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Curriculum Vitae

Senior Software Engineer with 25 years across desktop, web, cloud and distributed systems.

I build and shape software systems, from Windows desktop applications early on to distributed Go services and infrastructure as code today. Below is a condensed overview of where I worked, what I learned and where I share it.

Work experience

May 2026 – present

Supervisory Board Member

Energieversorgung Rodau GmbH (EVR)
April 2026 – present

Honorary City Councillor

City of Rodgau
September 2022 – present

Senior Software Engineer

Infront Quant AG
July 2021 – August 2022

Software Engineer

Infront Quant AG
April 2012 – June 2021

Principal Architect

SYZYGY Deutschland GmbH

Supported the Windows 8 & 10 market launch and Windows Phone mobile applications. Planned cloud-based infrastructure and application deployment and consulted on DevOps practices for internal and external customers. Built distributed cloud applications with Go microservices and queue-based asynchronous communication, including a networked aggregated tail over Go and gRPC for easier ad-hoc access to logs.

April 2011 – March 2012

Software Architect

SYZYGY Deutschland GmbH

Web-based line-of-business applications with ASP.NET WebForms and MVC, multitouch solutions based on WPF, and distributed applications using queuing technologies.

October 2008 – March 2011

Software Developer

SYZYGY Deutschland GmbH

Web-based line-of-business applications with ASP.NET WebForms and MVC and multitouch solutions based on WPF.

May 2001 – October 2008

Software Development, Management

KEAtec GmbH

Desktop applications using WinForms with the DevExpress toolkit and computer telephony application drivers.

February 1999 – March 2001

Developer

Logo Communication GmbH

Line-of-business applications with VB6 and later the first installments of .NET, starting with the beta versions.

July 1998 – September 1998

Internship

Dresdner Bank AG

Supported the team testing the forced conversion of DM accounts to EUR accounts, then worked on test cases for rounding bookings.

April 1997

Internship

Controlware GmbH

Acquired basic knowledge of computer networks, both physical and software side.

Education

September 1998 – April 2003

Diploma, Computer Science

University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt

Focus on system programming, artificial intelligence and data protection.

August 1989 – April 1998

Higher education entrance qualification (A-Levels)

Freie Christliche Schule Frankfurt

Languages & more

Languages

  • German (native)
  • English (proficient)
  • Spanish (basic knowledge)

Qualifications

  • Microsoft Azure Application Development Training (2015)
  • Using Azure for Application Development (2016)
  • Seminar: Führen ohne Vorgesetztenfunktion (2020)

Organizations

  • Co-organizer, Frankfurt Rhein-Main Gophers Meetup
  • PASS e.V., SQL Server user group

Talks & posters

DevOps at Scale with Infrastructure as Code

Talk at BASTA! 2019. Usage examples for infrastructure as code with a focus on software build and test using GitLab and Terraform.

Mindful Leadership: how do the characteristics of leaders differ between occupational groups?

Poster for the 5th convention of the research network attentiveness, Berlin, November 2016.

E-Learning: student teachers in a blended learning seminar, between ignorance and curiosity

Poster for the 15th E-Learning Day, Graz, 15 September 2016.