Experience

Mondoo

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Feb 2021 - 2 years 11 months

  Los Angeles, California, United States Help teams understand their infrastructure and improve it. Discover security and operational issues across all types of deployments, from cloud to containers and on-prem. Mondoo answers any question users have to their fleet with smart queries and offers solutions and best-practices.



Google

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Manager

  • Jan 2019 - Jan 2021

  San Francisco Bay Area ActiveAssist, Core PM - Launched the GCP Recommendations platform alongside ActiveAssist, which combines AI and Operations to help users run their cloud environments effectively. Use machine-learning to optimize workloads, reduce cost, increasing security, and improve manageability. Aligned 8 product verticals to collaborate on a shared vision. Workflow Automation, Lead PM - Provide a low-code app creation and integration framework for developers across GCP's core systems. Built the next… Show more ActiveAssist, Core PM - Launched the GCP Recommendations platform alongside ActiveAssist, which combines AI and Operations to help users run their cloud environments effectively. Use machine-learning to optimize workloads, reduce cost, increasing security, and improve manageability. Aligned 8 product verticals to collaborate on a shared vision. Workflow Automation, Lead PM - Provide a low-code app creation and integration framework for developers across GCP's core systems. Built the next generation of workflows, data transformation, and integrations, which saves up to 50-80% of development effort and time. Show less



Progress Chef

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Product and Engineering Manager

  • Aug 2015 - Nov 2018

  San Francisco, Seattle, Berlin Lead the creation and growth of Chef's security automation offering (DevOps). * Co-Creator and developer of InSpec, Chef Compliance, and parts of Chef Automate. * As a Product Manager, created a growing business that now drives Chef's over $50m ARR; transforming the way in which organizations collaborate and achieve security automation. * As Engineering Manager, led a number of highly effective engineering teams that were focused on responsibility, collaboration, and creativity. *… Show more Lead the creation and growth of Chef's security automation offering (DevOps). * Co-Creator and developer of InSpec, Chef Compliance, and parts of Chef Automate. * As a Product Manager, created a growing business that now drives Chef's over $50m ARR; transforming the way in which organizations collaborate and achieve security automation. * As Engineering Manager, led a number of highly effective engineering teams that were focused on responsibility, collaboration, and creativity. * InSpec and Compliance are now used by many Fortune 500 companies and the US government. Show less



VulcanoSec

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Founder, CEO, Product Lead

  • Feb 2015 - Mar 2016

  Cologne Area, Germany VulcanoSec created the products that later became InSpec and Chef Compliance. It envisioned a new way for DevOps and Security to collaborate and solve problems. * Created the foundation for product development based on strong customer validation around use-cases, mockups, prototypes, and MVPs. * The outcomes of my efforts enabled auditors, developers, and admins to collaborate effectively on security tests and automate them. * Developed continuous deliverables to early customers with… Show more VulcanoSec created the products that later became InSpec and Chef Compliance. It envisioned a new way for DevOps and Security to collaborate and solve problems. * Created the foundation for product development based on strong customer validation around use-cases, mockups, prototypes, and MVPs. * The outcomes of my efforts enabled auditors, developers, and admins to collaborate effectively on security tests and automate them. * Developed continuous deliverables to early customers with scheduled updates 3 times every week. Show less



Sessionbird GmbH

• Germany
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Founder, COO, Lead Developer

  • Jun 2013 - Feb 2015

  Berlin Area, Germany Sessionbird aimed to provide a seamless way for people to collaborate (video + audio + documents). * The solution was fully browser-based without any plugins and provided online streaming on desktop and mobile. * It allowed users to call each other, upload documents, and collaborate simultaneously in a meeting. * Developed custom audio and video streaming on top of WebRTC and later added telephony on top of FreeSWITCH. * Developed a custom PaaS to automate git projects into deployed… Show more Sessionbird aimed to provide a seamless way for people to collaborate (video + audio + documents). * The solution was fully browser-based without any plugins and provided online streaming on desktop and mobile. * It allowed users to call each other, upload documents, and collaborate simultaneously in a meeting. * Developed custom audio and video streaming on top of WebRTC and later added telephony on top of FreeSWITCH. * Developed a custom PaaS to automate git projects into deployed scalable docker cluster (failsafe via chaos monkeys). Show less



Deutsche Telekom

• Germany
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Cloud Security Engineering Manager

  • Dec 2011 - Jan 2015

  Berlin Carried the cloud innovation from 4 people at Innovation Laboratory T-Labs to a 200 people organization. * Designed the architecture and security of the platform and introduced DevOps automation. * Co-founded and created the Dev-Sec project (dev-sec.io) that provides open-source hardening for DevOps. * Reached $91M euro ($111M USD) in savings from security automation across the organization.



Deutsche Telekom AG

• Start up! (Young Executive Program)

  • Oct 2010 - Apr 2012

  Bonn Area, Germany I joined different departments for 3 months each and took charge of small projects: 1. Customer-driven implementation of platforms in the eHealth-sector in Germany for Stroke and Heart-attack patients 2. Planning and implementation of the rollout of 4G LTE mobile service and devices (dongles) in Germany 3. Analysis of startup business opportunities for investment and partnering in NYC 4. Development and security of an innovative cloud platform (see above) 5. Planning for… Show more I joined different departments for 3 months each and took charge of small projects: 1. Customer-driven implementation of platforms in the eHealth-sector in Germany for Stroke and Heart-attack patients 2. Planning and implementation of the rollout of 4G LTE mobile service and devices (dongles) in Germany 3. Analysis of startup business opportunities for investment and partnering in NYC 4. Development and security of an innovative cloud platform (see above) 5. Planning for company-wide (international) IT infrastructure unification

• Internship Automated Web-Security

  • Mar 2010 - Sep 2010

  Bonn Area, Germany Researched and implemented the means to create company-compliant tests for web platforms for users and developers without knowledge of IT Security. Extensible, JEE, and a Linux-based live-OS



Deutsche Telekom Inc.

• Business Analysis

  • Jul 2011 - Nov 2011

  New York City, Manhatten, USA Analysis of startup businesses for investment and partnering.



T-Mobile International

• Internship 2G/3G QoE

  • Sep 2009 - Dec 2009

  Hatfield, UK Analyze the relationship of QoE and QoS in 2G and 3G mobile networks and prepare a way to test and demonstrate the effect of the connection quality to experts and managers.



Information and Communications University

• Internship on Open Source in Businesses

  • Mar 2008 - Aug 2008

  Daejeon, South Korea Investigated the current use of Open Source Software in businesses and governments, focusing on Germany, Brazil, and India.



Tourism Australia

• Australia
• Marketing Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Temporary IT Support

  • 2005 - 2005

  Ruby automation, Oracle DB support.