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{\LARGE\bfseries Markus Werle}

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Consulting and interim management for technology ventures in mobility and robotics. I help teams evolve their organization, streamline hardware–software development, and deliver solutions that hold up beyond the prototype stage. Aachen | daixtrose.de


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\url{https://vutuv.de/markus_werle}

\section*{Professional Experience}
\textbf{Chief Technology Officer, Undisclosed} \hfill 1/2026 -- Present

General Tasks  Lead comprehensive technology development, research, and product innovation with full economic oversight. Direct hardware (mechatronics, sensors, E/E systems), software (on-device, apps, backend, cloud), and scalable architectures. Shape IP strategy, make-or-buy decisions, and technology roadmaps.  IT \& Platform Leadership  Drive IT infrastructure evolution. Ensure software quality, IT security, data protection, and compliance (Cyber Resilience Act, ISO 27005).  Operations \& Team Building  Manage external providers, product safety/CE approvals, budgets, and resources. Build an engineering team, implement agile processes, CI/CD, and modern dev tools. Represent technology vision to customers, investors, and stakeholders.

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\textbf{Consultant, Daixtrose Engineering} \hfill 5/2022 -- Present

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\textbf{Managing Architect, Utimaco} \hfill 1/2023 -- 10/2025

■ R\&D Maturity   - Establish guidelines and engineering standards   - Enhance overall developer experience together with IT \\
■ Technical Strategy   - Align strategic technical developments and decisions with or between developer teams   - Ensure Utimaco is moving towards common platforms that enable the business \\
■ Technology and Tool Standards   - Implement tech governance to align teams in technology selection/deployment and enable conscious technology decisions   - Enhance and harmonize the development toolchain for seamless collaboration between sites \\
■ Tech Debt Management    - Provide transparency about and coordinate continuous tech debt removal   - Drive technical improvements that go across teams

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\textbf{Team Lead Configuration Management, Utimaco} \hfill 9/2023 -- 12/2024

■ Leading a team of 6-8 internal and external IT professionals, recruiting, contract management \\
■ Coordination with R\&D Management and Product Management \\
■ Oversight over the Release Process of Utimaco's software portfolio \\
■ Coordination with and support of certification activities \\
■ Strategic management of continuous improvement activities for the CI/CD infrastructure \\
■ Planning and execution of continuous improvement initiatives regarding the IT infrastructure \\
■ Introduction of modern CI/CD concepts, e.g. containerized development environments and CI infrastructure, Kubernetes

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\textbf{Visiting Lecturer, FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences} \hfill 6/2022 -- 9/2022

Conducting a seminar and taking exams for the Aerospace Engineering Department in the subject area Automotive Engineering and Drive Technology.

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\textbf{Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Ducktrain} \hfill 10/2018 -- 4/2022

Responsibilities: \\
■ Developing and communicating the company's technical vision \\
■ Management of all aspects of technological development, research and product development, as well as responsibility for these at a commercial level \\
■ Budget planning and monitoring for the technical area \\
■ Monitoring technological, social and scientific trends that could influence the company's business objectives, identifying opportunities and risks and deriving appropriate measures for the company \\
■ Shaping the strategic direction and development of the company in the management team \\
■ Personnel development and setting up development teams in the technical area ■ Strategic planning and further development of the technical infrastructure, the IT infrastructure, and equipment for the company \\
■ Communication with authorities and inspection bodies to establish and ensure the approval process \\
■ External presentation of the company, communication of technical development to customers, shareholders, investors and the public \\
■ Organization and implementation of test drives  Supervision of the following teams: \\
■ Vehicle design \\
■ Mechanical construction \\
■ Electronics and electrics \\
■ Software development \\
■ Certification

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\textbf{Master Expert Software Engineering, PEM Aachen GmbH} \hfill 6/2017 -- 9/2019

Dealing with all aspects of autonomous and automated vehicles in an exciting environment

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\textbf{Project Leader Connected Mobility, FEV GmbH} \hfill 1/2014 -- 5/2017

■  Consulting with regard to connected mobility topics. \\
■  Project lead for research and customer projects about connected mobility \\
■  Project management. Coordinated the setup of demonstrator vehicles and server systems showing the potential of car2car and car2cloud communication.    ■  Product management. Designed the functional basis for an in-vehicle middleware for connected mobility services. \\
■  HMI design. \\
■  Server Systems. Coordinated the creation and setup of server systems for IoT services (i.e. electric vehicle range prediction, vehicle control center, measurement data acquisition services)

