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I'm Jürgen.

Co-CEO / Author for the joy of writing

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I am a technology and business leader with more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry, specializing in software architecture, agile methods, and digital transformation. Throughout my career, I've worked across sectors such as education, finance, transportation, and telecommunications – always with a clear focus on scalable, secure, and user-centric solutions.

In my current role as Co-CEO at Untis, I help shape the digital learning experiences of tomorrow. My work centers on translating strategic vision into sustainable, high-impact products and services – grounded in strong data protection, adaptability, and usability. I believe that in a BANI world – marked by brittleness, anxiety, nonlinearity, and incomprehensibility – resilience and orientation must come from empowered, learning-capable organizations.

My leadership style is shaped by the principles of transformational and servant leadership. I aim to create environments where trust, autonomy, and intrinsic motivation can flourish, and where teams are encouraged to grow beyond functional silos. I see organizational development not as a side effort, but as a strategic lever: aligning people, structures, and purpose is essential to building organizations that can navigate change – not just react to it.

Lifelong learning plays a key role in my work. I actively engage with modern frameworks and thought models to keep evolving – on both a technical and human level. At the core of everything I do is the belief that progress happens through clarity, collaboration, and continuous reflection.

25 + years of experience in the IT industry
30 + happy clients, enterprises and many more projects
Agile, Transformational, Situational, Servant leadership
Lean management & Lean product development
Emergent architecture
Agile development, Technical excellence & DevOps enthusiasm

Skills and strength

Trainings and certificates

› Future Network Cert: „ISAQB® Certified Professional for Software Architecture (CPSA-F)“ (Feb 2016)

Learning objectives:
› The concept and meaning of software architecture
› Components, modules, interfaces and relationships
› Architecture and quality goals
› Tasks and responsibility for you as a software architect
› Your role as a software architect in projects
› State-of-the-art methods and techniques for the development of software architectures


› Nagarro: „360° Test Automation“ (Oct 2017)

Learning objectives:
› Technical basics
› Data-driven test automation
› Keyword-driven test automation
› Test automation in the test process
› Test management
› Market overview tools


› Nagarro: „Test Automation Architect Curriculum“ (Nov 2018)

Learning objectives:
› A2A and test automation basics
› A2A Test Automation Framework (TAF) introduction
› Compact test cases
› Process and risk management
› Test automation in the delivery lifecycle
› .NET/Java development
› Selenium
› Test management tools
› Basics of Microsoft test automation
› Load and performance testing
› Web service testing
› DevOps basics
› ISTQB Foundation Level


› embarc: „ISAQB® CPSA Advanced Level Module - Architecture Evaluation (ARCEVAL)“ (Jun 2019)

Learning objectives:
› Basic terms of software architecture evaluation
› Requirements in architecture evaluation
› Evaluation workshop
› Rework and result utilization
› Evaluation of existing systems (and system parts)
› Examples for the evaluation of software architectures


› Nagarro: „ICAgile® Certified Professional - Agile Programming (ICP-PRG)“ (Jul 2019)

Learning objectives:
› Unit testing: Types of tests to automate; Fixture setup
› Readable tests: Coding tests by intention; Verifying results
› Test coverage: Identifying completeness conditions; Avoiding duplication in the conditions
› Testing patterns: Listening to your tests; Testing the tests; Refactoring tests
› Speed of builds: Test speed
› Test doubles: Use test doubles; Dependency injection
› Code smells: Clean programming; Common code smells
› Refactoring with existing test: Principles of refactoring; Common refactoring; Refactoring tools
› Dealing with legacy code: Approaching legacy code; Refactoring without tests; Retrofitting tests onto legacy code
› Test-driven development (TDD): The value of TDD; Red-Green-Refactor
› BDD: Identifying usage patterns to define the object or function interface
› Living documentation: Tests as specification and documentation: ATDD as an aid to Design Thinking
› Acceptance Test-driven development (ATDD): ATDD process; ATDD styles and tools
› Continuous integration, version control and build automation
› Pair Programming


› Nagarro: „Management 3.0“ (Jan 2020)

Learning objectives:
› Management and Leadership
› Complexity Thinking
› Energize People
› Empower Teams
› Align Constraints
› Develop Competence
› Grow Structure
› Improve Everything


› osb international: „Agile Leadership Skills“ (Mar 2020)

Learning objectives:
› Labor law
› Challenging conversations
› Burnout prevention
› Economic leadership
› Emotional intelligence
› Situational leadership
› Perception and conversation
› Principles of Self-Management
› Economic leadership


› Microsoft: „Certified Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)“ (Oct 2020)

Learning objectives:
› Cloud concepts
› Core Azure services
› Core solutions and management tools on Azure
› General security and network security features
› Identity, governance, privacy, and compliance features
› Azure cost management and Service Level Agreements


› Nagarro: „ICAgile® Certified Professional - Agile Fundamentals (ICP)“ (Nov 2020)

