Summary
Jamil Soufan is a CTO and seasoned software leader with 11 years of experience building product-led engineering teams and data-driven solutions for the machinery and printing industries. He progressed from hands-on engineering—developing Java EE, Laravel, Angular, and mobile applications—to founding and scaling cloud services and startups that served millions of users and requests. As creator of JSONrates (acquired by Apilayer) and co-founder of CoboCards, he demonstrated an ability to turn lightweight services into high-usage products and to ship enterprise-grade software that streamlines operations. Based in Aachen, Germany, he blends technical depth with business informatics and management training to bridge R&D, product, and operations. Colleagues describe him as a builder who reshapes legacy industries through pragmatic automation and measurable data insights.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc., Business informatics, M.Sc., Business informatics at FernUniversität in Hagen
B.Sc., Computer science, B.Sc., Computer science at FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences
General Management, General Management at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
German, Arabic, English