Hello,
my name is Simon Braun.
main job in part time
Senior Consultant for adesso mobile solutions
sideline
Indie Developer of iOS, iPadOS and macOS applications
leisure and hobbies
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family person
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culinary podcaster (german): „Tagesgericht – Kulinark im Alltag“
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zen meditation
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sports (everything but preferably biking, basketball and dingy sailing)
motivation
I'm creative, curious and passionate about great products-digital and analog.
My interests are very diverse and are reflected in my multi-faceted pursuits: working as a digital designer, independently programming and publishing apps, and producing a culinary podcast, to name a few.
vocation
Trained as a communications designer, I have a strong affinity for digital products, am a self-taught programmer, a graduate of the Stanford Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate, and was an entrepreneur for the first time in 2012 when I founded a startup.
way of working
My work consists of a holistic view: from the perspective of a conceptual designer, programmer and product manager. Based on this, I support the development of design processes for digital products, systems and services-or carry them out independently.
In the best case, I am involved in the processes throughout the entire product cycle from conception, implementation, quality assurance, testing and further development. Because in case of conceptual weaknesses or wrong prioritization, the correction for a product is usually disproportionately costly afterwards.
In addition to the actual implementation, the development steps in the team and the processes relevant to the product are of particular concern to me, as they are responsible for a successful as well as efficient development. Precise and careful communication is of particular importance to my work - it is the key to the analysis, coordination and elaboration of the design process.
I prefer working in a team and place high value on open and constructive interaction as well as clear communication. Particularly important to me is the expert and cross-divisional understanding between all parties involved, such as developers, stakeholders, users and designers, which I see as one of my particular strengths due to my diverse experience.
tools
I do my work with tools like Figma, Adobe XD, Affinity Designer, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe After Effects, Apple Motion and Xcode.
I increasingly work with the following technologies: Objective-C, Swift, Git, PHP, HTML, CSS, SQLite, MySQL and Python.
methods
These methods are used in my everyday work: Usability-Norm ISO 9241-110, Richtlinien für Barrierefreiheit (WCAG 2.1/BITV 2.0) and Scrum (certified Scrum-Master and Product-Owner).
Experience
adesso mobile solutions
Part-time ass Senior Consultant
November 2022 – Heute
Karlsruhe/Remote, Germany
Almato AG
Previously named Excelsis Informationssysteme AG and DATAGROUP Mobile Solutions AG
October 2015 – October 2022
Stuttgart and Hamburg, Germany
Independent App Developer
Part-time: accompanying my studies and work, one day a week since January 2017
June 2010 – Present
Stuttgart, Hamburg and Offenburg, Deutschland
Development and distribution of iOS Apps:
AppStore Editorial: Apps we love – March 2020
Co-Founder of skunkit UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
A three year adventure together with my brother Lukas Braun
January 2012 – January 2015
Stuttgart, Germany
Funding, developing, releasing and maintaining a privacy focused messenger for iOS. Field of experiences: company foundation, company management, trademark registration, successful crowdfunding, bookkeeping (SKR 04), developing a messenger protocol & an iPhone messenger app, maintaining a 24/7 service and public relations. The product didn’t require any personal data, did support multiple devices per account and had an intuitive and modern interface.
Education
Diplom Kommunikationsdesigner at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, Germany
Under Niklaus Troxler, Alfred Seiland and Patrick Thomas. (The german Diploma equals an international Master degree)
October 2008 – June 2015
Stuttgart, Germany
Certificates
Stanford Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate, Online
20 days of online courses and exams