On this episode we are talking with Christian Guttmann who has a diverse background being a startup founder, professor, Vice President and Executive Director at some of the largest international tech companies, successful startups and leading universities. Currently Christian is the Global Head of AI at TietoEVRY one of the biggest IT service providers in Europe. Furthermore Christian is the Executive Director of the Nordic AI Institute, which is a global alliance consisting of outstanding indiv...
Feb 02, 2021•48 min•Ep. 66
A shorter episode with Henning Trill who as the VP Innovation Strategy together with his team at Bayer AG is building out various innovation initiatives and projects in order to establish a powerful innovation ecosystem across the company. Henning did his phd at the intersection of physics and chemistry and is somebody that is deeply rooted within the health sector. Together we are talking about the biggest trends and opportunities within health when it comes to utilizing digital technologies. W...
Jan 27, 2021•27 min•Ep. 65
Round 2 with Hans Uszkoreit on the SPEED CHANGE REPEAT Podcast. After having Hans on our Podcast a year ago we took the opportunity to once again have him on the show to talk about the many interesting things that have happened since the last time we talked. On this episode among many things: - we are talking about the different approaches governments in Europe and China used to tackle the Corona crisis with technology - as well as the opportunities to digitize the vast amount of information tha...
Jan 15, 2021•54 min•Ep. 64
Fei since last year is responsible for developing the AI strategy and capabilities of global software powerhouse SAP. Despite being born in China, Fei actually started her career in Germany within academia. After completing her phd in computational linguistics she spend many years at the german research center for artificial intelligence (DFKI), where she also was entrepreneurially involved in a spin off. Before joining SAP in May 2020, Fei spent 3 years at Lenovo in China building out the AI La...
Jan 12, 2021•47 min•Ep. 63
Great talk with Markus Sontheimer who currently acts as the CIO/CDO & Member of the Board of Management at DB Schenker. He is accomplished in digital business topics and known as a digital lateral thinker due to his experience in developing the digital divisions of DB Schenker, Deutsche Bank and Daimler over the past ten years. Together with Markus we are diving into his approach of tackling digital transformation within large corporations and the importance of building strong digital capabi...
Jan 08, 2021•40 min•Ep. 62
On this episode of the SPEED CHANGE REPEAT Podcast we are talking with Joerg Hellwig who at the time of this recording holds the position of Chief Digital Officer of the chemical company Lanxess, with an annual revenue of over €7 billion. Joerg is a great guy who is keen on trying things out and is not hesitating to test the unknown. We talked about the set up of his team and the different initiatives they pursue but also about what it means to transform an organization that operates within B2B....
Jan 05, 2021•51 min•Ep. 61
On this episode of the SPEED CHANGE REPEAT Podcast we are hosting Tobias Fausch who at the recording of this podcast acts as the CIO of BayWa, a 17 billion € company operating in the agriculture, building materials and energy sectors. The business model of BayWa integrates the trading, distribution, logistics and services within the three sectors. Taking into account the size and different verticals the company is operating in we though it would be interesting to dive into the different applicat...
Dec 19, 2020•46 min•Ep. 60
Ralf learnt writing code at the age of 6, and started his first software company at the age of 16. He studied nanotechnologies and system theory and wrote his doctoral thesis on human cell research. Currently he is a Managing Director at Hapag-Lloyd leading the global digital business and driving the global digital transformation and change in 144 Countries. On this episode Ralf is sharing his rich experience from being an advisor for a number of large corporations such as Daimler or Phoenix Pha...
Dec 04, 2020•40 min•Ep. 58
On this episode we are talking with Susanna Schneeberger a experienced C-Level executive. Currently Susanna is on the board of a number of large industrial corporations and previously ended her role as Chief Digital Officer at KION the European market leader and world second largest supplier of forklifts. Here are some of the things we are talking about: - Susanna´s experience in leadership within large industrial corporates - breaking down the role of a Chief Digital Officer - Status Quo and fu...
Dec 02, 2020•46 min•Ep. 57
The uvex group is all about protecting people and on this episode we talk to its Chief Digital Officer who is responsible for leading the digital transformation of the family owned company. With previous leadership positions at IBM and Schwan-Stabilo Bernd brings an interesting perspective from diverse industries as well as insights from the lens of being a CIO as well as a CDO. We talk about using sensors and other types of digital technologies within the safety industry and how technology is h...
