About AVA

Create the technological concepts and vision how AVA works, and pretty much anything related to develop these – manage our internal and external technical teams, our suppliers and technology partners. But I also do a lot of hands-on work on our development, writing code, electronic design, mechanical design, soldering new boards and testing them.

I started as a software engineer in the automotive industry in Germany, just when more and more larger displays appeared in cars. I developed systems to bring amazing graphics to these displays, always loved it when I saw later in a car that people use the things our team build. After a longer time in that industry I was ready for a change, moved to Singapore, worked with customers on their enterprise IT architectures and also did my MBA here. The Internet of Things just became a hot topic for many industries, and I switched to a sales role where I worked with customers all over Asia on their implementations – we connected cars to the mobile phones of their owners, tracked goods in warehouses, monitored meteorological stations on remote islands, monitored equipment in hospitals and many other use cases.

A board game that takes a long time and is complex – A Game of Thrones is a great one. Some bags of those unhealthy snacks that you maybe should not eat, but you just need something to nibble while you try to figure out what is behind that move you just saw, if that alliance you have will survive the next round, if you really should move those guards out of the castle….and of course the phone number of the local pizza delivery. Game night is pizza night.

AVA has not only the potential to bridge between the different generations playing board games, introduce new game mechanics and experiences that are not possible with traditional board games, but AVA will also radically change the way how board game authors can bring their ideas and concepts to the players. There are so many wonderful game ideas that you never see, because manufacturing a board game is a complex and expensive process, there is no way for a beta version or to just try out some ideas. With AVA game authors have a digital way to develop and release a board game, and they can include the player community to design and improve their ideas.

I always loved to play games, RPGs and strategy games on the computer, or meet with friends for pen-and-paper RPGs or board games. Or we go out and explore the many restaurants and bars we have in our area. But often enough you would find me again building or repairing something, that probably has not changed much since I got my first Lego bricks as a child. It could be with electronics, mechanical work on a car or boat, bulding something with wood, some DIY job at home or helping a friend.

A good Negroni! One of the classic cocktails, either traditional or in one of the many variants bartenders create.

Knowledge. We live in a world that is more complex and faster changing than ever. Even if you would know it all, tomorrow it‘s outdated. It is far more important is to be open for what you don‘t know, and keep the ability to learn.