Some of the ventures I have been involved in …
Project manager, Freightme Limited (Transport industry) 2010 - 2011
Freightme Limited is a transport brokering business. The service is aimed at the C2C, B2C and B2B market with plans to become an integrated part of trademe.co.nz
- Feasibility analysis and assisting with the business case
- Conception of the base IT structure and iterative development of the product
- Full lifecycle project management using agile project management approach
- Successful launch of a new business
- Great working relationship with the involved stakeholders
- Scalable and adaptable product for the planned launch in the Australian market
- deeper insight in the construction and logistic industry
- Freightme - New Zealand’s first real time online freight brokerage system.
COO and Project Manager, Signetix International Limited (IT industry) 1999 - 2011
Project management and development of corporate solutions. Leadership of small development teams by use of different agile project management methodologies depending of project size. Participation in bigger projects (in virtual team environment) as well as full lifecycle projects for clients.
- General business management, leadership, stakeholder management
- Conception and management of marketing strategy, lead generation and CRM
- Development of web solutions with my team of internal and external developers
- Project management using different methodologies; Mainly using NFL and eXtreme Programming
- Working in all areas of projects from conception and initiation to closing
- More than 100 developments of web systems in all sizes (incl. banking systems) often parallel
- Great working relationship with many clients and contractors
- Experiences with many different technologies and methodologies
- Real-estate identification card for the Austrian “Raiffeisen” bank - Real-estate agent identification card generation and maintenance system. Will become European standard. Technologies: Custom CMS, PHP, MySql, MVC RD framework Qcodo, JavaScript & jQuery
- The Prow for the Nelson library – Platform with the purpose of providing an education portal about the region’s history. Integration of the project into the clients program. Technologies: CMS Silverstripe as WiKi system, HTML, CSS, AJAX, PHP, MySql, MVC
- Business directory for MyPages – A yellow pages like business search for the South Island of NZ. Technologies: Custom CMS, address search, site search. PHP, MySql, MVC RD framework QCodo
- TradeWeb - CMS website package for small businesses. Technologies: Custom CMS, PHP, MySql, MVC RD framework Qcodo, JavaScript & jQuery
- TCO/ROI tool for the “Sparkasse” (a German bank chain) – ROI, TCO simulation and analysis software for banks, supporting the impact simulation of changes in the IT infrastructure. Technologies: Custom framework application in PHP, MySql
- 3D product configurator for Llumar – 3D visualization on the Net. This online tool lets the user configure a freely manoeuvrable 3D object, in this case cars, with the option to order online. Technologies: Flex AS3, Java, Holomatrix, Blaze3D
- Intranet for Lufthansa AG – CMS and intranet for the Lufthansa AG. Lufthansa staff training and on-going support for the dedicated Lufthansa Intranet team. Technologies: Imperia CMS, Oracle
- Wissen.de (winner of the internet Oscar) – One of the biggest Wikipedia systems. Template development and additional aspects of the overall site. Technologies: HTML, CSS, PHP, MySql
Project manager, Umzug24 Limited (Transport industry) 2005 - 2010
Umzug24 was the first online transport auctioning system in Europe. The business expanded in different business areas and launched several successful portals.
- Feasibility analysis and assisting with the selection of the business cases to follow
- Conception of the IT structure and creation of several portals with the development team
- Program management during the entire project life cycles using the NFL and XP approach
- Management of the virtual development team
- Launch of several new businesses in form of successful portal websites
- Insight into logistics and the transport industry
- Umzugsboerse-Online.com - Online transport auctioning service 400 moving companies involved. Generation of automatic tour creation software attached to an auto bidding system.
- Lebenslage-Scheidung.de - Largest German online portal for legal information about divorce with attached solicitor service.
Project manager, Plan2Build Limited (Construction industry) 2005 - 2006
Housing company with the goal of creating a trade network in New Zealand. I managed the liaison between construction and IT industry for this venture. Stakeholders are designers, architects, clients, suppliers and quantity surveyors. The system replaces a general contractor.
- Management of the IT team
- Optimization of the system to meet the stakeholders communication requirements
- Project management during the entire project life cycle
- Finished tool for housing management
- Insight into the construction industry
Developer and PM team member, Telefonica (Telecommunications industry) 2001 - 2005
Telefonica is Europe’s 2nd largest telecommunications company. The German branch was responsible for server hosting (farming) for AOL and for application development
- System developer and team leader for several internal and external project
- Successfully finished several projects
- Created great relationships within the German IT community
- Transition from developer to member of project management team
- RTL webmail – Webmail system of the media company (TV station) RTL. Technologies: SQ-webmail, C++, CSS, HTML, PHP, Oracle
- NCC control system interface – Export and reporting interface for the Telefonica NCC (network control center) enabling management to pull reports when needed. Technologies: Oracle, HTML, CSS, PHP