Philipp Dransfeld

Experience

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  Music Store Professional GmbH

  Jun 1998 - May 1999

  Sales Agent
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  Rincón Medien GmbH

  Jun 1999 - Feb 2002

  Audio Engineer

  Technical and creative management of the recording studio. Music production, sound design, recording, mixing for commercials, web sites, trade shows and more.

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  Freelance, self-employed

  Apr 2002 - Jul 2018

  Freelance Audio Engineer

  Freelance audio engineer, music producer and sound designer.Clients: Mercedes Benz, o2, WDR, RTL-Gruppe, Siemens among a lot of others.

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  Native Instruments

  Feb 2011 - Jul 2019

  Product: ReaktorReaktor, Native Instruments' programming language for DSP and user interfaces, serves a two-sided platform market with over 400,000 monthly active users. Balancing the needs of instrument builders and users required careful consideration of the business model and long-term strategy.Challenges included:- Optimizing a two-sided-platform market for value- Handling a legacy code base, while ensuring to deliver user value- Discovery for new product typesTechnology:Custom C++ back-end, Custom front-end (NGL, proprietary) Show less

  • Product Owner

    Jun 2017 - Jul 2019

  • Marketing Manager

    Feb 2011 - May 2017
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  Holoplot

  Aug 2019 - Jul 2021

  Holoplot pioneered wave-field-synthesis public address systems with their matrix array technology. The Control application, featuring a web tech frontend for system setup and calibration, communicates with a custom C++ backend, serving for the decentralized processing on the arrays. Challenges included - Leading the product discovery process for a one of its kind system- Developing innovative components and synchronizing improvements across the system- Aligning on technology in a demanding decentralized processing setupTechnology:Application (platform agnostic): Vue.js front-end, custom C++ back-end. Middle-ware: gRPC (for fast and efficient network communication) Show less

  • Senior Product Owner

    Apr 2021 - Jul 2021

  • Product Owner

    Aug 2019 - Mar 2021
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  MBition GmbH

  Aug 2021 - Nov 2021

  Senior Product Owner

  Product: MBUXMBition, a subsidiary of Mercedes Benz, developed an operating system for luxury cars to meet the demands of the evolving automotive market. Challenges included - managing complexity of a large scale operation- aligning scaled agile environments with hardware project planning- ensuring compliance in a regulated environmentTechnology:Linux (embedded) stack with micro-service architecture. Real-time requirements spanning DSP, storage and middle-ware

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  ADAM Audio GmbH

  Dec 2021 - Dec 2023

  Senior Product Manager

  Products: A Series, A ControlADAM Audio's studio monitors required a software suite for setup, calibration, and control to stay competitive in the market. Challenges included - introducing best practices for software management- establishing product discovery processes and a feedback cycle from customers- setting up continuous delivery infrastructure- meeting tight development timelines for market launchTechnology:Desktop Application: Custom C++ back-end, Qt front-end. Middle-ware: OCA (Network communication, UDP based) Show less