ADVANCEDANALYTICS.ACADEMY - Key Persons

Jürgen Walter

Job Titles:
  • Founding Member and CTO of AdvancedAnalytics.Academy GmbH
Jürgen is founding member and CTO of AdvancedAnalytics.Academy GmbH, an international data science training network. He is an internationally recognized expert for scalable IT infrastructures, cloud computing and Big Data architecures with more than 15 years of experience. Jürgen is also founding member of DATATRONIQ GmbH and responsible for product development, long-term innovation and technology. He was founding member and CTO of Bitbond, a global peer-to-peer bitcoin lending platform. Prior to founding Bitbond he worked for Rocket Internet, San Francisco State University and IBM in Hamburg and Canada. Jürgen holds a MS in Industrial Engineering from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Simon Steinacher

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director of AltaSigma GmbH
Simon Steinacher is Managing Director of AltaSigma GmbH, a tech-first AI company offering an Enterprise AI Platform for high-performance machine learning, automated model development, and model management. He is an experienced AI consultant and architect in the domain of Big Data Analytics and Enterprise AI. His main focus is the application of artificial intelligence in operational environments for financial, telecommunication and process industries. His experience covers architecture and design of scalable AI infrastructures, AI model management & MLOps, and machine learning automation (AutoML). Underpinning advanced theory with everyday experience is the core concept of his trainings. Simon holds a Master of Science in mathematics from Ulm University.

Stefan Weingaertner

Job Titles:
  • Founding Member and CEO of AdvancedAnalytics.Academy GmbH
Stefan is founding member and CEO of AdvancedAnalytics.Academy GmbH, an international data science training network. He is an internationally recognized data science and predictive analytics expert with over two decades of experience applying advanced analytics algorithms, analytics automation, data preparation techniques, and data visualization methods to real-world problems for manufacturing, telecommunication, ecommerce, and financial industries. Stefan is also founding member of DATATRONIQ GmbH and responsible for all of the analytics magic that is running inside DATATRONIQ. As founding member and Managing Director of DYMATRIX CONSULTING GROUP GmbH for over 15 years, he was responsible for the Big Data and Data Science teams and pioneered the development of predictive analytics and model automation processes. Prior to DYMATRIX, Stefan worked as a Data Science Consultant at Computer Science Corporation (CSC). Stefan holds a MS in Industrial Engineering from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and a Master in Business Research (MBR) from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU). He is co-publisher and author of the 3-Book series "Information Networking" and associate professor for Data Science and Business Analytics at several universities.