Learning objectives:
› History: Origins of Agile; Agile Manifesto; Agile beyond software development
› Culture and mindset: Understanding the Agile Mindset; Establishing the Agile Mindset; Agile in context (as a journey)
› Creating shared understanding: Developing soft skills; Understanding communication barriers; Sharing knowledge; Physical work environments; Collaboration techniques; Techniques for sharing understanding
› Shifts in roles
› Incremental development: Value-based work; Retaining quality
› Work-In-Progress (WIP): Continuous integration; Cost and benefit of frequent delivery
› Include customers and users: Defining customer; User involvement; User feedback
› Planning and adapting: Planning; Estimation
› Process and product adaptation


› Nagarro: „Certified SAFe® 5 Agilist“ (Feb 2021)

Learning objectives:
› Boosting productivity
› Improving product quality
› Decreasing time to market
› Increasing employee engagement
› Establish Team and Technical Agility and organize around the flow of value.
› Align massive organizations around clear, common objectives
› Participate successfully in critical SAFe events, such as PI Planning
› Adopt a customer-centric mindset.


› INNOQ: „ISAQB® CPSA Advanced Level Module - Flexible Architectural Models (FLEX)“ (Mar 2021)

Learning objectives:
› Availability, reliability, time-to-market, flexibility, predictability, reproducibility, homogenisation of the stages, internet / web-scale, distributed systems, parallelism of feature development, evolution of the architecture (build for replacement), heterogeneity, automation
› Motivation for decompositioning into smaller systems
› Different kinds of modularisation, coupling
› System limits as a way of isolation
› Hierarchical structure
› Application, self-contained system, Microservice
› Domain-driven design concepts and "Strategic Design", Bounded contexts
› Frontend integration, legacy systems, authentication, authorisation, (loose) coupling, scalability, messaging patterns, domain events, decentralised data management.
› Modern operations, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, Configuration Management
› Monitoring, Operations, Logging, Tracing, Metrics
› Consistency models: ACID, BASE, partitioning, CAP
› Resilience: Resilient Software Design, Stability, Availability, Graceful Degradation, Circuit Breaker, Bulkhead


› osb international: „Agile Leadership Skills“ (May 2021)

Learning objectives:
› Leadership perspectives
› Team leadership
› Conflict management


› Udemy: „Lean Leadership Skills, Lean Culture and Lean Management“ (Jan 2022)

Learning objectives:
› Introduction to Lean Leadership and Culture
› The House of Lean
› Lean Culture Principles and Practices
› The Job of the Lean Leader: To Challenge and To Serve
› Getting to Lean - Designing the System for a New Culture
› The Habits of Continuous Improvement: The Team Kata


› Udemy: „Design Thinking in 3 Steps“ (Jan 2022)

Learning objectives:
› What is Design Thinking?
› Understand: Plan your Research; Conduct your Research; Identify your Findings; Evaluate your Progress
› Envision: Brainstorm new Ideas; Choose an Idea; Evaluate your Progress
› Prototype: Build a Storyboard; Test with Users; Evaluate your Progress


› Udemy / NASBA: „Agile Leadership and Resilient Teams“ (Jan 2022)

Learning objectives:
› Riding the Head Curve
› Building strong relationships
› Building flexible relationships
› Building fair business relationships
› Agile team meetings: Going up the Heat Curve
› Resilient leadereship


› Udemy / NASBA: „Change Management for Organizations“ (Jan 2022)

Learning objectives:
› Building a Common Framework and Language
› Create and Clarify Vision
› Involve and Engage the Organization
› Implement and Sustain the Change
› Change Management Challenges and Solutions


› osb international: „Agile Leadership Skills“ (Jan 2022)

Learning objectives:
› Change and Transformation


› Udemy / NASBA: „Emotional Intelligence at Work“ (Jan 2022)

Learning objectives:
› Emotional Intelligence explained
› Developing your EQ
› EQ in the Workplace


› Udemy: „Introduction to Service Management with ITIL4“ (Jan 2022)

Learning objectives:
› Service Management
› The Basics of ITIL 4


› Udemy: „Transformational Leadership and Leading Corporate Culture“ (Jan 2022)

Learning objectives:
› Principled Leadership and Culture
› The Business Case for Principled Leadership
› The Transformational Principles


› PMI: „Wicked Problem Solving Practitioner 2.0“ (Jan 2022)

Learning objectives:
› Wicked Problems
› Tools and environment
› Better system: A better system, Plays, Problems, Collaboration
› Lead with key questions: Key questions, Frame, Navigate, Probe
› Make ideas visible: Expres, Organize, Map
› Engage with forwards steps: Move, Shift, Align
› Resolve clearly: Solve, Top down, Bottum up, Impact


› Udemy: „Team Leadership and Team Management Master Class“ (Jan 2022)

Learning objectives:
› Planning and Organizing: Principles of Lean Management; Organizing your Team; Stages of Team and Organization Development; Clarifying Decision Styles; Develop your Scorecard and Visual display
› The Team Improvement KATA: Defining customer requirements and Improvement targets; Solving problems; Mapping your value stream; Analyzing variances; Finding and eliminating waste; Motivation and human performance; Standard work; Designing hybrid work systems
› Improving Team Effectiveness: The personal responsibility of team members to self-manage; Team member's responsibility to be a great team member; Facilitating remote or virtual teams; Team facilitation skills; Effective listening skills; Giving and receiving feedback; Conflict resolution; Improving the system


