Caroline Weinand
Ormond Beach,FL
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Founder and Owner
Dacos LLC
Ormond Beach, USA
08.2024 - Current
- Building a new software company, streamlining new ideas and becoming certified in Odoo Software suite
Founder and Owner
Sunny Side Clean Team
Ormond Beach, USA
02.2018 - 04.2024
- Built and lead a 15-person company for 5+ years, flexible for a life with three boys growing up in another country
- Spin offs out-founded by my husband for commercial and floor care
Co-Founder
Synchronis-IT
Saarbrücken, Germany
06.2012 - 01.2018
- Complete company lifecycle: Hiring, employee management and scheduling, bookkeeping, customer acquisition and care
IT Professional
Dialogika GmbH
Dudweiler, Germany
04.2014 - 09.2016
- Managed complete test development and tracking process for a software system serving the German police, including oversight of test team
- Documentation development with a ticket-based team organization
- I was part of the employee-feedback and evaluation team, to execute and develop the feedback system
- Organized summer fests and game nights for the employees
- Reason for leaving: Moved to USA
IT Project Coordinator
Data One GmbH
Saarbrücken, Germany
04.2011 - 03.2014
- Oversight of project coordination, client and staff scheduling
- Triggered billing and customer feedback
- Started in software development team to develop individualized SharePoint applications
- Complete project lifecycle
- Reason for leaving: Growth potential
Software and Test Development
Isocom GmbH
Saarlouis, Germany
09.2010 - 01.2011
- Implemented modules, maintained and tested software for the manufacturing industry
- Automated software testing systems
- Documentation development
- Reason for leaving: job did not fit expectations
Software Development
Dacos GmbH
Saarbrücken, Germany
06.2005 - 08.2010
- Software development in C# and Java with Scrum
- Code Reviews and database programming
- Testing and maintenance
- Complete software development lifecycle
- Reason for leaving: went out of business
Education
Diplom - Computer Science, Business Economics
Universität des Saarlandes
Saarbrücken, Germany06.2005
exchange semester -
Université Denis Diderot
Paris, France01.2002
Abitur -
Hochwaldgymnasium Wadern
Wadern, Germany01.1999
High School Year -
St. Pauls Episcopal School
Mobile, AL, USA01.1997
Skills
- Project management
- Effective Stakeholder Communication
- Agile methodology
- Full software development lifecycle
- Customer requirement prioritization
- Excellent problem-solving abilities
- Self-motivated
- User interface understanding and mocks
- Polyglot
- Software development
- Client relationship management
- Team leadership
- Time management
- Process improvement
- Documentation development
- Strategic planning
- Multitasking Abilities
- Agile methodology
Certification
- Odoo professional certification
- Project management certification, PRINCE2 methodology
- ISTQB Software test management
Volunteer Experience
Different volunteer work at school and church
Languages
- German, native speaker
- English, proficient
- French, high intermediate
- Spanish, currently learning
Leadership Positions
- Being Owner and (Co-)Founder of a company, everything has to be done or delegated. Met with customers, organized the logistics, finished paperwork
- Management of the complete lifecycle of customers and employee feedback
- Project coordination with a team of engineers or, even more challenging, up to 15 cleaning professionals
- Lead of a team of 3 full time software testers
Timeline
Founder and Owner
Dacos LLC
08.2024 - Current
Founder and Owner
Sunny Side Clean Team
02.2018 - 04.2024
IT Professional
Dialogika GmbH
04.2014 - 09.2016
Co-Founder
Synchronis-IT
06.2012 - 01.2018
IT Project Coordinator
Data One GmbH
04.2011 - 03.2014
Software and Test Development
Isocom GmbH
09.2010 - 01.2011
Software Development
Dacos GmbH
06.2005 - 08.2010
Diplom - Computer Science, Business Economics
Universität des Saarlandes
exchange semester -
Université Denis Diderot
Abitur -
Hochwaldgymnasium Wadern
High School Year -
St. Pauls Episcopal School
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