Company
Christoph Krofitsch
Basic
Freiberuflich, Freelancer, Freelance, self-employed
Vienna, Austria
About me
Driven all-rounder who likes to perform. What I kinda have done so far: computer engineering degree, lot's of coding, work in research projects, work in educational projects, co-founding an association, organizing events/conferences, co-founding a business, heading multi-national logistics operations, heading data department, recruiting (senior) positions, and eager to add more to the list!
Timeline
Professional experience for Christoph Krofitsch
Current 9 months, since Jan 2022
Freelancer
Freelance, self-employed
Taking projects/contracts in the areas of Startup Consulting, Digitalization & Automation, Data Infrastructure development, Hardware/Software projects, and similar.
Starting up a data department, structuring and improving our data and data flows, generating operational and business insights/reports, and developing a Looker based self-service data platform empowering departments across the company.
2 years and 7 months, Oct 2015 - Apr 2018
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
byrd technologies Germany GmbHResponsible for coding backend software and internal tools, developing operations in Vienna and Berlin and overall building the company from the ground up with the other co-founders.
3 years and 1 month, Jun 2013 - Jun 2016
Lead Developer
Practical Robotics Institute Austria
Heading the “Hedgehog” project, an educational robotics controller system for high and middle school students, part of the “SCORE!” project. Initiator and/or mentor of several student projects, including one College Master’s thesis and 5 different HTL diploma projects.
6 months, Jun 2015 - Nov 2015
Software Developer
Ponix Systems
Reverse engineering components, and designing and implementing control software for hydroponic and aquaponic systems.
11 months, Jul 2012 - May 2013
Research Assistant
Vienna University of Technology
Working on software models for transport process automation (“PrOnto” project), and developing simulations for patching robot throughput (“Hol-I-Wood PR” project).
1 year, Jun 2012 - May 2013
Co-Founder and Board Member
Practical Robotics Institute Austria
PRIA is an association for promoting excellence in schools using educational robotics. Responsible for working on various projects, co-organizing workshops/conferences, and overall establishing and building up the association with the other co-founders.
4 months, Oct 2012 - Jan 2013
Tutor
Vienna University of Technology
Tutoring the exercise in computer-aided design and manufacturing (“Systems Technology for Automation” course).
10 months, Sep 2011 - Jun 2012
Research Intern
Vienna University of Technology
Implementing and evaluating software rule engines in a robotics framework (“Disbotics” project). Via research scholarships.
Educational background for Christoph Krofitsch
1 year and 4 months, Mar 2015 - Jun 2016
Supplemental Curriculum on Innovation
Vienna University of Technology
Innovation Incubation Center
3 years and 6 months, Oct 2011 - Mar 2015
Computer Engineering
Vienna University of Technology
Faculty of Informatics. Graduated with distinction (1.4 grade average).
Languages
German
First language
English
Fluent