Developed, managed and enhanced small business websites, building on WordPress, Magento and others, developing in PHP/MySQL, HTML 5, CSS 3 as well as Social Media marketing and SEO, SEM to drive more business.

• Developed tarp calculation tool in PHP/MySQL for GeKaHo in Germany to increase business by 500%.
• SetUp and managed WordPress site, using HTML 5, CSS 3 for Fermentation company WireWorks West in Berkeley, USA.
• Managed and developed rollouts of new online shops for small and medium businesses, such as Pure Wine Shop in Germany and NaBeauty in Las Vegas, USA.
• Identified trends in social media, technologies, and advertising to improve campaigns and give recommendations to clients.
• Implemented strategy and delivery of digital marketing campaigns for technology Start Up, financial marketing organizations and small business owners.

During my time at IPC Computer, a Notebook spare parts seller, I was able to introduce many business enhancements to improve back office performance as well as online shop upgrades to boost customer sales by 250%, using the same amount of employees.

• Upgrade online shopping platform for better user experience to improve sales by 250%.
• Managed and improved internal business processes reducing workload by 150%.
• Technical Project Manager for teams of 3 each, connecting to different sales channels via API using JSON and XML.
• Designed and developed encrypted database to securely store sensible user data.
• Managed, Rolled out and developed several add on stores, including US based sparepartworld.com.
• Achieved marketing and sales operational objectives by devising and presenting ideas and strategies to increase sales while monitoring performance.
• Implemented businesses digital marketing strategy which included increasing market visibility through social media marketing campaigns.

After moving back to USA, I built a cross border shopping site, gloobuy.com, calculating shipping duties and taxes for 20,000 ebay and Amazon categories, selling more than 35,000 items from USA to Europe in just 3 years. In addition, I offered my extensive IT management knowledge to Fortune 500 companies.

• Set Up global eCommerce Start Up “gloobuy.com” in USA and sold it profitably to Borderlinx in 2007.
• Planed business strategy to develop IT architecture and IT framework to enable cross border international business.
• Designed and programmed eCommerce website “gloobuy.com” for cross border e-commerce, by downloading up to 20,000 categories from ebay and Amazon via API.
• Matching the 20,000 categories to customs Harmonized codes, duties and taxes for simplifying the checkout process while shopping abroad.
• Created international clearing accounts to receive and make payments globally in USA, Asia and Europe.
• Built “International Checkout” module to enable any US online store to sell globally. Even Amazon was interested in the technology.
• IT Consultant and Project Manager for Start-Ups and Fortune 500 Companies.

Due to my knowledge of online payment systems and previous job at Disney, I was able to manage a team to improve the security of the instant online credit card application process.

• Technical Project Manager for Instant Online Credit Card Application, used by companies such as Disney and Amazon.
• Due to a security risk I found while working at Disney, Chase hired me to improve security, making sure that online cards are not used by 3rd parties.
• Managed cross country development and testing team of 15 people, using video conferencing and in person meetings, making sure everybody is aware of this potential threat.
• Organized weekly meetings with involved outside parties, such as Amazon and Disney.

Siemens ICN had a dream of creating a unique online management system, were any owner of a Siemens phone network system worldwide, can manage, change or enhance their system via an online portal.

• Project Manager for international development team with over 100 team members, many of whom are from external companies, such as IBM, BroadVision and more, located across the globe in Santa Monica, Orlando, Munich and Vienna with a budget of more than $300 Million!
• Analyzing, planning and managing different, country specific rollout strategies, to support business for international product rollouts.
• Due to my unique, Team centric management style and knowledge of technical possibilities as well as business needs, I was able to manage this large team to build this global dream to go live and up to version 3.
• Part of the IT Architect team for this B2B solution to make sure the technical possibilities of each team member is taken into account to build a successful solution in time and in budget.
• Support global development team by contributing with my Java skills in EJB environment to make sure business rules are executed as planned.

Just finished my Internship while finalizing my Master Degree at Siemens Nixdorf, I was immediately hired due to the fact that I built a deal site running on the Siemens Intranet, selling computers that have been stuck in the automated warehouse due to order failures. The site generated 12 Million Deutsch Mark, about $6 Million in just 6 month and emptied needed space for future products.

• Built “Schnaepchenmarkt”, Deal site in HTML to sell unsold Siemens Computers and hardware inside the Siemens Corporation worldwide.
• Managed small 2 person team to develop SAP specific ABAP solution to release products from the automated warehouse that have been ordered wrongfully and are stuck due to the connection to the previous customers order.
• Since this was the time when the Internet emerged into households, I was analyzing business needs to support eBusiness strategies for successful online shopping rollouts.
• HTML & JavaScript Developer for B2B shopping solution, enabling Siemens partners to buy products through an online portal.