Michael Martinides

Software & Devops Engineer

An experienced software engineer with a strong focus on cloud architecture. Equipped with over 15 years of experience in the business development sector within complex, international environments. Notable for strong software development abilities within startup and large industry contexts. I strive to maintain a results-focused, team-oriented working style with utmost integrity.

Work Experiences

MAI Group

Technology Partner
Jan. 1, 2024 - today
(1 years)

Supporting The MAI Group, a network of innovative companies working on the intelligent transformation of commerce and customer obsessed processes for businesses and brands.

  • Development of a platform to communicate AI use cases with a generic and expandable framework
  • Implementation of AI and other emerging technologies to optimize business processes, improve customer relationships, and future-proof businesses. Such as RAG, Agent Systems, Multi Modal ETLs, and more.
  • Development of scalable cloud-based systems to ensure robust, secure, and flexible business operations, facilitating real-time data access and process automation.
  • Provision of strategic advisory on digital initiatives, leveraging data-driven insights and market trends to help businesses tackle key challenges such as reducing customer acquisition costs and increasing customer lifetime value.

TigerMilk.Education GmbH

Software & Devops Engineer
April 1, 2019 - today
(6 years)

Co-founded TigerMilk.Education GmbH, creating a digital platform offering step-by-step solutions to algebra problems, even complex ones. My primary responsibilities involved setting up the infrastructure and handling backend software development roles using Python.

  • Elevated Tiger Algebra to one of the globally leading math solver platforms
  • Developed robust infrastructure from ground that handles over 3M monthly unique visitors
  • Developed Python software for quality control workflows and admin tools, large scale data analysis (>1bn data points), a code generation framework for C#, SEO workflows, and LLM components
  • Developed automated video generation framework to generate step by step math videos
  • Set up a complex best practice CI/CD pipeline in AWS delivering a solid cost performance ratio

Freelancer

Software & Devops Engineer
Jan. 1, 2017 - today
(8 years)

Provided consulting services to various startups and enterprise clients, aiding development teams to create business value through software. Notable clients are based in Berlin, Japan, USA and Congo.

  • Successfully coordinated a complex post-merger integration process
  • Devops: Development of high-performance infrastructures using Devops methodologies
  • Legacy migration: Successful migrations of legacy setups to a modern cloud architecture for two top 50k internet sites
  • Software: Developed applications in Python
  • Project Management: Utilized Scrum methodologies for software development

stacktile GmbH

Co-Founder
Oct. 30, 2013 - June 1, 2017
(3 years)

Co-founded stacktile GmbH with a team of scientists from TU Berlin's FG-INET with a focus on network architectures and security in the area of software defined networking (SDN). Originally designed as a documentation-as-a-service platform for developers and tech companies. Today it operates as a consulting company.

  • Developed software using Scrum methodologies
  • Acquired grants, angel investments, and partnerships for financing
  • Oversaw business development, product definition, market research, marketing, and sales
  • Ensured legal and tax compliance, public relations, and team morale
  • stacktile raised pre-seed investments over €800k, received the TU Berlin award for excellence, and was acquihired

Fraunhofer Gesellschaft e.V. – Forschungsplanung A1

Project Manager
Oct. 1, 2011 - Oct. 1, 2013
(2 years)

Led a scientific project funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research to identify new innovation projects and business development opportunities for complex technical research areas.

  • Planned, organized, and moderated projects and events with diverse stakeholders.
  • Successfully initiated and coordinated collaborations to generate new solutions
  • Generated three new research projects

The Linde Group

Project Manager
Oct. 1, 2005 - Oct. 1, 2011
(6 years)

Served The Linde Group as a Global and Local Project Manager to establish new business fields in the Healthcare Business Division.

  • Executed complex service structures in a healthcare setting (e.g., rollout of centers for ventilated patients)
  • Maintained close communication with finance department and management to remain within defined project scope and targets
  • Successful multi-project management and sales management of a €2.5m business line providing complex products for high-profile clients
  • Aligned more than 25 countries by providing compelling strategy documents and conducting meetings and workshops with key stakeholders
  • Successfully rolled out a new therapy to 6 countries, adding 1500 new patients and developed several initiatives to grow new business

Education

MSc

1998 - 2005
Obtained a Diplom-Ingenieur and Master of Science in Electronic Engineering at Technical University of Karlsruhe.
Thesis: Development of a real time operating system in C and Assembler from scratch for a control system of a piezo electronic mechanism

MSc

2002 - 2005
Obtained an additional Master of Science by participating in a double degree exchange programme between the University of Karlsruhe and the INP Grenoble.
Speciality area: System-on-Chip architectures and design methodologies

University Entrance Diploma

1985 - 1998
Obtained the German Abitur in an international setting.

