Michael Klein

Lead architect for the European Patent Office's Google Cloud adoption — foundation, team build-out, infrastructure automation, CloudOps, and FinOps.

• As Cloud Architect, drove GCP adoption from 0 to > €4M p.a., saving ~50% compared to on-premises

• Improved cost efficiency: ~40% effective discount on GCP list price through architectural design, custom pricing, and committed-use agreements (paying ~60 cents per €1 of list)

• Designed and built two Enterprise-grade GCP organizations including their foundational setup, operational processes, and boundaries

• Implemented several GCP discount agreements, including ~€270K in additional savings in 2023 and ~€350K in 2024

• Helped increase overall 2024 production output by 2% (~€50M)

• Built the core GCP team and grew it to 6 FTEs, including hiring 3 cloud architects and engineers

• Introduced Enterprise-grade Kubernetes "the hard way", contributing cluster- and application-level observability

• As Architect for Common Build Services, reduced CI capacity by ~20% while sustaining ~800 nightly builds and thousands of builds per day

• As the sole developer of cecli, implemented the missing gcloud browsers command

Development and team management roles for ARIS product and ARIS Web Development.

• As Development Manager for Oracle BPA Suite (an ARIS OEM product), achieved ~140% ROI in 3 years

• Established a US office and a 5-FTE development outpost

• As Web Development Team Manager, recovered a 7-figure deal at risk of customer churn

• Supervised and mentored a thesis candidate

Software engineer working on web-based information retrieval and search systems.

• Within the first 6 weeks, developed a working prototype of a web-based search system, demoed at the world's largest IT trade fair, CeBIT

I served as a volunteer firefighter for over 30 years, starting as a junior cadet and eventually becoming a state-certified incident commander and group leader. During my tenure, I participated in over 100 firefighting operations, contributing to the safety and well-being of the community. Additionally, I created and developed the organization's website, enhancing communication and outreach efforts.

• Became a state-certified incident commander and group leader

• Participated in 100+ firefighting operations

• Created and developed the organization's website between 1998 and 2006

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

Summer School

Courses

• Software Design and Implementation Using C++

"Diplom-Informatiker (FH)"

A location- and time-based reminder app for Android and iOS.

• Implemented the app using Flutter, enabling cross-platform development

• Integrated Geofencing and Google Maps

• Published "Dynamic (and Secure) Google Maps API Key in Flutter" on Medium, covering API-key handling pitfalls in Flutter applications

• Published "Geofencing in Flutter" on Medium, detailing the implementation and use cases of Geofencing in the app

A cloud-native implementation of how to measure agility using Kubernetes Deployment Frequency.

• Implemented this project to illustrate the Deployment Frequency (DF) KPI from Forsgren, Humble, and Kim's "Accelerate"

• Built it using Golang and Kubernetes, demonstrating how to measure agility through Kubernetes Deployment Frequency

• Integrated Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring and visualization of deployment metrics

Failure happens: Fail over or recover to the Sovereign Part of a Cloud Platform. A Cloud Infrastructure Design Pattern.

What Geofence limitations exist and how to work around them in Flutter.

How not to hard-code and distribute a Google Maps API Key in your App.