IT Consultant

HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH, Immenstaad, Germany
The company was named Airbus Defence and Space by that time. Airbus' Border Security
covered large scale surveillance, intelligence, communications and response solutions. My
responsibility was the development of the land surveillance system element and its adaption to
the Saudi Arabian border protection procurement. I was partly dispatched to Saudi Arabia.

* Leading the development and integration team of 40 people distributed to 3 sites
* Ensuring deliveries of the land surveillance solution for system integration and
verification
* Ramping up development team for the realization of functional extensions

HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH, Immenstaad, Germany
For this position I was transferred for the Joint Venture Emiraje in Abu Dhabi. The JV was the
contracting partner for the UAE Army's Command and Control procurement. As the subsystem
manager for the system management element, my work covered the realization of monitoring
and sustainment functionality. The procurement was cancelled by the buyer.

* Planning of the subsystem development with design, acquisition / implementation,
integration, verification, installation and acceptance
* Conduction of operational analyses for the determination of customer requirements

HENSOLDT Sensor GmbH, Immenstaad, Germany
The company was publicly known as Cassidian by that time. The Ministry of Interior of Saudi
Arabia procured a vast integrated border protection solution. During the solution definition
phase, the design office was located in Saudi Arabia. My responsibility focused on the project
management part of the design work und the integration of work results incl. document
management. The team achieved 2 important design milestones and readiness for
implementation.

* Leading the system design team of 15 people in absence of the Lead Solution Architect
* Negotiation of system requirements with the customer

HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH, Immenstaad, Germany
The company's' name was EADS Defence & Security by that time. In the Avionics business,
EADS had created various versions of mission management computers for military helicopters.
The product versions were branched and the individual branches had become disconnected. My
work comprised the creation of common baselines for requirements and design, to get all
product versions back to one implementation core.

* Analyzing requirements
* Synthesizing system architecture

Jeppesen GmbH, Neu-Isenburg, Germany
Jeppesen produced aeronautical charts as paper products. In order to make the change to
digital products the company founded the Advanced Business Development organization, which
researched digital applications of the existing products are the derivation of complete new
applications. My work covered the elaboration of Electronic Flight Bag functions into aircraft
cockpit procedures.

* Acquisition and execution of public funded research projects with coordination of all
project partners
* Being company representative at Bund der deutschen Luftfahrtindustrie (BDLI)
* Definition of product requirements in conjunction with the Product Management
* Ensuring product approval by application of the standards: DO-178B, DO-200A, ARP
4761 und ARP 4754

Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Publication and Information Systems (IPSI), Darmstadt,
Germany
IPSI researched in the field of mobile communication middleware for disaster relief applications.
I helped in prototype implementations and completed my thesis.

* Responsible for the design and implementation of a communication middleware for
application in emergency response

Maintec GmbH, Aschaffenburg, Germany
Maintec was a service provider usually for small enterprises to sustain IT availability. One big
customer was Akzo Nobel, where 2 employees were on-site permanently.

* Provided technical services for small enterprises
* Provided network management service for Akzo Nobel, Obernburg