Pia is founder and managing director of agrantis GmbH. After working for BAT, Microsoft and her own family business, she founded AgTech start-up agrantis to digitize agriculture along the value chain through data and technology. When she is not working, you can usually find Pia in the mountains or in nature.
Friedrich Staufenbiel is Co-Founder and Head of Tech at Berlin Bytes GmbH. He is responsible for the development of web and mobile solutions for clients in various industries. His particular focus is on building and promoting autonomous, integrated development teams with expertise in product, UX/UI, software engineering and data.
Simon Faatz and his data engineering team at RND in the heart of Germany are driving the digital transformation of the newspaper industry on the BI side. From streaming data to legacy systems to fancy data products from the lakehouse, the full bouquet of business intelligence unfolds there. Previously, Simon worked for several years as a full-stack BI specialist at one of the most renowned BI consultancies.
Thomas L. Rödding is a digital pioneer & EU expert in the areas of traceability and digital touch points. In 2022, he founded Narravero as a spin-off, which became a pioneer in the field of SaaS solutions for digital product passports and supply chain documentation. As Co-Chair “Digital Product Passport” at the European CEN-CENELEC Joint Technical Committee (JTC) 24 and as Co-Chair in the national DIN & DKE committee, Thomas is involved in the European development of standards for the implementation of the EU Digital Product Passport.
Johannes has been responsible for Strategy & Business Intelligence at Dyn since 2022. He previously worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company in the Cologne office. After studying at the University of Cologne with stays abroad in Milan and Lund, Johannes completed a doctorate at the Center for Sports and Management at WHU — Otto Beisheim School of Management.
Felix studied business informatics at the University of Hamburg and has worked as a data engineer at Dyn Media GmbH since April 2023. He previously gained experience in data analytics and data engineering in various industries while working as a data consultant.
Toni Mata is the Vice President of Data Solutions at VaultSpeed. He has over 20 years of experience in working with data in various industries such as banking, insurance, healthcare, and public services prior to joining VaultSpeed. This extensive background enables him to assist customers in designing their information architecture using a business-oriented and data-driven approach.
When not talking about Data & AI, Felix is a proud father and explores playgrounds and skate parks in the city. He spent the last couple of years advancing data-driven and digital transformations at international manufacturing companies: hands on, both, in code and on the shopfloor. Currently, Felix is working as a Data & AI Strategist at Databricks for customers in Central Europe.
With over 20 years of professional experience in the fields of Business Intelligence, Data Analytics/Warehousing, and Big Data, Benjamin has been working as a Senior Solution Engineer at Exasol Schweiz AG for more than 3 years. With his expertise, he guides companies in their transformation into modern, agile, and efficient AI-driven organizations.
Jean has worked in various sales roles within the world of data for over 16 years , initially at SAS focussing on tools for data quality and governance. For the last 10 years, Jean has been EMEA Partner and Business Development Manager for Yellowfin, working with some of the most expert and innovative consulting and solution partners across the region, including btelligent. As Yellowfin continues to drive innovation in the Embedded and AI analytics space, her goal is to work with partners to help ISV and customer organisations to use analytics to maximise their revenue, reduce churn, accelerate time to value and optimise their investments. PS Jean is Scottish so looks forward to some football banter this week!
Alejandro Mesas Garcia is a Data passionate that enjoys working and learning new things in a sector constantly evolving and improving. During his career had different roles from Data Engineer, Data Architect , ML Engineer and Solutions Architect which gave him a brother overview of the challenges and opportunities to improve in the different levels. Alejandro Loves working with Technology but even more trying to help people to find simple solutions in their Data Journey.
Dora has a passion for building and scaling data products with an ML and AI core, while also fostering the growth of the necessary cross-functional teams. As the leader of the Data Science Department at PAYBACK, she oversees a diverse group consisting of Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers as well as AI experts. Prior to her current role, she lead CHECK24’s first Data Science Department. Her academic background includes earning a Ph.D. in Microeconomics and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics.
Alexander leads the development of AI products at PAYBACK, specializing in machine learning and deep learning implementation across cloud and on-premise platforms, adhering to MLOps best practices. With a solid foundation in applied mathematics and physics, he holds a Ph.D. from the Max Planck Institute. Alexander is deeply committed to crafting ML/DL solutions for complex challenges.
