About Me

12 years self employement

1987 foundation of Software Service Olaf Blum, later enhanced with a courier service
- Software development software for several synthesizers on Atari ST
- Development and marketing of database applications
- Webhosting and webdesign
- Design, configuration and administration of networks
- Courier service in Berlin, europewide direct courier services, line haul
1988 - 1990 foundation of Soft Arts Olaf Blum, Michélle Frey, Peter Sturm GbR
- Software development software for several synthesizers on Atari ST
1997 foundation of Firma BB Kurier Martin Bidder, Olaf Blum, Winfried Kräuter, Ralf Schikowski GbR
- national and international on time courier services (overnight), clearing goods for exportation, direct courier services, line haul, system courier services in different logistic systems
- Leader of executiv board

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Academic studies

1978 - 1984 University studies at the TU-Berlin diploma study course chemistry
1984 - 1990 University studies at the TU-Berlin teaching degree for secondary schools chemistry / physic
1990 Student withdrawal in cause of existing self employment

Courses & further training

First Aid
Privat studies Office 97, Office 2000, aspecially Access and VBA
Privat studies HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Perl, PHP
Privat studies SQL, ASP, ASP.NET, VB.NET
Java development at garian Consulting
ITIL Foundations at gedas with Certification
Project management basics at Telekom Training
ITIL Foundations V3 at operational services with Certification
Privat studies Professional Scrum Master I with Certification (scrum.org)
TOGAF
T.I.S.P. TeleTrusT Information Security Professional

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Employment

Department chief at V.V. Vertriebs Vereinigung Berliner Zeitungs- und Zeitschriften Grossisten GmbH & Co.KG
- Controllership at consignment and loading of the freight vehicles, controlling the quality of delivery and receiving customer complaint
BB Kurier, Kurier 2000 and Spedition Impuls Trans
- Consulting
- Cost accounting
- Receiving contracts, contracting and dispatching
- Billing and dunning
- Quality management
LSA GmbH
- Enhancement of an existing Access database
  - Workflow analysis, Workflow automation using forms and VBA coding, design of forms
  - Automation of data import using FritzData, import of data from a MS Works database, data export to Lexware financial office
  - Contracting using serial fax via FritzFax
- Enhancement and administration of the network
- Database access using data telecommunications and pcAnywhere
- Website design for customers of LSA GmbH
garian Software Consulting
- Project HST2 at gedas Wolfsburg
  - SSL with Tomcat
  - ZIP service for data exchange (Servlet)
  - Threadsafe applets
  - GUI coding
  - HTML, XML, JSP, JavaScript coding
- Project WBoL2 at gedas Berlin
  - Error research and error analysis
  - Quality manager
  - Coordination of bugfixing from the developers
  - Solution statements for the developers
- Website of garian consulting
- Project at gedas in Wolfsburg at VW as quality manager and in 2nd-level support at VW Mitarbeiter Portal
  - Usecases
  - Softwaretest and error report
  - Error analysis
  - Assignment of the issues
  - Solution statements for the developers
  - 2nd-level support
  - Administration of the servers
  - Tivoli Access Manager, Webseal Reverse Proxy, Websphere Application Server, Websphere Portal Server
LSA GmbH
- ASP-Project customer interface to the database via internet
  - Provide shipment tracking to the customers
  - Search and sort of result tables
  - Generate result tables as word documents
  - Contracting online for customers
  - Configuration of the IIS
Orient Handel Jan & Peer Zboralski
- Developing a webshop using ASP
- Developing administration pages for the webshop using ASP.NET
- Generating of EBAY pages in webshop - design
- Configuration of the network using Windows2000 server
- Configuration of the IIS
- Administration of the network
gedas
- Sub project management developing Volkswagen Portal - portal according to the companies architecture standards
  - Migration of Arbeitsplatz Portal
operational services GmbH & Co.KG
- Sub project management developing Volkswagen Portal - portal according to the companies architecture standards
  - Migration of Arbeitsplatz Portal
  - Team coordination
  - Communication to the customer
- Sub project management QS
  - Team coordination
  - Developing a testconcept for functional and non-functional testing
  - Analysis of test results
  - Presentation and discussion of results
  - Order management
  - Issue of contracts for testprojects
- Sub project management B2B-Stabilisierung - Sub project AMS processdesign and rollout

Deliverymanager Volkswagen Portal
- Changemanagement
- 2nd-level support
- Error analysis
- Risk analysis
- Ordermanagement
- Consulting of projects
Sub project TAM/LDAP AIS
- Analysis of TAM/LDAP environment
- Infrastructure order new TAM/LDAP environment
- Changemanagement
- 2nd-level support
- Erroranalysis
- Riskanalysis
- Ordermanagement
- Architecture
- Consulting of architects, PKTs and projects
Quality manager App-Factory
- QA concept for agile development (Scrum)
- Testconcept
- Teststrategy
- Testplan
- Coordination of QA Teams
- Architectual consulting

