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+# Dennis Thiessen — LinkedIn Profile Extraction
+
+## Metadata
+- **Source:** Profile.pdf (LinkedIn export)
+- **Subject:** Dennis Thiessen (all content is first-person)
+- **Extracted:** 2026-03-28
+- **Purpose:** Supplements CVs — captures full career history including pre-CV roles, military background, internships, and additional certs/skills not in the polished CVs.
+
+---
+
+## Key Deltas vs. CV (New Information)
+
+### Swisscom — Title & Timeline Confirmed
+- **Staff Data, Analytics & AI Engineer:** April 2025 – Present
+- **Senior Data, Analytics & AI Engineer:** October 2023 – April 2025
+- **Additional Staff-level bullets (not in CV):**
+  - Backend-Engineering with Python, SQL, PySpark
+  - Implementation and Operation of End-To-End Data Pipelines
+  - Component Owner
+  - Infrastructure Automation & Ops
+- **New skill vs. CV:** PySpark confirmed at Swisscom Staff level
+
+### Bosch — Two Sub-Roles (CV showed as one)
+| Title | Period | Duration |
+|-------|--------|----------|
+| Senior Data Engineer / Data Analysis | Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | 2 years 1 month |
+| Data Engineer / Data-Analysis | Feb 2020 – Jan 2021 | 1 year |
+
+**Additional Bosch details (LinkedIn only):**
+- C# Extensions for Tibco Spotfire (Data Analysis tool)
+- Tibco Spotfire usage not mentioned in CV — adds BI/analytics tooling context
+
+### Generali — Two Sub-Roles + More Detail
+| Title | Period | Notes |
+|-------|--------|-------|
+| IT Consultant | Oct 2016 – Jun 2017 (9 months) | Java EE, BDD, UIPath RPA, Camunda/BPMN |
+| International Graduate Programme | May 2015 – Sep 2016 (1 year 5 months) | IT focus, BDD PoC, IT Project Management |
+
+**Additional Generali details:**
+- Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) — introduced and ran PoC
+- Robotic Process Automation with UIPath and Camunda BPMN Process Engine
+- IT Project Management experience (as part of Graduate Programme)
+- Full company name: Generali Deutschland Informatik Services GmbH
+
+### Russian Language (not in CV)
+- **Russian:** Elementary — omitted from both CVs, but present on LinkedIn
+- Include on CV if targeting international/multilingual environments; generally omit from resume
+
+---
+
+## Additional Work History (Pre-CV — not in polished CVs)
+
+### Capgemini — Software Engineer | Nov 2014 – May 2015 (7 months)
+- Test Automation & Test Driven Development (TDD)
+- Software Engineering in Java
+- **Note:** Short tenure (7 months) — likely omitted from CV deliberately. zeugnis_capgemini.pdf covers this.
+- **Resume framing:** Omit or include as brief line only if needed for timeline continuity
+
+### Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) — Officer | Jul 2008 – Nov 2014 (6 years 5 months)
+- Joined Officer candidate course → passed officer school
+- Various military and leadership trainings (military tactics, leadership, NATO English)
+- Resigned as Second Lieutenant
+- **Resume value:** Leadership background, discipline, structured thinking — useful in "Additional" or omit from technical resumes. Strong signal for roles emphasizing leadership.
+- **Framing:** "Officer, German Armed Forces" — not a technical role but demonstrates leadership maturity
+
+### Universität der Bundeswehr München — Student Assistant | Aug 2013 – Dec 2013 (5 months)
+- Developed VBA Macros to automate generation of scientific reports/papers
+- **Resume value:** Very minor — omit from resume; could appear on full CV if filling space
+
+### Telefónica Germany — Intern | Jul 2012 – Oct 2012 (4 months)
+- Quality Assurance of telecommunication networks
+- Administration of test-drive databases
+- **Resume value:** Internship — omit from resume
+
+### Citkomm services GmbH — Intern | Jul 2011 – Sep 2011 (3 months)
+- Test Automation (MESO, Autista, Auto-IT) of Java and C applications
+- **Resume value:** Internship — omit from resume
+
+### M3 Connect — Intern | Apr 2007 – Jul 2007 (4 months)
+- Web Applications development (PHP, PERL, JavaScript)
+- **Resume value:** Internship — omit from resume
+
+---
+
+## Education (LinkedIn version — additional detail)
+
+| Degree | Institution | Period | Field |
+|--------|-------------|--------|-------|
+| M.Eng. | Universität der Bundeswehr München | 2012–2014 | Computer Aided Software Engineering |
+| Master's Thesis | Tongji University (同济大学) | 2013 | Automotive Software Engineering (framing on LinkedIn) |
+| B.Eng. | Universität der Bundeswehr München | 2009–2013 | Applied Computer and Communication Technology |
+| Fachabitur | Berufskolleg für Gestaltung und Technik, Aachen | 2005–2008 | Staatl. geprüfter Informationstechnischer Assistent |
+
+**Notes:**
+- LinkedIn shows M.Eng. field as "Computer Aided Software Engineering" — slightly different wording than diploma; use official diploma name
+- B.Eng. field: "Applied Computer and Communication Technology" on LinkedIn vs "Information and Telecommunication Technologies" confirmed by user — use user-confirmed official name
+- Fachabitur (vocational A-levels) from Aachen — pre-university qualification; omit from resume, include on full CV if needed
+
+---
+
+## Additional Certifications (LinkedIn — not all in CV)
+
+| Certification | Issuer | Notes |
+|--------------|--------|-------|
+| Building Deep Learning Models with TensorFlow | IBM / Coursera | Part of IBM AI Engineering specialization |
+| Introduction to Deep Learning & Neural Networks with Keras | IBM / Coursera | Part of IBM AI Engineering specialization |
+| Scalable Machine Learning on Big Data using Apache Spark | IBM / Coursera | Part of IBM AI Engineering specialization |
+| IBM AI Engineering Specialization | IBM / Coursera | Umbrella cert covering above courses |
+| iSAQB Certified Professional for Software Architecture (Foundation Level) | iSAQB | Also in CV |
+
+---
+
+## LinkedIn Summary / Headline (for cover letter framing)
+
+**Headline:** Staff DevOps & Data Engineer
+
+**Summary (user-authored — useful for tone/framing):**
+> "Passionate about building the infrastructure that powers Data and AI. With a background in Computer Engineering and over 8 years of hands-on experience, I specialize in designing scalable ML Infrastructure and automated data pipelines. I thrive at the intersection of Software Engineering and Operations. Whether it is deploying containerized inference models on Kubernetes or orchestrating event-driven architectures with Kafka and AWS, I focus on automation and reliability. My recent work involves re-architecting monolithic data processes into agile, serverless microservices."
+
+**Key themes from summary:**
+- ML Infrastructure + automated pipelines
+- Software Engineering ∩ Operations
+- Containerized inference (K8s)
+- Event-driven architecture (Kafka, AWS)
+- Automation and reliability
+- Monolith → serverless/microservices migration
+
+---
+
+## Updated Skills (additions vs. CV)
+
+- **PySpark** — confirmed at Swisscom Staff level
+- **Tibco Spotfire** — used at Bosch (C# extensions for data analysis)
+- **UIPath RPA** — used at Generali (IT Consultant role)
+- **Camunda BPMN** — used at Generali
+- **BDD (Behaviour Driven Development)** — introduced at Generali
+- **VBA** — student assistant role (minor)
+- **PHP, PERL** — early internship (very minor)
+
+---
+
+## Provenance Notes
+
+- **Bundeswehr / Military:** Verifiable leadership background — frame carefully; don't imply technical work
+- **Capgemini:** Short tenure (7 months) — use hedged framing if included at all; zeugnis will confirm scope
+- **LinkedIn certs:** IBM AI Engineering Specialization sub-courses are individual Coursera courses; on resume list the specialization, not individual sub-courses
+- **RPA/Camunda at Generali:** Real hands-on PoC work — can claim "implemented BDD pipeline" and "RPA automation with UIPath/Camunda"