SANDRO SCHWARZ
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Consultant for IT Strategy & Egyptologist
SANDRO SCHWARZ
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Consultant for IT Strategy & Egyptologist
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SANDRO SCHWARZ

Chief Architect for IT Solutions
As an Egyptologist and computer scientist, I take on a mediating role between representatives of GLAM institutions and the IT world. My experience ranges from large infrastructure projects to enabling scientific research and finally communicating the results of said research with the development and operations planning of scientific and educational applications.
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Skill
Achievement

Skill
Achievement

  • 100%

    Requirements
    Engineering

  • 100%

    Operational Concepts
    for VR/AR in Museums

  • 100%

    Project Management
    for Infrastructure Projects

  • 80%

    Database Design

  • 95%

    Egyptology

  • 50%

    Archeological
    Fieldwork

  • 70%

    Programming (PHP, .NET)

Work
Experience

Work
Experience

  • Consultant for IT Strategy
    Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
    - writing IT strategy papers
    - moderate project priority strategy
    - project management of IT consolidation
  • Freelance IT Consultant and Egyptologist
    since 2015
    - database programming for archaeological missions in Egypt and Sudan
    - first stages of application programming for a progressive web app in tomb KV11 in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor
    - archeological fieldwork in the tomb of Ramesses III. (KV 11) in the Valley of the Kings
  • Chief Architect for IT solutions
    2017-2021
    work experience img Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz
    project: museum4punkt0 – Digital Strategies for the Museum of the Future

    - requirements engineering and designing of operational concepts for VR stations, AR apps and other educational applications for museums
    - project management and strategic planning for large infrastructure projects (guest Wi-Fi at the Gemäldegalerie, James-Simon-Galerie, and Kunstgewerbemuseum)
    - planning for an agile and sustainable museum IT infrastructure
  • Egyptologist / Digital Humanities
    2015-2017
    work experience img ERC-Project: ELEPHANTINE
    Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz

    - integration of philological data into the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) schema
    - design of a scientific database
    - administrator for museum documentation system MuseumPlus (zetcom)
    - application programming
  • Requirements Engineer
    2015-2017
    work experience img Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz
    IT Department

    - documentation of software
    - requirements engineering
    - preparing public invitations to tender
    - IT project management of migration to new version of museum documentation system MuseumPlus
  • Database Architect & Web Developer
    2013-2014
    work experience img Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz
    Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung

    - designing and programming an Egyptological database to collect and present data concerning the archaeological fieldwork and scientific research in Amarna, Egypt
    - building a network of scientists and institutions
    - developing metadata standards
  • IT & Event Management
    2008-2014
    work experience img German Röntgen Society

    - technical support and management of an e-voting-system at conferences and advanced training seminars
    - guest services for VIPs at conferences
  • Freelance Museum Guide
    2006-2014
    - guided tours in the Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung and in special exhibitions at the Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin for adults, students and VIPs

Zähringerstr. 28, 10707 Berlin, Germany

contact@sandro-schwarz.com