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Projects and developments

Software development industry solution for courier services
- Industry solution for courier services using phoenix database on Atari ST
- Industry solution for courier services using MS Access and VBA
Webdesign
- Website design and development for several companies
  - see some of the sites at references
Corporate design
- Design of company logos
- Design of letter papers, business cards, image brochures, flyers and marketing articles
Leader software development software for several synthesizers on Atari ST
- Requirements analysis, GUI design, GFA-Basic development, writing requirements specification, assignment and coordination of developers, quality assurance
- Creation of manuals in german and english language
Enhancement and automation of existing Access-databases
- Workflow analysis of the company
- Design of forms and queries
- Workflow automation using VBA-coding
- Development of interfaces for data exchange
Project at gedas in Wolfsburg as Java-developer, HST2
Content management and document management system for technical product informations for VW cars, a tool for the worldwide distributed technical writers, editors and translators
Java Applets, Servlets und JSP''s
- Servlet for zipped databackup
- Threadsafer exchange of applets
GUI development (Swing)
Project at gedas in Berlin as quality manager, WBoL2
Document management system for bill of ladings of the customers of MAERSK Sealand.
- Define usecases
- Softwaretest and errorreport
- Error analysis
- Assign tasks to the developers
- Technical preparation of solution statements
ASP-Project customer interface to the database via internet
- Supply order states to the customer
- Search- and sortoptions in the state tables
- Generation of state tables as Word document
- Order online with testing of zip codes, locations and holidays for customers
- Result input for customers
- Configuration of the IIS
ASP and ASP.NET-Project Webshop, Windows2000 server installation and administration
- Development of a webshop using ASP
- Development of administration pages for the webshop using ASP.NET
- Generation of EBAY marketing sites in webshop - design
- Configuration of a network with Windows2000 server
- Configuration of the IIS
- Administration of the network
Project at gedas in Wolfsburg at VW as quality manager, administrator and at 2nd-level support at Volkswagen Portal
- Create Usecases
- Softwaretest and error report
- Error analysis
- Assign tasks to the developers
- Technical preparation of solution statements
- 2nd-level support
- Administration of the servers
- Tivoli Access Manager, Webseal Reverse Proxy, Websphere Application Server, Websphere Portal Server
Project at operational services GmbH&Co.KG in Wolfsburg at VW as project manager TAM/LDAP at AIS (Access und Identity Services)
- Analysis of the TAM environment
- Infrastructure request hardware for the new TAM environment
- Requirements analysis
- Architectures for TAM junctions
- Error analysis
- 2nd-level support
- Guidance of architects, PKTs and Projects
- Tivoli Access Manager, Webseal Reverse Proxy, LDAP
Project at operational services GmbH&Co.KG in Wolfsburg at VW as quality manager at Project App-Factory
- QA concept at agile project (Scrum)
- Softwaretest and error report
- Error analysis
- Consulting and Conception
- Architectures
- Liferay Portal Server

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Work area and skills

Professional Scrum Master I (scrum.org)
T.I.S.P. - Teletrust Information Security Professional
audited operational and governmental data protection officer
Software development
Design and development of internet representations, image brochures, flyers and marketing articles
Project lead
Quality management and quality assurance
Deliverymanagement
Servicemanagement
- ITIL
Software
- Office '97 +2000, aspecially Access and VBA
  - Installation, configuration and guidance
- Dreamweaver MX, Webpagecomposer 2
- Samba - Server, Apache - Webserver, MySQL - Server, Webmin - remote configuration of linux systems, Tomcat, IIS, Websphere Application Server, Websphere Portal Server, Tivoli Access Manager
- Flash 5 basics
Hardware
- Network technics
  - Ethernetwiring - CAT5 wiring, CAT5 plug sockets, patchfields
  - Networkcard installation and configuration - aspecially TCP/IP
  - Design of Network topolo and administration of networks
Programming languages
- VBA - aspecially MS Access development
- HTML
- XML
- CSS
- Javascript
- Basics in Perl und PHP4
- Java (Applets, JSP, Servlets)
- ASP
- ASP.NET
- SQL
Programming Tools
- J-Builder
- VisualCafe
- Eclipse
- Rational Application Developer
- Continuus
- Requisite Pro
- Visual SourceSafe
- Dreamweaver MX
Webserver
- Apache
- IBM HTTP-Server
- Tomcat
- IIS
- Websphere Application Server
- Websphere Portal Server
- Liferay
- Tivoli Access Manager
- Webseal
Operational systems
- Windows 9x, Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP Prof., Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
  - Installation
  - Configuration
- DOS
  - Batch programming
- Linux
  - Installation
  - Configuration

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Self employment

12 years self employement

Education

Academic studies

Courses & further training

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Employment

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