About me
Due to my apprenticeship with an emphasis on design, 18+ years of professional experience working as employee or self-employed and the study of media computer science at the university of applied sciences RheinMain I can build the bridge between design and technology, conception and realization and can contribute profound professional know-how to the creation of complex web-based applications.
As a CTO I see my role as the Developer Happiness Advocate and try to establish trust and craftsmanship in organizations.
In 2016 I joined Resourceful HumansThe Resourceful Humans Way is an easy to implement Management Framework of, for and by your teams, enabling a workplace full of purpose with 100% Entrepreneurship and 0% Bureaucracy. as their CTO where I help organizations to transform themselves into an entrepreneurial network.
Although Resourceful Humans is Berlin-based I have my workplace at Die Zentrale CoworkingDie Zentrale Coworking Space in Frankfurt - (real) Coworking in Frankfurt / Bornheim Mitte-Frankfurt's only real coworking space.
The rest of 2015 I worked at Fintura Comparison of conditions for loans as their Chief Technical Officer. Fintura is a team of experts with a background in banking, risk assessment, IT- and product-development which is passionate about their vision: finding the best loans for small and medium businesses.
From April 2014 to March 2015 I worked as the Chief Technical Officer for dotHIV.hiv domains – The digital Red Ribbon. dotHIV is a non-profit organization which aims to raise awareness and funds for the fight against HIV/AIDS by establishing the new top level domain hiv.
Until march 2014 I used to work as coder::by(♥);Freelance Señor Web Backend Dev on a freelance basis for agencies and SMEs where I was responsible for the conception and realization of complex web-based applications and also for technical project management.
In 2012 I graduated in media computer science (B.Sc.) and received the grade 15 (ECTS grade A) My bachelor-thesis about Conception and design of an application for the management of text for information and communication media (German abstract) received the grade 1.0 (A).
If I have some spare time on my hands I take pictures. I like to cook and even more to go on vacation. Basically, I am interested in everything which can be sculptured by bits and happens „under the hood“ of web applications. I am also totally into Usergroups-you'll meet me regularly at the Softwerkskammer, the PHP- and Agile usergroups and many more events in the Rhein-Main area.
In March 2013 I initiated the Webmontag OffenbachWebmonday Offenbach is an informal, non-commercial, and completely community-driven event that aims to connect the people who are shaping the future of the internet.-a recurring event which will bring together likeminded people from all creative industries in the city to connect. I am also part of the team that organizes the BarCamp RheinMainThe BarCamp RheinMain takes place once a year and is a community-driven two-day conference..