Summary
Kai Dinghofer is a CTO and founder with nine years of experience building cloud-native energy software and developer-focused EMS toolkits that accelerate device integration, forecasting, and optimization for OEMs and utilities. He blends hands-on backend engineering with team leadership—having led cloud teams at gridX to deliver scalable APIs, virtual grid twins, and serverless search—and now applies that expertise to RAZO Energy’s modular platform for smart charging, PV surplus management, and VPP use cases. Kai is pragmatic about product–engineering fit, runs an AI-powered developer portal to reduce integration friction, and keeps end-customer experience central by automating EV charging around tariffs and departure forecasts. He also consults for sustainability-minded firms, pairing technical feasibility assessment and complexity estimation with pragmatic implementation to turn energy transition ideas into production-ready systems.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Software Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Software Engineering at FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences
A Levels (German: Abitur Allgemeine Hochschulreife) Focus: Computer Science and English, A Levels (German: Abitur Allgemeine Hochschulreife) Focus: Computer Science and English at Erkelenz, Cornelius-Burgh-Gymnasium
English, German, French, Korean, Indonesian