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Ralf Madlener.

Owner and managing director of Madlener Informatik GmbH.

Senior IT Test Manager · Diplom-Informatiker (RWTH Aachen)

More than 20 years of experience in test management for complex IT projects, from test strategy and test automation through to acceptance recommendations, complemented by recent experience in AI and LLM integration.

Competency profile

Test management
Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, test strategy, defect management
Test tools
Jira, HP ALM, Testrail, Cypress, Selenium, Postman, SoapUI, API testing
Software development
Python, Java, TypeScript, C / C++, Git, VS Code
Databases
Oracle, MySQL, PL/SQL
AI / LLM
Claude, Ollama, LM Studio, local AI models, TTS, AI pipelines
Other tools
Confluence, Docker, Polarion, Bitbucket, CI/CD

Project history

  1. 07/2025 – present
    Own AI projects
    AI & LLM development · Python
  2. 02/2019 – 06/2025
    Postfinance AG, Zofingen (Switzerland)
    Test Manager & Test Automation Engineer
  3. 01/2018 – 01/2019
    Quickline AG, Biel (Switzerland)
    Tester & Test Manager IPTV
  4. 06/2006 – 12/2017
    Swisscom AG, Bern (Switzerland)
    Test Manager & Sub-project Lead
  5. 2002 – 2005
    Test management & rollout projects in the telco sector
  6. 1995 – 2000
    Software development in C / C++

Education & languages

Education
Diplom-Informatiker (computer science), RWTH Aachen · graduated 1995
Languages
German (native), English (fluent), French (basic), Dutch (basic)
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