Michael Ruf
Senior Manager Business Development And Applications
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Ruf is a strategic business development and applications leader with over two decades of experience translating deep scientific expertise into market-winning products and go-to-market strategies. Based in Madison, WI, he has risen through technical and managerial roles at Bruker AXS—from applications scientist and software development manager to senior global product manager and now Senior Manager of Business Development and Applications—driving agile transformations, portfolio optimization, and KPI-driven product roadmaps. He blends a PhD-level background in bioinorganic chemistry and crystallography with hands-on web and Android development experience, enabling tight alignment between R&D, software teams, and commercial stakeholders. Known for introducing measurable frameworks that improved sales conversion and reduced delivery delays, he excels at converting complex scientific capabilities into differentiated customer value.
11 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Dr. rer. nat (PhD), summa cum laude – Bioinorganic Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Summa cum laude, Dr. rer. nat (PhD), summa cum laude – Bioinorganic Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Summa cum laude at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im BreisgauPostdoc, Synthetic Chemistry, Crystallography, Postdoc, Synthetic Chemistry, Crystallography at University of Colorado at Boulder
English, German, French
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413reputation
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Github Skills (98)
minecraft9
docker-image9
semantic8
java8
javascript7
vue7
docker7
world-of-warcraft7
barrage7
backend6
jmap6
bundle6
ui-components6
heap-memory6
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
michiruf/play-swagger
May 2015 - Jul 2019
Contributions:7 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
michiruf/10000
Dec 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:38 commits, 34 pushes, 3 branches in 2 months
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