KARSTADT / QUELLE AG
zwischen 09/01 und 03/03
Since September 2001 I advise QUELLE NEUE MEDIEN during the introduction of the Intershop software "Enfinity" as the new platform for their eCommerce Web-Site QUELLE.DE

Initially booked for reviewing the technical-specifications of the project "Q2-Relaunch" this task fast extended to an active participation in writing technical specifications, project management and implementation. For the colleagues of QUELLE I became the interface to the various implementation partners in all technical matters. After the Rollout I support the division "enterprise and platform development" with the transfer of the application into controlled operation. Furthermore I was assigns to work on knowledge-management, trainings and further development of the website. I was booked to a total of 19 months full time.

CLONDIAG Chip Technologies
between 07/00 and 08/01
Since summer 2000 I have given consulting to CLONDIAG Chip Technology in order to specify software which allows to plan, control, monitor and carry out biomedical experiments performed with the CLONDIAG equipment and methods. CLONDIAG is a high-tech company developing and manufacturing equipment for bio-molecular analysis such like genotyping and expression profiling. The company´s focus is to produce a complete set of equipment for bio molecular assays.

WOB-Interactive
between 06/00 and 08/00
After I had left INTERSHOP I was contracted to work on a project at the WOB-Interactive in Viernheim. My job was the technical coordination of a team of 5 programmers. In this time critical project we developed an "e-intelligence" personalized portal web-site for SAS Institute. It was delivered in time and quality.

Employed by INTERSHOP
between 07/97 and 06/00

I joined INTERSHOP in 1997 and had various positions at Sales, Professional Service and Research and Development. In 1997 the company INTERSHOP consisted of about 60 people who dreamed to be a large enterprise with worldwide success. When I left, part of the dreams had come true and the smell of the success was there. INTERSHOP became a large organisation with more than 1000 employees in 25 locations and was rated with 6 billion Euro on the stock exchange (at it's highest peak).

Head of Cooperative Research
between 07/99 and 07/00
As the head of the Cooperative Research department I was responsible for a team of 5 people defining research-projects with 25 partner companies on an European level. Previously, I had written the proposals and had successfully applied for national and European funds in two cases (see project descriptions below). My role was on one hand that of a Project Coordinator and Representative of INTERSHOP for partner companies, the European Commission and the German Ministry of Education and Research (www.bmbf.de) and on the other hand I was supervisor and trainer of students who wrote their university diplomas in the area of Aggregating distributed INTERSHOP catalogues (i.e. Price-Agents).

The main focus of the team was...

 Research and programming of user interfaces in order to couple eCommerce transaction engines via XML.

 Development of demonstrators and prototypes for the usage of INTERSHOP´s commerce server for vertical marketplace solutions.

 Active membership in research organisations (W3C, Commerce Net, BMEcat, eco-forum)

INVITE project (funded by die German ministry BMBF)
between 07/99 and 06/00
Together with the Fraunhofer Institute I wrote the proposal and won government funds in connection with the national research project "INVITE". The consortium consists of 20 partners (DG-Bank, Frauenhofer Institute, GMD, BMW, …). The INVITE project was one of the biggest research projects for software development in Germany in 1999 with a total sum of €30,000,000.

BrandNew project (funded by the European Comsission Nr. 26497)
between 05/98 and 06/00
In 1998 I coordinated the whole live-cycle of the European research project "BRANDNEW". The total budget including 5 companies from England, Greece and Italy was €2,500,000

Account Manager Professional Service
between 07/97 and 06/99
As an account manager the emphasis was laid on acquisition, consulting, business and technical concepts, project management and implementation of INTERSHOP´s eCommerce software for global accounts. This included the setting up, training and managing of teams of about 5-10 employees.

STRATO, Berlin (Germany)
between 11/98 and 07/99
Consulting, technical concepts, specification and project management for the implementation of Germany´s largest multistore environment (80.000 shops).
Project value ca. €750,000.

CONCENTRIC Networks Inc., San Jose (USA)
between 12/98 and 06/99
Consulting, technical concepts, specification and project management for the implementation of a distributed multistore environment with integrated billing and content management; CONCENTRIC is one of the leading ISPs in the USA.
Project value ca. €1,250,000.

KPN Dutch Telecom, Gronningen (NL)
between 08/98 and 12/98
Technical concepts, specification and project management for the implementation of a distributed multistore environment (500 shops) with integrated Open Market 4.0™ transaction server. Project value ca. €1,000,000.

TANDATA Inc., Tulsa (USA)
between 06/98 and 07/98
Architecture, concepts and documentation of an INTERSHOP 3.0™ cartridge as an interface to TANDATA´s logistic software.