Christian works as Partner Solutions Architect at AWS where he helps consulting partners to develop the next generation of their AWS offerings. He has experience in batch processing, web development as well as managed services and is passionate about Machine Learning.
As a Go-to-Market Manager for Analytics at Microsoft, I drive the successful launch and adoption of analytics solutions. I collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop insights from market research, competitive analyses, and industry trends. My goal is to create differentiated value propositions aligned with customer goals and execute effective go-to-market strategies.
As an Azure Global Black Belt (GBB) Specialist at Microsoft, I help the largest and most complex companies in EMEA to modernize their data estate. I support our customers by evangelizing technology, providing collaborative guidance, helping them design end-to-end analytics solutions and driving digital transformation in the era of AI.
Kolja is Competency Lead & Product Owner of the Analytics Data Foundation team at MediaMarktSaturn. His role involves creating the future Analytical Platform and migrating data use cases from the legacy DWH onto the new environment. Prior to joining MediaMarktSaturn, Kolja gained experience in a variety of data engineering and analytics projects during 10 years of IT consulting in the data field.
Klaus-Dieter-Schulze can look back on almost 30 years of experience as a management consultant in the fields of business intelligence, data strategy and data governance. He is also a co-founder and board member of TDWI e.V., the largest German-speaking business intelligence community. More BI is almost impossible!
Sebastian Amtage is the founder and managing partner of b.telligent. He has been at home in the fields of customer relationship management, data management and data science for over 20 years and supports customers along the entire value chain. For Sebastian, only one thing counts: the data!
Paul Watson-Gover is the Senior Solutions Architect at WhereScape with over 15 years of experience. He excels in environments that emphasize continuous learning and innovation, valuing process-oriented solutions to drive sustainable success. Paul is known for his logical approach to problem-solving, often devising unique strategies that set new standards in project execution.
Johannes has always been a sports enthusiast. So, it's no coincidence that his career began at sporting goods manufacturer Amer Sports, which owns iconic brands such as Arc'teryx, Wilson and Salomon. As a project and program manager for large, global rollouts, he gained direct insight into the entire breadth of the business world of sport. His next stop took him to Intersport, one of the largest sports retailers in the world, where he worked as Head of Corporate Development. Inspired by the idea of using data to shape the future of sports retail, he joined emnos, where today, as Chief Sales Officer, he is turning his vision of bringing the two sides of the same coin - sports retail and sporting goods manufacturers – together and making them successful through genuine collaboration into reality.
With over 15 years of professional experience in Business Intelligence, Data Science and Software Engineering, Marco is an expert in Data Warehousing and Data Vault. He holds an MSc. in Information Systems and is a certified Data Vault 2.0 Practitioner. As co-founder of Yotilla GmbH, his passion for DWH automation turned into an innovative solution for modern data products. Yotilla is now part of Exasol AG, where Marco is responsible for the development of Yotilla as Product Owner & Inventor.
Reinhard Mense has more than 20 years of experience in business intelligence and data warehousing. As co-founder and CTO, he built up a successful BI consulting company over more than 10 years. His passion is DWH automation, which led to a spin-off of Yotilla GmbH for the development of a new DWH automation solution. As Product Owner, he is responsible for the development of Yotilla at Exasol AG.
Michael is a mathematician by training and a machine learning expert by experience and passion. As a consultant at b.telligent, he has been conducting machine learning projects for more than ten years in telecommuncations, digital commerce, utilities, and various other industries. Michael likes to drive the practical application of innovative methods for tabular data, and has a strong focus on the business benefits of machine learning.
Data analytics solutions have been one of Christine Schulze's favorite projects in several companies for over 20 years. After an excursion as a guest lecturer at the Rosenheim University of Information Systems, she is now supporting customers on their way to becoming a “data-driven company” in the Google Cloud team for over 4 years. Her passion lies in the topics of data governance, building data platforms and data & AI.
Manuel Nitzsche is an Enterprise Sales Director at dbt Labs and helps large organisations in Central Europe to increase the efficiency of data transformation in the Cloud Data Warehouse.
Jan Ulrich Maue is Senior Sales Engineer at Denodo Technologies. He is responsible for pre-sales activities, conducting proof of concepts and advising customers on Data Management and Data Integration architectures in the Central and Eastern Europe region. Jan brings a wide range of industry knowledge including Business Intelligence, Data Security and Storage, and more than two decades of pre-sales and consulting.
