Florian Schwendener
Software Engineering Consultant
About me
Business Analyst, Product Owner, and Project Manager with a software engineering background. Promoted twice at ELCA and managed projects for leading financial institutions.
Working externally for Credit Suisse & UBS since October 2021.
Consulting
Offering
- Product Manager / Owner
- Business Analysis
- Requirements Engineering
- Agile Project Management
- Scrum Master
Values
- High quality
- Efficient
- Reliable
- Transparent
Experience
UBS (external)
Management Consultant
January 2024 -
Roles
Project Management
80%
Management Consulting
90%
Supporting UBS in integrating the core banking system of a major Swiss bank.
Serving on the readiness management team, focused on ensuring the bank's preparedness for the core banking migration process.
Credit Suisse (external)
Product Owner / System Analyst
October 2021 - November 2023
Roles
Product Owner
90%
Business & System Analyst
70%
Solution Architect
40%
Product Owner for a Compliance KYC/AML web application.
Successfully rolled out the application to multiple Credit Suisse sites across various continents, providing subject matter expertise to support remote locations.
Collaborated with the Solution Architecture team on technical design tasks and played a key role in production support and stabilizing the production environment.
ELCA Informatik AG
Product Owner / Lead Business Analyst
January 2018 - March 2021
Roles
Product Owner
80%
Team Lead Business Analysis
90%
Agile Project Management
60%
Product Owner for a complex web application in the public transport domain, overseeing a team of approximately 45 FTE across 5 teams.
Led business analysis and product management, with responsibility for all BA-related processes, concepts, and specifications.
Successfully scaled the team from 15 FTE to 45 FTE while maintaining an agile workflow by implementing Scrum, Kanban, and selected practices from SAFe.
ELCA Informatik AG
Business Analyst / Project Manager
July 2015 - December 2017
Roles
Requirements Engineering
80%
Team Lead Reverse Engineering
60%
Offshore Coach VN
30%
Team Lead in Reverse Engineering, managing a team of 10 members in Switzerland and Vietnam.
Responsible for reverse engineering, requirements engineering, and all related artifacts.
Led customer workshops, authored specifications, and tested deliverables.
Conducted on-site training for offshore team members in Vietnam.
ELCA Informatik AG
Senior Software Engineer
February 2012 - June 2015
Roles
Software Engineer C# / .NET
90%
Requirements Engineer
40%
Software Engineer & Architect for web and desktop applications using .NET, C#, and MSSQL.
Conducted requirements engineering during customer workshops, authored specifications, and tested the product to ensure quality and alignment with client needs.
Education
Studies
2010 - 2012 Hochschule für Technik, Rapperswil, Switzerland
Master of Science in Engineering (Software & Systems)
2006 - 2009 Hochschule für Technik, Rapperswil, Switzerland
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Computer Science)
Certifications
2024
Psychological Safety (flowdays)
2021
SAFe 5 Agilist (Scaled Agile, Inc.)
2019