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About · Kevin Joachim Blumenstock · Berlin

I build technology — and keep asking what it’s for.

Portrait of Kevin Joachim Blumenstock

The question.

I build technology, products and companies. But the question that increasingly interests me is not only what technology can do. It is what it does to us.

How does technology change the way we work, communicate and spend time together?

Which parts of life does it make easier — and which human experiences might quietly disappear along the way? What should we deliberately carry into the future?

I still love turning uncertain ideas into things people can actually use. But I am becoming just as interested in the conditions around technology:

Attention.Agency.Meaningful work.Human connection.

And what progress is ultimately meant to be for.

The path.

From business and consulting to founding my own ventures, from teaching myself to code to leading technology as a CTO.

  1. Since 2018
    BlumenstockFounder

    Started in 2018 alongside my jobs, with ICONIFY, haelp and first client projects. Full time since 2026: ideas, brands and digital products for organisations with a mission, and ventures of my own.

  2. 2025–2026
    VisualMakersTech Lead & Partner

    AI strategy and transformation, custom software and agentic systems, product and organisational design, enablement and responsible adoption.

  3. 2024–2025
    conductrCo-founder & CTO

    Led product and technology from 0→1: an OCR and AI pipeline, a RAG-powered knowledge base and 40+ vetted partners on one platform. InnoFounder funding and pv magazine Startup of the Month.

  4. 2023–2024
    nueLead Software Developer

    Building a mature B2B SaaS platform and serverless services.

  5. 2023
    CareerFoundryFull-stack web development

    Formal training as a full-stack web developer, after programming on my own since 2019.

  6. 2021–2022
    haelpFounder

    A social operating system for co-creating change, funded with €50,000 of philanthropic funding. Venture story →

  7. 2020–2021
    OatlySales & Business Development

    Business development in retail for a fast-growing, purpose-driven brand: new accounts, distribution and partnerships.

  8. 2019–2020
    ICONIFYFounder

    Shirts composed from 3 million icons — organic, vegan and fair-made. Designed, built and shipped solo. Venture story →

  9. 2019–2020
    PiloteersVenture Builder

    Market analysis, MVP design and strategy for klima.metrix, an automated carbon footprint calculation.

  10. 2017–2018
    DEUFOLBusiness Analyst

    Process analysis, digital product portfolio and digital sales capability.

  11. 2015–2016
    Deloitte DigitalIT & Business Consulting

    Customer analytics, business process modelling and client workshops.

  12. 2013–2017
    Pforzheim UniversityBSc International Business

    Including Innovation & Business Modelling at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico.

Beyond work.

  1. HealthParamedic

    Certified at the German Red Cross State School and volunteering with the German Red Cross.

  2. EducationTeacher in Indonesia

    Teaching English and maths to preschoolers at Hindu Vinya Kindergarten.

  3. ChildrenFundraiser in Cambodia

    Raising funds for drinking water wells with the Cambodian Buddhism Association for Vulnerable Children — and building a tool to trace each well.

What I bring.

Building from 0 to 1Design thinkingBrand & experience conceptsAI strategySoftware developmentAgentic systemsFacilitationScrum Master (PSM I)Product Owner (PSPO I)

Recognition.

  • Startup of the Monthpv magazine, June 2025 · conductr
  • InnoFounder fundingconductr
  • SpinLab acceleratorconductr
  • €50,000 philanthropic fundinghaelp
  • Winner, Harvard Management & Innovation Case Study Competitionwith my team at Tecnológico de Monterrey
Kevin as a small child on a balcony at night, looking up at the sky through binocularsWriting · LinkedIn · 10 min readAre You Looking Up Too?I write about technology, building, and the human questions underneath both.Read the essay ↗︎