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Academic and professional milestones

Current Positions

Since March 2018
Professor of Data Science
FH Münster · Münster School of Business
Professor of Data Science, Mathematics, and Information Systems. Program Director of the master's program "Digital Business and Innovation Management" (DigiBIM). Member of the faculty council. Chair of an appointment committee.
Since December 2019
Board Member
Institute for Process Management and Digital Transformation (IPD) · FH Münster
Responsible for people and strategy in an interdisciplinary institute. Supports members in acquiring research projects. Leads consulting projects and executive education formats for companies.
Since March 2018
Lecturer in Statistics
IHK North Westphalia
Responsible for statistics lectures in the IHK degree program.

Startups

Since 2024
Co-Founder
regulaid GmbH · Münster
AI competence training for companies implementing the EU AI Act (Art. 4 AI Act). Combines technological and legal expertise in an interdisciplinary founding team.
Since January 2020
Co-Founder
TradeLink (TL Digital Solutions GmbH)
Built a supply chain collaboration platform with two co-founders. Led to a Series A round, growth to 60 employees and 3,000 monthly active companies. Built and led the analytics team. Current focus: generative AI and analytics on the platform.
Since January 2019
Co-Founder & Advisor
SCALEWORK (SCLWK Analytics GmbH)
Co-founded with two partners. Led data scientists and data science projects. Currently serves on the advisory board.
June 2018 - December 2019
Advisor
hawk:AI (Hawk AI GmbH)
Supported the development of algorithms for anti-money-laundering detection from banking transaction data. Co-built the data platform for transaction processing.

Industry

May 2011 - February 2018
Expert & Project Manager - Marketing Analytics
McKinsey & Company · Düsseldorf
Started in the Advanced Analytics team, then served as expert and project manager in the Marketing & Sales Practice. Supported international clients in transforming into data-driven organizations. Developed and implemented ML-based solutions for business challenges.

Academic Career

July 2008 - April 2011
Research Associate & Doctoral Candidate
TU Dortmund · Faculty of Statistics
Research on statistical models with non-ignorable missing data. Contributed to proposal and extension work for Collaborative Research Center 823 "Statistics of Nonlinear Dynamic Processes". Teaching in mathematical statistics, time series analysis, nonparametric statistics, and business statistics.
May 2009 - September 2010
Lecturer in Statistics
International Business School · Lippstadt
Responsible for lectures, tutorials, and exams in statistics.

Education

2008 - 2011
Dr. rer. nat. in Statistics
TU Dortmund
Dissertation: "Statistical Models with Non-Ignorable Missing Response Variables and Application to Reject Inference." Grade: very good. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Walter Krämer, Prof. Dr. Claus Weihs.
2003 - 2008
Diploma in Statistics
TU Dortmund
Diploma thesis: "Local Classification of Discrete Data." Grade: 1.2. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Claus Weihs, Prof. Dr. Jörg Rahnenführer.
 

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