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SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastInsideSCR - US AirForce, Academics and Founders | 100 Unicorns for Europe | The Rise of CEE Start-UpsOn this episode of the SPEED CHANGE REPEAT Podcast we are launching our new format "InsideSCR". For this format Jonathan and Rajarshi (Raj) Chakraborty are sitting down bi-weekly to discuss: - News, trends and topics they care about in business, tech and beyond. - Unlocking great ideas, stories, facts and data basically providing you with great research at your fingertips. EPISODE OUTLINE: (00:00) - 2021 Review (22:28) - Plans and Upcoming Guests for SPEED CHANGE REPEAT (55:08) - EU VC Landscape (1:15:22) - Eastern Europe Start-Ups 2022-01-141h 45

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastDaniele Capasso - VP Digital Transformation at Volvo GroupWe recorded this episode a while ago together with Daniele and talked with him about his journey in leading the digital transformation at the Swedish multinational with close to a 100.000 employees and an annual turnover of around 45 billion Euro. The Volvo Group is a massive manufacturing company with products, which bear massive opportunities for the application of digital technologies. Together with Daniele we talked about the digital strategy of the company and the most important projects. We touch on interesting use cases and the different opportunities and challenges when it comes to transforming such a massive enterprise...2021-06-261h 01

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastJeffrey Kaditz - The Story of Building Affirm | BioTech | Solving Big ProblemsOn this episode of the SPEED CHANGE REPEAT Podcast we are talking with Jeff Kaditz who is a serial entrepreneur and currently is building his latest start-up Q Bio. Jeff is a super motivational guy who is taking us along his entrepreneurial journey. On this episode we are talking about his early days after grad school and are getting philosophical about what it means to be an entrepreneur besides the glorification in todays world. Together with Jeff we are diving into the early days of founding Affirm and talk about how he met Max Levchin (Pa...2021-06-051h 00

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastOren Etzioni - CEO at Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)This is a great conversation we recorded with Oren Etzioni who serves as the CEO at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, which was founded in 2014 by Paul G. Allen who is known for being a Co-Founder of Microsoft, investor and philanthropist. The AI2 was founded with the mission of conducting high-impact AI research and engineering in service of the common good. Headquartered in Seattle on the shores of Lake Union, AI2 employs over 150 of the world’s best scientific and engineering talent in the field of AI, attracting individuals of varied interests and backgrounds from across the...2021-05-1746 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastMichael Snyder - Director at Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine at Stanford UniversityMichael Snyder is one of the leading genetics professors in the world based at Stanford University. Together with Michael we had the chance to discuss topics around personalized medicine. We are diving deep into the promises and hype that has evolved around the term through out the past years and tackle the status quo and recent work that Michael and his lab have covered in the past years. Beyond that we are also diving deeper into the challenges of discovering digital biomarkers and data collection when it comes to clinical studies for AI use cases. Michael is a...2021-05-0238 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastChristian Weiss - Germany’s €100 Million Health Tech Fund | Academia and Start-UpsAmong many other topics, for the past year we have extremely focused on looking at the Health Tech space and were looking at the intersection of different fields such as the natural sciences and activities happening in the deep tech space. On this episode of the SPEED CHANGE REPEAT Podcast we are happy to talk with Christian Weiss who is the Managing Partner at Heal Capital, a €100m fund with the goal to invest into the next European technology-enabled healthcare champions. Together with Chris we dive deeper into the status quo of the digital health scen...2021-04-1635 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastMatthias Heutger - Deep Tech at DHL | Logistics Complexity | E-Commerce GrowthOne of the few episodes we have done in person in the last few months. We were fortunate enough to visit the global innovation center/hub of DHL in Germany and got an insight into the different activities and initiatives pushed by the global logistics corporate. Together with Matthias we talked about the strategic approach his team is using to go from proof of concept into production and setting up deep tech projects with different customers. Obviously we talked about resilience and how DHL manages the corona related challenges. Besides we talked about corporate culture and the...2021-04-0451 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastDirk Hoke - CEO at Airbus DSWe are happy to have Dirk Hoke on the show who is the CEO of Airbus Defence & Space. Together with Dirk we are talking about the different innovation projects his company is pursuing in order to stay at the forefront. We also extensively get an understanding of Dirk's view on digital initiatives and corporate digitalization strategies. We are also covering the journey of UP42 a geospatial data marketplace and analytics platform, which started out as a spin off from the corporate. Beyond that we are discussing the challenges within Europe to jump start in...2021-03-2643 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastJennifer "JJ" Snow - CTO at US AirForce/AFWERXSuper happy to host JJ on this episode of the SPEED CHANGE REPEAT Podcast who at the time of the recording of this episode is the AFWERX Chief Technology and Innovation Officer. She serves as the military representative for technology outreach and engagement, bridging the gap between government and various technology communities to improve collaboration and communications, foster a culture of innovation, identify smart solutions to wicked problems and guide the development of future technologies to benefit the US Air Force, Department of Defense, Interagency and Allied partners. We had a great time discussing innovation...2021-03-0556 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastFrank Salzgeber - Space Ventures | €100 Million Contracts | Global Space RaceOn this episode we are talking about the global space race with Frank Salzgeber who is the head of innovation & ventures office at the European Space Agency (ESA). We are talking about the increasing importance of the space sector on a global level, the start up scene in Europe and the strengths and weaknesses of the ecosystem compared to the US and China. Tune ind and subscribe to the SPEED CHANGE REPEAT Podcast for new weekly episodes! 2021-02-2635 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastJim Adler - Founding Managing Director at Toyota AI VenturesOn this episode we are talking with Jim Adler who is the Founding Managing Director of Toyota's early stage fund, Toyota AI Ventures. It was great having Jim on the show as we previously covered a lot of topics on the application of AI within mobility. Together with Jim we talked about the VC industry and the idea behind Toyota AI Ventures. We are covering topics around corporate innovation tools and corporate venture capital. Tune in and subscribe to the SPEED CHANGE REPEAT Podcast for a new episode every week! 2021-02-1954 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastXihong Lin - Professor for Biostatistics at Harvard UniversityThis is a wonderful conversation we had with Xihong Lin back in the end of November for the SPEED CHANGE REPEAT Podcast. Xihong is a biostatistics professor at Harvard who since the outbreak of Covid-19 has done some amazing research with her team, which resulted in critical insights when it comes to the spreading of the virus as well as intervention procedures. Together with her team she partnered up in the early days of the virus to study its effects and the measures that were taken in China. Among many things Xihong was invited by th...2021-02-0950 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastChristian Guttmann - AI in the Nordics | EU’s Approach Towards Tech | AI MaturityOn 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 individuals that have both: substantial industry experience in AI, and a significant scientific and technological track record. Together with Christian w...2021-02-0248 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastHenning Trill - VP Innovation Strategy at Bayer AGA 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. We are discussing the potential in utilizing different type of health data and the different approaches al...2021-01-2727 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastHans Uszkoreit - Co-Founder & Chief Scientist at Giance TechnologiesRound 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 that is created in our...2021-01-1553 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastFeiyu Xu - AI at SAP | China’s Technology Culture | Building AI CompetencesFei 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 Lab at Lenovo Research. On this podcast we talk about her experience within academia, her time in C...2021-01-1247 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastMarkus Sontheimer - Transforming Logistics | Industrial IoT | Sensors and System Complexity 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 capabilities in-house. We are reflecting on his learnings from the past decade and dive...2021-01-0840 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastJoerg Hellwig - Transforming a €7 Billion Corporate | Building Up a Leading B2B MarketplaceOn 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. For this we al...2021-01-0551 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastTobias Fausch - CIO at BayWaOn 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 applications of digital technologies and especially to dive into the existing use cases at BayWa when it comes to...2020-12-1946 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastMarkus Sontheimer - CIO/CDO at DB SchenkerGreat 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 capabilities in-house. We are reflecting on his learnings from the past decade and dive int...2020-12-0840 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastRalf Belusa - Managing Director at Hapag LloydRalf 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 Pharma as well as the Federal German government. We are talking a...2020-12-0439 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastSusanna Schneeberger - How leadership changes in a fast moving digital worldOn 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 future outlook for digital transformation in industrial sectors - Myths, pitfalls and po...2020-12-0246 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastBernd Preuschoff - CDO at uvex groupThe 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 helping nowadays and in the future to keep people safe! 2020-11-2351 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastDaniel Theobald - Founder & CEO at Vecna RoboticsDaniel 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 and innovative robotics/automation startups with the workspace and resources they need to develop, prototype, test, and commercialize their products and solutions. Tune in a...2020-11-061h 00