Professional Skills

AWS ( ECS, Athena, EC2, Lambda, EKS, CloudWatch, . ) Devops ( Hetzner, AWS, Azure, Terraform, Ansible, AWS Copilot, Cloud Formation, Kubernetes, Helm, Pulumi, Grafana ) Continuous Integration ( Github Actions, AWS CodePipeline, Gitlab CI/CD, Selenium, Cypress ) Linux Administration ( Containerization and Virtualization, Docker, Command Line ) Python ( Django, Manim, Wagtail, LLM / GPT-4 components, Ruff/Pylance/Pydantic/Pytest ) C# ( ASP.NET Core ) IDE ( JetBrains Suite, VSCode, Vim, Shell, Nushell ) Data Engineering ( ETL, Athena, Pandas, Plotly, Numpy, Spacy, Dataframes ) Project Management ( Communication, Team Building, Integrity, Scrum )

Miscellaneous

Languages
  • German (Native)
  • English (Fluent)
  • Dutch (Advanced)
  • French (Competent)
Hobbies
  • Mentorship for young students to participate at Jugend Forscht, a science competition
  • Wind sports: Kite surfing, Wing foiling
  • Projects in the culture sector
  • Snowboarding
  • Reading: Science fiction
Training
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
  • Certified Professional Scrum Master (PSM I)
  • ITIL Foundation Certification
  • Design Thinking Training by Prof. Kimpel of the UDK
  • Extensive 93/42/EEC & ISO 13-485 Training & Implementation
Other Experience and Projects
  • Various technical internships and jobs Gained experience through multiple internships and roles at companies such as European Space Agency (Netherlands), OHB (Bremen), Bundeskriminalamt (Wiesbaden), CEDRAT (France), IBT Karlsruhe, WBK Karlsruhe.
  • Various Side Projects Created portfolio pages for artists and participated in various Django programming projects in Python, including FhG Ideenpool, Linde Quiz tool, Rasguado and more.
  • Co-Founder Co-founded and developed www.kikilou.de, a platform for customized children's books.

Influences

Endorsement of Elky Mart

I am thrilled to write an endorsement for my esteemed colleague, Michael. I have had the privilege of working closely with Michael for over six years, and throughout our time together, he has consistently demonstrated a remarkable set of skills and qualities that make him an invaluable asset to any team.

Michael's greatest strength is his unwavering reliability. When you work with him, you can always count on him to deliver results on time and with precision. His commitment to meeting deadlines and producing high-quality work is truly commendable, and it has been a driving force behind our team's success.

What sets Michael apart is his unparalleled willingness to dive into new and complex topics. He has a thirst for knowledge that is insatiable, and he approaches every challenge with a deep sense of curiosity and determination. I've watched him study and master intricate subjects, demonstrating a level of dedication that is truly inspiring.

Michael is also a rational and logical investigator. He has a keen analytical mind that allows him to dissect problems and find innovative solutions. His ability to approach challenges with a structured and methodical mindset is a valuable asset to any team, and it has been instrumental in overcoming some of our toughest obstacles.

Furthermore, Michael serves as a great support pillar for his team members. He is always ready to lend a helping hand, share his knowledge, and provide guidance when needed. His collaborative spirit and willingness to mentor others make him not only an exceptional individual contributor but also a fantastic team player.

Having worked with Michael in various roles, including Project Manager, DevOps Manager, and Software Developer (Python and C#), I can attest to his versatility and adaptability.

I have no doubt that Michael's dedication, reliability, and exceptional skills will continue to drive success in all his endeavors. I eagerly look forward to many more years of working alongside him and witnessing his continued growth and achievements. Michael is, without a doubt, a true asset to any organization lucky enough to have him on their team.

Elky Mart

Get in Touch

Get in touch at michael@martinides.de or call me at +49 1578 4999 599