Principal IT Architect & Managing Consultant | API Governance, Cloud & Regulatory Systems (CSRD)

10/2022 – offen

2024-2025: MVV Energie AG – CSRD Compliance Program
Led architecture and data modeling for CSRD/ESRS regulatory implementation. Designed Prototypes and Enaio-based archival tooling to meet disclosure and compliance requirements across 150+ entities. Performed integration analysis, interface modeling, stakeholder coordination, and Go-Live planning.

2024: DB Training – Phoenix Middleware Initiative
Multi-project lead and Product Owner for central middleware modernization under CIO mandate. Established and led 4 Scrum teams, delivered 40+ API interfaces, coordinated with C-Level stakeholders and architectural governance. Utilized Kafka, OpenShift, Java Spring Boot, AWS.

2023–2024: SMA Solar – Samsung SmartThings Integration
Technical PM for integration of SMA Energy Management with Samsung SmartThings IoT. Delivered AWS-hosted cloud-to-cloud connector, schema integration, and certification across global teams using Node.js, Lambda, OAuth2/OIDC, Keycloak.

2022–2023: SOKA-BAU – Core System Modernization
Chief Architect for modernization of monolithic Java system (ULAK vacation fund). Defined target architecture, API guidelines, REST strategy, coached 3 agile teams (~50 people), supported cloud-native evaluations, and introduced architecture CoP.

Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT), IT-Berater, IT-Projektleiter, Software Architecture, Softwareentwickler

2/2020 – 9/2022

2021–2022: Beiersdorf – Center of Excellence Integration
API integration architect for building a global CoE. Defined lifecycle processes, REST conventions, built API marketplace MVP, and enforced API governance with Azure API Management, OpenAPI, Prism, and DevOps pipelines.

2021–2022: Zurich Insurance – Global API Program
API Product Manager and CoE lead in global insurance transformation. Delivered API blueprints, governance model, DevOps tooling (Axway, OpenShift), led PoCs and strategic API roadmap execution across domains.

2020–2021: LBBW – Strategic API Governance
Led API security, test automation, and mocking framework design for KYC & Disclosure projects. Designed REST architecture, OAS-based standards, and CI/CD pipelines. Key stakeholder for architectural decisions and team scaling.

IT-Berater, IT-Manager, Software Architecture, IT Architekt Informationssicherheit

1/2018 – 12/2020

2019–2020: DB Vertrieb – Cloud Enablement (AWS)
Solution architect for cloud migration of sales systems. Modernized config mgmt platform (BISTA), implemented Angular + Java microservices on AWS (EC2, ECS, RDS), led DevOps stream and agile team delivery.

2018-2019: Payone
Solution Architect for Payment services

2018: Commerzbank – API Management Initiative
Techlead in API program

IT-Projektleiter, Software Quality, Software Architecture, Software Design