Experience

Work

2020 - now

Product Owner, Drupalista

Liip
DrupalConsultingWeb DevelopmentOpen SourceDiversity & Inclusion

As a Product Owner, I help clients and teams maximize value using Drupal.

  • Freitag.ch - E-Commerce Platform based on Drupal Commerce that sells sustainable fashion world-wide.
  • pharmaSuisse - Relaunch based on Nuxt and headless Drupal Commerce with deep ERP integrations.
  • PostDoc.ch - Maintenance of the Drupal Commerce platform

Further roles: Drupal Expert, Drupal Developer, Drupal Communtiy Coordinator, Diversity & Inclusion Advocate

2019 - 2020

Senior Consultant

As a Consultant, I worked with clients and teams on various Drupal initiatives.

  • Establishing new collaboration methods in Agile UX
  • Explaining technology to stakeholders in sales and consulting
  • Increasing the Drupal marketplace ranking of the company

Further roles included

  • Compensation & Promotion Supporter
  • Recruiter
  • Diversity Inclusion Advocate

2014 - 2019

Deputy Head Technology, Head Technology & Agile Consultant

Over 4 years, I established agile methods, sustainability practices and new technology approaches together with development teams at a leading Drupal and React agency in Zurich.

  • Scrum Master, Agile Coach and Consultant
  • Drupal & React Consulting
  • Management & initiatives together with Cape Town and Austin
  • Upcycling Strategy, Retrospectives.

2013 - 2014

Drupal development & account management

In different roles, I worked with clients and the tech team for a Drupal startup in Vienna.

  • Project management & client communications
  • Drupal site building, front-end & backend development
  • #d8rules corporate & crowd funding campaign 2014
  • Speaking at Drupal conferences (Prague, Vienna, Szeged, Donetsk, Portoroz)
  • Full-day training conductor at DrupalCon Prague 2013 and DrupalCamp Vienna 2013

2010 - 2013

Drupal development & community management

As a working student, I worked as developer and community manager for a product startup based on Drupal

  • AustroFeedr research project: Drupal 7 site building & module development
  • Feature-driven development for the Recruiter Drupal 7 distribution & client-projects
  • Coordination of front-end development & community engagement
  • Omega 4.x & Cloudy: Management & development of the new Omega version with Sebastian Siemssen and the new Cloudy Recruiter Base Theme with Sass & Compass

2008 - 2009

Social Service Abroad (Nicaragua)

I spent a year in Nicaragua doing my social service abroad in the field of technology at a cultural center

  • Relaunch of the institute website using Drupal 6
  • Free Drupal training workshop from April to June 
  • Technical back-office support
  • Projects in marketing and public relations
  • Coordination of cultural activities: exhibitions, competitions, concerts

Education

2009 - 2013

Master in Software Engineering & Internet Computing

Vienna University of Technology

I completed my Master in Software Engineering & Internet Computing at Vienna University of Technology

  • Focus on Java-based internet technologies
  • Master thesis on Server-side clustering for mapping in Drupal 7: Geocluster
  • Certificate

 

2005 - 2008

Bachelor of Information Technology

University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien

I completed my Bachelors focusing on web development at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien  

Volunteering

2020

Program Team Lead & Advisory Board Member

Drupal Europe 2020 brought together 780 attendees online during the COVID-19 pandemic. As program team lead and advisory board member, my responsibilities included

  • Recruiting Track Team Members
  • Guiding the Team
  • Setting Strategy for the Program

2019

Board Member

  • Helped introduce Holacracy to run the Assocation
  • Helped set-up new initiatives for the community
  • Helped run the first association board meeting

2019

Program Team Lead & Advisory Board Member

DrupalCon Amsterdam 2019 brought together 1500 attendees for 4 days of knowledge sharing, collaboration, networking and connection. As Program Team Lead & Advisory Board Member my responsibilities included

  • Recruiting and guiding multiple track chairs for each track of the conference
  • Design and implementation of a selection process that reduces bias based on anonymous voting

2009

Community Manager & Board Member

  • Helped bring up DrupalCamp Vienna from 200 to 400+ attendees
  • Organized various community events
  • Helped relaunch the organisation website