Jürgen Dengel

Architect and key contributor in enterprise IT transformations across public sector, insurance, and automotive. Specialized in scalable architectures, legacy modernization, DevSecOps, and container platforms. Led cloud migration, CI/CD design, and microservices enablement in regulated environments. Delivered solutions for Zurich Insurance, AUDI, Bundesarchiv, and DA Direkt.

Chief Account Architect (CTO) for Zurich Germany. Oversaw technical strategy and modernization of core platforms. Led legacy migration, DevSecOps enablement, infrastructure reengineering, and testing standardization. Key projects: Guidewire migration, DA Direkt modernization (Java/MS SQL), scalable CI/CD rollout, and AI-based regression testing. Improved performance and security across distributed insurance systems.

End-to-end responsibility for architecture, development, and operations of enterprise applications in banking, insurance, telecom, and retail. Led key projects in mobile business, messaging, and m-payment. Migrated systems during Commerzbank–Dresdner Bank merger, built mobile platforms for o2/e-plus, delivered solutions for Zurich Insurance, operated dedicated data centers, and developed frameworks for performance, monitoring, and secure messaging.

Development of a IT Solution for Quality Management: Overall architecture of the technical plattform Organization of the onsight, offsight and nearshore development teams Definition of the development process based on Discipline Agile Delivery Design of the Informationsystem- and plattformarchitecture based on Oracle, Java, Spring, GXT, JS, Mule ESB, SAP JCo, REST, SOAP und TomCat

Worked in Release Cluster RC512/RC514 (~40 systems) for Group Risk Controlling & Capital Management. Migrated Dresdner Bank rating systems into Commerzbank’s IT landscape, ensuring regulatory and technical compliance. Led testing for COFA, LBS, RDP, Risk Manager. Coordinated host (z/OS, DB2) and UNIX (Solaris, Oracle) systems. Improved change/defect processes and built Python-based regression testing. Testmanagement for Branch of the future

System Architect "i-Mode(TM)": Workflow & Process-Design, Portal Design, AAA-Design, System Analysis, Performance-Tuning, Prepaid / Postpaid integration, Event based content billing, MMS Integration, Audio/Video Streaming, Patent-Support, mobile Java (MIDP/DOJA) Integration System Architect IMC (Integrated Media Center) O2 Germany: Business Model Design, Process Design, System Integration, System Specification, KPI Definitions, Data Model Design, Provisioning / Barring, Customer Care, Portal Design

Consulting for Deutsche Telekom's real estate divestiture. Focus: IT system consolidation and carve-out for operational independence. Defined system boundaries and separation logic, designed interfaces between legacy and target systems, analyzed requirements, created technical designs, and supported implementation of new real estate processes within the existing IT landscape.

Long-term engagement at e-plus as Technical Project Lead, Solution Architect, and Lead Developer. Focused on architecture, maintenance, and enhancement of the i-mode platform and related systems. Delivered scalable solutions for mobile services, portals, messaging infrastructure, and security-critical components including SSO, CMS integration, anti-spam filtering, KPI monitoring, and load testing.

Curriculum: Authored the complete lecture script and all lab exercises from scratch, matching the depth of an academic textbook. Instruction: Delivered all lectures and lab sessions focusing on OOP, software design, and Java. Theory-to-Practice: Bridged academic theory and industry practice by bringing real-world enterprise experience into the classroom. Evaluation: Mentored students in practical assignments, building a foundation for professional software engineering.

Enterprise Architecture (Banking): Konzeption und Architektur-Design komplexer J2EE-Portale für die WestLB und die Dresdner Bank. Mainframe-Integration: Systemanalyse und Architektur eines aufsichtsrechtlichen Berichtigungssystems (Meldewesen) inkl. Modellierung von Datenimporten in S/390-gehostete DB2-Datenbanken. ECM-Integration: IT-Konzept zur internationalen Einführung eines TQM-Portals mit tiefer Integration proprietärer Datenquellen (ARIS, Ceyoniq, Lotus Notes).

• M-Commerce: Tech Lead for an innovative mobile micropayment platform (Architecture & PoC). • Telco Billing: Architected complex EBPP & eBilling systems. • Enterprise Tech: Designed scalable J2EE, WebLogic, Oracle 8i & UNIX backend architectures. • QA & Process: Project Lead defining a company-wide V-Model QA framework. • Consulting: Architectural guidance for spin-off start-ups.

Dual-role tenure at Europe's leading AI research center (DFKI). Medical Data Architecture (LIS): Engineered an award-winning Leukemia Information System. Digitized analog medical archives, creating a validated "Ground Truth" parameter structure for AI diagnostics. Built a UI with digital image filters & a pioneering OODBMS architecture. UNIX Data Engineering (OMEGA): Developed robust Bash/AWK pipelines to build the Ground Truth for AI-driven document classification algorithms.

Requirements & Specs: Authored precise technical and functional specifications to guide new software initiatives and seamless system integrations. Backend & Architecture: Architected, built, and fine-tuned database-driven supervisory control systems (Informix, SQL) across Linux and Windows NT platforms. Embedded Engineering: Delivered bare-metal microcontroller programming (ANSI C, Assembly) and designed highly robust, real-time communication protocols (TCP/IP, PPP) for distributed industrial networks.

Operating and expanding heterogeneous network environments (IBM AS/400, Banyan Vines, DEC VAX/VMS) Integrating measurement, control, and automation components into supervisory control systems Maintaining and enhancing enterprise applications for production data acquisition, time tracking, and access control