Summary
Christian Ammann is a managing director and founder with 11 years of professional experience building cloud-native and IoT software through PhoboSys GmbH after a research-driven career at Fraunhofer IIS and universities. He combines hands-on engineering in Java, Python, AWS and Kubernetes with formal verification and model-driven development expertise from his PhD background. Christian has led projects from architecture and patents to supervising students and shipping embedded and Android C/C++ systems. He runs his company’s technical direction while still personally coding—right down to hobby projects for the Commodore Amiga 1200 and other retro consoles. Based in the Cologne-Bonn region, he blends academic rigor with entrepreneurial grit to deliver reliable, production-grade IoT and cloud infrastructure. Outside work he’s an avid hiker and supporter of Hannover 96, reflecting a steady curiosity that fuels both professional and retro-computing pursuits.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom Informatik, Embedded Systems, Diplom, Diplom Informatik, Embedded Systems, Diplom at Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Formal Verification and Model-Driven Development, Dr. rer. nat., Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Formal Verification and Model-Driven Development, Dr. rer. nat. at Universität Osnabrück
English, French