Summary
Benjamin W is an experienced software engineer and IT consultant with a PhD in Computer Science and over 13 years of hands-on experience in software engineering, testing, and automotive embedded systems. He has led R&D and engineering teams at Daimler and PikeTec, co-founded and served as CTO at a software company, and now combines architecture, management, and consulting at RaCCoonTec in Hamburg. His technical expertise spans search-based and evolutionary testing, test data generation, static analysis, and MATLAB/Simulink toolchains—work that produced the TASMO test generator and influenced industrial testing practices. ISTQB certification and deep experience with TargetLink and automotive tool integration underscore his focus on safety-critical, model-based development. Known for bridging academic research with product delivery, he repeatedly turns advanced testing algorithms into usable tools for industry.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Dr.-Ing. / PhD, Computer Science, Dr.-Ing. / PhD, Computer Science at Technische Universität Berlin
German, English