Timon Ruban

Timon graduated top of his class in electrical engineering from ETH Zurich. During his MSc at Stanford he dug his heels into deep learning. He helped teach Andrew Ng’s machine learning class and applied computer vision algorithms at Google’s smart imagery team.

Sebastian Schaal

Sebastian graduated top of his class with an MSc in electrical engineering from TU Munich and the CDTM. During his second MSc at Stanford he focused on management science and machine learning. He worked as a consultant at McKinsey before returning to engineering at Intel and deep tech startups.

Sebastian Schuon

Sebastian is an entrepreneur and angel investor. He was CTO and co-founder of Stylight, which he successfully exited to P7S1. He also graduated from the CDTM and Stanford, where he published his research at leading conferences, including his work on human AI hybrid solutions.

Aljoscha von Bismarck

Aljoscha graduated with a BSc from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Industrial Engineering & Management. During his MSc at KIT and the ETH Zurich, Aljoscha focused on data analytics and machine learning, researching in the field of uncertainty and interpretability of convolutional neural networks. Prior to Luminovo, he worked as a Data Analyst and Research Associate in the field of strategic wargaming and competitive intelligence.

Tomas Ostaševičius, PhD

Tomas graduated from the University of Cambridge thrice. During his PhD, he came up with and implemented new multidimensional image analyses, contributing them to the open-sourced HyperSpy toolbox.‍

Magnus Jahnen

Magnus holds a masters degree in Computer Science from TUM (best 10%) as well as an honours degree in Technology & Management from CDTM. In 2016, he was a visiting researcher at Stanford University before joining Mercedes-Benz to do research in the field of Deep (Inverse) Reinforcement Learning in the context of autonomous driving.

Erin Bacsy

Erin holds a BSc in Organisational Psychology and Statistical Research Methods from the University of Cape Town. After her studies she dedicated a year to researching sustainable development initiatives in Southern Africa. Her primary interests lie in change management psychology, psychometrics and organisational culture.

Patrick Perner

Patrick co-founded a startup in the gig economy space, engaged as COO in the management team of a Geo-AI startup in Munich, supported to set up a tech incubator, and hustled hand in hand with the founders of Westwing Home & Living as business development manager. He graduated from Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) & Copenhagen Business School (CBS) in economic sciences.

Dr. Bonnie Chow

Bonnie’s first use of machine learning was to isolate the Higgs boson signal, as part of her PhD at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and CERN. She holds degrees in Physics from the University of Cambridge and has considerable experience in full-stack software engineering.

Alexander Jesipow

Alex graduated with a MSc in Electrical Engineering from TUM with a focus on machine learning. Before joining Luminovo, he worked for Infineon, where his developed AI methods in gas sensing were patented. He also graduated top of his class from the Arts University Bournemouth.

Marilena Sedlmaier

Prior to her stint at Luminovo, Marilena has completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk where she could gain experience in Marketing, Finance, Sales and many other business fields. Right now, she is studying Geography and Economics at LMU Munich.

Alexander Abstreiter

Alexander graduated top of his class with a MSc in Computer Engineering and focus on Data Science from the Polytechnic University of Turin. Before joining Luminovo, he built his own telemedicine startup which got accepted into the HAG venture accelerator. In his Master’s thesis, Alexander applied AI methods on data from ShareNow for predicting future positions of car sharing vehicles.

Dr. Angelo Canzaniello

Angelo graduated with an MSc from the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) in Industrial Engineering & Management. Before joining Luminovo, he has been engaged in big data analytics applications in the supply chain management context during his PhD and co-founded a startup in the food tech space.

Maksym Petyak

Maksym graduated from the University of Oxford with a MSc in Computer Science. He has worked on applications of deep learning in medicine as part of a research group at Oxford and in Mirada Medical - a company providing deep learning contouring solutions for medical imaging.

Christopher Hogg

With experience leading Frontend development at a number of startups, Chris was thrilled to be given the opportunity to help develop the Luminovo Product. After completing a Bachelor's in Geography at Cambridge, Chris moved to Germany for his Masters, where he developed a passion for creating user-friendly web applications.

Benedikt Ummen

After three years as an Investment Manager at a Swiss VC, Benedikt couldn’t resist the urge to now get his hands dirty at the frontlines as Luminovo’s Finance & Operations Manager. He traveled the Ancient Silk Road in an electric car and is still involved in a couple of Swiss startups. In 2014, he graduated from ETH Zurich as a mechanical engineer (BSc).

Ronja Seiffert

Ronja holds a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Human Decision Making from Maastricht University. Prior to Luminovo, she has worked with behavior change consultancies around the world analyzing target groups and developing measurably effective comms strategy and content.

Alessio Gallucci

After collecting experience in Talent Acquisition at Amazon, Alessio decided to do his Master's in Industrial and Organizational Psychology at LMU. With his background in experimental research and human behavior, he then became interested in user experience and joined NavVis as a UX-Design working student, where he got to work on diverse projects ranging from UX Research to pixel-perfect UI-Design.

Ghania Riaz

Ghania holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Software Engineering and is currently doing her Master’s in Informatics at TUM with a major in Software Engineering. Prior to joining Luminovo, she had several working student positions, for example at Siemens focusing on cybersecurity, and at Infineon focusing on frontend technologies.

Dirk Hamelmann

Dirk has completed an apprenticeship as an industrial management assistant and holds a Bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Cologne. During his Bachelor’s he studied abroad in Vancouver and Beijing. Before working at Luminovo, he worked for Accenture Strategy and BMW.

Nadja Reischel

Nadja holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Business Administration from WHU and focused on Fin-Tech during her studies. She previously worked at N26 in Business Development and at Mastercard in Consulting. Now she is shifting her focus to product and supports Luminovo in Product Operations.

Giulietta Koch

Giulietta is a concert pianist by training who also holds an M.A. in cultural sciences and an MBA. She most recently worked at the German Accelerator New York supporting the expansion journeys of high-growth (mostly tech) startups to the U.S.

Katyayani Singh

After completing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering in India, Katyayani decided to transition to UX Design. She is currently doing her Master's in Human-Computer Interaction and Design at Aalto University, Finland. Before joining Luminovo, she worked as a UI/UX Design Intern at Visma, Denmark, and as an Interaction Designer at Digital Product School (an UnternehmerTUM initiative), Munich.

Sofia Cruz

Sofia completed a MSc in Computer Science from UCD with First Class Honours. Previously, she graduated from Catolica-Lisbon with a BSc in Business Administration while also learning about design. Sofia is a self-taught react developer.

Max Hungenbach

Max graduated with a BSc in International Management at Maastricht University and is currently pursuing his CEMS MSc at Rotterdam School of Management. He gained experience in Consulting at KPMG and in Enterprise SaaS Sales at Celonis, where he assisted in developing a new department and professionalized roles/ processes.

Felicitas Fischer

Feli completed her Dual Bachelor studies (Duales Studium) together with Lufthansa Group in International Business Administration. After that, she worked as a strategy consultant at Mazars Germany before starting her Master in International Business at Hult International Business School in London. Now, Feli supports our Customer Success Team.