About Me

I work at the intersection of infrastructure, configuration and operational truth.
For more than two decades I have built, stabilized and modernized complex IT environments — not from the outside, but from deep inside the systems where defaults, layering, drift and hidden dependencies shape real-world behavior.

Over the years, one pattern became impossible to ignore:
systems rarely behave the way their owners assume.

Documentation drifts.
CMDBs diverge.
Configurations mutate silently.
Runtime defaults override expectations.
And entire platforms operate on a layer of assumed truth rather than factual reality.

My work focuses on exposing those hidden mechanics — the parts of infrastructure that don’t show up in dashboards, repos or architecture diagrams — and translating them into clarity, predictability and actionable insight.

I don’t sell fantasy models or best-practice checklists.
I analyze what your systems are actually doing, why they do it, and how to bring them back under control.

Infrastructure Reality.
Effective Configuration.
Zero-guesswork Operations.

If you want to understand the real state of your infrastructure — not the assumptions around it — I can help you get there.

I have spent my career working within and alongside large-scale enterprise environments in the finance, insurance and transportation sectors.
These environments operate under high load, strict regulation and long-term architectural complexity.

Industry background includes:

  • Large insurance platforms
  • Enterprise IT in regulated environments
  • National transportation and logistics
  • Multi-supplier operational landscapes

Roles and engagements:

  • Several years at major German insurance enterprises (via Accenture)
  • Infrastructure and platform modernization at Deutsche Bahn
  • 15+ years embedded in Itergo’s hosting environment as a freelancer
  • Additional work for smaller multi-server environments

This long-term exposure shaped my core focus:
revealing the technical truth behind complex infrastructure.

I tend to work carefully and precisely.
Not because I enjoy perfection, but because broken things stay broken if you treat them casually.

I’m often asked to look at systems that were “fixed” quickly and now behave in interesting ways.
That’s normal — real infrastructure lives under pressure, and shortcuts are a survival strategy, not a crime.

I communicate directly.
If something doesn’t make sense, I’ll say so.
If something does, I won’t pretend it’s more complicated than it is.

I prefer practical solutions over elegant theories.
They age better.

I work well on my own, and even better with people who don’t mind a bit of honesty and who care about the quality of their work.

Get in touch

Email me: starttalking@sh-soft.de