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Engaging new audiences with art using technology, making the museum an open place for creative experimentation. Establishing new workflows to foster collaboration between departments.

Recruited by Tactable to take the development lead on an international project with Possible Worldwide (NY), Pico (Hong Kong) and the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Integrally involved in the development of an immersive, interactive touch-table, the hardware integration of multiple peripherals (printers, RFID card readers, environment sensors) and LED lightning within a high-security setting - Developed client and server-side applications to record, track and visualize sensor data and control LED lights for multiple tables and integrate with separate operated backend. - Developed an Arduino-based remote USB switch to drastically improve device reliability - Concept design and development for Flash-based calibration application to allow maintenance staff to calibrate and test printers and RFID card readers intuitively - Concept design for large-scale touch-table for an international, bi-lingual museum exhibit - Involved in Tactable’s operations of business: concepts design and prototype development, technology research, nationwide technical support for existing installations

* Part of the core team for the business expansion of Germany-based company to the US. Responsible for creating, establishing and managing new workflows in the field of quality assurance and vehicle prototype testing (team of 8 employees) for BMW Manufacturing Company. * Project: F025 (X3, X4, X5, X6 series, incl. Hybrid and Motorsport series) * Initiated and developed tracking and reporting software for vehicle configurations, aggregated data from multiple systems (SQL, VBA) * Responsible for ensuring valid hardware and software prototype configurations throughout the fleet (up to 35 vehicles)

Independent design and developement as well as consulting for several companies and international projects. Focus on web-design and web-application development - Developed web-based online banking automatization, simplified email content publishing, search framework integration and server maintenance - Independently developed a conference web-application to give a quick overview of current and upcoming talks. Used at multiple international conferences (FMX, TEDxZurich) - Prototype development of a Microsoft Word add-in for an interactive help system to guide users upgrading to new releases as well as proof-of-concept speed-reading prototype add-in

Recruited as first full-time developer by the startup to build a highly scalable and innovative fundraising community, later appointed as lead designer. - Involved in all aspects of daily business operations and performance optimization

* UX, project management, development of award winning treasure hunt experience (A is for Art Museum, iOS) throughout the whole Museum, including planning and execution of iBeacon installation for all public spaces, now converted to Apple Indoor Positioning (Maps Connect, GeoJSON) * Lead Developer and UX designer of location-aware app for Rodin Museum (Frontend & Backend, iOS, Drupal) * Developed custom backend for iBeacon maintenance, in-gallery iOS apps for video playback, in-gallery interactive kiosks (HTML, CSS, JS) and app deployment using Apple Enterprise Program * Architected & developed API infrastructure for location data and TMS collection data (Laravel) * Mentored and managed interns, including projects to track Bluetooth LE devices and collect visitor patterns in the galleries

Activities and Societies: Interaction Design, Time-based media, Software Engineering, Ethics, Entrepreneurship and Business Management