Forwarding the world's first 3D reconstruction and fibre measurement system used in car and aerospace production environments. Establishing scrum standards within the company. Planning an architecture overhaul of a monolithical system towards an agent/node based system similar to microservice architectures.

• boosting the performance by 500% in a computation heavy system
• solution development in C/C++, C#, WPF
• managing a small team as lead developer and product owner
• computer vision using EmguCV, OpenCV on CPU and GPU
• planning the architecture foundation of the company
• establishing scrum standards throughout the company

Participating as a team member of the Active Vision Group in the World RoboCup 2009. Scoring 1st in the rescue league and 4th in the @home league.

• C++ image processing development of classifiers and behaviors
• SIFT object detection & classification
• Hyper particle filter SLAM
• multi-sensor data fusion
• ROS-like nodes & services architecture with simulation framework

Research & development on an underwater robot of the german navy for the autonomous exploration of the sea ground. Planning the system architecture and communication middleware, integrating proprietery hardware interfaces, tutoring academic qualification works.

• Java, C/C++ software development on Windows, Linux, OS9000
• robustness analysis of different object detection algorithms on sensor data images
• realtime object detection using a combination of heuristics with edge and corner detection as well as SURF and pattern matching algorithms
• realtime motion planning in 2D/3D (VFH*, potential fields, dubins path)
• occupancy grid mapping represented by 2D probability images
• ROS UWSim (underwater simulator)
• dynamic parameter optimization using genetic algorithms in large parameter spaces

Document processing and OCR extraction of nonuniform and distorted legacy document scans.

• C/C++ and Python development on Linux and Windows
• Algorithm performance profiling and improvement of 120%
• Elements detection via Yolo v3
• OpenCV (SIFT, HoughLines, TemplateMatching)
• Software-Architecture and performance optimization
• Semantic OCR via Tesseract and OpenCV
• CI and Dockerization

Migrating the software platform of Bruker's entire Spectrometer portfolio

• >300 libraries, programs and modules (>3 Mio lines of code)
• 6 target platforms and 3 operating systems (embedded and real-time)
• 3 compilers & cross compilation
• Developing the target architecture and rollout plan
• Stepwise replacement of the legacy build system
• Support of Linux, Mac and Windows/WSL development environments and IDEs
• Enabling containerization, pipeline automation and package management 
• Docker (Dev- & Runtime Container), Conan, Jenkins
• CTest support for GTest and custom tests including hardware mocking
• Team enablement workshops and support

Ramping up the delivery capabilities of an SME

• Establishing agile / DevOps mindset and rituals
• Introducing build & test automation infrastructure (GitLab, Docker, ...)
• Developing tools and delivery methods integrating into the embedded environment  (e.g. CAN bus) in C/C++ and Python
• Training on efficient workflow with the introduced tools

Leading the largest transformation of RWEST IT to date. 

• Management consulting on DevOps culture, value orientation & prioritization
• Team coaching on DevOps tools, KPI, agile mindset, delivery focus, pipelines, code quality, test-automation and pair-programming
• Restructuring the Org.-Chart including roles & responsibilities
• Bringing together Business, HR, Software Management, Architecture and Development
• Introducting cloud native tools and methodologies

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Development of a portable 3D scanning solution using a moblile phone, a USB depth camera and a small backend.

• C/C++, Java/JNI, Python development on Android, Linux and Windows
• OpenCV on mobile devices
• Real-time 3D reconstruction algorithms
• Mqtt network communication
• Multi-sensor calibration and data fusion
• Porting multiple libraries onto ARM architecture

Coordinating multiple workstreams in a prototyping program showcasing the power of the newest IoT connectivity technology: LTE-M. Performing scouting and selection events, pitching sessions and evaluating start-ups. Launching the core prototyping phase with the result of 10-15 functioning prototypes culminating in the LTE-M Prototyping Summit.

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Planning the warehouse it tool chain for REWE's e-commerce platform with the goal of beating Amazon Fresh to the market. Mediating between agile and classical company structures and partners, breaking up legacy systems towards a microservice architecture, developing proof of concepts, tutoring on company transparency.

• planning an automated warehouse
• product owner of the currently used warehouse management software
• test automation for the approval of external software releases
• IT integration of the REWE pick-up station
• barcode / labeling software for our current warehouses
• offline storage locator for the setup of new warehouses
• DB tooling for the delivery region expansion calculation
• Java software development on Windows

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Serialization of SLAM graphs in the robotics project macropod.

• C++ software development on Linux
• matching of velodyne 3D laser range finder data
• creating an easily navigatable vehicle motion history using efficient storing and loading techniques for its representative SLAM graph

Realization of the DMFCam - a self-adjusting helmet camera system always pointing towards your sports partner in skiing or similar environments.

• C++ software development on Linux
• object detection using color matching and histogram backprojection
• camera calibration
• adaptive color correction
• position tracking using kalman filtering of adjacent images
• position tracking using heuristic size matching within adjacent images

Study on image region classification using the wavelet standard deviation descriptor. Third price in the best paper category at IMCSIT MMAP Conference, Poland.

• Java Software-Development

see World RoboCup Winner in highlights section

Webdesign & Software development for various clients. Leading a team of up to 10 members/partners. Reference clients: Open New Media GmbH, Statt Strand Koblenz, Praxis Renneberg & Ingenhaag, Huebinet Inf. GmbH, Realtime Visions GmbH.

Video streaming on embedded devices.

Virtual studio: video cutting, keying, 3D modeling.

Scholarship for founding the company Uplivion Tech. GmbH.

Scholarship for writing the diploma thesis in Lausanne, Switzerland.