Michael Metz
Global Head Of Controlling Operations
Lower Saxony, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Metz is a seasoned management consultant and finance transformation leader with nine years of experience in global client service and a career spanning SAP financials, consulting, and digital finance leadership. Currently Global Head of Controlling Operations at ENERCON, he helps CXOs of multinational firms streamline processes, implement best practices, and leverage AI and RPA to build resilient controlling and steering frameworks. He has led cross-cultural teams across the Middle East, Europe and the US under tight timelines, delivering measurable improvements in reporting, forecasting and KPI-driven decision making. Prior roles at Capgemini Invent and as an independent consultant reflect deep expertise in project management, organizational design and SAP S/4HANA implementations. An MBA from Cornell and a master’s in industrial engineering underpin a hybrid business-technical approach that blends rigor with practicality. Outside corporate work he contributes to the OPNsense open-source project, improving documentation and backend/plugin functionality—an often-overlooked sign of hands-on technical curiosity.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at Cornell University - Johnson Graduate School of ManagementMaster’s Degree in Industrial Engineering, Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering at Hochschule Mannheim
Github Skills (24)
manpage10
user-manual10
firewall10
php10
api10
windows-gui10
documentation10
opnsense9
bsd9
web-development9
apidoc8
wireguard8
vpn8
admin7
administrator7
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
opnsense/plugins
Mar 2017 - Nov 2022
OPNsense plugin collection
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:167 reviews, 450 commits, 355 PRs in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Michael's commits primarily focus on developing and extending the functionality of the OPNsense plugin collection, specifically for the Quagga routing suite. The commits involved adding BGP configuration options to the user interface and the implementation of diagnostics tools for the OSPF protocol. The work includes creating PHP controllers, modifying Volt templates, and integrating new features to the existing codebase to enhance routing capabilities and improve user experience.
opnsense
opnsense/docs
Feb 2018 - May 2021
OPNsense documentation
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:28 reviews, 62 commits, 62 PRs in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the OPNsense documentation repository by updating and adding new documentation articles. Their work involved refining existing guides, such as hardware and user-radius, and creating new ones for features like WireGuard and DNSCrypt-Proxy. They also added guides related to the OPNsense CLI tools and API. Their contributions enhance the usability and understanding of the OPNsense platform.
docstringsxapiapi-documentationopnsensemanual
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