Hans Hess
Head Of Development at Luware
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolHans Hess is a seasoned software engineering leader with decades of experience building large-scale, fault-tolerant distributed systems across Microsoft and enterprise SaaS. Currently Head of Development at LUWARE, he leads geographically distributed engineering teams to deliver Teams-integrated contact center solutions with cloud-first architectures and strong operational standards. Previously a principal manager at Microsoft, he helped launch Azure Communication Services, led Advanced Voice Services for Teams/Skype, and ran engineering for Dynamics 365 Customer Insights—combining real-time communications, big data and privacy-centric design. He excels at scaling teams and products from zero to global deployment, blending deep backend technical expertise with hands-on people leadership. Based in Zurich, he brings a rare mix of multimedia, telephony and cloud platform experience—shaped by early work on Windows Media and consumer AV platforms—that informs pragmatic, enterprise-grade P/SaaS decisions.
7 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
-, Chemistry, -, Chemistry at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenAbitur, Abitur at Feodor-Lynen-Gymnasium Planegg
German, English
Github Skills (12)
dotnet10
microsoft-teams10
skype10
sdk10
skype-for-business10
csharp9
dotnet-core9
microsoft9
azure-functions9
azure9
azure-sdk8
microsoft-azure3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (4)
phess67/OfficeDocs-SkypeForBusiness
Nov 2018 - Sep 2019
Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams documentation
Contributions:3 pushes in 9 months
microsoft-teamsskype-for-businessskypemicrosoft
MicrosoftDocs/OfficeDocs-SkypeForBusiness
Nov 2018 - Sep 2019
Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams documentation
Contributions:3 commits, 5 PRs, 2 comments in 9 months
mvldocsmicrosoft-teamsskype-for-businessskypeofficedocs
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