Christopher Henkel
Manager Solutions Architecture at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Henkel is a Solutions Architect at AWS based in Munich with 11 years of experience bridging research and cloud engineering. He holds a PhD in Business Information Systems from LMU München and blends academic rigor with hands-on product and startup experience as a former co‑founder and developer. At AWS he focuses on designing customer-centric, scalable cloud solutions informed by deep expertise in information systems and applied research. His background spans enterprise, academic, and startup environments—from Volkswagen Financial Services and Detecon to founding Myriada—bringing both strategic vision and practical delivery. Fluent in cross-disciplinary collaboration, he leverages his international education (including studies in Kyoto) to navigate complex technical and business requirements. Colleagues value his ability to translate research insights into operational architectures that measurably improve customer outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Business Information Systems, PhD Business Information Systems at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMaster of Science (MSc) Informatik, Master of Science (MSc) Informatik at Kyoto UniversityMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Management-Informationssysteme, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Management-Informationssysteme at The University of Göttingen
German, English, Japanese, French
Github Skills (11)
aws-iot8
m5stack8
aws7
esp326
mcu5
iot5
whenever2
in-progress2
scraper1
python1
scrape1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
chenkel/goebu
Feb 2015 - Aug 2019
Contributions:56 pushes, 5 branches, 2 tags in 4 years 7 months
chenkel/onebusaway-vdv-modules
Mar 2015 - Aug 2019
Contributions:3 pushes in 4 years 5 months
vdvspecificationconformingtransit-datatransit
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