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Curriculum Vitae
WORK HISTORY
Jun 2022 – Current
Agile Coach, Kanban Practicioner
inovex GmbH – Construction Industry
A startup was formed and the product team needed to be built quickly efficiently. As an Agile Coach I performed support for Scrum with Kanban as well as mentoring stakeholders and other involved parties. Main focal points were improvement of throughput, good Product Backlog inspection and adaption and providing tools, events and measures going forward.
Jun 2019 – May 2022
Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Kanban Practicioner
inovex GmbH – Energy Industry
The involvement with this customer was about team and organizational transformation towards Agile with Scrum and Kanban. Firstly I coached a Scrum team as a Scrum Master. Following this I supported the whole organization in their shift towards Agile as an Agile Coach.
Jul 2018 – May 2019
Product Owner, SAFe Practicioner
inovex GmbH – Payment Industry
In this project for a payment company our team was part of a bigger SAFe structure involving multiple teams to refurbish an existing payment solution. The work involved coordination as well as making impediments visible. Later I was involved as a Scrum Product Owner at the same payment company for an internal reporting product, based on the newly established payment solution.
Jan 2018 – Jun 2018
Kanban Practicioner, Data Engineer
inovex GmbH – Entertainment Industry
Here I supported as a Data Engineer, building Data Loading infrastructures. This also included Kanban and product ownership as well as integrating solutions within the customers infrastructure. In this project I have been working with Python, Apache Airflow and Google Big Query.
Mar 2016 – Dec 2017
Big Data Architect, Agile Coach
Nexinto GmbH
We built a Big Data environment with Apache Drill, Hadoop, Elastic and Kafka as well as provided insights into existing Business Data structures. Communication with stakeholders was done with Kanban and coachings.
Jul 2014 – Mar 2016
Business Intelligence Specialist, Agile Coach
G.A.R.D. mbH / Falck
I worked as a BI expert for Germanys biggest private patient transport ambulance company. I created the BI architecture and developed KPIs and measures within the company and the departments. This project worked iteratively and I also supported stakeholders with this approach.
Jan 2014 – Jun 2014
Rescue/IT Engineer
Ambulanz Schrörs e.K.
I have been with Ambulanz Schrörs to work as a Rescue & IT engineer. I was responsible for the quality management and service escalations. Also I participated as a Emergency Medical Technican on patient transports.
Sep 2012 – Feb 2013
Sales/IT intern
Intergraph SG&I GmbH
In my internship I worked together with the sales crew, also providing images and scenario data for the main emergency handling tool.
Jun 2001 – Sep 2006
Software Engineer
T-Systems GmbH
I created software with Java. This involved the architecture, testing, programming and requirement analysis with the customer. I used JasperReports for Business Intelligence-based reports.
2013
Author
RETTUNGSDIENST
I helped in the creation of two articles which were published in Germanys widely known magazine for paramedics.
EDUCATION
2010 – 2013
Rescue Engineer, B. Eng.
HAW Hamburg
I studied Rescue Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Hamburg. I loved the mix out of engineering, management and safety contents. Also, I won an award for my thesis.
2008 – 2009
World traveller
North & middle America, Australia, Eastern Europe
Starting at 08.08.2008, I travelled the world for 16 months. I blogged a lot about it on this page. It was a very rewarding and massive experience. Also, I experimented a lot with my stuff (eee pc, homepage, programming) back then.
2006
Emergency Medical Technician
Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Bremen
I became an EMT in Bremen and helped voluntarily on some big events and on the ambulance.
1998 – 2001
Software Engineer
Deutsche Telekom AG
I was with the Deutsche Telekom AG, the biggest german phone carrier, for my apprenticeship.
AGILE SKILLS
Agile Coaching
Professional Scrum Master
Professional Scrum Product Owner
Kanban Practicioner
Trainer + Mentor
Scrum Scaling
DATA SKILLS
Business Intelligence
Big Data
Sharing knowledge
Why your Data Warehouse is not a Data Warehouse
If you use Kimballs Star Schema and refer to it as your Data Warehouse, you should read on.
I know, this is a bold claim to make. And everyone who has some experience in Data Warehousing might be surprised in what I mean. But sometimes, your Data Warehouse is not a Data Warehouse. Why?
Raus aus der BI-Falle
- „Wie Business Intelligence zum Erfolg wird“ Schönes Buch mit Ups and Downs auf einer anderen Ebene als die sonst so technischen Bücher zum Thema BI.
- mitp Verlags GmbH & Co. KG
- 25.03.2011
- 288 Seiten
Hello. I am a Business Intelligence Specialist.a Data Engineer.a Data Product Owner.a Creator.
My name ist Tobias Maasland. My passion lies in supporting organizations on every level in understanding and displaying their data.
WHAT DO I DO
Business Intelligence
Understanding data from your company is crucial in todays quick-changing world. I strongly believe that a good understanding of internal processes and numbers helps to become better and increase revenue – this is where I support with my expertise in PowerBI and report creation.
Data Engineering
Getting data into the right shape in the first place can be challenging. Within the Microsoft universum I create data loading with Data Factory or other platform services. This to load data with ETL or ELT into a data warehouse or a lakehouse, depending on needs. A data model, specific to your organisation, will also be created if needed.
Data Product Owner
With different techniqes, for example Requirement Analysis, Product Discovery or specific workshops, I create a Product Backlog and support exploring the required requirements – if needed. Aside from experience, I certified as a Product Owner, working agile with Scrum or Kanban.
Facilitation and Change
Being a strong supporter of collaborative thinking I use my experience as a certified BACK of the Room Practicioner and Liberating Structures to create fruitful trainings and result-oriented meeting structures. Additionally, because data engineering often also results in change, I deepened my knowledge as a Change agent and Coach.
Creating
In the past I travelled the world to challenge me – I blogged a lot about this (German). Also I work with 3D printing and creating tangible proof-of-concepts.
Podcasts
I have co-created two podcasts (in german language): Mit ohne Ahnung, an improv podcast and Kaffeeküchentalk, a podcast about working in the office and office culture.
CERTIFICATES AND EDUCATION
MY PODCASTS – IN GERMAN
METADATA
OVER 25 YEARS IT EXPERIENCE
OVER 12 YEARS BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE EXPERIENCE
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