Harald Erb has been working at Snowflake Computing since 2018 and, as Principal Solutions Engineer, supports leading companies in the modernization and further development of their data and AI platforms. Previously, in his 25-year IT career at Oracle, Pentaho/Hitachi Vantara, he worked as a solutions architect, project manager, consultant and sales engineer in the DACH and EMEA region in numerous customer projects (cross-industry, federal and state security authorities). He is also a regular speaker at conferences and Snowflake events and the author of various specialist and blog articles.
After studying business informatics, Mareike gained many years of experience in product management, business analysis and project management at OTTO IT. Since 2018, she has worked as a product owner in various software development teams to help build the OTTO marketplace. Building on this, she has now been pursuing the goal of making the marketplace processes more efficient through AI-based services with the BI team hydra since the beginning of 2022 and thus advancing the scaling of the OTTO marketplace.
After her international management studies, Dinie worked for several years as a business analyst at Beiersdorf in the field of data analytics. Since 2022, she has been working at OTTO IT in the marketplace environment to make processes more efficient through AI and thus support the scaling of the OTTO marketplace.
Stefan Mennerich has held various positions at FC Bayern Munich since 1997 and is currently Director of Media & Communications and authorized signatory. He has developed all of FC Bayern's media offerings, from the website and all social media platforms to the OTT platform and all club TV offerings, which are broadcast worldwide online, mobile and on TV. Mennerich is also responsible for communications at the record-breaking champions. The business graduate is also a member of the Club Media Commission of the German Football League (DFL) and is active in the Club Rights and Commercial & Innovation working groups of the European Club Association (ECA). Stefan Mennerich is also Chairman of the Management Board of FC Bayern Digital & Media Lab GmbH and an "Observer of the Advisory Board" at OneFootball.
Andreas Wiener is a collector of Pokémon cards and Jordan IV Retro sneakers, as well as a social media influencer. He lives in Hamburg by the Alster with his wife and daughter, enjoys watching basketball, and passionately listens to Whitney Houston. Additionally, he is a keynote speaker, author, and CEO of BI or DIE. Andreas specializes in the topics of self-service, dashboarding, and modern employee training.
Kai has been working as a data engineer and architect since completing his doctorate in mathematics at the Technical University of Munich. His expertise lies particularly in the area of Microsoft Azure. After working at b.telligent and Cancom, he is now Senior Data Platform Architect at LAYA Solutions. There he designs the architecture of the analytical platform for smart marketing solutions in the retail sector.
As founder and managing director of b.telligent, Klaus Blaschek has been advising customers on the topics of BI, data warehouse and customer intelligence for over 20 years. His project experience includes challenging international projects and the complete value creation process. As a Swiss by choice, he not only has the telecommunications and financial services industry firmly in focus, but also the Swiss mountains.
Remco Broekmans is the vice president of international programs for Genesee Academy. He works in Business Intelligence and Enterprise Data Warehousing as a trainer, advisor, facilitator and speaker with a focus on modeling and architecture including Ensemble and Data Vault modeling. He works internationally, and is based in the Netherlands. The last 15+ years, Remco has taught different classes on data modeling, business intelligence and data warehousing, and is acting as a coach for several teams to improve their skills in data modeling. Specialties: Information Management and Modeling, Ensemble Modeling, Data Vault Modeling, Agile Data Warehousing, Education and Business Development.
Manuel is a recognized technology strategist with over 15 years of experience in developing customer-centric delivery models in various industries, including serving as program director for several major CX software implementations. With his pragmatic approach and entrepreneurial spirit, he has extensive international experience in the USA, UK, EU, and APAC. Manuel holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics (Eisenstadt, Austria) and is a certified IT specialist in Switzerland. At Bloomreach, Manuel is responsible for strategically advising clients on their digital and commerce experience transformation.
Jan Wickerath is a Manager in the Global Transformation & AI department. He advises clients on the digitalization of processes, with a focus on taxes and transfer pricing. He also supports the use of new technologies, such as artificial intelligence. Previously, Jan worked as a research assistant at the Mercator School of Management and in transfer pricing consulting for a Big 4 company.
