About Dr.-Ing. Amir
- Owned a €70M P&L across four IoT product lines, growing product contribution to company revenue from 5% to 8% over six years.
- Scaled global IoT deployments from zero to 250,000+ connected devices through secondgeneration Gateway rollout, with the third-generation platform now live at 20,000+ Carrier client installations.
- Launched 8 IoT product lines to market, including climate sensors, room temperature controllers, and connected gateways across hardware, firmware, and cloud layers.
- Grew programme portfolio from €25M to €100M+ spanning 25+ concurrent programmes from proof of concept through manufacturing and vendor delivery.
- Built and led a 30-person cross-functional team of engineers, architects, and product specialists across Germany, Poland, India, and the United States.
- Cut feature delivery cycles from 4 weeks to 2 weeks and firmware releases from 4 months to 6 weeks by replacing Waterfall with Agile incremental delivery across the engineering organisation.
- Reduced field issue resolution from 2 weeks to 2 days by directing development of an LLMpowered diagnostic tool trained on six years of device telemetry using LoRA and PEFT optimisation.
- Architected IoT networks supporting 50,000+ devices per deployment, with secure over-the-air update, firmware unit testing, and VDE security compliance embedded as platform standards.
- Led Matter protocol adoption under the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA), defining the integration roadmap and piloting implementation before transitioning ownership to a dedicated delivery team.
- Reported weekly to the C-suite on portfolio status, commercial outcomes, and programme risk across the General Manager, CTO, Head of R&D, and Head of Project Management.
English
Native or bilingual
Arabic
Native or bilingual
German
Fluent
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- ithinx GmbH (Viessmann Group)Senior Software Project ManagerSeptember 2019 - Today (6 years and 9 months)Cologne, Germany• Overseeing the development of embedded IoT software for Home Automation and Industry 4.0.• Formulating digital strategies and facilitating the digital transformation of existing systems.• Taking charge of software requirements, architectures, and system releases for market deployment.• Ensuring project quality, adherence to timelines, and budgetary control.• Collaborating with sales management to craft technical project specifications.• Recognizing customer needs and upholding a "customer-centric" approach across the entire product life cycle. Achievements:• Launched Viessmann IoT Devices in the market, resulting in the installation and activation of over 100,000 devices.• Accomplished over 15 projects, surpassing a cumulative budget of 50 million euros.• Participated in the Matter project led by the Connectivity Standard Alliance, introducing Viessmann to the initiative.
- Bethlehem UniversityAssistant Professor (Visiting Lecturer)January 2019 - August 2019 (7 months)Bethlehem• Taking a break from the industry with a sabbatical.• Instructing courses during this period on topics such as Computer Architecture Design and Software Requirements.
- VC/O GmbH (Viessmann Group)Project Leader for IoT DevicesMarch 2018 - December 2018 (9 months)Berlin, Germany• Oversaw the development of IoT connected devices.• Headed geographically dispersed teams in HW design, embedded firmware, and platform development.• Formulated user stories, coordinated stand-ups, and conducted sprint meetings.• Restructured requirements and formulated a roadmap for implementing features. Achievements:• Launched the Viessmann IoT Gateway 'Vitoconnect' into the market.
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Education
- Doctor of PhilosophyUniversity of Freiburg2016Ph.D. in Engineering (Dr.-Ing.)
- Master of ScienceUniversity of Stuttgart2011M.Sc. in Information Technology