Andreas Haessler is a software engineer and entrepreneur with 10 years of experience building B2B SaaS and automation solutions, now co-founder and CEO of HKSolutions in Vienna. He combines hands-on front-end expertise—demonstrated by contributions to the popular openstreetmap/iD editor—with backend and workflow automation experience from roles at FireStart and large-scale modernization projects. Andreas has a track record of taking products through the full lifecycle, from user research and requirements to implementation, testing and operation, and he focuses on using AI-driven automation to help SMEs scale without adding headcount. His background includes both consulting and senior engineering positions, giving him fluency in translating business needs into reliable technical solutions. Notably, he has improved usability in open-source mapping tools and optimized enterprise BPM frontends, showing attention to both UX detail and system performance. Based in Austria, he pairs entrepreneurial drive with pragmatic engineering discipline to unlock efficiency and revenue for clients.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
HTL-Matura, Information Technology, HTL-Matura, Information Technology at HTL Spengergasse
🆔 The easy-to-use OpenStreetMap editor in JavaScript.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:10 commits, 8 PRs, 12 comments in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Andreas focused on enhancing the user interface of the OpenStreetMap editor. Their contributions involved handling key-value pairs in the tag editor, adding default values to numeric input fields, and addressing issues related to handling multiple tags during splitting. They also updated the codebase to avoid using ES6 features and added missing semicolons for improved code quality. These changes contribute to the usability and functionality of the map editing interface.
Contributions:29 commits, 2 PRs, 27 pushes in 6 days
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Andreas Haessler - Co-Founder & CEO at HKSolutions