Hey there, I’m Jan — a design engineer working to make machines speak our language instead of us speaking theirs.

Experience

since 2019

User Experience Engineer
IBM Research & Development, Germany
University lecturer
University of Design in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany

2017–2018

Mixed Reality Software Engineer (internship)
IBM Research & Development, Germany

2016–2017

Research assistant
University of Design in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany

2013–2016

Freelancer
Self-employed

Recognitions

2025

iF Design Award (Gold)
User Experience

2024

IBM Major Outstanding Technical Achievement Award
IBM Corporate Technical Recognition

2023

IBM Corporate Technical Recognition

2022

IBM Corporate Technical Recognition
iF Design Award
User Interface
Indigo Design Award
Silver in Digital Tools & Utilities

2021

Spark Award
Platinum in Digital Design
IBM Open Source Recognition Program Award

2020

IBM Eminence & Excellence Award
University award (Hochschulpreis)

2019

IBM Eminence & Excellence Award (×3)
Indigo Design Award
Gold in UX, Interface & Navigation; Silver in Interactive Design

2018

Spark Award
Bronze in Digital Design
IBM Team Delivery Excellence Award

2016

Germany’s national scholarship program (Deutschlandstipendium)

Talks

2024

UX Engineering — bringing designs to life
IBM Design Studios Kochi, India

2023

Carbon v11 developer experience highlights
IBM FED Branch Böblingen, Germany

2022

Discipline spotlight: User Experience Engineering
IBM Spark Design Festival
TypeScript
IBM FED Branch Böblingen, Germany

2021

The <dialog> element
IBM FED Branch Böblingen, Germany
Designing better experiences for everyone. But how?
IBM Spark Design Festival
IBM Design & Carbon Design System
zigzag, Germany
Stop building weird UIs. Use a design system.
FOSS Backstage, Germany

2020

Write better commits!
IBM FED Branch Böblingen, Germany
Stop building weird UIs. Use a design system.
IBM Developer, Germany
Prototyping Cross-Device Experiences
University of Design in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Adopting the Carbon Design System – one step at a time
IBM FEDucation, Global

2019

Desktop apps in JavaScript. Have we gone too far?
IBM FED Branch Böblingen, Germany
Designing relationships between humans and machines
University of Applied Sciences in Kaiserslautern, Germany
Prototyping Cross-Device Experiences
Philips Healthcare, Germany
Prototyping Cross-Device Experiences
ThingOS, Germany
Prototyping Cross-Device Experiences
Intuity Media Lab, Germany