Lindsey Thorne, Manager of the Open Source & Big Data Practice at Greythorn Lindsey has been in HR and recruiting for more than 12 years, and after narrowing her focus to the open source and data science market in 2012, she’s built a reputation for being the one recruiter “inside”

As CTO, Peter leads the tech team of solarisBank. He’s the former CTO of HitFox Group and software engineering company Zweitag. Peter is experienced in building tech-heavy startups and fintechs.   Tell us about the mission of SolarisBank  and why you chose Berlin as your headquarters? We’re offering a horizontally-integrated

Reza Sadri is the CEO of Levyx, the creators of high-performance processing technology for big-data applications. Prior to Levyx, Sadri was the CTO for software at sTec, which was acquired by Western Digital Corporation in 2013.   What is the potential of Spark? How far is the market from realizing

Joe Betts-Lacroix is the CTO and Co-Founder of Vium. He is a proven entrepreneur and as an inventor holds over 80 granted and pending patents in fields ranging from biophysics and safety systems to antennas, thermal systems, user interfaces and analog electronics. He was the primary technical founder of OQO

Serial entrepreneur Georg Ludviksson co-founded Meniga in 2009in the wake of the global financial crisis in Iceland. Georg has spent 20 years founding, building and managing global software start-ups. Georg holds an MBA degree from Harvard Business School with emphasis on Entrepreneurship and Finance. He also holds a BS degree

Elena Poughia Managing Director Originally from Greece (the country with 6,000 islands) Calling herself a Berliner for just over a year Her motto “When there is will, there is a way” as she believes life is about hustling with a purpose (ideologist at heart) but really, in it for the ride.

Cosmin Ene is an entrepreneurial founder with an excellent first-hand understanding of the life cycle of entrepreneurial ventures, which he has accumulated over 18 years. Between 2005 and 2009, Ene was co-founder and managing director of DELUXE Television. Prior to this, he was analyst and associate at TecVenture Partners. In

Darya Niknamian Content Marketing Manager Originally born in Germany but grew up in Canada (the land of sorry’s and eh’s) Calling herself a Berliner for just over a year Thinks life is not complete without a little daily sarcasm What brought you to Dataconomy in the first place? I have

Mike Maciag is the COO of Altiscale. Prior to Altiscale, he served as the president and CEO for DevOps leader Electric Cloud, where he grew the revenue from zero to tens of millions while building a worldwide presence and signing hundreds of blue-chip customers. Mike holds an MBA from Northwestern

Ioana-Andreea Grapa Events Manager Originally from Romania (the first nation to have a happy graveyard)  Calling herself a Berliner for just over a year Appreciates a good glass of red wine :) What brought you to Dataconomy in the first place? First of all, it was my passion for events.