› Udemy: „Business Strategy Execution: Agile Organization Design“ (Feb 2022)

Learning objectives:
› The Agile/Lean Way
› Defining Strategy, Culture and Capabilities
› The Plan for Agile Strategy Execution
› What is the Business Strategy
› Assessment: Leadership and Life Cycles; The Five Forms of Capital; Lean Culture
› Writing the Strategy Design Charter
› Design Team Discovery
› Dream the Ideal Future
› Design the Future System
› Deploying and Developing the Future State


› Udemy: „OKR Goal Setting 101“ (Feb 2022)

Learning objectives:
› You, your current goals, and the 10 biggest mistakes have to avoid
› Everything about OKRs and how you can use them to achieve more and be happy
› Time to take action: Define your own OKRs now
› TOP 10 OKR-related questions from 20,000 attendees and consulting clients
› OKRs as a management and leadership principle
› Types of OKRs - aspiring and committed OKRs
› ORKs in the real world environment
› OKR tools and tips to implement ORKs


› Alinbu Consulting: „Masterclass Self-organization“ (Sep 2022)

Learning objectives:
› Where and why self-organization is superior to specification
› How and why self-organization works
› What requirements self-organization needs
› The role of management in relation to self-organization
› Introducing self-organization
› Self-organization and value creation
› Self-organization and market orientation
› Self-organization, commitment & involvement
› Management and self-organization
› Compliance and self-organization
› Authorization framework of self-organization
› Self-organization and informal networks
› Coordination within and between teams
› Challenge of home office and distributed teams
› Tools and techniques


› WU Executive Academy: „Agile Leadership“ (Oct 2022)

Learning objectives:
› Why Agile Leadership?
› The agile mindset
› Making organizations agile
› Implement agility


› Agile Leadership Journey: „Certified Aware Leader“ (Mar 2023)

Learning objectives:
› Understanding business agility - designing your own business case for agility
› Introduction to the Leadership Agility model
› Increasing Leadership Capacity - Leading Situationally with Catalyst Leadership
› Developing "Catalysts Leadership" competencies ("Micro Culture")
› Understanding and developing your own corporate culture ("Macro Culture")
› Leading a business transformation in an agile way


› Scrum Alliance: „Certified Agile Leadership“ (Mar 2023)

Learning objectives:
› Certified Agile Leader (CAL-1)
› Certified Agile Leadership Essentials (CAL-E)
› Certified Agile Leadership for Organizations (CAL-O)


› Flight Levels Academy: „Flight Level 3 Design“ (May 2024)

Learning objectives:
› Flight Level 3 Essentials
› A Flight Level 3 Board
› Flight Level 3 at Different Scales
› Stories, Outcomes, Flight Items (SOFI)
› Flight Level 3 Board Design
› Create Focus and Set Constraints
› Establish Agile Interactions


› WIFI: „Geschäftsführer (GmbH) Rechte und Pflichten“ (Oct 2024)

Learning objectives:
› Merkmale
› GmbHG
› Gründung
› Organe
› Aufsichtsrat
› Generalversammlung
› Gesellschafter, Geschäftsführer, Vertretung
› Pflichten, Haftung
› Minderung Risiken


› WPS: „ISAQB® CPSA Advanced Level Module - Domain-Driven Design (DDD)“ (Oct 2024)

Learning objectives:
› Domain, model, and Ubiquitous Language
› Knowledge Crunching: The path to the model
› From model to implementation
› The model in application architecture
› Strategic Design 1: Cutting and distinguishing models from one another
› Strategic Design 2: Context Mapping

Publications

› it&t business: „Performance und Agilität dank DevOps“ (Roundtable May 2021)
› CIO Report: „Nagarro DevOps“ (Print Jun 2021)
› Computerwelt: „Nagarro DevOps“ (Interview Jun 2021)
› it&t business: „DevOps: Die richtige Einbahnstraße“ (Article | Print Jul 2021)
› Nagarro: „What is DevOps“ (Video Aug 2021)
› Nagarro: „A holistic approach to DevOps“ (Whitepaper Sep 2021)
› Nagarro: „State of DevOps Report 2021“ (Whitepaper Oct 2021)
› it&t business: „Hochleistungsteamarbeit mit Tücken“ (Article Oct 2021)
› IT Spektrum 06/21: „Evolutionäre Organisationsform: Mit kritischem Blick zu besseren, nachhaltigen Ergebnissen“ (Print Nov 2021)
› brutkasten: „Software-Future-Talk“ (Interview Dec 2021)
› Computerwelt: „Branche braucht DevOps-Kickstart“ (Print Dec 2021)
› Computerwelt: „Nagarro DevOps Report 2021“ (Article Dec 2021)
› brutkasten: „Wie Unternehmen DevOps für Software-Entwicklung nutzen“ (Article Dec 2021)
› Retrospektiv: „Podcast: Agiles Arbeiten im Unternehmen und der Bildung #23“ (Interview Mar 2023)

Partial project history

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