Resume

Projects

2023 - 2024
IT Consultant & Systems Engineer

IT Consultant & Systems Engineer

Industry: Industrial services, business management

Project: 3rd-level Server operations, patch management, Exchange and Windows Server management. Significantly improved IT infrastructure reliability over the course of one year. Facilitated the transition of infrastructure management from external to internal teams.

Scope and tools: Mid-sized Windows Server and client environment with hybrid Azure Infrastructure, M365, Intune management. Utilized PowerShell, Exchange Admin Center (EAC), Azure AD Connect (AADC), WSUS, Group Policy (GPO) management, Azure AD, Azure Backup, AIP, PRTG.

2022 - 2023
IT Consultant & Systems Engineer

Freudenberg IT SE & Co. KG

Industry: Automotive, construction, telecommunications

Project: 3rd-level Server operations, Windows Server and Windows Client management. Planned and executed defender rollout and client onboarding, managed Exchange Online migration. Streamlined patch management using BatchPatch and WSUS, significantly improving system uptime and reducing business interruptions.

Scope and tools: Mid-sized Windows Server and client environment with hybrid Azure Infrastructure, M365, and Intune management. Utilized PowerShell, Exchange Admin Center (EAC), Azure AD Connect (AADC), WSUS, Group Policy (GPO) management, Microsoft Defender, Azure Information Protection.

 

2018 - 2021
IT Consultant & Systems Engineer

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies GmbH

Industry: Automotive supplier, sealing technology

Project: 3rd-level Server operations, IT infrastructure design, planning and executing Exchange Online and Windows Server migrations. Supported global PKI enrollment and streamlined patch management processes. Planned Intune client enrollments and designed Intune delivery groups in collaboration with client team. Supported hand over of Infrastructure Management from local German team to US-based international team and helped with integration of new team.

Scope and tools: Large-sized environment - Managed over 10,000 clients and over 2,000 Windows Server systems within a hybrid Azure Infrastructure and Nutanix environment, alongside M365 and Intune management. Utilized PowerShell, Exchange Admin Center (EAC), Azure AD Connect (AADC), Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), PKI, WSUS, SCCM/Configuration Manager, Group Policy (GPO) management and Veeam Backup and Replication.

2016-2018
Sabbatical

Sabbatical & professional development

 Traveled, sailed, and worked across Europe and Latin America, gaining international experience and broadening my perspective (and admittedly, having a lot of fun)

Upon returning to Germany, I focused on professional development, earning several certifications, including the ITIL® Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management and the MCSA: Windows Server 2016 as well as MS Exams 740, 741, and 742, all certified in 2018.

2015 - 2016
IT Consultant & Systems Engineer

Experteer GmbH

Industry: Financial industry and banking

Project: Client rollout for a migration project; Software and hardware rollout for an emergency center at UniCredit S.p.A Scope: Small-scale Windows client environment

2015 - 2016
IT Consultant & Systems Engineer

S.WERK AG

Industry: Industrial services, business management

Project: 3rd-level Server operations, patch management, Exchange and Windows Server management. Significantly improved IT infrastructure reliability over the course of one year. Facilitated the transition of infrastructure management from external to internal teams.

Scope and tools: Mid-sized Windows Server and client environment with hybrid Azure Infrastructure, M365, Intune management. Utilized PowerShell, Exchange Admin Center (EAC), Azure AD Connect (AADC), WSUS, Group Policy (GPO) management, Azure AD, Azure Backup, AIP, PRTG.

2013 - 2014
IT Consultant & Systems Engineer

Bilfinger Industrial Services GmbH

Industry: Industrial service
Project: Email migration (MS Exchange 2007 to 2013) and client migration (Windows XP to Windows 7)

Scope: Large-sized Windows Server and Windows client environment

2011 - 2012
IT Consultant & Systems Engineer

Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Österreich GmbH

Industry: Industrial service

Project: Email migration (MS Exchange 2007 to 2013) and client migration (Windows XP to Windows 7)

Scope: Large-sized Windows Server and Windows client environment

2009 - 2010
IT Consultant & Systems Engineer

HypoVereinsbank – UniCredit

Industry: Financial industry and banking

Project: Client rollout for a migration project; Software and hardware rollout for an emergency center at UniCredit S.p.A

Scope: Small-scale Windows client environment

Education

2009-2011
Middlesex University London

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts in Audio Production

 

2003-2005
Max-Hachenburg Fachhochschule für Wirtschaftsinformatik

Advanced Technical Certificate

Advanced Technical Certificate, Business Informatics

 

Cloud Skills

Office 365 / Microsoft 365

90%

Azure / PaaS / IaaS / AaaS

75%

Exchange Online / Hybrid / Migration

85%

On-prem Skills

Windows Server 2003 - 2022

100%

Exchange 2010-2019

90%

VMware / HyperV

95%

Nutanix

80%

Veeam

75%

Identity Management (AD, AAD, MIM)

80%