IT Leadership & Governance
Leading the internal IT team · IT strategy and organisational frameworks · project management · service and process management · alignment of business and IT
Profile
About
As Information Security Officer and Head of Internal IT at innobis AG, I set the strategic and organisational framework for the company's information security and internal IT. I lead the internal IT team, steer IT and security projects, and make sure that security, operations and business requirements fit together. Our information security management is guided in part by ISO 27001 and BSI IT-Grundschutz.
In parallel, I remain active in SAP projects for financial institutions as senior consultant and service manager – including responsibility for sub-projects in an SAP banking merger. I joined innobis in 2017 as an SAP development consultant.
With more than 20 years in enterprise IT, I know the field from the ground up: I started with an apprenticeship as an IT systems electronics technician, building networks and installing and commissioning control systems. Before innobis, I spent over a decade at W. Brandenburg GmbH & Co. oHG, progressing to head of IT. My interest in technology began before the internet became part of everyday life, in the days of dial-up modems – and the curiosity that started then still drives my work today.
My focus is on IT that is secure, reliable and aligned with business goals – with clear responsibilities, sound processes and a team that can deliver. As a Linux and open-source enthusiast, I also run my own lab environment as a safe space to try out new technologies and methods, and bring what I learn there into strategic decisions and our day-to-day work.
- Information Security Management
- IT Leadership & Governance
- SAP Project & Service Management
- Solution Architecture
Expertise
Skills
A selection of key areas and technologies from my work – not an exhaustive list.
Information Security
Information security management (ISO 27001 · BSI IT-Grundschutz) · security strategy and policies · risk management · business continuity management (BCM) · security awareness · technical measures such as hardening, PKI, zero-trust access, WAF and vulnerability management
Solution Architecture
Shaping key architecture decisions · secure-by-design hosting and operation of web applications · integrated system landscapes in which systems build on each other rather than operating as isolated silos
SAP
Project and service management for SAP banking solutions · SAP Certified Development Associate
Infrastructure & Automation
Linux · business-critical databases in high-availability operation (PostgreSQL streaming replication with STONITH fencing, MariaDB Galera Cluster) · virtualisation and clustering (Proxmox, VMware vSphere, Hyper-V) · clustered storage (Ceph, Longhorn) · containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) · automation (Ansible, CI/CD)
Development & Data
SAP development · Python, C and SQL · database design · analysis of undocumented legacy systems
Career
Experience
2023 – present
Head of Internal IT
innobis AG
Responsible for the company's internal IT: leading the IT team, setting the strategic and organisational framework for infrastructure, operations and IT services, and steering IT projects.
2022 – present
Information Security Officer
innobis AG
Responsible for information security across the company: building and steering the information security management, in part based on ISO 27001 and BSI IT-Grundschutz – including security strategy, policies, risk management, business continuity management and awareness.
2017 – present
Senior SAP Development Consultant & Service Manager
innobis AG
Project and service management for SAP banking solutions at financial institutions. Responsible for sub-projects in an SAP banking merger, including the development workstream – among other things, the analysis of undocumented legacy code to reconstruct its business logic. Joined innobis as SAP development consultant.
2015 – 2017
Head of IT
W. Brandenburg GmbH & Co. oHG
Technical and disciplinary lead of the IT department at the Timmendorfer Strand production site, including responsibility for production processes and warehouse management in SAP.
2012 – 2015
IT Coordinator
W. Brandenburg GmbH & Co. oHG
Planning and management of SAP and IT infrastructure projects, including the migration of SQL database applications to SAP and the introduction of a real-time OEE monitoring system to optimise the production lines.
2010 – 2012
System Administrator
W. Brandenburg GmbH & Co. oHG
Operation of the SAP and IT infrastructure, including related projects.
2005 – 2010
IT Specialist – Infrastructure & Databases
W. Brandenburg GmbH & Co. oHG
Development of database applications for budget planning; operation and maintenance of the IT infrastructure.
Qualifications
Education
2022 – present
IT Management (M.Sc.) – coursework completed, master's thesis in progress
FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie und Management, Hamburg
2017 – 2021
Business Informatics (B.Sc.)
FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie und Management
2008 – 2010
Computer Science (coursework)
Universität zu Lübeck
2002 – 2005
IT Systems Electronics Technician – network installation, control systems engineering and commissioning
Industrie- und Handelskammer zu Lübeck
Get in touch
Contact
The best way to reach me is by email. For confidential messages, please use my OpenPGP key.
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