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Zürich Area, Switzerland

Leading technical, transformational and cross-functional programs which established, standardised and iteratively improved SDLC processes, Engineering Practices and the Infrastructure Setup to enable long-term scaling and growth of the company. Achieving companywide transparency about adherence to non-functional requirements as measured by KPIs by introducing Product Standards with measurable KPIs and an updated Release Process with a release overview dashboard. Leading and managing the technical transformation program from start to pilot phase and go-live according to a prioritised roadmap. Managing and facilitating the resolution of technical challenges such as infrastructural setup, tooling decisions or product specific issues. Leading technical client projects and replanning, organising the product backlog, optimising the working setup of the team and managing actively the client expectation. Communicating and presenting regularly progress, issues and risks of critical initiatives to Senior Stakeholders and C-Level Executives.

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Leading a large agile project developing an investment mandate management platform with distributed and cross-functional teams consisting of up to 25 local, near-shore and off-shore members and external developers. Managing the challenging project through the whole project lifecycle. Achieving continuously successful go-lives of the product together with the team within the high expectation of the client regarding schedule, cost, scope, risk and quality by proactively addressing and managing the issues and risks. Leading smaller projects such as the new development of a Mobile Banking App from concept to project completion enabling the client to launch an award-winning App.

Focusing on technical requirements engineering and management of product requirements. Achieving to manage and ensure product quality by active stakeholder management, improving the QA pipeline with implementing automated tests in Java and in-depth technical issue analysis.

Achieving regulatory compliant software and hardware for Linear Accelerators used in radiotherapy in highly regulated health industry by supporting the team in verifying hardware and software components and providing qualified feedback to the developers.

IAESTE Internship with main focus in research of new technologies, presentation of findings, analysis, design and implementation in Java.

Master Of Science (Msc), Computer Science

Exchange Semester, Computer Science