About
Dominik is an accomplished team leader and agility expert with an in depth knowledge of every facet of the software development life cycle.
His greatest strength lies in his ability to view systems and processes from an overall prospective. Due to his keen eye for detail, he is able to pay attention to technical, team and personal issues, while never losing sight of overarching business objectives.
With agility and systems thinking deeply engrained in his professional DNA, Dominik consistently fosters a collaborative and goal-oriented work environment.
Over the course of his career, Dominik has honed his skills through hands-on experience in various roles such as Agile Coach, Team Lead, Requirements Manager, Process Engineer and Software Architect.
Experience
Owner and principal consultant, Processworks GmbH (DE), Processworks Schweiz GmbH (CH)
As consultant, supporting clients in the definition and execution of software development processes and associated tooling.
Recent activities include:
- ISC-EJPD
Driving agility in a HERMES world. - SBB CFF FFS
As lead of the tooling team, Dominik defined the tool and method support for the smartrail 4.0 programme, provided coaching and implemented automated quality assurance. He created a solid foundation upon which the teams were able to deliver high quality specifications in the highly regulated railway environment at scale. - PostFinance AG
He laid the basis and drove the evolution of the banks requirements management process and tools. The adopted solution is solid enough to build a documentation archive of growing value, while at the same time being flexible enough to support the ongoing transition from waterfall to agile methods. - Mercedes Benz Bank
He joined the struggling project as requirements manager in charge of bringing it back on track. He identified and prioritised issues and defined corrective measures.
As a result, the critical project was able to successfully release on-time.
Team Lead Document Output, PostFinance AG
As agile coach, supporting the company's ongoing agile transformation by eliminating waste, streamlining processes and driving mindset change.
As line manager, assuring quality and continuous delivery of over 60 mln customer documents yearly while embracing change.
My engagement yields a permanent cost reduction of 20%, improved quality and reduced technical debt.
Software engineering specialist / project manager, IBM/Rational Software
Working as technical sales and consultant in Rational Software and the IBM Rational brand, he handled all technical pre- and postsales aspects of implementations at major customers.
He helped to create some of the largest sales in the IBM Rational brand and established long term relationships with many customers.
IT Freelancer (IT)
Dominik started working in Italy as a developer, then shifted quickly to system architect and team lead roles.
As analyst and method expert (CMM & UML) he successfully delivered a large scale documentation project in air traffic control.
IT Freelancer (DE)
Associated with a team of freelancers, Dominik continuously delivered trainings for a wide range of applications and contributed analysis and programming to many projects.
He designed and developed solutions for vertical markets, like e.g. editorial workflow system, real estate solution, cemetery administration.
For details see the project list (german).
Professional trainings
- HERMES Foundation, TÜV Süd
- Seminar Kommunikations-Psychologie und Menschenkenntnis (Zfu)
- Certified SAFe 6 Practice Consultant
- Certified Agile Leadership for Teams (CAL-T), Certified Agile Leadership for Orgs (CAL-O)
- TOGAF 9 Certified
- SAFe Trainer Leading SAFe, SAFe Scrum Master, SAFe Advanced Scrum Master, SAFe for Architects, SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager, SAFe for Teams, SAFe DevOps, SAFe Lean Portfolio Management
- SAFe Remote Trainer
- Certified SAFe® Program Consultant (SPC)
- TOGAF 9 Foundation
- Automatisierte Textanalyse mit Machine Learning
- Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (CPRE)
- Certified Scrum Master
- Polarion Power User
- Entity Framework Code First
- Testing with Selenium
- ASP.NET Advanced
- WCF Fundamentals
- WPF and XAML
- Object Oriented Analysis & Design (OOAD)
- Business Modelling with Use Cases
- Unified Change Management (UCM)
- IBM Rational SoDA
- Rose/XDE Data Modeler
- Data Modeling with Rational Rose
- RequisitePro
- XDE Java, XDE .NET
- Managing Projects with RUP
- Implementing the Rational Unified Process
- Principles of Object Technology
- Sales training “SPIN”
- Requirements management with Use Cases
- UML with Rose
- Rational Rose
- Ada95
- ANSI C++
- Java programming
- Windows C++ programming
- 4th Dimension programming
- Lotus Notes programming
Education
| CAS Datenschutzberater:in, zhaw | |
| CAS Transformation Manager, FHNW | |
| Coach [Univ.], Freie Universität Berlin | |
| Mediator [Univ.], Freie Universität Berlin | |
| Istituto Tecnico Statale E. Medi, San Giorgio/Italy, (Perito Informatico) | |
| Freie Waldorfschule Filstal, Göppingen and Schule Schloß Salem, Salem |
Languages
| German | mother tongue |
| English | fluent |
| Italian | fluent |
| French | intermediate |
Other
Swiss permit C
Driving license B
Technical Knowledge
Methods and standards
BPMN, CENELEC 50126/8, CMMI, DOD-STD-2167, HERMES 2022, ISO 90003, ISO 9001, MIL-STD-498, OOA, OOD, OOP, RUP, SAFe, Scrum, UML, Use Cases
Programming languages
.NET, Assembler, C, C++, Java, Python, Web
Software Products
Modeling
ArcStyler, BPW, Enterprise Architect, ERWin Data Modeler, Paradigm Plus, Rational Rose, RSA, Select, XDE
Requirements & Development
DOORS, Eclipse, Git, IntelliJ IDEA, JDeveloper, Maven, NetBeans, Polarion ALM, SonarQube, SVN, Team Foundation Server (TFS), TogetherJ, Visual Studio .NET, Visual Studio Code, TestManager/Robot, XDE Tester
Databases & Platforms
4th Dimension, DB2 UDB, FileMaker, JBoss, LDAP, Liferay, MySQL, Oracle Application Server, Oracle DB, Postgres, Rational RequisitePro, SQL Server, WebLogic, WebSphere
Organisation
Confluence, Jira, Miro, Office, Project, SharePoint
Industry Sectors
Air Traffic Control, Automotive, Energy, Finance, Government, Industry, Mechanical Engineering (Automation), Media, Railway, Telecom, Wholesale