Thomas Quas

Current

• Interim Product Manager at United Internet Media AG / WEB.DE / GMX / 1&1
• Freelance Consultant (Self-employed)

Past

• Coach, Scrum Master at lastminute.com
• Coach, Solutions Architect at namics ag
• Coach, Systems Architect, Programmer at Avid Technology

• Coach, Systems Architect at Avid Development GmbH (formerly NXN Software GmbH)
• Senior Software Engineer at WebSentric AG

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Education

• Fachhochschule Augsburg

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Website

Thomas Quas’s Summary

* IT professional with over 15 years experience in building systems for internet, enterprise, and mobile/wireless.

* Proven ability to lead teams and deliver against targets.

* Successful track record coaching teams and serving as trusted technical advisor.

Thomas Quas’s Experience

• Interim Product Manager

  United Internet Media AG / WEB.DE / GMX / 1&1

  (Online Media industry)

  July 2009 — Present (6 months)

• Freelance Consultant

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

  April 2001 — Present (8 years 9 months)

  Check out http://www.tquas.org/resume.html

• Coach, Scrum Master

  lastminute.com

  (Privately Held; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  February 2009 — June 2009 (5 months)

  Coordinating marketing, product management, finance, and IT staff's work on service offerings from concept to realization. Introducing Scrum and other agile techniques. Leading tech teams.

• Coach, Solutions Architect

  namics ag

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  July 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  See http://www.tquas.org/resume.html

• Coach, Systems Architect, Programmer

  Avid Technology

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; AVID; Broadcast Media industry)

  March 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 5 months)

  See http://www.tquas.org/resume.html
  
  Coached a team of C++ programmers to switch to the JavaEE world. Established test-driven approach to software development.
  
  Co-architected a clustered system using Java 5, JBoss AS, Jini, Spring, Hibernate, Compass, SQL Server 2005.
  
  Performed initial load and performance tests using different caching strategies; implemented tests in Python. Optimized system response times for complex setup and 2000+ concurrent users.
  
  Coordinated agile approach to software development and assisted upper management with technical decisions and hiring processes.

• Coach, Systems Architect

  Avid Development GmbH (formerly NXN Software GmbH)

  (Computer Software industry)

  2004 — 2007 (3 years )

• Senior Software Engineer

  WebSentric AG

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  April 1998 — April 2001 (3 years 1 month)

  See http://www.tquas.org/resume.html

Thomas Quas’s Education

• Fachhochschule Augsburg

  MSC , Computer Science

Additional Information

Thomas Quas’s Websites:

• My Website

Thomas Quas’s Interests:

enjoy live

Thomas Quas’s Groups:

munich.rb, hamburg elephants

•    The Enterprise Architecture Network
•    Scrum Practitioners
•    Cloud Computing
•    iPhone Developers - www.iPhoneintouch.com