Michael
Hengherr

Work — since 1998

28 years, year by year

Some employers and clients my work has touched:

1. Today

   20th anniversary re-focus

   dreizehnelf — Media & AI

   2026 — today

   For dreizehnelf's 20th anniversary I'm pivoting from web development to media production and AI consulting: a new focus that pays tribute to where web and tech are heading today.

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2. 2018

   Head of Backend → CTO

   WeAre

   2018 — 2025 · 7 years

   Built the backend and CAD-to-VR-data pipeline behind WeAre Rooms, a VR collaboration platform for the machine and plant manufacturing industry. Later as CTO lead two development teams, set product strategy and served as primary technical contact for all key accounts.

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3. 2016

   Co-founder & CTO

   sportiply

   2016 — 2017 · 5 months

   Architected and shipped the first version: a Django CMS and Oscar e-commerce hybrid fed by semi-automated product imports from 15 online shops at launch. After the first version was out, I sold the rights to the code to sportiply and refocused on my IT consultancy.

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4. 2007

   Shareholder & CTO · European patents

   tagSOLUTE

   2007 — 2012 · 5 years

   Built the backend of a QR-code mobile content and payment platform that later led to two European patents — at a time when most phones did not have a camera yet. Later pivot to mobile apps development for iOS, Android and WebOS.

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   Assistant Game Designer / Producer

   GameConsultants.com

   2007 — 2008 · 1½ years

   Hired out of David Perry's "Project Top Secret" competition to design his Guitar Hero-style, browser-based multiplayer game, which later shipped as Rock Free, published by Acclaim Games. Covered by GameStar magazine.

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5. 2006

   Founder

   dreizehnelf — IT Beratung

   2006 — today · 20 years

   Twenty years of independent work with projects covering microsite adaptation/i18n/l10n work for sites in 12 countries, a custom built SmartHome stack, BLE mobile/hardware apps, C/C++ microcontroller firmware work and general web-development.

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6. 2003

   Process Architect → i18n Evangelist

   Travel-Overland & Travelocity

   2003 — 2005 · 2 years

   Moved to Dallas to help internationalize Travelocity's codebase and cut the friction of customizing it for the German market.

7. 2001

   Backend developer

   Cinetic Medientechnik

   2001 — 2003 · 2 years

   Worked on the backend infrastructure behind the first relaunch of flug.de, lastminute.de and ferienklick.de — at the time among Germany's first online travel portals.

   External developer

   Scubapro

   2001 — 2006 · 5 years

   Built and administered the extranet for distribution partners across Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Eastern Europe.

8. 1998

   Student assistant, QA & development

   infor business solutions

   1998 — 2000 · 2½ years

   Created Y2K and Euro-readiness test scripts/reference data repositories for their ERP product line.

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