Professional Background & Credentials
A comprehensive look into my career bridging people leadership, project delivery, and energy engineering, alongside formal executive credentials.
Leads a project management team delivering complex renewable heating and cooling infrastructure projects across Berlin. Responsible for implementation governance, construction execution, commissioning coordination, operational transition, and cross-functional stakeholder alignment in highly regulated public-sector environments.
- Infrastructure Leadership: Directs project delivery across public-sector infrastructure environments including police facilities, crematoriums, fire departments, schools, residential districts, and municipal properties ranging from kW-scale systems to multi-MW energy infrastructure.
- Team & Delivery Management: Leads a highly autonomous team of project managers overseeing construction supervision, commissioning, contractor coordination, operational handovers, procurement interfaces, and implementation governance across complex urban modernization projects.
- Process & Interface Optimization: Introduced standardized project reviews, lessons-learned formats, documentation structures, commissioning processes, and operational handover workflows to improve cross-departmental coordination and long-term project reliability.
- Operational Integration: Established and continuously improved transition structures between development, project execution, and technical operations teams to strengthen maintainability, operational readiness, and knowledge transfer.
- Strategic Stakeholder Coordination: Coordinates complex stakeholder environments involving public authorities, planners, grid operators, procurement, legal departments, contractors, and operational teams while balancing technical, commercial, and organizational requirements.
- Crematory Modernisation: Successfully managed and executed the complete energy supply modernisation of two of Berlin's largest public utility crematorium facilities from initial planning to operational handover.
- District Infrastructure (Advisory): Overseeing clean energy implementation for major quarters: Quartier Buckower Felder and Quartier Haus der Statistik.
- Project Execution: Directing municipal modernisations at Baumschulenweg and Ruhleben.
Independently managed complex heating and cooling infrastructure projects for public-sector and residential stakeholders, overseeing technical delivery, operational implementation, contractor coordination, and project governance.
- End-to-End Project Delivery: Directed renewable heating and cooling projects independently across all project phases, including planning, implementation, stakeholder coordination, and operational handover.
- Commercial & Schedule Management: Maintained full responsibility for budget oversight, schedule control, contractor coordination, and communication with clients and external service providers.
- Operations Infrastructure Development: Established foundational structures for technical operations management and supported the implementation of project management software solutions for construction and infrastructure projects.
- Rollberg Quarter: Single-handedly managed the circular energy system for the Rollberg Quarter from initial contract development to final operational handover.
- Police Headquarters: Implemented and centralized heating systems at the Friesenstraße Police Headquarters.
Led the project department responsible for decentralized CHP infrastructure projects, combining technical project delivery, commercial oversight, customer management, and interdisciplinary team leadership.
- Department Leadership: Assumed disciplinary and technical leadership responsibility for the project department, coordinating engineering, commercial, and operational activities.
- Commercial & Contract Management: Directed project cost control, economic assessments, customer contract negotiations, and supplier/service agreement procurement.
Managed technical operations, modernization projects, and regulatory compliance activities for decentralized Combined Heat and Power (CHP) systems across residential and commercial portfolios.
- Plant Modernisation: Planned and coordinated refurbishment and upgrade measures for CHP-based heating plants, including construction supervision and technical implementation support.
- Operational Optimisation: Developed optimisation concepts for existing energy systems while monitoring operational costs, maintenance strategies, and technical performance.
Contributed to the engineering and execution of industrial drying system projects for international chemical and food processing clients, combining technical coordination, supplier management, commissioning support, and project cost control.
- System Engineering: Evaluated customer requirements and contributed to the technical design and sizing of industrial drying systems.
- Commercial & Technical Coordination: Prepared quotations, supported cost calculations, and coordinated supplier inquiries between procurement and engineering teams.
Completed advanced postgraduate training specialising in wind systems, power forecasts, grid integrations, and energy economics. Graduated with a final M.Sc. grade of 1.70 (equivalent to "Very Good").
- MATLAB Simulation: Developed a dynamic predictive simulation model of a wind-hydrogen storage system at overspeed GmbH, assessing the operational behaviour of industrial-scale water electrolysis systems.
