Consulting.
Engineering.
Innovation.

• SDLC and platform foundations: help structure a common software development lifecycle and its supporting platform, including Coder development workspaces.
• Architecture development: structure requirements and develop technical concepts, architecture documentation and decision inputs with peer architects and delivery teams.
• Governance and security: connect platform design with agent identity, access boundaries, human approvals, guardrails and evidence requirements for governed software delivery.
• Enterprise collaboration: work with platform engineering, IAM and Group Security on how agentic systems and modern development environments can operate safely at enterprise scale.

Operational resilience & risk

• Consolidated Group-level DORA requirements and operationalized them for reinsurance with systems engineering: business continuity, resilience testing, incident reporting, service levels and third-party risk.
• Supported IT asset classification in Archer GRC, protection requirements, information risk assessments, security documentation and asset monitoring.

Access & information governance

• Worked on IAM/PAM authorization architecture and Nexis access governance with systems engineering; advised on security-by-design, cloud and vendor governance.
• Reorganized IDV around a self-maintained departmental register; coordinated security concepts and records of processing activities. An IDV internal audit in one business area concluded without any deviations.

AI governance & enablement

• Contributed to AI use-case risk assessments and AI compliance discussions with the AI services team.
• Co-prepared and co-facilitated workshops on AI, data, information risk and security.

Stakeholder alignment & simplification

• Contributed to simplifying the internal control system and harmonizing governance processes across business, systems engineering and Group Security.
• Drove a new works agreement and streamlined works-council consultation on departmental IT assets on behalf of departmental leadership, working with the works-council technology committee.

Product development & usability

• Achieved the agreed product and technology deliverables with the team and product owner, including development and release preparation for Novio applications in collaboration with Bauerfeind.
• Contributed creative and usability perspectives, including onboarding, engagement and behavioral design to support sustained therapy use.

Connected product architecture

• Connected user experience, hardware, software and backend services across AnyHand, AnyTrack / Novio Hand and Novio Rücken.
• Developed cloud and backend architecture, security concepts and Kubernetes-based infrastructure with DevOps and CI/CD practices.

People & technology direction

• Led a multidisciplinary team of around 17 people covering cloud applications, hardware, firmware, mobile applications and backend infrastructure.
• Guided day-to-day technical decisions and advised the CEO on technology direction, architecture and major system choices.
• Contributed to candidate selection and direct sourcing alongside the company recruitment process; supported team development and collaboration.

Certification & Regulatory Compliance

• Contributed with Regulatory Affairs to product certification and compliance: AnyHand CE marking (MDD Class IIa), Novio Hand conformity (MDR Class I) and FDA compliance work for US market entry.
• Supported ISO/IEC 27001 certification of LIME's information security management system.

Security assessment & evidence

• Coordinated grey-box application security testing with turingpoint, including technical evidence preparation and liaison with assessors.
• The assessment supported Bauerfeind’s evaluation of LIME as part of its participation in the company.

Hardware Development & Continuity

• Built up connected product and software architecture starting from an existing early-stage device prototype and early-stage firmware.
• Managed the external hardware development partner's requirements, technical coordination, evaluation and technical acceptance.
• Later took on hardware modifications, further development and fault analysis with the internal team.
• Technical foundations established during this period were also used in later Novio products.