Franziska Eckardt

Franziska Eckardt has extensive work experience in various product management and research roles. Franziska is currently employed as a Lead Product Manager at Koa Health, where they started in April 2023. Prior to that, they held the position of Senior Product Manager at the same company starting from February 2022.

Before joining Koa Health, Franziska worked as a Product Owner at SEAT:CODE from September 2020 to February 2022. Franziska also served as a Product and Operations Manager at Curelator Inc. from September 2018 to August 2020.

Earlier in their career, Franziska worked as a Product Manager at caresyntax from 2014 to 2018. Franziska gained research experience as a Research Assistant at Hannover Medical School's Department of Otolaryngology from September 2010 to December 2012, where they contributed to the advancement of surgical techniques in the Computer-assisted Surgery Group.

Additionally, Franziska has worked as a Research Intern at Auckland Bioengineering Institute from September 2009 to March 2010, and at Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute from May 2007 to November 2007.

Franziska Eckardt holds a Master of Science (MS) degree in Applied Physics from FH Koblenz, University of Applied Sciences, RheinAhrCampus Remagen, Germany. This degree was obtained between the years 2008 and 2010. Prior to that, they earned a degree as a graduate engineer (Diplom-Ingenieur FH) in Biomedical/Medical Engineering from the same university, which they completed from 2002 to 2007.

In terms of continuing education, Franziska has pursued various certifications to enhance their skills and knowledge. Franziska has obtained a Product Leader Certificate from Product School in January 2022. Franziska also completed a course on Brand and Product Management through Coursera in December 2021. Additionally, Franziska has a certification in Agile Product Owner Role: Techniques, which they obtained in July 2020 from LinkedIn.

To further expand their expertise, Franziska enrolled in courses at The Interaction Design Foundation in 2021 to delve into User Experience.