- Grid Integration: Modelled hydrogen configurations and fuel cells to match wind power predictions (P90, P50, and P10 forecasts) for electrical grid integration in Victoria and New South Wales, Australia.
Collaborated with the West Coast Wave Initiative (WCWI) at the Institute for Integrated Energy Systems (IESVic) on marine offshore renewable research.
- PTO Modeling: Developed a custom mathematical simulation model of a wave energy converter featuring a hydraulic power take-off (PTO) unit.
- Offshore Deployment: Participated directly in the marine offshore deployment of the wave energy converter buoy off the Pacific coast of British Columbia.
Supported Germany’s federally funded “Callux” demonstration project within the National Innovation Program (NIP) for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology, focusing on operational data analysis, technical evaluation, and process documentation for residential fuel cell cogeneration systems.
- Performance Evaluation: Collected, validated, and processed operational and energy performance data from field-tested fuel cell heating systems.
- Project Documentation: Contributed to the final report for the first Callux demonstration phase and documented applied EWE field-test processes and methodologies.
Acquired fundamental mechanical engineering principles, specialising in HVAC design, solar thermal structures, and thermodynamics. Graduated with a final B.Eng. grade of 1.83 (equivalent to "Very Good").
- Solar Research: Conducted durability and heat transmission research on flat-plate collectors at the Institute for Solar Energy Research (ISFH Hameln).
- Finite-Element Simulation: Performed long-term thermal simulations using the Heat2 analysis engine to model European climate thermal stress durations.
Contributed to the "KES" underground solar seasonal energy storage project.
- Prototype Integration: Supported assembly and sensor calibration of the stoarge prototype installed for residential heating, analysing operational test data patterns.
Acquired hands-on workshop experience in mechanical and electrical maintenance, precision machining, and industrial electronics alongside professional apprentices.
- Technical Grounding: Mastered fundamental maintenance workflows and precision workshop operations, directly inspiring my university path in mechanical engineering.
International work and travel experience across New Zealand.
- Global Maturity: Developed strong adaptability, open global perspectives, and solid intercultural communication skills in dynamic, non-native environments.
Foundations of Successful Personnel Development
Explored the theory and practice of personnel development (PE), including PE instruments, processes, and organisational roles. Addressed typical corporate PE challenges, methods to enhance HR practices in enterprises, and current practical trends in the field.
Effective Use of ChatGPT & AI in Project Management
Acquired core concepts of generative AI and practical applications in project planning, communications, risk management, documentation, and stakeholder management. Covered API integration possibilities, security and data privacy limits, and future AI trends.
Effective Time, Self & Stress Management
Focused on professional self-management and the foundations of time management, including daily and weekly planning techniques. Covered strategies for managing time-wasters and distractions, as well as work methodologies for designing an efficient personal workspace.
Leading with Values – Stability & Presence
Mindful values-based decision making, developing emotional intelligence, leadership presence, managing team dynamics in turbulent phases, and strengthening resilience.
Developing, Implementing, and Measuring Target Processes
Focused on the structured design and maturity assessment of target processes, process marketing and rollout, process governance (organisation, steering, monitoring), tools for continuous process improvement, KPI tracking, process costing, and key change management principles.
Execution of Construction Projects (VOB/B & VOB/C)
Detailed training in German public construction law, managing contract changes, executing defect claims, and handling delay claims under standard VOB regulations.
Rhetoric for Managers
Explored the success factors of a winning speech, focusing on the targeted use of word choice, verbal expression, and language style. Covered techniques to enhance vocal and body language impact, act quickly and cleverly in discussions, reduce speaking anxiety, and optimize general speaking confidence.
Leading and Developing Teams
Succession planning and team lifecycle dynamics, employee motivation, systemic problem-solving, and establishing Continuous Improvement Processes (CIP).
(Junior) Manager & PM Core Foundations
Comprehensive training in annual appraisal structures, Work 4.0 principles, risk management matrices, Gantt scheduling, and practical counterstrategy planning.
Language Skills
🇩🇪 German — Native
🇬🇧 English — Fluent (Professional)