Kai Krause
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Credentials
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Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I)
Scrum.orgDec, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Exam 483: Programming in C#
MicrosoftMar, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
APIs and Microservices
freeCodeCampFeb, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
MicrosoftOct, 2020- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Speechify
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Platform Engineer
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Mar 2022 - Present
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Eloq GmbH
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Switzerland
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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CTO
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Jan 2020 - Feb 2022
- Develop technical aspects of the company’s strategy to ensure alignment with its business goals- Discover and implement new technologies that yield a competitive advantage- Help departments use technology profitably- Supervise Google Cloud infrastructure to ensure functionality and efficiency- Team building and managing of client projects
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Digital Transformation Consultant
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Jun 2018 - Dec 2019
- Strategic and technical advice to the management- Requirements analysis, conception and realization of customer projects- Management of the Cloud Infrastructure"Mr. Krause was in charge of the evaluation and realization of the entire technical eco-system of Eloq GmbH. Mr Krause has extensive and profound theoretical, technical and industry knowledge. The administrative and production cloud solutions chosen by Mr. Krause provide significant market advantages for our company. Always up-to-date, Mr. Krause sees through market developments at an early stage. Considering the company's overall situation, he proposes next steps, plans them, initializes them, initiates the activities independently, and implements them at any time. Mr. Krause also excels in agile project work as a highly reliable co-worker. His working style is always cooperative and structured. Even in stressful situations, which are characteristic of our company as a start-up, he always shows a high willingness to perform. We know him as an extremely committed employee who is always willing to do extra work. He carries out the tasks entrusted to him extremely independently, efficiently and carefully, taking on a high degree of personal responsibility. The results of the tasks assigned to Mr. Krause and the achievement of the objectives consistently exceed our most entire expectations."
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NHC Connector AG
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Switzerland
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Computer and Network Security
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1 - 100 Employee
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Architect for medical software solutions
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Apr 2019 - Feb 2022
- Collaborating with various stakeholders to develop client strategies around digital solutions within the medical sector- Identifying the best cloud / on-premise solution to successfully meet the strategic customer needs- Monitor Azure cloud infrastructure to ensure functionality and efficiency- Guidance in infrastructure movement techniques including application transfers into the cloud- Developing medical software solutions that yield a competitive advantage for our customers by producing clean, efficient code and connecting various systems together.
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EasyCode-IT AG
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Switzerland
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Software Engineer
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Jan 2020 - Jan 2022
- Conception and planning of new software solutions based on Azure- Full-stack development of high-quality web applications in C#- App development lead with React Native and Typescript
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Chief Development Officer
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Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
- Strategic planning, product development and design of processes- Leadership nearshoring Serbia- On-premise migration of Atlassian products to Atlassian Cloud- On-premise migration of internal SaaS solution to Red Azure Cloud"Mr. Krause has excellent knowledge of the programming languages C#, especially with the frameworks ASP.net, MVC and EntityFramework, JavaScript, and good knowledge of ReactJS, React Native and Typescript. His broad and deep knowledge is continuously and is therefore always up to date with the latest technical developments. The company highly appreciates his initiative and economic way of thinking when optimizing processes and introducing new technologies. His exact and professional way of working is also shown by his high demands on quality and exact formulation of his assigned work and the tickets he is given. He keeps a cool head even in hectic times and when high volumes of work arise and shows flexibility in the organization of his working hours. He performed a large part of his tasks from his home office and worked in a self-reliant and disciplined manner."
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Lead Software Engineer
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Aug 2016 - Dec 2017
- Organization and management of the Dev team- Significant contribution to the development tool-chain, including the development process and automated builds. In this context, the introduction of GIT, Cl environment, Jira, Bamboo and Nuget Server.- Setup, operation, maintenance and documentation of the Docker environment based on Rancher- Planning, conception and realization of SaaS solution WebFrame and the related modules (EasyNews, EasyShop, EasyWeb, EasySDK), based on: ASP.NET, MVC, EF, Bootstrap 3, jQuery, CSS3, Microsoft SQL Server, IIS Server"Mr. Krause is a very helpful, team-oriented and reliable employee who, thanks to his flexibility and broad technical knowledge, is highly valued by both his superiors and other employees. With his competent, friendly manner and his professional authority, he always represents the company convincingly to the outside world, so that he always wins the respect of customers and partners. Furthermore, he has in-depth knowledge of Git, Docker as well as the Atlassian palette Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket. Mr. Krause is also familiar with the processes of testing and works at an above-average pace and always implements even complex business logic."