Nov 23, 2020•51 min•Ep. 56
Daniel Theobald is the founder and CEO of Vecna Robotics, which delivers Automated Material Handling, Hybrid Fulfillment, and Workflow Optimization solutions featuring self-driving vehicles. An MIT graduate, Daniel quickly started out as an entrepreneur after university. He is also the Co-Founder and President of MassRobotics, a non-profit organization with the mission to help create and scale the next generation of successful robotics and connected device companies by providing entrepreneurs an...
Nov 06, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 55
On this episode of the SPEED CHANGE REPEAT Podcast we talk with Philipp Blome who is the CEO of METRO Markets. The company is wholly owned subsidiary of METRO, a leading personal specialist in the wholesale and food trade with an annual revenue of over 27 billion€. Metro Markets is a B2B online marketplace aimed at HoReCa customers (hotel, restaurant, catering) and a perfect example for a successful corporate venturing initiative. Together with Philipp who has spend his time over the past years ...
Oct 23, 2020•40 min•Ep. 54
Natural Language Processing is a subfield of A.I where the main goal is to enable machines to analyze, understand and manipulate language. That is why the academic field of linguistics and especially computational linguistics has really gained massive attention both in the academia but also industry. Therefore we invited Michaela Mahlberg on to the show to talk about her perspective on the field and where she sees the field heading. Michaela has a very fresh perspective when it comes to the coll...
Oct 10, 2020•55 min•Ep. 53
Ralf brings a unique perspective on the telecommunications industry, which we did not have yet to this extend on the SPEED CHANGE REPEAT podcast. Working all over the world within the industry he gathered extensive experience at companies such as BCG, PwC, Capgemini, IBM and Ericsson. On this episode Ralf is giving an outlook on the telecommunications industry in regards to the impact of digital technologies and what it means for the shift between the different competitors. We talk about the str...
Oct 04, 2020•57 min•Ep. 52
Sep 26, 2020•35 min•Ep. 51
Carsten is somebody that we were looking forward to have on the show for quiet a while and that is because of his massive experience when it comes to guiding large organizations through their digital transformation journeys. In almost 20 years in executive roles focused on software-, data-, and digitally fueled growth, he has built-up several €100 million businesses and led company-wide transformation programs affecting more than 60,000 employees. His most recent capacities include Group Digital...
Sep 18, 2020•44 min•Ep. 50
David Shrier is somebody that we finally had the chance to have on our show and talk about many interesting things among which are the field of corporate venture capital, innovation initiatives at large corporate and the future of education. David is involved in many things and is a particularly interesting guest as he combines both insights from the private sector working with some of the largest corporates and interesting start-ups as wells as the connection with leading academic institutions ...
Sep 07, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 49
Stefano is Partner at Redstone, leading the firm’s cutting-edge investment cases and in-house technological development. He holds a PhD in financial computing from University College London, and degrees in economics and security. Stefano consulted the Italian Government and the European Commission on matters related to data, finance and security. Together with Stefano we are diving deep into data driven methods in approaching Venture Capital and the idea behind VC as a Service. We also talk abou...
Aug 29, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 48
Building on the open source Robot Operating System (ROS), Apex.AI was founded in 2017 to enable developers to successfully implement complex, safety-critical software for autonomous mobility. Toyota's A.I Venture fund and Volvo are some of the big players that have invested into Apex. Jan has been active in the field of autonomous vehicles for over 20 years among which he has been working in several positions at Bosch, Faraday Future and teaching at Stanford University. Fun fact: On one of the f...
Aug 06, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 47
On this episode of the SPEED CHANGE REPEAT Podcast I am hosting Alan Jacobson who currently is the Chief Data Officer at Alteryx one of the self-service Data Analytics platforms in the world. Prior to Alteryx, Alan spent 25 years at Ford Motor Company in multiple roles, among which his last role was being responsible for the entire Data Analytics and Data Science activities of the company. Together with Alan we are talking about his biggest learnings from accelerating Analytics capabilities at F...
Jul 31, 2020•55 min•Ep. 46
Bart is currently leading the activities within A.I & Robotics at the Dutch-Belgian retail company Ahold Delhaize. With an annual revenue of 66.26 billion Euro (2019) the company employs over 300.000 people worldwide. Together with Bart we are talking about the current activities within A.I and Robotics from a retail perspective and how he is pushing forward the application of it within the organization. Bart is also the Co-Founder of the AIRLab (A.I for retail lab) with the goal to conduct ...
