Max-Emanuel Hoffmann Email & Phone Number

Munich, By, De

Munich, By, De

München, Bayern, Deutschland

We focus on developing Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) to help companies to bring ideas to market quickly and validate them.

Metropolregion München

Acquired end of 2023As the Founder of SESSIONS.link, I transformed a powerful vision into a SaaS platform that revolutionized online business for independent professionals. My hands-on approach in the initial stages included developing the prototype and MVP, directly leading to our first revenue-generating users.Key responsibilities and achievements:- Drove product development, sales, customer success, and investor relations with a hands-on leadership approach.-… Show more Acquired end of 2023As the Founder of SESSIONS.link, I transformed a powerful vision into a SaaS platform that revolutionized online business for independent professionals. My hands-on approach in the initial stages included developing the prototype and MVP, directly leading to our first revenue-generating users.Key responsibilities and achievements:- Drove product development, sales, customer success, and investor relations with a hands-on leadership approach.- Originated and implemented the product concept, establishing a foundation that captivated our core customer base.- Secured €500k in seed funding, which catalyzed the expansion of our team, including essential co-founders and a dynamic cross-functional development team.- Crafted and executed a strategic plan targeting the niche creative market, significantly differentiating our offering.- Accelerated sales growth, propelling the Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) to €40k per month and fostering a community of over 10,000 members.- Initiated negotiation and execution of a company sale that resulted in an EXIT Show less

München Und Umgebung, Deutschland

• Coordination of interdisciplinary usability & UX studies • Methodological consulting in the different phases of the User-Centered Design process• Test design, implementation and preparation of test results of qualitative and quantitative studies (interviews, summative and formative usability studies, card sorting etc.)• Consulting clients to create user centered customized long-term testing strategies and tailored testing solutions that match the client’s… Show more • Coordination of interdisciplinary usability & UX studies • Methodological consulting in the different phases of the User-Centered Design process• Test design, implementation and preparation of test results of qualitative and quantitative studies (interviews, summative and formative usability studies, card sorting etc.)• Consulting clients to create user centered customized long-term testing strategies and tailored testing solutions that match the client’s product development processes• Development of internal usability trainings (Research & Testing) Show less

München Und Umgebung, Deutschland

• Gathering product/project requirements and creation of requirements documents, technical concepts and functional product specifications in cooperation with various stakeholders.• Interface function and consultation of the business department and IT in terms of user experience, feasibility and solution development• Interdisciplinary project coordination • User research analyses for web and mobile applications (contextual interviews, personas, card … Show more • Gathering product/project requirements and creation of requirements documents, technical concepts and functional product specifications in cooperation with various stakeholders.• Interface function and consultation of the business department and IT in terms of user experience, feasibility and solution development• Interdisciplinary project coordination • User research analyses for web and mobile applications (contextual interviews, personas, card sorting)• Development of interaction concepts in form of prototypes and wireframes• Test design, implementation and preparation of test results of qualitative and quantitative studies (interviews, summative and formative usability studies, card sorting etc.)• Coaching and implementation of the User-Centered Design process in customer projects and in the company Show less

München Und Umgebung, Deutschland

• Agile Requirements Engineering• Interdisciplinary project coordination • Facilitating collaborative design workshops• Development of usability concepts for web and mobile apps• Conduct and analyze usability tests (A/B-test, qualitative user studies, user tests, expert reviews)

München Und Umgebung, Deutschland

• Android development• Responsible for ideation of usability concepts, prototyping and implementation of mobile and web applications• Managing and prioritizing the SCRUM backlog to steer the development team (Proxy Product Owner function)• Scrum Master

München Und Umgebung, Deutschland

Challenges in the development of an automotive messaging application for AndroidDevelopment and implementation of a messaging hub app for Android for in-car use• Connection and integration of e-mail services via IMAP• Connection and integration of messaging services via Android messaging API• Design and implementation of the Smartphone UI• Design and implementation of the vehicle Ul in the BMW HMI• Integration into the BMW ConnectedDrive system with the help of a BMW… Show more Challenges in the development of an automotive messaging application for AndroidDevelopment and implementation of a messaging hub app for Android for in-car use• Connection and integration of e-mail services via IMAP• Connection and integration of messaging services via Android messaging API• Design and implementation of the Smartphone UI• Design and implementation of the vehicle Ul in the BMW HMI• Integration into the BMW ConnectedDrive system with the help of a BMW AG developed Java Library• Connection of vehicle functions such as the BMW Text-To-Speech Engine for reading out messaging content• Connection to Google services such as the Google Speech-To-Text Engine for transferring voice messaging content• Creation of test cases and execution of various tests of the app• Development of a simplified API design for the connection of any messaging services to the BMW ConnectedDrive system in context of the Android App development Show less

Munich

IT consulting for small and individual enterprises in Munich and Simbach am Inn

München Und Umgebung, Deutschland

Student research assistant at the CAMP chair (Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality) of TU Munich.• Group Decision Making Methodology for Quantitative Analysis of Surgical Procedures• Software development (C#, Java, MATLAB)

München Und Umgebung, Deutschland

Development and Evaluation of a Remote User Interface for Intra-operative Imaging Devices- Surgical workflow analysis & user studies- Software development (Objective C & Qt)- Usability study

München Und Umgebung, Deutschland

Publication title: "Towards Systematic Usability Evaluations for the Operating Room (OR): An Introduction to OR-Use Framework" (IPCAI 2012, Springer Berlin)- Framework development (C#, SQL, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF))- Development of a usability testing support tool for intra-operative devices (Android)- Performance evaluation of proposed framework

Simbach Am Inn

- Energy consulting- Programming of control systems to reduce energy consumption of households- System administrator

München Und Umgebung, Deutschland

Student trainee at Siemens Mobile- Software development and testing for Siemens S75 series (Java, Java2ME)

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Informatik

Focus area: Distributed Systems, Web- and Moble-Applications, Usability Engineering

Informatik

Academic exchange

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Informatik

Bachelor thesis title: "An introduction to OR-Use, a systematic usability data acquisition framework for the operating theatre"