Marianne is People Lead in Data Analytics & AI at Swisscom and manages 80 internal and 20 external colleagues in Data Services. She has been working in the information and communication technology industry for around 15 years for companies such as SAP, Deutsche Telekom and Swisscom. She has already successfully implemented several transformations of organizations, technologies and products. She has many years of experience in managing people (up to 100 colleagues in a team) and over 60 million Euro profit and loss responsibility. She has lived in 7 countries and is half Chilean, half German.
Rudolf Duttler is currently working as a data scientist within the condition monitoring team at RENK AG, focusing on marine and industry segments. After his education in economathematics and industrial engineering, he joined RENK as a software engineer, later transitioning to his current analytics role. At the moment he works on the continuation of the presented showcase project.
After studying Business Administration specializing in Information Systems, Tim Schindler started his career as a ETL and DWH engineer. He subsequently worked for various companies in the areas of Cloud services, Dev/DataOps and system architecture. For the past 2 years, he is part of the ProSiebenSat.1 Data Products unit as a Data Engineer.
Samet has been working as a Business Intelligence Engineer at ProSiebenSat.1 since 2022. Prior to this role, he gained experience as a Software Developer and Data Analyst in various industries. He holds a master's degree in Computer Science with a specialization in Business Informatics. Samet is particularly passionate about cloud-based data solutions.
Florian Nielsen is Director of AI & Data in the Smart Home/Electronics division at Miele & Cie. KG, the premium home appliance manufacturer. The main challenge is to help leading a manufacturing company through digital transformation by building AI & Data capabilities to infuse decision making with data and maneuver the company towards a mastery of data-driven product development.
Wolfgang Jarnach brings over 10 years of experience in the fashion industry and expertise in data analytics. Formerly in consulting, he now serves as Director of Data Intelligence at Home Shopping Europe, leading the centralized data department and supervising digital product analytics, data platform management, business intelligence, and data science.
Dr. Clemens Schäffner has been working as Global Director Data Science Center at Gerresheimer AG, based in Düsseldorf, since the beginning of 2023. He has more than 25 years of specialist and management experience in the fields of business intelligence, data science, data management, artificial intelligence and machine learning at companies such as Siemens, Telefonica O2, Bertelsmann, MediaSaturn and Metro.
Experienced leader with comprehensive expertise in global digital transformation, particularly in the areas of digital strategy, data, cloud, and IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things). Successfully led teams with global responsibility to develop and implement innovative solutions. Demonstrated ability to tackle complex challenges and achieve sustainable results. Skilled in collaborating with diverse stakeholders and fostering a dynamic corporate culture.
Dr. Sönke Iwersen has been responsible for data & analytics organizations in various industries (including Telefónica, Handelsblatt, XING, Fitness First and HRS) for more than 15 years. His emphasis is on development of digitization and data strategies, as well as their operationalization with cloud-based analytical platforms and ML/AI solutions. He regularly presents his innovative results at national and international conferences.
With over 20 years of professional experience, 14 of them in consulting, Carsten has in-depth expertise in business intelligence and data warehousing. After studying business informatics at HP, he managed numerous projects as a requirements engineer, architect and developer. As a coach, he accompanied over 25 teams and managers into agility. In the Datavault Builder team, he now creates the synergy between DWH automation and agility.
Rock star without airs and graces, entrepreneur, sought-after speaker trainer and internationally successful keynote speaker. Her talent for inspiring people has seen her work with world stars such as Michael Jackson, Joe Cocker, Shaggy and Helene Fischer as well as a number of big names from politics and business. After over 3000 performances worldwide, several chart successes and TV appearances, she is passionate about sharing her secrets of success with others.
Murat Yurt is Head of Business Intelligence & Digital Analytics at DFL Digital Sports, where he is responsible for the development and implementation of strategies in the area of business intelligence and digital analytics. His tasks include analyzing data from digital platforms and channels, identifying trends and supporting decision-making based on data. He began his career in strategy consulting at Kearney, where he gained valuable experience in the field of corporate strategy. He then moved to IT consulting, where he worked as Lead Consultant for Advanced Analytics. MuratYurt holds a Master's degree in Information Science & Language Technology from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.
