Stephan Schultz

Summary

If you haven't met me in person yet, simply imagine a guy who prefers doing what he enjoys all day long. I live in Potsdam and work in Berlin, travel quite a lot and attempt to have fun wherever I go. My passion is anything that can be programmed but I also enjoy photography and photo manipulation.

Scroll down to get an idea of who I am and what I do. If you don't find what you are looking for or if you want to know more, feel free to get in touch.

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Things I Like

Photography

Whenever I go outside you'll probably find me carrying a bagpack with my DSLR and a few lenses. I love capturing the world around me and creating promotional photos of my products. Head over to my portfolio website for more.

Portfolio Instagram

Hardware & IoT Hacks

Roomlight adapting to your music? Couch with motion sensors? Table with NFC tags? Laser-cut autonomous robots? 3D printed catapults? Powerplugs that detect when you are home? Welcome to my world!

Blog GitHub

											 
My Dog

Volleyball

Pizza & BBQ

Board Games

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Honors & Awards

Hackathon Awards

I love attending hackathons all around the world. Meeting like-minded people and creating stuff in just a few hours always motivates me to sacrifice a weekend.

POST /bank1st place
Berlin, awarded by Postbank

Developed a seamless auhentication mechanism to verify bank transactions using Microsoft cognitive services. Also won the grand final in Bonn, after pitching infront of the executive board and press representatives.
Award: 20.000€, Team size: 4, Date: March 2017
Hack'n Wear1st place
Berlin, awarded by Salesforce

Developed IntelliQ.me, a smart queue management system for iOS, Android, and the Web. Later pitched infront of 3k people at the Salesforce World Tour Keynote in Munich.
Award: 5.000€, Team size: 3, Date: June 2015
Hacker Island 2
Crete, hosted by Edenred

Prototyped corporate service web applications for Edenred together with 15 of Edenreds top managers. Pitched infornt of Edenreds top executives and 300 employees.
Award: 1 week all inclusive in Greece, Team size: 1, Date: May 2015
Apps World Hackathon2nd place
Berlin, awarded by Wincor Nixdorf

Developed ReMerchant, an Android app for the Wincor Nixdorf Albert device for in-house customer tracking via Bluetooth.
Award: 1.000€, Team size: 2, Date: April 2015
GDG DevFest3rd place
Berlin, awarded by Google

Built the Halli Galli game as a multiplayer webapp using Polymer, buzzed by bump events coming from Android Wear devices from each connected player.
Award: 3 Android Wear devices, Team size: 3, Date: November 2014
SAP DemoJam1st place
Berlin, awarded by TechEd audience

Pitched Remote Farm - the project that just won the SAP InnoJam one day before - infront of 2k people attending the SAP TechEd fair.
Award: fame, press and promotions, Team size: 2, Date: November 2014
SAP InnoJam1st place
Berlin, awarded by SAP

Developed Remote Farm, an app and a piece of hardware that provides the possibility to plant, water, fertilize, and harvest your own plants in real life.
Award: IoT devices, Team size: 5, Date: November 2014
HackZurichGoogle Award
Zurich, awarded by Google

Developed Remotify for Android Wear, allowing you to control any device with network access using an Android Wear powered watch.
Award: 3 Android Wear devices, Team size: 3, Date: October 2014
Digital Island Hackathon
Sardinia, hosted by Edenred

Developed Share My Fun, a reward based Android app which you can use to invite the closest people in a community to share a free drink or similar.
Award: 1 week all inclusive in Sardinia, Team size: 1, Date: June 2014
TechMeetups Mobile Apps Hackathon1st place
Berlin, awarded by Amazon

Developed an Android app for the Kindle Fire HD, allowing collaborative event planning with integration of multiple Amazon APIs for an in-app shopping experience.
Award: 2 Kindle Fire HDX, Team size: 2, Date: September 2013
Sennheiser Hackathon1st place
Potsdam, awarded by Sennheiser

Developed a party remote Android app for collaborative music selection during events.
Award: Sennheiser headphones, Team size: 1, Date: August 2013
MLOVE HackCamp1st place
Castle Beesenstedt, awarded by MLOVE

Developed IntelliTasks, an intelligent collaborative task assignment app.
Award: Founder Scholarship, Team size: 2, Date: June 2012

Miscellaneous Honors

Here's a list of the IT related things that I achieved without attending hackathons, including physical and virtual certifications.