FEDERAL EXPRESS, Brussels (Belgium)
between 03/98 and 06/98
Consulting, technical concepts, and specification of an EDI interface between INTERSHOP 3.0™ and FEDEX Warehouse system WISDOM. Project volume ca. €50,000.

Society of World-wide Interbanking Telecommunication (SWIFT), La Hulpe (Belgium)
between 07/97 and 06/98
Consulting, technical concepts, specification and project management for the implementation of a web ordering system with integrated SAP R/3™.
Project volume ca. €400,000.

Employed by e-Plus Mobilfunk
between 01/97 and 06/97

I have been employed as a IT-Manager for e-Plus Service in Potsdam in December 1997. Moving to Berlin was fulfilling a personal dream. The whole IT-department was basically outsourced and my role was to coordinate software projects with contracted companies. For the first time I was budget-responsible in view of an optimisation of IT-infrastructure and processes.

Project Manager
between 01/97 and 06/97
The focus of my job was to deliver software for internal use. This was mainly done by cooperation with consultants in view of optimisation of internal processes. We proposed and specified software-solutions for automatization and data warehousing. Sub-contractors then carried out the development and maintenance.

Company wide Intranet
between 01/97 and 05/97
Design and Implementation of the E-Plus INTRANET ("electronic handbook") including the content creation of 2,650 Web- pages started with a converted Windows-Help file; Browser distribution for 4,000 clients across Germany; server hardware and software implementation; etc. The electronic handbook is used by all ePlus call-centres and is partly accessible through the Internet. The project was executed with a team of 10 people and had a total budget of €150,000.

Point of Sales Manager
between 01/97 and 06/97
E-Plus Service retailers database (POSMAN - Point of Sales Manager). Project management; database, application and user interface development as an ongoing improvement job in a team of 3 people and a budget of €50,000 per month.

Freelancer for The Boston Consulting Group
between 02/96 and 12/96

I joined BCG in March 1996 as a freelancing consultant and programmer for rapid application development. We used Visual Basic, VBA, SQL, MS-ACCESS and MS-Excel for multiple software tools in view of process optimisation in financial institutes.

Application Analyst
between 03/96 and 12/96
My job focused on technical concepts and the implementation of various tools for analysis, data-mining statistics and consulting mainly in Visual Basic.

"Strategic cost cutting" for the Dresdner Bank AG
between 03/97 and 12/97
a) Functional Analysis Tools
The focus was on the development of tools for workflow and functional analysis of business processes.
b) Database analysis
The focus was on analysing the profits for several financial products across all business-customer accounts with 15 million datasets (highly confidential) in view of a reorganisation of the corporate strategy.

"Simulation of power consumption and costs"
for the Bayernwerke AG
between 05/96 and 08/96
Map Exercise in search of the control loop in view of a forecast on consumption and costs of electricity for a network of power plants.

Employed by Computer Associates
between 10/95 and 02/96

After completing my studies I started a job as a salesman for business software, but quit the job after a short trail period.

Sales Business Application
between 10/95 and 01/96
The job focused on the sales of business software such as resource planning, warehousing and legacy systems in the area of Cologne.


Trainee at SCHAERF Holding
between 10/92 and 09/95

During my studies at the Berufs-Akademie Mannheim, where I learned the theoretical background of business administration, I took part in trainee-programs and worked for various departments in view of understanding the complete chain of production, distribution and controlling.

Trainee at SITAG AG, Sennwald (CH)
between 12/94 and 02/95
The focus of my job was to analyse the business-processes at the SITAG AG and to report them to the board of directors. This was part of the effort to overcome divergences between the German and Switz production companies after SCHAERF´S takeover. Forecasting and delivery was a prime issue for the optimisation job.

Logistic planing Tools
I wrote a planning software in MS-ACCESS that allows to monitor production dates, plan routes and truck-capacity. Two important features were the Data-Import-Interface between the mainframe (VCR) and the PC-Workstation and automatic facsimiles in order to confirm the planed delivery.

Trainee at SCHAERF Büromöbel
between 10/92 and 09/95
As a trainee at SCHARF I worked in construction, CAD planning, material administration, disposition, procurement, accounting, sales and logistic in order to learn the practical business processes and validate with them with the previous learned theory. My mentor was member of the board of directors and gave me the best support in view of this map exercise. My diploma was, in interrelation with the aim being qualified with the ISO certificate, a quality cost controlling tool.

Cost controlling Tools
Diploma: "Concept and implementation of a Quality-Cost-Control tool as a part of a Quality-Assurance-System defined in DIN EN ISO 9001 / 9004."