Christoph Henzelmann

Christoph Henzelmann has a diverse work experience in the technology industry. Christoph is currently working as the Head of Engineering at Mika since January 2022. Prior to that, they worked as the Mobile Platform Lead at Lottie from September 2021 to December 2021.

From November 2020 to August 2021, Christoph held the position of Head of Engineering - Platform Services at Native Instruments. Christoph also worked at Native Instruments as a Senior Engineering Manager - Platform Services from September 2019 to November 2020. In this role, they managed three different teams with 20+ engineers and focused on building a platform for music creators. Christoph'sresponsibilities included working closely with tech-leads on overarching topics, implementing an SRE model, and facilitating team health checks and OKR sessions. Christoph also served as an Engineering Manager - Platform Services at Native Instruments from May 2018 to September 2019. Christoph supported the CI and Data teams, created professional development plans, facilitated feedback sessions, and helped with hiring and team organization.

Before joining Native Instruments, Christoph worked at immmr GmbH as a Product Owner mobile and later as a lead dev mobile from January 2016 to April 2018. Christoph was responsible for iOS and Android development, working closely with the product team, and setting up CI/CD pipelines.

From 2011 to 2016, Christoph worked at wooga as a Senior Mobile Game Developer. Christoph contributed to the company's transition to mobile-first development, working on titles such as Diamond Dash and Bubble Island using Objective-C, OpenGL ES, and later Unity3D for cross-platform games.

Prior to their roles at wooga, Christoph worked at neofonie GmbH as a Software Entwickler from July 2010 to December 2010, and at smeet.com as a Software Developer from August 2007 to July 2010, where they focused on Flash development and game algorithms.

Christoph's earliest role was as a Software Developer at ART+COM from January 2006 to July 2007.

Overall, Christoph Henzelmann has demonstrated expertise and leadership in engineering and development roles throughout their career, with a strong focus on platform services and mobile application development.

Christoph Henzelmann began their education journey in 1998 at Leibniz Universität Hannover, where they studied Jurastudium and earned a Vordiplom. Following this, from 2001 to 2004, they attended Multi Media Berufsbildende Schulen Hannover (MMBbS) and obtained a degree as a Mediengestalter für Digital und Print. Later, from 2004 to 2007, Christoph enrolled at Berlin University of Applied Sciences Berlin (BHT) and completed a Diplom in MedienInformatik. Moving forward, they participated in Artop - Institut an der Humbold-Universität Berlin from 2022 to 2023, where they pursued a degree as a Systemischer Coach. As for additional certifications, Christoph Henzelmann achieved the title of Certified Scrum Product Owner in November 2016 from the Scrum Alliance.