Julia Kindelsberger, MS, is the director of software development at Oracle, where she oversees the development of multiple systems, conducts product demonstrations, and remains informed about and contributes to vital developments in her industry. She expertly and passionately heads up a plethora of international development teams to deliver applications that sharply enhance developer productivity.
Moreover, as a respected professional authority, Ms. Kindelsberger is a lecturer at Ferdinand Porsche FernFH, University of Applied Sciences, where she teaches a course in front-end development. With a solid and strategically pursued academic background of her own, she earned a bachelor’s degree in information systems from the Technical University of Munich in Germany. As part of her extensive studies, she wrote a thesis on power demand recording of running mobile applications exemplified by applications for the Android operating system. Excitedly continuing her education, Ms. Kindelsberger earned a Master of Science (MS) in software engineering, also from the Technical University of Munich. Her master’s thesis was completed in collaboration with the Center for Transportation and Logistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, better known as MIT, under the supervision of Lex Fridman as part of the exclusive Software Engineering Master’s Program supported by the Elite Network Bavaria only for the top 2 percent of students in computer science.
Previously with Oracle, Ms. Kindelsberger held a succession of key roles as a consulting program manager, principal program manager, and senior technical staff member. During this time, she used her professional prowess to connect with universities and partners across the United States and in Europe. Further, Ms. Kindelsberger worked on software research projects in microservice frameworks, build tooling, and developing full-stack applications. Impressively, in 2017, she and two college friends in Munich, established their own her own startup company, Nativou, to be a guide-as-a-service platform. Since then, Ms. Kindelsberger has acquired invaluable, high-level expertise in human-machine-interaction design, business management, research science, and other areas with Nativou, MIT, Oracle, and System Analysis Program (SAP) development. Her unique and innovative approach to her work also has resulted in her acquiring patents for graph visualization tools.
Expanding the reach of her knowledge as an author, Ms. Kindelsberger’s written works have appeared in various publications and major events, including the proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging, and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications, and the proceedings of the 1st Green in Software Engineering Workshop. Her standout career success has been honored with a German National Scholarship through IBM and Dr. Otto Majewski. Grateful for all her accomplishments, she is most personally proud of her work at MIT and Oracle, where she launched critical research projects as software products. Also at MIT, Ms. Kindelsberger spearheaded a significant study on human behavior, particularly as it relates to cars like Tesla. She believes her past and ongoing successes are the result of her parents’ support, her own hard work, perseverance, and commitment, and especially the guidance of her mentors, Lex Fridman, Hassan Chafi, and Eric.
Looking to the future with optimism, Ms. Kindelsberger endeavors to continue to bolster the achievements of her teams at Oracle and is pondering the possibility of launching a new startup firm. Furthermore, she views continuous learning as being vital, particularly in the ever-evolving tech landscape. Although Ms. Kindelsberger says she doesn’t perform programming as frequently, she emphasizes to emerging professionals the necessity of staying hands-on with technology. She also advocates for authenticity in professional environments, suggesting that individuals perform their best when they adhere to their natural inclinations rather than following strictly established rules. This balance of adaptability and authenticity has been essential to her career accomplishments.