Professional Experience

 

since Oct. 2011

User Experience Consultant

User experience design, information architecture, concept design, strategic consulting, desktop applications, mobile applications, web applications, social media, marketing communication

Customers

  • Deutsche Telekom AG
 

May 2008-Sep. 2011

Consultant and Concept Designer

User experience design, web applications, mobile applications

Projects

  • Concept Design for Coop (Switzerland), REWE, Telefónica O2 Germany, Soennecken, Hertha BSC Berlin and Deutsche Eishockey Liga (German Ice Hockey League)
  • Several pitches for major customers
  • User Experience Blog ux·zentrisch
 

Dec. 2003-Feb. 2010

Freelancer

Concept Designer and Webdeveloper

User experience design, information architecture, mobile applications, web applications, interface design, CMS development, html implementation, user-centered design

Customers

  • Samsung Electronics GmbH
  • KL®megla GmbH, Eitorf
  • FDP and Junge Liberale Oberberg
  • Junge Union Oberberg
  • nexum AG, Cologne
  • Agentur Lichtblick, Nümbrecht/Eitorf
  • Agentur BO-TE, Wiehl
 

Jan. 2007-Nov. 2007

Graduand: Consulting and Concept Design

Live TV, recommendation engines, research, mobile

Projects

  • Designing and developing a recommendation engine for interactive live TV - EU research project »LIVE - staging of Media Events«
  • Concept design mobile website Westdeutscher Rundfunk
  • Pitch: re-launch the website of a major European computer manufacturer
 

Jan. 2006-Dec. 2006

Student Assistant

Content management, travel expenses

Projects

  • Content management Lufthansa Worldshop
  • Travel expenses
 

May 2005-July 2005

Student Assistant

Interface design, rapid prototyping

Projects

  • MyFH project to develop a central directory server at Cologne University of Applied Sciences
 

Feb. 2004-Sep. 2004

Personal Assistant

Campaign planning, higher education policy, public relations

Tasks

  • Concept design: advertising municipal elections NRW 2004
  • Constituency communications
 

Jan. 2000-June 2003

webpromotor internet services GmbH

Managing Partner

Web development, concept design

Projects and Customers

  • oberberg24, my-sauerland
  • fussball oberberg
  • ILT Industrie-Luftfiltertechnik GmbH, Ruppichteroth
  • Sport Haselbach, Waldbröl
 

July 2002-Oct. 2002

Intern

Higher education policy, public relations

Tasks

  • Constituency communications
  • Website development
 

Oct. 2001-Mar. 2002

Tutor

Guidance, coaching

Tasks

  • Supervision of the college freshmen
 

May 2000-Aug. 2000

Schumann Un­ter­neh­mens­be­ra­tung AG

Intern

Web development, concept design

Tasks

  • Development of the intranet for the Competence Center Emerging Technologies Schumann Un­ter­neh­mens­be­ra­tung AG
 

Universities

 

Sep. 2004-Jan. 2008

Media informatics, Master of Science

Human-computer interaction, interaction design, digital media, development methodology, project management, accessibility

Projects

  • Master's Thesis: »Recommender Systems for Live-Transmission in interactive Television: Gathering and Rating User Feedback«
  • MyFH project to develop a central directory server at Cologne University of Applied Sciences
 

Apr. 2004-Aug. 2004

Computer Science, Master of Science

Colorimetry and color theory, object-oriented component architecture, medical informatics, theoretical computer science

Inhalte

  • N.N.
 

Nov. 2000-Mar. 2004

Media informatics, Bachelor of Science

Human-computer interaction, multimedia development, project management, operating systems

Projects

  • Bachelor's Thesis: »Usability Evaluation of a Web-based e-learning course«
  • Mobile Media: Design an application with photo geocoding
  • Concept design and development of an SMS server for communication between students and university
 

Honorary appointments

 

Jan. 2003-Jan. 2007

laut werden für Toleranz und Zivilcourage e.V.

Vice Chairman and member of the board

 

Feb. 2001-Jan. 2003

Chairman of the District

 

Feb. 2001-Mar. 2002

Member of the board

 

Publications

 

June 2008

Predicting future user behaviour in interactive live TV

Martin Gude, Stefan M. Grünvogel & Andreas Pütz. (2008). In Tscheligi, M., Obrist, M. & Lugmayr, A. (edt.), Changing Television Environments, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 5066, pp. 117-121, Springer Verlag

 

Skills

 

Languages

  • German (mother tongue)
  • English (fluent)
  • French (fluent)
  • Swedish (basic knowledge)
  • Dutch (basic knowledge)
 

Methods

  • Card sorting, ethnographic research and evaluation
  • Personas, scenarios and usecases
  • Wireframes and prototypes
 

Tools

  • Paper, pencils, flip charts, whiteboards and stickies
  • Axure RP
  • Microsoft Office and Visio
  • Apple Keynote and OmniGraffle
  • Adobe Fireworks, Illustrator and Photoshop
  • HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, Java, C, C++, PERL, Python
  • RedDot CMS: Fundamentals, Wordpress, Contenido