About us
This is MathArena
Welcome to MathArena, the innovative learning app that makes math digitally accessible and fun for students of all ages. Whether for students looking for a way to successfully learn math, or for teachers looking for engaging digital resources and ways to create digital lessons, MathArena is here to help.
What drives us
Our mission
At MathArena, we believe that math should be more than just a subject that you learn and then tick off and forget. (Math) learning should be an exciting adventure that sparks curiosity and creativity and trains thought processes. That’s why we have developed a mobile app that combines playful learning with adaptable difficulty and allows you to learn math flexibly and at your own pace – anytime, anywhere.
We are MathArena!
The MathArena team
The core team at MathArena currently consists of nine people who contribute their expertise from a wide range of fields:
In addition to focusing on mathematics, didactics and software development as part of the (further) development of our app, we focus on internal and external communication, computational thinking, pedagogically and learning-psychologically valuable AI development and school development.
We share our knowledge and new findings within the team, in our other fields of work and in scientific circles in order to advance the still relatively new field of digital teaching media in the best possible way. The balance between theory and practice or research and development helps us to find the right balance and drive our project forward efficiently.
The founders
Management
Gerald Infanger
Founder & Managing Director
Gerald Infanger is the idea generator and managing director of MathArena. After completing his studies in mathematics, theology and psychology, he founded a learning institute in 2016 with a focus on students with learning difficulties.
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Since 2013, Gerald has been working in parallel on his vision of educational equality for all.
Since the idea for MathArena, he has invested creativity and idealism in the continuous development of the globally usable math learning app. More than 40,000 organically generated downloads have prompted him to take the step of founding an EdTech company in 2021.
Currently, his main area of interest is the pedagogically relevant and valuable integration of AI in product development and user applications.
Eva-Maria Infanger
Founder
Eva-Maria is the managing director and head of research at MathArena. As a trained teacher of mathematics and theology at secondary level, she is realizing the idea for the learning app “MathArena” in addition to her various fields of work. In her research in the PhD program at the Linz School of Education, she is primarily concerned with “adaptive learning difficulties”.
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Her freelance work in the field of learning support, psychological learning counseling and teacher training keeps her in close contact with the app’s target group – namely students, to whom she brings mathematics alive and brings it closer, and their supervising teachers.
As a female founder, she is intensively involved in and committed to the topic of female empowerment and diversity.
Employees
Our team
Doris Kayser
Software development & design
Doris is a full-stack software developer with a flair for visual design. She acquired her programming skills at the FH-Hagenberg in the Software Engineering program. Doris is at home in the backend and frontend. As a “problem solver”, Doris does not only deal with the technical aspect. She is also the first point of contact when it comes to the intuitive handling of the user interface.
Thomas Benesch
Content
Thomas is a passionate mathematician who sees mathematics as a cultural technique and a central part of our cultural and intellectual tradition. He is inspired by the fact that each generation adds a new floor to an already solid foundation. As a math enthusiast, he has a deep respect for the beauty and elegance of mathematical concepts and enjoys sharing this passion with others.
Chris Willinger
Software development
Chris studied Software Engineering at the FH Upper Austria Campus Hagenberg and can look back on almost 15 years of professional experience in this field. As a passionate video gamer, he founded an indie studio for game development and has also been involved in the projects of MathArena across all technical levels since 2021; from apps and internal tools to the Google Cloud and OpenAI.
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Corinna Hörmann
Content & Research
Corinna would describe herself as a modern STEMinista who dreams of a better world and a happy life for all. She combines her enthusiasm for STEM with a hands-on approach to digital literacy and educational innovation. With Corinna’s background as a teacher and a PhD in Education, she is actively involved in creating a better learning environment in various projects.
Irene Heindl
Web Design & Marketing
Irene is particularly enthusiastic about communication, is interested in everything to do with media and is “at home in the online world”. She studied media management and has been working in (online) marketing, social media and web design for over 15 years. Irene is a mom and works part-time as a freelance web designer and marketing consultant. In this role, she supports the MathArena team as a freelancer, primarily in the areas of website/web design and communication/content.
The value and appeal of our work is reflected not least in this, that we are already recognized as highly innovative and effective by international scientists. They also actively support us in translating MathArena into their languages and offering it to their younger generations.
Join the MathArena team!
We are looking for you!
Growing interest and greater awareness of MathArena mean that we are constantly on the lookout for more motivated and idealistic team members.
Are you looking for a (student) job in a small but great team that is fun AND makes sense and offers you a lot of freedom and development opportunities? Then get in touch with us and “join the team!”
