André Kovac

About

André Kovac is a software engineer, full-stack mobile and web developer, machine learning expert, technology trainer, and keynote speaker with over six years of industry experience. As a software engineer, he has delivered multiple software projects with high-class clients such as BMW AG, Motius GmbH, Driversnote ApS, VisionHealth GmbH, and IBM, among others. He contributes to open source, and is an active contributor on StackOverFlow (top 5% in Javascript and React-Native). As a technology trainer, he teaches in various settings such as in private company training, public or remote workshops, via video courses, or at science festivals. André also speaks at technical conferences.

Employment

4 roles

Apr 2020 - Present 6 years 1 month

Technical Trainer & Keynote Speaker

Independent

Acted as a lead instructor of public workshops and private company training for clients like DMTech, Innogy, Modis, and more.
Taught in various settings such as in private company training, public or remote workshops, via video courses, or at science festivals. Also spoke at technical conferences.
Regularly conducted interactive technology training for development teams and technology departments, with the goal of getting the team up-to-speed with React Native, React, Typescript, and other frontend technologies.
Designed the entire React Native curriculum and course contents which are highly interactive.
Spoke on topics ranging from artificial intelligence, technology and digitization, IT security to Chinese culture and language.
Clients: Workshops.de and General Assembly.

Aug 2018 - Present 7 years 9 months

Software Engineer & Data Scientist

Independent

Delivered multiple software projects with high-class clients such as BMW AG, Motius GmbH, Driversnote ApS, VisionHealth GmbH, and IBM, among others.
Helped companies to develop or enhance clean, scalable, and robust software products.
Experienced as CTO; hired, led, and mentored a team of ten developers while acting as agile software project manager and lead developer.
Contributed to open source, and served as an active contributor on StackOverFlow (top 5% in Javascript and React-Native).
Conceptualized data strategies and drew inferences from data using statistics and machine learning techniques.

Jan 2018 - Jul 2018 6 months

Senior Software Engineer & Machine Learning Expert

Smart Reporting

Smart Reporting is a digital health startup company based in Munich.

Handled tasks including large-scale refactoring of a Typescript codebase, containerization of the entire app stack with Docker, integration of tools of modern web development in the React ecosystem (React Storybook, styled-components, etc.).
Managed the development of parsers, design and implementation of Natural Language Generation/Processing tools.

Sep 2015 - Dec 2017 2 years 3 months

Chief Technology Officer & Lead Full-stack Developer

Artirigo AG

Artirigo provides digital solutions in the arts and culture sector.

Acted as the head of the development team (10 people).
Functioned as full-stack web and mobile developer (mainly React Native, React (Redux), and Laravel).
Mentored and supervised colleagues and working students.
Led the integration and use of new technologies and frameworks.