Carsten Führmann

My name is Carsten Führmann. I am a computer scientist and software engineer, born in Germany. I hold a computer science PhD from the University of Edinburgh (UK). Until early 2005, I was a lecturer at the University of Bath (UK). Then left academia to try myself in a software company back in Germany, where I still work.

My academic research was concerned with programming languages, logics, proof theory, and category theory. I am still interested in those areas. In recent years, driven my industrial work, I have developed an strong interest in software engineering. Around 2013, I developed an interest in theoretical physics, but time permits me only to dabble.

As a software developer, I have been a team member on a number of business applications, both server side and frontend side, and been the architect of a couple more. So my experience includes databases, business logic, and frontend design. My main interest these days are software architecture and developer experience, with a strong focus on keeping a high long-term team velocity. Sometimes I engage in a bit of tech-evangelism as a guilty pleasure.

I care a lot about the environment. I'm a secular humanist. I love animals. I enjoy books, music, computer games, and the internet. My wife and I have two lovely cats.