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Software Engineer
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Aug 2015 - Jul 2016
- App developments (connection to REST APIs, Xamarin C#).- Development of an own build server for .NET 4.5- Implementation of various customer projects- Support EasyStudios in the frontend area"Mr. Krause was involved in the early stages of building the company, has been instrumental in the design, development and implementation of our own SaaS solutions and has made valuable contributions to all departments of our company."
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Diversify.io
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Blockchain Engineer
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Mar 2021 - Dec 2021
Architected and realised the Company's smart contract landscape. Consisting of an ERC20 token, different kinds of token vaults like interval released and one time, distributor contracts for community and foundation rewards, seed sale contract for multiple rounds and transparent proxies to support contract upgrades. The main technologies used were Solidity and Hardhat with full typing support. The further realisation of the Next.js based web3 app for the seed sale. Architected and realised the Company's smart contract landscape. Consisting of an ERC20 token, different kinds of token vaults like interval released and one time, distributor contracts for community and foundation rewards, seed sale contract for multiple rounds and transparent proxies to support contract upgrades. The main technologies used were Solidity and Hardhat with full typing support. The further realisation of the Next.js based web3 app for the seed sale.
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Unic
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Switzerland
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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200 - 300 Employee
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Software Engineer
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Aug 2013 - Jul 2015
- SharePoint application development- Bugfixing SharePoint 2010 and 2013- Migration SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013- Development ASP.Net C#- Responsible for operation of customer application PHP Joomla- Creation of various scripts with PowerShell"Mr. Krause was responsible for customer support, analysis and conception of the new requirement, as well as their implementation. By supporting the test team in various projects, Mr. Krause was able to acquire important knowledge in the field of software testing. Due to his very good knowledge of GIT, Mr. Krause was also co-responsible for the migration of all SharePoint projects during the internal conversion of the Subversion source code management to GIT. He was involved in the migration phase, the definition of the migration process, the implementation and the subsequent training.Mr. Krause used the following tools, technologies and systems:- ASP.Net- C#, PHP, JavaScript, SQL, PowerShell, HTML, CSS- SharePoint 2010 / 2013, Joomla 3.x- VisualStudio 2010 / 2013, Subversion, GIT, GIT-SourceTree, Enterprise Architect 10.x- SiteCore 8.x- MS-SQL 2012We particularly appreciated his flexibility to quickly familiarize himself with new technologies and to put what he had learned into practice. He carried out his tasks accurately, purposefully and independently, always showing commitment and enjoyment of his work. Thanks to his diligence and conscientiousness, he achieved a high quality of work. He always met deadlines and observed guidelines and regulations. He took the customers' concerns seriously, quickly recognized their needs and paid attention to a thorough and serious execution of the orders. He worked with concentration and perseverance even under heavier workloads. He provided regular information, passed on information in good time and involved superiors in difficult situations. We valued him as a valuable employee who took on responsibility and showed great commitment."
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Glas Trösch Group
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Switzerland
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Glass, Ceramics and Concrete Manufacturing
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200 - 300 Employee
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System Engineer
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Aug 2011 - Jul 2013
- Installed, configured, tested and maintained operating systems, application software and system management tools- Managed and monitored installed systems and infrastructure- Wrote and maintained custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks- Provided orientation and guidance to users on how to operate new software and computer equipment"Mr. Krause supported the introduction and operation of the Serena Service Manager. Due to his profound scripting and programming knowledge, he supported the automation of the software distribution. Due to his professional and respectful appearance, Mr. Krause was responsible for delivering hardware to the management level. Mr. Krause was also able to gain extensive experience in traditional client-server infrastructure in the on-premise area, including virtualization using ESXi. He deepened independently and continuously shared newly acquired knowledge with the team."
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Education
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University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW
MSc Business Information Systems, Cloud Computing -
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW
Bachelor of Science in Wirtschaftsinformatik