Profile
I am committed to user-centered Software Engineering. My exceptional Software Engineering and Design Thinking skills go hand in hand with my great motivation to write good code. I received the degree of Master in Software Engineering from Hasso Plattner Institute with a final grade of 'very good' and received my certificate of Design Thinking at the HPI School of Design Thinking. My academic studies are focused on Computer Vision, HCI, Visualization Technologies, and Computer Graphics. I have a special interest in Software Visualization and Information Visualization, Human-computer Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, and mobile application development. My Software Engineering experiences are based on software projects in academic as well as professional contexts. I gained additional experience through Entrepreneurship activities since 2010.

Research Experience
Master of Science, Research Project Potsdam, Germany 2011
The master’s thesis seeks to develop a better understanding of head-coupled video see-through interfaces in the context of mobile camera-equipped devices. The developed prototype is a proof-of concept of multi-camera see-through devices. The presented view-dependent video augmentation system integrates rendered content seamlessly into the physical environment. The envisioned see-through device is capable of visualizing exactly the perceptual part of the user’s view that is hidden by the device.

Imaginary Interfaces Research Project Potsdam, Germany 2010
"Imaginary Interfaces" is a research project at the Human-Computer Interaction Lab of Prof. Patrick Baudisch at Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany.
Publication: Sean Gustafson, Daniel Bierwirth and Patrick Baudisch. 2010. Imaginary Interfaces: Spatial Interaction with Empty Hands and Without Visual Feedback. In Proceedings of the Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '10), 10 Pages.

Undergraduate Research Project Weimar, Germany 2008
The project is an approach to physically based realtime glove controlled pupped animation used in children television. The combination of the developed animation framework with a data glove allows artists to animate virtual hand puppets exactly as if they had their hand inside a real-world latex puppet.

Entrepreneurship
Cofounder, Matt Hatting & Company UG Berlin, Germany 10/2010-present
Matt Hatting & Company UG is a private partnership to develop mobile applications. We intend to explore the possibilities of political satire on mobile devices in combination with social and location-based activities.

Cofounder, Agentur Richard GbR Berlin, Germany 9/2010-present
Agentur Richard is a private partnership to develop and maintain Mocampro. The Application instruments both cameras of your phone to enable capturing and sharing of unique moments, as you experience them.

Professional Experience
Clipfolio.de Software made in Berlin, Release Date: Feb/2012
Clipfolio is a project of F&B Berlin with Matt Hatting & Company and Daniel Bierwirth.
Project Management; Software Development
 

Student Research Assistant for Software Visualization, Computer Graphics Group at the HPI, Software Diagnostics Potsdam, Germany 01/2009-7/2010
Student Software Engineer; Research&Development

Student Software Engineer, Dynardo GmbH Weimar, Germany 9/2007-10/2008
Student Software Engineer

Hasso Plattner Institut für Softwaresystemtechnik, University of Potsdam Germany — M.Sc., 2011
Completed the degree of Master in Software Engineering with a final grade of 'very good'.

HPI School of Design Thinking Germany — Basic/Advanced Track 2011

Bauhaus University Weimar Germany — B.Sc., 2008

Languages
German: Native, English: Fluent written and spoken
Spanish, French, Netherlands: Knowledge

Skills
I gained professional experience during my academic studies and several non-academic projects with following programing languages: C++, Objective-C, Java, Processing and various script and document languages. My strengths include multicultural sensitivity, analytical thinking, and the ability to identify and improve complex processes. My distinctive interpersonal skills support my ability to work in multidisciplinary teams and are important elements of my project management and presentation skills.