About Me

I am a Tech Entrepreneur with a Master's degree in "Robotics, Cognition, Intelligence" from the Technical University of Munich.
I have founded multiple software start-ups and have corporate work experience in Germany and the UK.

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Education

Master of Science in "Robotics, Cognition, Intelligence"
Graduated 2021, Technical University of Munich
Award: best.in.tum (best students of the Department of Informatics)
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Graduated in top 1% in 2019, Technical University of Munich

Work Experience


Palantir Technologies
McLaren
BMW
UTUM

Forward Deployed Engineer
Since 2022, Palantir Technologies, Munich
Freelance Software Developer
Since 2021, Munich
  • Various app development projects
Co-Founder & Managing Director of PLANOPTO UG
Since 2022, Munich
  • Development of callsheep, a web-based crew management and scheduling SaaS product for the creative industry
  • Technical Development, Business Development, Marketing
Co-Founder & CEO of Chicken Technologies
Since 2020, Munich
  • Development of mobile applications for shared augmented reality annotations
  • Business development and sales for a B2B SaaS product
Various Innovation & Design Thinking Projects
Since 2019, UnternehmerTUM, Munich
  • Interdisciplinary entrepreneurial projects
  • Seminars in the areas of leadership qualification and personal development
Working Student Simulation Development Autonomous Driving
2019, BMW Group, Munich
  • Software development in C++ (openPASS)
  • CI-development (OpenStack Buildserver, Cloud Computing, Git Management)
Internship Modelling and Decision Sciences Engineer
2018-2019, McLaren Applied Technologies, London
  • Developent of a Vehicle Dynamics Simulator including traffic simulation (multi-machine real-time implementation, accepted for the IEEE ICASSP conference 2019)
  • Development of multiple vision-based closed-loop Advanced Driver Assistance Systems for real-time driver simulations
  • Computer Vision, Object Detection, Deep Learning, Continuous Control
Research Assistant
2017-2018, Gear Research Centre, Munich
  • Supervision of 6 working students
  • Development of automatic evaluation and feedback tools (MATLAB, Python, Moodle)
  • Development of standalone Windows and Linux applications
Junior Teaching Assistant
2017-2018, Chair of Thermodynamics, Munich
  • Distinction by the faculty: best exercise course

Projects

Master's Thesis: Augmented Reality as a Tool – Development of an Intuitive Cross-Platform Framework
2021, TUM Entrepreneurial Masterclass, Munich
Semester Project: Improving State of the Art GAN Video Synthesis
2019 - 2020, Dynamic Vision and Learning Group (Prof. Dr. Matthias Nießner), Munich
    Winner of YB Hackathon
    2019, YB Bern & isolutions, Bern
    • Cloud-based Augmented Reality android app for ordering and delivering food & drinks in a stadium
    • Mapping & navigation using visual feature recognition & tracking
    Formula Pi
    2019, London
    • Participation in a Raspberry Pi based autonomous racing league
    • Team leader and technical development
    Bachelor's Thesis: Artificial Intelligence for Cooperative Games
    2018, Chair of Automotive Technology, Munich

    Scholarships & Memberships

    TUM
    Academy for Leadership & Personal Development by Munich School of Philosophy
    2020
    Think Digital scholarship by the Internet Business Cluster e.V. (IBC)
    2019 - 2020
    Member of START Munich e.V.
    Since 2019
    Scholar at Manage&More by UnternehmerTUM
    2019 - 2021
    Scholarship by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
    2016 - 2021

    Engagements

    Team lead Start-up Tour & Start-up World Tour
    2019-2020, Manage&More by UnternehmerTUM, Munich
    • Leading a team of five to organize a 6 day trip for 20 people to a Warsaw including the organisation of company visits and workshops
    • Organisation of monthly online events with international speakers
    Organization of a 3 day Industry 4.0 seminar for students
    2018, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, Munich
    • Planning, acquisition of speakers, presentation etc.