After studying mathematics, Christian Jung joined the database marketing department of a mail order company. He subsequently worked for various retailers and management consultancies in the fields of direct and database marketing, project management and process optimization. For the past 10 years, he has also been actively involved in these tasks at Baur Versand as Head of Customer Analysis and Project Manager.
Katharina Wirtz holds a doctorate in business informatics and has over 20 years of experience in software development, including more than 15 years in agile projects. Her focus was on the concepts of DWH/Big Data and artificial intelligence. She worked as a lecturer in business informatics for six years and has published numerous publications. Since 2016, she has been training large corporations (Ergo, Daimler, BMW, Allianz and others) with the "Scrumkitchen" workshop concept she developed. In 2019, she used it to train the entire management team at Porsche AG. She currently supports the data management department at SKP in agile transformation.
In more than 25 years, Olaf Hein has gained experience in IT as an executive, project manager, architect, system integrator, developer, trainer and author. One focus has always been the storage and processing of large amounts of data. He has been a department head at SKP since 2021, where he is responsible for the bank's data infrastructure and data-driven development.
Max completed his degree in environmental engineering at the OTH Amberg-Weiden. He has been working at MARTIN GmbH for environmental and energy technology since 2013 and has held various positions, including development engineer and product management. He has held the position of Head of Research and Development since 2020. In addition to his technical expertise in combustion technology, Max has discovered and developed a particular passion for designing digital products.
Sébastien holds a degree in computer science from LMU Munich. He has been working as a software developer at MARTIN GmbH for environmental and energy technology since 2022. His expertise covers the areas of computer vision, data pipelines and machine learning. In addition, he is successfully responsible for the management of cloud resources and thus bears comprehensive responsibility for the efficient provision and management of our cloud-based services.
Martin Kraus heads the "CDO Office" at Commerzbank, where he supports the Group Chief Data Officer in expanding data governance and data quality management for the bank. Prior to this, he was responsible for the Risk, Finance and Compliance application landscape as well as overarching data architecture issues in the bank's architecture function. After studying physics and completing his doctorate, he began his career in IT at Dresdner Bank and Commerzbank in various project and management positions in the areas of investment banking, risk and finance.
Bitte bringen Sie Ihren eigenen Laptop für die praktische Übung mit. Keine AWS-Vorkenntnisse erforderlich, Grundkenntnisse in Programmiersprachen sind hilfreich. In diesem Workshop werden die Teilnehmer:innen einen generativen KI-Prototypen auf Basis von Amazon Bedrock entwickeln. Durch eine Reihe von praktischen Übungen, die sowohl für Anfänger als auch Fortgeschrittene geeignet sind, werden die Teilnehmer:innen lernen, die Fähigkeiten von Large Lanugage Models (LLMs) einzusetzen und mittels Amazon Bedrock Geschäftsprozesse zu verbessern. Amazon Bedrock ist ein vollständig verwalteter Dienst, der eine Auswahl hochleistungsfähiger Foundational Models (FMs) von führenden KI-Unternehmen wie AI21 Labs, Anthropic, Cohere, Meta, Mistral AI, Stability AI und Amazon über eine API-Schnittstelle bereitstellt um generative KI-Anwendungen sicher, gemäß aktueller Datenschutzverordnungen und auf Basis von ‘Responsible AI’ zu entwickeln und betreiben.
AI is already reshaping every industry, by augmenting our capabilities, transforming work, and shaping a new world of possibilities. In this session we will talk about how Microsoft's Cloud offering can help you power your AI transformation. Right from Copilots that help you become more productive to advanced LLMs and SLMs, we will look at how you can lead the Era of AI. We will also talk about building modern Data Platforms that act as the foundation for your AI initiatives. With Microsoft Fabric for Analytics & Microsoft Purview for Governance & Security, we got the entire Data Estate covered.
Make Data and AI a team sport! Bring AI to all your data (structured and unstructured) with a simple approach. Understand how to activate GenAI powered data insights. Learn what features on Google’s Data Cloud help you to set up a mature Data and AI ecosystem.
Join us to explore the World of Data Vault Modeling and discover the keys to successful agile EDW deployments. We will answer the questions: What is Data Vault Modeling? How is it different from other techniques? Why do we use it? And, how can we apply DV successfully? This is a dynamic and interactive session where we will pursue ideas, discuss patterns and take the first steps into modeling a Data Vault. And as a bonus you will meet other data modelers and learn something new.