Philipp Baldauf
CEO & Co-Founder at Ahoi Kapptn!
Linz, Upper Austria
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Top SchoolPhilipp Baldauf is a product-focused tech entrepreneur and CEO with 12 years of experience turning ideas into polished mobile and web products from Linz, Austria. As co-founder of Ahoi Kapptn! and Butleroy, he blends hands-on engineering—contributing performance improvements to popular open-source Android charting libraries—with product design and client-facing strategy for brands like Red Bull and the Austrian Football Association. He teaches and mentors mobile computing and entrepreneurship, which sharpens his habit of challenging assumptions early and asking “why not?”. Philipp thrives on sketching product flows, sharing insights on stage, and working side-by-side with clients to create delightful, impact-driven software.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Matura-Certificate and VET-Diploma, Information Management and Information Technology, with distinction, Matura-Certificate and VET-Diploma, Information Management and Information Technology, with distinction at Business School FreistadtMaster of Science (MSc), Mobile Computing, with honours, Master of Science (MSc), Mobile Computing, with honours at University of Applied Sciences Hagenberg
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charts10
graph10
java10
charting10
javas10
android10
graphing10
algorithm9
algorithms9
performance-optimization9
addeventlistener9
data-structures8
data-structure8
swift-protocols6
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
PhilJay/MPAndroidChart
May 2014 - Jun 2014
A powerful 🚀 Android chart view / graph view library, supporting line- bar- pie- radar- bubble- and candlestick charts as well as scaling, panning and animations.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits in 25 days
Contributions summary:Philipp implemented significant improvements to the chart library, including introducing a `Series` object for data representation and enabling the drawing of multiple lines within a single chart. They focused on optimizing performance for large datasets and initiated the implementation of a data reduction algorithm (Douglas-Peucker). Furthermore, the commits indicate ongoing work on the core structure and functionality of the chart, modifying underlying classes such as `BarLineChartBase`.
panninggraph-viewchartscandlestickscaling
Butleroy/JZCalendarWeekView
Dec 2019 - Dec 2019
Calendar Week & Day View in iOS Swift
Contributions:6 pushes in 1 day
in-viewcalendarweek-calendardayswift
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