Resume

I help product development organizations to deliver customer value.

VP of Engineering

Leading engineering for an energy platform optimizing consumer energy cost e.g. via AI-based optimized EV charging and heat pump operations.
Introducing cross-functional organisation focusing on customer segments.

01/2026 – today

VP of Engineering

Led engineering for a SaaS platform powering international tax filing.
Introduced AI-assisted development practices and leveraged ML to improve code quality and delivery speed.
Member of the Senior Leadership Team leading the structured wind-down of the business following a strategic reassessment.
Ensured reliable platform operations and customer service throughout the transition period.
Supported employee communication, workforce reduction processes, and customer migration to alternative providers.

06/2025 – 12/2025

VP of Engineering – Growth Tribe

Built a new Point-of-Sale (POS) department from scratch, scaling to 55 people across 5 countries.
Launched and grew SumUp’s POS from 0 to 140k+ global users, launching catalog, checkout, reporting, and fiscalization features.
Led the integration of an acquired 55-person company, unifying tech stack, strategy, and culture into a 110-person org.
Introduced AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor) to boost team productivity.
Partnered closely with Product and GTM to launch initiatives for ML-driven customer acquisition and retention (MarTech AI).

01/2022 – 06/2025

Director of Engineering – Product and Category Experience

Owned engineering and product management for the Product Offer Platform (creating 50k offers/sec).
Directed engineering for the customer-facing Product Details Page and partnered closely with product and design to deliver personalized, scalable customer experiences.
Built the “Category Experience” department to serve high-value verticals (Beauty & Premium) pioneering an inner-sourcing model to overcome delivery challenges.
Introduced the “Mission Teams” model to improve alignment, impact, and velocity.

12/2017 – 12/2021

Head of Technology B2B & Business Operations; Member of the Product & Technology Board

Formed B2B department integrating hundreds of thousands of merchants, processing 1.5bn+ offers/day.
Improved import performance for Amazon and eBay integration by 50%, increasing data quality and user conversion.
Redesigned org structure (250 people) with participative approach, improving customer focus & employee satisfaction.
Ran Billing and CRM tech during interim leadership of Business Operations.

01/2014- 11/2017

Managing Consultant

Led the team ‘Enterprise Project Management/Business Process Automation’ in Germany north-east through team building, development of the service offering, and talent management.
Implementated advanced project, program, and portfolio management methodologies and technologies for customers from the tourism, pharmaceutical, transportation infrastructure, and rail vehicle industry.

11/2011- 12/2013

Managing Consultant

Project manager and engineer for software development projects: requirements engineering, software design, software development, test, and roll-out for customers from the media and logistics industry and from the public sector
Substantial and commercial creation of proposals ranging into multiple million euros volume
Central project controlling
Execution of project risk audits

08/2007- 10/2011

Working Student

2002-2007

Big Data and AI (openHPI, 2023)
Certified Scrum Product Owner (Scrumalliance.org, 2017)
Certified Agile Leader (HR Pioneers, 2016)
ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (2013)
ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (2009)
Diploma (equals master’s degree) in Computer Sciences (Humboldt University Berlin and Hasso Plattner Institute Potsdam, 2007)