Stefan Groschupf, Automation Hero Stefan is an AI and big data veteran and serial entrepreneur. He was one of the few early contributors to Nutch, the open source project that spun off Hadoop, which 10 years later, is considered a $20 billion business. He built his previous company, Datameer, from the ground up to become a leader in data analytics, and is now focused on leveraging AI to solve the biggest pain point for businesses—sales productivity. Stefan’s experience with developing and advising high-growth startups spans from product inception and development to scaling and operations. At Data- meer, he raised ~ $100 million in venture capital and doubled revenue six years in a row. His passion for entrepreneurship has led to his active involve- ment with a number of accelerators, coaching entrepreneurs on a path to success. Automation Hero’s innovative AI sales automation platform improves sales reps’ productivity by offering the industry’s first personal adaptive and proac- tive augmented intelligence assistant, Robin. Leveraging powerful artificial intelligence algorithms, Robin processes big data from users’ CRM, customer interactions, and Automation Hero’s data- base to identify and automate sales processes. Jens Hutzschenreuter, Digital Business Group After beginning his career advising large corporate companies on sales and marketing at the Boston Consulting Group, Jens co-founded City Deal, which grew to operate in 16 companies in six months, before being acquired by Groupon. He then worked for Groupon in Europe, Asia, and the United States, 87
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