Experiences

Global Product Manager, Core Edge Services

04/2025 - Present
Siemens AG, Foundational Services (FDS)
  • Provide technical leadership across 6 engineering teams covering Connectivity, Device Management, and Application Management across Building X and Electrification X
  • Own the Connectivity and Edge portfolio for all of Siemens
  • Driving a common Edge Fabric across the entire Siemens product portfolio, in line with the One Tech Company strategy
  • Consolidating fragmented, business-unit-specific connectivity and edge capabilities into a shared, reusable foundation that every business unit can build on

Global Product Manager for Building X Connectivity Vertical

09/2024 - 03/2025
Siemens AG, BuildingX Platform
  • Provided technical leadership across 4 engineering teams, aligning them on a shared connectivity architecture and roadmap without formal reporting lines
  • Drove strategy and development of connectivity solutions for edge devices and systems within Siemens Smart Infrastructure
  • Managed the product lifecycle and prioritized R&D investments
  • Aligned multiple business units on common connectivity standards, enabling seamless device integration and lifecycle management
  • Enabled massive-scale data abstraction across the global Siemens portfolio, directly impacting the platform’s core infrastructure growth

Software Architect

07/2023 - 08/2024
Siemens AG, SI CTO Office
  • Defined and implemented the software architecture strategy for the entire Siemens Smart Infrastructure business unit
  • Hands-on with ALM/PLM and DevOps tooling across the organization - JIRA, IBM Jazz, GitLab (code.siemens.com), Polarion, and CI/CD pipelines
  • Built and maintained automated test infrastructure - Robot Framework plus custom-built tooling - spanning embedded and cloud applications
  • Standardized approaches for data integration, semantic modeling, and device connectivity across a global software ecosystem
  • Established common architectural patterns and promoted the W3C Web of Things standard
  • Significantly accelerated time-to-market for enterprise digital services

Product Owner

10/2021 - 06/2023
evosoft GmbH
  • Owned and developed sayWoT!, a solution for easily connecting and integrating data from different devices
  • Drove usability, performance, and scalability improvements
  • Evangelized the open W3C Web of Things standard to potential customers
  • Gave talks fostering and growing the ecosystem around sayWoT!

Developer

04/2018 - 09/2021
evosoft GmbH
  • Built a W3C WoT-compliant semantic data adapter
  • Developed real-time edge middleware for data transmission
  • Built an AWS-based predictive analytics system for power plant operations
  • Gained deep domain knowledge across Power Generation, large Motors, and Smart Infrastructure

Developer

10/2017 - 03/2018
Datev eG
  • Developed the frontend for a new Identity and Access Management system in Angular
  • Deployed the system on the company’s own server infrastructure

Softwarequalityassurance Consultant

07/2016 - 09/2017
imbus AG
  • Designed, developed, and maintained test automation across multiple domains
  • Projects included a car infotainment system and a bank Identity and Access Management system

Education

Training as an IT specialist for application development

2014 - 2016
imbus AG

General qualification for university entrance

2011
Albert-Schweitzer Gymnasium

Talks & Publications

As a Product Manager and Software Architect, I’m not only interested in building software but also in sharing what I’ve learned along the way. I’ve given several talks at conferences and events about the W3C Web of Things standard and its applications, as well as about software architecture and product management in the context of IoT and digital transformation. Here are some of my recent talks and publications: