- π Nationality: German
- π LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-groneberg-84b47412
- π» GitHub: github.com/jeffreygroneberg
Microsoft Germany GmbH
08/2022 β Present
Munich, Germany
- Account swarming supporting strategic Microsoft Azure accounts (e.g., Volkswagen, BMW, EON, Mercedes-Benz, DPDHL, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bahn) in their cloud journeys by mitigating technical blockers (working with Azure Product Engineering) and managing stakeholders
- Creating & delivering on-site/remote workshops/hackathons/classroom trainings (Azure Enablement, Architecture Reviews, Azure Platform Services, Micro Services, GitHub Copilot and AI Accelerators) to more than 2500 participants per year
- Defining strategic long term (data) platform engineering roadmaps with account teams following reference architecture designs and best practices helping teams scale (e.g., scaling platform teams from β¬2000 to β¬50000 monthly consumption rate within 6 months)
- Collaborating with Data & AI CSAs to blueprint & implement application workloads & scalable landing zones for data platform teams (e.g., SCRM (LIDL app - Apache Airflow and Apache Sparks), Volkswagen (OpenAI - Chatbot and Knowledge Base))
- Contributing regularly to customer's code bases to develop new features or mitigate bugs (C#, Java, Terraform)
- Lead technical interviewer in more than 20 hirings within our organization
- Conference, university, and dev community talks
SAP SE
09/2021 β 07/2022
Walldorf, Germany
- Managing (including hiring) a team of 15 internationally distributed people & third party services (EPAM and TCS)
- Introduced a sustainable and successful agile working model adopting scrum and SAFe
- Operation and responsibility for more than 1000 applications running on SAP BTP
- Reworked existing operation processes and implemented automations to optimize efficiency (decreased tenant provisioning time by >50%)
- Represented the team in executive calls to ensure alignment across stakeholders, LoBs and SLT
- Introduced weekly office hours for LoBs and customers
SAP SE
11/2015 β 08/2021
Walldorf, Germany
- Founding member and one of the lead architects of the SAP IT Platform CoE (helping it scale from 7 to 50 colleagues)
- Building a SAP BTP developer platform from scratch for more than 2000 developers and operating more than 1000 applications (Governance, 24/7 support, onboarding, provisioning, security and SOX relevant self-service portal)
- Part of the SAP IT Lead Architect roundtable for strategic roadmap discussions across all LoBs
- Mentor and teacher for graduates, new hires and associate architects
- Designing and scaling SAP BTP Java reference architectures for all SAP BTP internal cloud applications
- Close collaboration with Data & AI & SAP BW platform team (using SAP SLT, SAP HANA SDA/SDI, Apache Spark, SAP Data Intelligence and SAP Analytics Cloud)
- Expert for SAP BTP oAuth2 AuthN/Z
- Advising external customers (e.g., Telekom, Bayer, Siemens) and internal stakeholders in SAP BTP cloud migrations and reviewing their future roadmap
- Lead for SAP IT's cloud native development knowledge base and learning strategy
- Worldwide classroom trainer (e.g., Singapore, Vancouver, and Israel) for SAP BTP and cloud native development
- Feasibility studies and early technical feedback for SAP BTP Product Engineering
- Speaker at conferences and universities (ASUG, SAP DKOM, University of Applied Sciences Mannheim)
SAP SE
05/2013 β 10/2015
Walldorf, Germany
- Technical lead and architectural support for SAP IT projects (e.g., "SAP IT goes SAP HANA", SAP Store - SAP Hybris - store.sap.com)
SAP SE
05/2011 β 04/2013
Karlsruhe, Germany
- Building mobile apps (iOS, Android and Windows) for patients and physicians and respective backend services (e.g., SAP EMR)
SAP SE
03/2005 β 04/2011
Walldorf, Germany
University of Applied Sciences Mannheim
2009 β 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 β 2011
Mannheim, Germany
Final Grade: 1.3 (German grading system)
University of Applied Sciences Mannheim
2005 β 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
Authored an article on SAP BTP AuthN/Z solutions, which garnered over 100,000 views, helping to enhance understanding and receiving strong endorsements from the SAP community.
07/2021
GitHub Repository
Developed a Golang client library for application developers to easily access authentication and authorization data from SAP Cloud Foundry XSUAA, enhancing security and integration in applications.
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.
01/2024
Workshop Repository
Created a repository for trainers and participants, showcasing GitHub Copilot's capabilities, which has been utilized by thousands of developers in various training sessions and workshops.
03/2025
Workshop Platform
Developed "The Azure AI Agent Workshop" lab for automotive customers, which has successfully trained hundreds of developers in AI agent development, helping them to enhance their skills and knowledge.