Jul 24, 2020•42 min•Ep. 45
On this episode I am talking with Bernd Heinrichs who currently is the Chief Digital Officer Mobility Solutions at Bosch. At Bosch he and his team are developing new mobility solutions to generate new business for Bosch's customers and Bosch. We are talking about possible future business models through the use of automotive data and what it means to develop new partnerships between OEMs and hardware + software suppliers. Beyond that we touch upon the transformation and major investments Bosch is...
Jul 19, 2020•58 min•Ep. 44
André Loesekrug-Pietri, of both French and German nationality, held leadership positions in private equity, government, industry and as an entrepreneur. Starting as assistant to the CEO of Aerospatiale-Airbus, he then spent 15 years in private equity and venture capital, including 10 years with China, investing in European companies with global ambitions. In 2017, he paused from the private sector to become Special Advisor to the French Minister of Defence, responsible in particular for European...
Jul 03, 2020•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 43
As the CEO Christian was instrumental in the transformation of Swisslog Logistics Automation in becoming the pioneer for software solutions in supply chain management and specialist for data and robot-driven logistics and automation solutions. Furthermore he increased the global presence of Swisslog, as the company is currently active more than 50 successful projects with partners like Coca-Cola, Arla Foods, IKEA or Alnatura implements. Together with Christian we talk about the way his company i...
Jun 19, 2020•40 min•Ep. 42
Dirk Ramhorst is a pioneer within the german corporate world. He started out as the first Chief Digital Officer of a German DAX company in 2013 at BASF. Currently he is the CDO and CIO of the chemical company Wacker with an annual revenue of almost €5 billion. Together with Dirk we talk about the role of a CDO in accelerating transformation and innovation inside organizations. Dirk talks about how he structured the digital strategy for Wacker and what he has learned from pioneering as a CDO....
Jun 12, 2020•43 min•Ep. 41
Timo is a Partner and the Head of the McKinsey Center for Future Mobility focusing on strategic questions about the several disruptive trends affecting the mobility industry and the new business opportunities. These include the connected car, autonomous driving, electrification and shared mobility. Together with Timo we are going through the 4 biggest fields in regards to the Future of Mobility: Electric, Autonomous, Shared, Connected.
Jun 07, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 40
Rasmus Rothe studied Computer Science at Oxford, Princeton and ETH Zurich. After a short stay at Google he co-founded Merantix: A Berlin-based venture studio building transformative AI companies in industries such as healthcare and automotive. Through its focus on A.I Merantix is fulfilling a unique position as a venture studio announcing the raise of a €25 million fund to build eight companies in the upcoming years. Together with Rasmus we are talking on the opportunities for specialized ventur...
May 28, 2020•47 min•Ep. 39
On this episode of the SCR Podcast I am talking to Mathias Wengeler who is the CEO and Founder of Atheneum Partners. Mathias has been an entrepreneur for the past 10 years and before that worked in consultancy worldwide. Atheneum Partners connects the investment community and advisory firms with leading industry specialists around the globe in order to access key market information. In contrast to traditional research and management consulting resources, the Atheneum Executive Network™ provides ...
May 15, 2020•41 min•Ep. 38
Nico Polleti describes himself as the classic petrolhead. He was fortunate enough to know two things early on in his life: Working with cars and becoming an entrepreneur. After being becoming one of the youngest directors ever to lead a Porsche sales centre he knew at some point that he had to get out of his comfort zone. In 2011 he co-founded his first company easyautosale, which was successfully acquired by Autoscout24. With his current company Cluno he co-founded the first German car subscrip...
May 01, 2020•31 min•Ep. 37
On today's episode, we host Carlo van de Weijer, the Managing Director of AI Systems Institute at the Technical University of Eindhoven. Flying cars did not live up expectations. But are drones the future of mobility? Or is it Hyper-loop? Tune it to hear Carlo's prospective on the future of mobility. Subscribe to the „Speed Change Repeat“ Podcast on Spotify and iTunes. We publish new episodes weekly on Thursdays hosting leaders from all industries on topics around Artificial Intelligence and Sus...
Apr 26, 2020•51 min•Ep. 36
