20 years of software development as a developer and team-lead. Mostly on the SAP-platform and different JAVA/Spring Boot-applications (front- and backend). Experience in DLT/Solidity (eg. CONSENSYS developer bootcamp, INSEAD Blockchain Revolution for Financial Services).
Nicolas Kuhn
Nicolas Kuhn
Software Team-Lead | Scrum Master | DLT-Enthusiast | UX Designer | Design Thinker | Problem Solver | Sports Fanatic
Professional Profile
Dedicated, ambitious and hands-on software team lead and scrum master of multiple agile software engineering teams with 10+ years of experience as a software developer and with 5+ years as a team lead in the traditional banking/finance/payments industry with great passion and interest for the internet of value and customer-focused solutions with great UX.
Loves to explore the world. Early adopter of new products. Sports fanatic by heart with preference for icehockey.
Years of working experience
Lines of code
Skills
My skills.
Software Development
Team-Enabler
5 years as a team-lead (people management with budget- and application responsibility) of 20 software developers and as a servant leader aka scrum master aka agile coach of 2 scrum-teams/DevOps-teams.
Agile Project Management
8 years experience in SCRUM/SAFe as a developer and/or scrum master. Certified SAFe® Scrum Master, SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager and Certified Associate in project management (CAPM).
Hands-on experience throughout the whole software development/product development process from design thinking/design sprint (generate ideas, prototype & test them) to agile UX (build, measure, learn) to agile software development/management (Scrum/SAFe®). See also: Resume
Creativity
Likes to think outside of the box to do things differently, smarter, easier, cheaper. Entrepreneurial drive.
Communication Skills
Open-minded. Bridge builder. Speaks German (native), English and French.
Motivation
Competitive, performance-oriented and always motivated to go the extra Mile. Loves to solve problems and to achieve things together in a team.
Resume
My education and experience.
Education
Certificate of Advanced Studies in Blockchain
Thesis: Tokenized Real Estate governed by a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (Grade: passed)
University of Zurich
2022 - 2022Masters's degree in Human Computer Interaction Design
Master thesis: Eat fast, easy and healthy. A proposed solution using UCD methods (Grade: 5.5)
University of Rapperswil & Basel
2016 - 2018Bachelor's degree in Business Information Technology
Bachelor thesis: Opportunities and risks of mobile payment for banks (Grade: 5.75)
University of Applied Sciences Zurich
2009 - 2013Embedded Design Thinking
Innovation project between university of St. Gallen, Standford University and Zürcher Kantonalbank about customer experience 2020
University of St. Gallen
2011 - 2012Experience
Team Lead & Scrum Master Application Development
Team Leader of 20 software developers & scrum master of 2 scrum teams/DevOps-teams in an agile release train (SAFe®).
Zürcher Kantonalbank
2017 - nowLecturer Bachelor of Science (BSc), Major Digital Business & AI Management
Module: Design Thinking
HWZ
2021 - nowApplication Developer, Junior/Professional/Senior
Application developer on the SAP NetWeaver Platform, project member of several SCRUM-projects
Zürcher Kantonalbank
2007 - 2017SAP Technical Consultant, Value Prototyping
3 month internship at SAP Value Prototyping Americas, Palo Alto, CA
SAP America
2014 - 2014Application Developer, Apprenticeship
Application developer (JAVA, C, ABAP, PHP, HTML, CSS, javascript, AJAX)