Experience
Work
2020 - now
Product Owner, Drupalista
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
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
I completed my Bachelors focusing on web development at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien
- Programming in C, .NET, Java, PHP
- Project management, SCRUM
- Projects on Semantic Web & game engineering
- Bachelor thesis on Creating interactive web pages using the Exhibit framework
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