Dr. Florian Häberlein

Continued my journey as lead of the domain office for the value stream system and markets Germany. Ensured strategic goals setting and realization of key results by - implementing a full portfolio management process for the entire value stream as part of the sponsor group - representing business technology interests as part of the portfolio board.

Pushing forward technology and business capabilities for the German business domains Asset Chain Services and Systems and Market Services. Leading the domain office with architects, project and portfolio managers, security and process specialists (~10 direct reports on two locations). Responsible for two service teams including their respective team leads with ~35 indirect reports on three locations. Total financial responsibility of up to 20 M€/a.

Continued my journey as fully assigned lead for an international team with same role, responsibilities and achievements as described before. Took over operator duties for 30 employees on both countries including appropriate power of attorney with a financial responsibility of 4 M€/a.

Ensuring and developing the full range of business capabilities supported by 120+ IT services within the German, Dutch and corporate asset life cycle business through stable IT service provision. Pushing forward innovation and change on various levels. Financial responsibility of 4 M€/a.

Ensuring and developing the full range of business capabilities supported by ~80 IT services within the German asset life cycle business through stable IT service provision. Increased quality of service operations and provisioning by coaching on individual and team performance as well as skills and knowledge of team members. Financial responsibility of 3 M€/a. Successfully introduced a central knowledge management system. Accomplished preparation of service team for merging with Dutch equivalent team.

Ensuring reliable and growing energy system design capabilities of TenneT through stable IT service provision by managing and developing an IT service portfolio of ~20 IT services for ~50 persons with a financial responsibility of 1 M€/a. Implementing smooth and efficient end-to-end processes connecting customer requests to existing and new IT components. Managing internal and external suppliers, contracts, budgets and KPIs.

Pushing forward the grid design and planning capabilities of TenneT for electricity transmission system to a leading position by realizing a full renewal of IT solutions on software and infrastructure level. Ensuring conformity to regulatory and legal processes for core business of TenneT in asset management, energy system design and system operation by managing IT projects and co-ordinating internal and external suppliers as well as initiating and stimulating collaboration with researchers and SMEs.

Enlarging and safeguarding simulation capabilities of ETC in R+D by achieving a full managed and quality-controlled software for an industrial simulator in nuclear energy. Managed software development projects including lab experiment validation approach and full documentation. Responsible for scope, risk, time and budget planning including approval from and reporting to C-level management. Budget responsibility up to 150 k€/a.

Managing in full-time my scientific PhD project by further developing theory and implementing new methods for efficient and parallel high-performance computation in CO2 geological storage. Presenting intermediate and final results on various occasions such as international scientific conferences in front of top-notch scientists including publishing several peer-reviewed articles in leading international journals.

Accomplished from-scratch implementation of a multi-species non-linear reactive transport simulator. Collaboration with a team of ~25 senior scientists on further development and improvement of a simulation platform. Successfully presented results on several occasions orally in front of senior scientists and management as well as preparation of a full Master thesis report. Successfully obtained a Master of Science equivalent grade (Diplom-Mathematiker) based on the work executed during this internship.

Increased understanding of efficiency of two different optimization algorithms by applying them to real-world stratigraphy simulators. Collaborating with a team of ~5 senior scientists and thus improved the quality of the algorithmic code base. Successfully presented results in written reports and orally in front of large groups including senior scientists and management. Getting acquainted with working culture in France.

Ensured in-time review and correction of written and coding student exercises in numerical mathematics. Weekly deliverables of ~30 bachelor students in 2nd year. Develop a sound basis in coaching of young adults combined with scientific rigour. Increase ability to understand complex ideas and link them to existing classroom knowledge. Streamlined various levels of quality to an understandable and recognisable level. Act and be identified as a person in authority.

Time Space Domain Decomposition Methods for Reactive Transport - Application to CO2 Geological Storage

Studying and living abroad for one year during an Erasmus exchange.

Solid academic journey on various aspects of higher mathematics. Focus on numerical mathematics, dynamic systems and control theory. Accompanied with various lectures on computer science and engineering science. The latter with a focus on electrical engineering.