• 📅 Date of Birth: 17/11/1983
• 🌍 Nationality: German
• 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-groneberg-84b47412
• 💻 GitHub: github.com/jeffreygroneberg

Microsoft Germany GmbH
08/2022 – Present
Munich, Germany

• Advising customers on their Microsoft Azure journey
• Supporting strategic customers (e.g., Volkswagen, BMW, EON, Mercedes-Benz) in their cloud adoption and migration journeys with specialized technical and architectural best practices
• Removing technical blockers to cloud value realization by addressing issues and problems at product group and internal development
• Conducting on-site and remote workshops (Architecture Reviews, Azure Functions, App Services, Micro Services, GitHub Copilot and OpenAI)
• Helping the customer's development teams (Terraform scripting, Java development, Azure functions with C#) to enable or drive projects by contributing to their code base
• Delivering conference, university, and dev community talks

SAP SE
09/2021 – 07/2022
Walldorf, Germany

• Mentored and led colleagues by establishing a feedback channel to facilitate growth and development
• Introduced a sustainable and successful agile working model within an internationally distributed team
• Reworked existing operation processes and implemented automations to optimize efficiency
• Planned, delivered, and met executive goals and budgets to drive success
• Represented the team in executive calls to ensure alignment and communication
• Removed obstacles in daily business and operations to streamline workflow
• Mediated and resolved conflicts and interests within the team to foster collaboration and productivity

SAP SE
11/2015 – 08/2021
Walldorf, Germany

• Developing Java & Golang applications on SAP BTP Cloud Foundry
• Implementing Reusable Services (OSBAPI) for SAP IT's service marketplace
• Creating open source projects (e.g., github.com/SAP-samples/cloud-security-client-golang-xsuaa and YouTube)
• Advising external customers (e.g., Telekom, Bayer, Siemens) and internal stakeholders in SAP Business Technology Platform projects and possible cloud migration
• Leading SAP IT's cloud development knowledge base and learning strategy
• Training developers worldwide for SAP IT
• Establishing processes, governance & architecture guidelines for SAP BTP development
• Managing operation and responsibility for more than 1000 applications
• Conducting feasibility studies and providing early technical feedback for new SAP products
• Speaking at conferences and universities (ASUG, SAP DKOM, University of Applied Sciences Mannheim)

SAP SE
05/2013 – 10/2015
Walldorf, Germany

• Providing technical lead and architectural support for SAP IT projects (e.g., "SAP IT goes SAP HANA", SAP Store - SAP Hybris - store.sap.com)
• Creating technical project documentations

SAP SE
05/2011 – 04/2013
Karlsruhe, Germany

• Building up mobile apps (e.g., SAP EMR for Android, iOS, and Windows RT)
• Creating and supporting an extension API for customers
• Conducting on-site requirements engineering and prototype feedback in German hospitals

SAP SE
03/2005 – 04/2011
Walldorf, Germany

University of Applied Sciences Mannheim
2009 – 2011
Mannheim, Germany

• Helping students during classroom programming exercises
• Providing Software Engineering lectures
• Preparing students for their math exams

University of Applied Sciences Mannheim
2009 – 2011
Mannheim, Germany
Final Grade: 1.3 (German grading system)

University of Applied Sciences Mannheim
2005 – 2009
Mannheim, Germany
Final Grade: 1.4 (German grading system)

Microsoft
09/2022
Credly Badge
Earners of the Azure Fundamentals certification have demonstrated foundational knowledge of cloud services and how those services are provided with Microsoft Azure.

SAP SE
IEEE Explore Document
One year-long training for SAP Development Architects with on-the-job exercises & soft skills workshops

08/2020
Link to article
Article on SAP BTP AuthN/Z solutions which received over 100,000 views so far and was highly praised and endorsed within the SAP community.

06/2022
Link to article
Another article in the community that showcases and explained the concepts of how to share SAP HANA data across hybrid landscapes and micro services.