Digital Innovation Award
Palo Alto, awarded by SAP

Got credited for tireless effort & teamwork during the Innotakeoff competition in Palo Alto. Awarded by the CIO Center for Digital Leadership & the Managing Director of Silicon Valley Labs.
Award: Certificate of achievement, Date: March 2016
MINT Award for IT
Nürnberg, awarded by audimax

The MINT Award is a yearly, German wide honoring. The Remote Control Collection has been selected as a winner for IT by representatives from bitkom, GI, MINT, DATEV and audimax.
Award: Certificate and 500€, Date: September 2015
Top Developer
Potsdam, awarded by Google

Received the badge for my Google Play developer account. "Top Developer is a badge hide-on-small-only recognizing established, respected developers for their commitment to launching high-quality and innovative apps on Android." - Google
Award: Badge, Date: June 2015
Microsoft Technology Associate
Potsdam, awarded by Microsoft

Passed the MTA certification exam for Database Fundamentals. Checked topics: Core Database Concepts, Creating Database Objects, Manipulating Data, Data Storage, and Administering a Database.
Award: Certificate, Date: April 2013
Startupbootcamp Wildcard
Berlin, awarded by Startupbootcamp

Pitched the Remote Control Collection at the Startupbootcamp Wildcard Competition and got selected as a winner. Got offered 25.000€ in seed funding, free office rooms and mentoring. Traded that in exchange for a university place at the HPI.
Award: Experience, Date: June 2012
Bundeswettbewerb für Informatik
Potsdam, awarded by Fraunhofer IUK

Participated at the BwInf round 1 and received the first price. Got invited from the HPI to a special training camp.
Award: Certificate, Date: December 2011

Jobs & Employment

I've been working for different companies in the past and gained valuable experience during that time. Today I'm leading a team at neXenio, working on seamless authentication.

neXenio
Android development in Berlin

I am leading a team working on behavior based, seamless authentication using nothing but the sensors from a user's devices. You can learn more about this project at seamless.me.
October 2016 - Today
Hasso Plattner Institute
Android development in Potsdam

I was leading the Android section of the Mobile Developer Group at the HPI for 2 years, introducing students and everyone who is interested to Android development and giving talks about advanced topics. I was coordinating developer groups working on larger projects and organized regular meetups.
October 2013 - June 2015
OUTFITTERY
Android development in Berlin

Developed prototypes for OUTFIITERY's mobile app on Android, based on their existing iOS counterpart. Implemented Google's design guidelines and matched the existing corporate design for a smartphone and tablet optimized version.
August 2014 - October 2014
IPS Carsten Ilwig
Web development in Ludwigsfelde

Developed a backend (PHP server) for managing and exchanging internal orders. Provided an API and integrated it into existing customers Windows software (.NET Framework).
August 2013 - October 2013
Ozone
Web development in Berlin

Developed the backend (Node.js server) for one of Ozone's projects, called Might. Also created product websites for desktop and mobile.
August 2012 - September 2012
T&T Datentechnik
.NET development in Ludwigsfelde

Developed internal management tools in VB and C#, integrated them in existing T&T products (.NET Framework).
July 2011 - March 2012
ALLY Systemhaus
.NET development in Berlin

Developed internal tools providing automated solutions to support ALLY employees in cunsulting, support and product shipment.
January 2011 - December 2011

I've also worked on my own projects for quite a while now, which I deliver through my own businesses. A lot of time has flown into my own products, you can read more about them in my portfolio.

IntelliQ.me
Co Founder

IntelliQ.me is a smart system to manage waiting queues and offers estimations about remaining waiting time. I founded the startup with 2 of my fellow students and developed the Android app, website and API backend.
June 2015 - December 2019
Steppschuh
Founder

Steppschuh is my private business, which I use to deliver my software and for freelance jobs.
April 2012 - Today

Education

 
Hasso Plattner InstituteI studied IT Systems Engineering at the HPI in Potsdam and graduated as a Bachelor of Science in August 2016. By bachelor project was "Passwords are Obsolete - User Authentication through Wearables and Mobile Devices", you can find my thesis on GitHub.

													Mathematical and Theoretical Basics
												
Mathematics I & II

													Theoretical Computer Science I & II

													Basics of IT-Systems Engineering
												
Introduction to Programming Techniques I & II

													Introduction to Digital Systems

													Software Architecture

													Software Engineering and Modeling
												
Modeling I & II

													Software Technology

													Process-oriented Information Systems

													Software-based Systems
												
Operating Systems

													Database Systems

													Internet & Security Technologyspecialization
												
Internet and WWW Technologies

													Advanced topics on Internet and WWW Technologies

													Internet Security - Weaknesses and Targets

													IT in Healthcare

													Human Computer Interactionspecialization
												
Designing Interactive Systems

													Computer Vision

													Legal and Economic Basics
												
Law for Engineers I & II

													Introduction to Economics

													Soft Skills
												
Project Development and Management

													Introduction to Design Thinking
 
Oberstufenzentrum Luckenwalde2012 I made my high-school diploma at the OSZ-TF in Luckenwalde with focus on Media and Design Technology.
 
Marie-Curie-Gymnasium2006 I started my A level at the MCGym in Ludwigsfelde but switched to the OSZ-TF 6 years later because of their focus on technology.

Hey, I'm Stephan Schultz