About me
Two perspectives on the same thing
I have more than 30 years of professional experience, roughly half of it in development and half in general management. That is unusual, and it shapes how I work.
As a developer I know what an application really costs, in implementation and in maintenance over the years. As a managing director I know what a report is ultimately needed for, and why a department sometimes works around a new tool.
Career in brief
| since 2019 | Managing director of a group of three companies |
| since 2012 | Freelance developer and software architect |
| 2001 – 2004 | Managing director of a mail-order business, revenue doubled |
| 1994 – 2004 | Schaubek Group, latterly authorised signatory and member of the executive board, over ten years as head of IT |
| 1987 – 1994 | Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Karlsruhe, including an exchange year at INSA Lyon |
Sector experience in banking and financial services, public administration, retail and wholesale, mail order, publishing and print, pharmaceuticals, mechanical engineering, ICT, staffing services, utilities, fashion and sporting goods.
How I work
I work to clean-code principles and safeguard applications through test automation. Before the first line of code comes the question of which structure carries the problem — and whether a change is worth the effort at all.
By the end of an engagement nobody should depend on me. That is not a sacrifice but the best foundation for clients coming back: several of my engagements have run for four to eleven years.
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Consulting and interim management
For IT consulting, project management and interim management I run a separate brand: FritzConsult