Summary
Vivien Dollinger is a tech entrepreneur and CEO with eight years leading ObjectBox, a pioneering on-device vector database powering local AI for mobile, IoT, and embedded systems. Based in Berlin, he combines deep technical roots (Dipl.-Wirt.-Inf. and a doctorate-level business administration background from TUM) with product and studio leadership from prior roles in gaming and media. He founded and runs companies across software and multimedia—bridging research, business strategy, and hands-on engineering to deliver privacy-preserving, offline AI capabilities. Vivien’s experience managing global game development portfolios and mentoring at Google Launchpad informs his pragmatism around scaling teams and products under real-world constraints. He’s passionate about making AI efficient, sustainable, and independent of constant connectivity, a vision embodied by ObjectBox’s edge-first database approach. An often-overlooked strength is his cross-disciplinary fluency in multimedia, studio art, and computer science, which helps translate complex technical features into compelling user experiences.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Dipl.-Inf. (FH) Multimedia, Dipl.-Inf. (FH) Multimedia at University of Applied Sciences Augsburg
Dr. Business Administration, Dr. Business Administration at Technical University of Munich
Computer science studio art business administration, Computer science studio art business administration at University of Missouri-Kansas City
English, spanish, french