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Hans Waldherr

Computer scientist bridging innovative technology development with business acumen

Neusiedl am See, Austria, CET

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About

My experience spans ASIC design, robotics, and ML/AI applications for startups and tech firms. Through venture development expertise, I have transformed technical concepts into market-ready products, secured funding, and led technical teams to deliver solutions across a diverse range of industries.

Experience

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skale venture development
Onsite
Remote

2008 - ongoing

Owner

As a technical partner, I collaborate with founders in robotics and AI to develop innovative products and secure funding, leading teams to deliver market-leading solutions.
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StreamUnlimited Engineering (SUE)
Onsite
International

2007 - 2008

International Sales Manager

Led technical sales for an innovative electronics platform, expanding sales and achieving 30% pipeline growth. Company was later acquired by Google.
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Riedel Mediornet
Onsite

2004 - 2007

System Engineer → Lead System Architect

Built the system architecture for the first optical realtime network for live multimedia in the broadcast industry. From concept to product, built techteam, served lead clients.
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Infineon Technologies
Onsite

2001 - 2003

ASIC Engineer → DSP Engineer

Product ownership of a part of a complex DSL modem ASIC design. Development of DSP algorithms.
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Coactive Networks
US
Silicon Valley

1999 - 2000

ASIC Designer

ASIC design for powerline communication at a Silicon Valley tech startup. Introducing of innovative HW/SW codesign princpiles.

Education

Vienna University of Technology

1993 - 2000
Master's Degree in Computer Science

Danube University Krems

2004 - 2006
MBA course in Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Skills

Business Planning
Tech Funding
Computer Science
System Architecture
AI/ML
Robotics
Embedded Computing

Awards

Best Austrian Startup Award WKO
Winner at Pioneers Startup Festival
3d place at i2b Businessplan Competition
Nominee Austrian Stateprize Consulting WKO
WKO Constantinus Award Finalist

Projects

LegalTech

Develpment of a secure AI-platform that qualifies tender processing, enhancing transaction precision and operational efficiency.

Agentic AI
Legaltech

GreenPilot

Conception and funding of a mobile game that teaches kids on renewable energy with innovative game mechanics.

Mobile Game
Education
GreenTech

Retinsight AI

Consulting for an AI-driven retinal analysis platform, enabling successful university spinoff.

AI
MedTech
Grant

Pino Robotics

Technical consulting that led to securing funding for an innovative AI-powered machine vision technologyy to make industrial robotics usable for SMEs.

AI Vision
Robotics
Funding

Bionana eShop

Consulting for a startup that builds a digital marketplace for biodiversity.

biodiversity
e-commerce

BlueInvest EU

Coaching for startups and SMEs in the Blue Economy. BlueInvest is an initiative of the European Commission.

Blue Economy
Consulting
EU

Seasy ePlatform

Consulting for a startup that builds europes leading marina rental platform.

AI
Business Development

Skyability Sensors

Led the funding process for a startup that builds a drone based 3D mapping solution for the construction industry.

Drone
Machine Vision

Seed Partnerships

sylents e-jets

Founding partner of maritime e-jet startup. Built techteam. Led development from first prototype to production.

e-mobility
maritime
Production Rampup
Germany

stromkind drones

Cofounded a company that builds and sells special purpose drones. Acquired seed funding. Built initial international sales pipeline exceeding 500k€.

Robotics
Drones
Business Development

sonarflow visual music discovery

Developed a novel machine learning platform for music recommendation. Raised funds and venture capital, built and led a diverse team.

Machine Learning
Business Planning
Fundraising
Venture Capital