Dr.-Ing. Christian Zirkelbach

Software architect and head of geo software development @Dataport

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

I'm an open source enthusiast, who likes to check out promising approaches and emerging technologies as soon as possible.

At the moment I'm software architect and head of geo software development at Dataport since 2021. Here I'm working on open source software with a focus on map applications. Before I completed by Ph.D on the topic of open source software development under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Hasselbring, in the Software Engineering research group. Furthermore, I worked as a Project Manager & Lead Architect on the open-source research project ExplorViz, a web-based tool for enabling live trace visualization of large software landscapes.

I'm interested in various topics, which are related to computer science. Although, my favorites are open source software and video game development, software architecture, visualization, and upcoming interaction concepts. In my spare time, I'm happy to spend time with my family or go geocaching or travelling.