his own venture in 2019, I was one of two facilitators of the ensuing re-organization, while also mentoring the development team responsible for personalization as Scrum Master and Defect Manager.
When MBition entered calmer waters, I decided to take a detour into "real" academia, pursuing a graduate degree in Vienna, the world's best place to live. During this time I picked up freelance consulting for smaller clients and NPOs. For the student consultancy "icons" I managed three projects and the internal IT department.
After returning to Berlin, I led the 3-person tech team of a small eCommerce startup. There I was product manager, team coach and lead developer at the same time. After a strategic reorientation, the startup decided to focus on marketing over development and I on freelancing over employment - they became my first client.
In my private life, I am a passionate martial artist, volunteer as a communication training for teenagers, and am interested in sustainability in everyday life.
Having lived in Suzhou, China for five years and later completed internships in Shanghai, Madrid, Vienna and Berlin, I respect other cultures and enjoy working with diverse teams.
I wear many hats and am comfortable in many domains. Let's see how I can help you!