WELCOME
I am a software developer, engineering manager, international speaker and currently Head of Engineering at Clariness, a leading life sciences company accelerating medical innovation.
Ranging from startups and agencies to multinational enterprises, I’ve spent well over a decade working in the magic triangle of software engineering, product management and people leadership.
LEADERSHIP
Principles
These beliefs are based on my experience and my personal style of leadership. I have never seen a team perform at a sustained high level of excellence whose members didn’t share at least some of these beliefs.
TRUST
I believe in trusting people to do what they were hired to do, and then some. I believe in Kerth’s Prime Directive: everybody does their best with what they have available.
COMMUNICATION
I believe in excessive communication, especially in distributed teams. I will share all available and relevant information as often and as widely as is feasible.
GROWTH
I believe that it is my responsibility to ensure that everybody is able to showcase and further improve both their personal and technical skills and abilities.
TEAM
I believe that a motivated, psychologically safe and well-equipped team with a shared goal can solve any challenge they set out to accomplish, and solve it well.
SPEAKING
Conference Talks
*Covid disclaimer – only accepting in-person engagements with abundant safety precautions, such as mask or vaccination requirements. I prefer being able to read and interact with my audience in person, which is difficult to do in online-only conferences.
See you all soon, hopefully.
Bits & Currywurst
Dortmund, DE
The conference where nerds meet decision-makers, innovative ideas and projects emerge,
and the digital scene exchanges ideas every year in the Ruhr region.
HeroCon
Dortmund, DE
The event for All Things Tech at GastroHero, bringing remote, cross-functional product teams of Engineers, UX Designers and Product Owners together in Dortmund every year.
FrontConf
Munich, DE
The FrontConf is an annual international conference focusing on front-end development, covering the whole stack from modern Javascript to UX and Web design.
GeeCon
Krakow, PL
Java and JVM based technologies, dynamic languages, enterprise architectures, patterns, distributed computing, software craftsmanship, mobile and much more…
FrontCon
Riga, LV
FrontCon gathers more than 250 front-end professionals, enthusiasts and invites everybody who wants to deepen their knowledge and improve skills in front-end and web application development.
PyConWeb
Munich, DE
Django, Tornado, Flask, API frameworks. AsyncIO, networking. Frontend and JS. Web Security.
All covered in one conference. Since 2017.
EMPLOYERS
Professional Experience
Some challenges are the same no matter the business. Others are delightfully unique.
Here are my three most recent places of work.
Head of Engineering
Clariness
Life Sciences
Clinical Trials Management
2023 – current
Head of Engineering
GastroHero
eCommerce
B2B & B2C
2021 – 2023
Head of IT
digit.cologne
Tech Consulting
Finance & Insurance Tech
2018 – 2021