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Tarek Hassan

Tarek Hassan

Cologne

Summary

HCI specialist with years of experience in user-centered products and UX research.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages

Work History

Innovation Manager

Visualvest
06.2024 - Current
  • Planning and conducting user research.
  • Enhanced collaboration between cross-functional teams for stronger ideation and faster product development.
  • Reduced time-to-market for new products by optimizing internal workflows and removing bottlenecks in the process.

Senior Consultant

OPEN REPLY
8 2019 - 05.2024
  • UX research, UX design, technical planning, and mobile development for several German and international clients.
  • Collaborated with internal teams to develop customized solutions that addressed unique client needs.

Working Student in Design and Development

IVU Traffic Technologies AG
07.2018 - 07.2019
  • Design & development of Eticketinfo 2.0, an NFC & QR code ticketing Android app

Student Research Assistant

RWTH Aachen University
11.2017 - 06.2018
  • As part of a research project worked on improving the usability & the implementation of an open-source graphical editor for relational models

Education

Master - Software Systems Engineering, Human-Computer-Interaction

RWTH Aachen University
10.2015 - 04.2019

Informatics Engineering - undefined

Tishreen University
11.2009 - 07.2014

Skills

Design thinking

Prototyping

Customer Journey Mapping

Problem-solving abilities

Generative AI

Programming

Project Management

Cost Reduction

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 06/23/92
  • Nationality: German - Syrian

Awards

  • German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Leadership for Syria, 2015 - 2017, 221 scholarship holders were selected out of 5,000 applicants.

References

  • Vincent Hamm, Chapter Lead Innovation, VisualVest | Union Investment Group, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Florian Schaper, Managing Director, Open Reply, Bremen, Germany
  • Mr. Henrik Benner, Head of ticketing development, IVU Traffic Technologies, Aachen, Germany

Timeline

Innovation Manager

Visualvest
06.2024 - Current

Working Student in Design and Development

IVU Traffic Technologies AG
07.2018 - 07.2019

Student Research Assistant

RWTH Aachen University
11.2017 - 06.2018

Master - Software Systems Engineering, Human-Computer-Interaction

RWTH Aachen University
10.2015 - 04.2019

Informatics Engineering - undefined

Tishreen University
11.2009 - 07.2014

Senior Consultant

OPEN REPLY
8 2019 - 05.2024

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