TEAM MEMBERS

Ilias Michalarias
FOUNDER & CEO
During the past 15 years, Ilias has been involved in almost all aspects of business intelligence and software engineering: academical, operational, consulting and managerial. Having held product management positions for both established and startup software vendors, he is firsthand familiar with the industry major challenges. He strongly believes that the key to successful products are innovative technology, creative people and reliable data.
Ilias holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Freie Universität Berlin.

Markus Sümmchen
CTO & ADVISOR
With more than 15 years of experience, Markus is almost a veteran in the area of B2B software solutions. He is currently the CEO and founder of white duck, a software engineering company with focus on Cloud Computing, IoT und Analytics. In the past he was the CTO of the business intelligence provider Cubeware. He spends most of his time designing modern cloud and SaaS business solutions, or serving as an advisor of digitalization projects.

Oliver Günther
ADVISOR
Oliver Günther is President of the University of Potsdam and former President of the German Informatics Society (GI). From 1993 until 2011 Oliver Günther was Professor of Information Systems at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He serves as a board member to various government agencies and high-tech companies. Oliver Günther holds Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from UC Berkeley.