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\textbf{Senior Software Designer and Architect, FEV GmbH} \hfill 1/2010 -- 12/2013

■ Senior Software Architect for high quality, mandatory core .NET library components, responsible for standardisation and further modularisation of the existing code base. Conduction of peer reviews and quality enhancement workshops. ■ Research in the field of numerical methods and optimization

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\textbf{Project Leader Migration to .NET, FEV GmbH} \hfill 4/2009 -- 12/2009

Project leader of a project aiming at the reorganization of the software development infrastructure and at the migration to .NET (C\#, C++/CLI) \\
■ Reorganisation of the software development process within the team, Establishment of coding standards and a modular software architecture. \\
■ Development and implementation of a company-wide standardized highly available server concept for the source code management based on a virtual Windows server, Subversion and Apache, including MediaWiki software as knowledge database \\
■ Standardisation of testing (NUnit) \\
■ Concepts for the migration process from C++ and Matlab to C\#/.NET, development of code generators for library wrapper code which allows the re-utilization of existing libraries written in Matlab and C++.

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\textbf{Software designer and C++ developer, FEV GmbH} \hfill 1/2005 -- 3/2009

Software designer and C++ developer in the so-called “Methodenteam” (Think Tank Department) \\
■ Development of new mathematical methods for engine control unit (ECU) calibration \\
■ Requirements management and communication with internal and external customers \\
■ Development of concepts for optimization methods based on large data sets, evaluation of vehicle and test bench measurement data and computation of ECU calibration data \\
■ Design, implementation and maintenance of several software tools with graphical user interface (MFC / Visual Studio .NET 2003 - 2010) which support and automate the ECU calibration process, e.g. a high resolution pattern recognition engine measurement analysis program for cold start analysis and a universal tool for 3D measurement and calibration data visualization (based on OpenGL) and calculation utilities for the prediction of ECU behaviour (including scripting automation) \\
■ Management of pilot projects and one of three lead appraisal projects for software quality assurance within the certification process for CMMI level 2 (now certified by SEI) and higher \\
■ Development and optimization of standardized workflows for automotive measurement technologies, testing and selection of measurement equipment \\
■ Scientific management and training of employees for the application of state-of-the-art measurement technology and in-house software tools. Production of training materials

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\textbf{CFD/CAE engineer, FEV GmbH} \hfill 1/2004 -- 12/2004

Computational Fluid Dynamics \\
■ Development of plugins and extensions for a commercial fluid simulation        software (STAR-CD) with the capability of parallel execution based on MPI        f77/C++ mixed code. \\
■ Generation of a moving grid model for computational fluid dynamics of        internal combustion engines \\
■ Creation of a code generator for the production of reliable interface code for a        hydrodynamic solver within the multi-body simulation software MSC ADAMS/Engine  IT-administration Linux \\
■ Automation of operating system setup and software installation (SuSE/RedHat)     ■ Development and maintenance of a reliable data backup solution \\
■ Service for and maintenance of system-wide installation of commercial CAE        software, license management, automation of simulation and analysis procedures

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\textbf{Research Assistant, RWTH Aachen University of Technology} \hfill 10/1997 -- 12/2002

Doctoral Studies in numerical methods for the simulation of short time physics in solids and fluids with a special focus on fluid-structure-interaction.  Development of a time implicit finite element solver generator for the FEM FCT method in modern C++.


\section*{Education}
\textbf{Diploma, RWTH Aachen University} \hfill 1989 -- 1997


\section*{Tags}
Autonomous Vehicles \textbullet{} business development \textbullet{} c++ \textbullet{} engineering \textbullet{} english \textbullet{} Information Technology \textbullet{} it strategy \textbullet{} kubernetes \textbullet{} Micromobility \textbullet{} Organization Development \textbullet{} Project Coordination \textbullet{} security \textbullet{} Software as a Service (SaaS) \textbullet{} strategy \textbullet{} Technology Leadership


\section*{Languages}
German (Native speaker) \textbullet{} English (C2 (Proficient))

\section*{Links}
Portfolio: \url{https://www.daixtrose.de}


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