Product management and professional data-science

3/2016 – offen

Accelerating innovation with knowledge landscaping
Clients such as GlaxSmithKlain’s partners (life-science) and tech-startups (business intelligence, fintech). My work in the area of Knowledge Discovery includes:
● Generate insights on knowledge landscaping (economic modelling, data-science and modelling, UX research pilots, usability, behavioural studies mapped on decentralised technological opportunities)
● Data-models (network science, stochastic methods, artificial intelligence, NLP) to organise and infer
new connections across academic, industrial specific and general knowledge landscapes;
● Product design, experience research to navigate, explore and share the context of complex subjects;
● Economic modelling (blockchain based) to leverage intangible assets as a form of Capital and
embed sustainability in the digitalisation of economics networks and open-data platforms.
● Social impact initiatives: multi-disciplinary insights to promote inclusion, sustainability and
innovation.

Produktdesign, Python, Product Owner

3/2013 – 11/2013

Analysed sustainability impact of global food trade.
Designed digital experiences to communicate quantitative research to public audiences. Outreach - TEDx, Wired, EXPO 2015.

Python

9/2012 – 12/2017

Pioneered knowledge discovery to accelerate innovation and multidisciplinary research. Bootstrapped the company and procured growth-opportunities to build high-performing team:
● Planned innovation strategy related to network science and artificial intelligence applied on graphs
● Top-5 at Global Innovation Challenges (80+ Countries)
● VC investment offers (Index Ventures)
● Contributed at COST | European Cooperation in Science and Technology
● Negotiated 80% in-kind investment with key partners
● Selected startup at Facebook - F8 corporate conference
As a data-driven product person:
● Led design, managed development of discovery apps (B2C); achieved 6x monthly retention.
● Co-authored proprietary knowledge graph model; established patent application and benchmarks
against state-of-the-art recommender systems in prior art, generic knowledge, content discovery
(including Google, Thomson & Reuter, EspaceNet).
● Reduced timeline to market ​from months to days, with knowledge graph pipelines cutting cost 10x,
automating dev ops, A/B tests

Python, Product Owner, Business Model, Innovationsmanagement

3/2008 – 3/2011

Digitalisation in agribusiness, food-security and environmental conservation.
Worked with clients such as governments (European Commission; Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Secretariat; Mali); international agencies (IUCN, FAO, IPACC, IIED), NGOs (OLPC, Conservation International), telcom (Nokia).

Projektleitung / Teamleitung (IT), Innovationsmanagement