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastPhilipp Blome - CEO at METRO MarketsOn 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 in various positions within the company as well as building out real.dig...2020-10-2339 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastMichaela Mahlberg - Professor & Chair in Corpus Linguistics at University of BirminghamNatural 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 collaboration between academia and industry, which lead to multiple collaborations already with her team and m...2020-10-1054 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastRalf Pichler - CEO at DETECONRalf 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 struggle of traditional players to meet demands for infrastructure and simultaneously create new products a...2020-10-0456 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastWolfram Gstrein - Managing Director at VTU Engineering Deutschland GmbH 2020-09-2635 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastCarsten Linz - Author of "Radical Business Model Transformation"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 Officer at BASF, Business Development Officer at SAP and Global Head of the Center for Digital Leadership. Besides that he hold various adv...2020-09-1843 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastDavid Shrier - Managing Director at Visionary Future LLCDavid 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 such as MIT and Oxford University. David specialises in helping established organisations to build new revenue, having d...2020-09-071h 09

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastStefano Gurciullo - Partner & CTO at RedstoneStefano 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 about the dilemma in Start-Up and Corporate partnerships and the landscape of A.I start-ups in Europe. 2020-08-291h 01

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastJan Becker - CEO & Co-Founder at Apex.AIBuilding 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 first DARPA autonomous vehicle challenges he was asked by a famous Silicon Valley investor t...2020-08-061h 34

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastAlan Jacobson - Chief Data Officer at AlteryxOn 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 Ford , the importance of change management in the transformation towards data...2020-07-3155 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastBart Voorn - Director A.I & Robotics at Ahold DelhaizeBart 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 research into socially responsible algorithms that can be used to make recommendations to consumers and i...2020-07-2442 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastBernd Heinrichs - CDO Mobility Solutions at BoschOn 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 undertaking in order to build out the proper technological competence such as Bosch's center for ar...2020-07-1957 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastAndré Loesekrug-Pietri - Chairman at J.E.D.IAndré 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 Defense policy as well as technology and innovation. He is the Chairman of the Joint European Disruptive Initiative (J.E.D.I.), aiming to accelerate France and Germany’s l...2020-07-031h 47

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastChristian Baur - CEO at SwisslogAs 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 is using data in order to develop new business models and building out software competences in order to develop smart solutions. 2020-06-1940 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastDirk Ramhorst - CDO at WACKERDirk 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. 2020-06-1242 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastTimo Möller - Head of McKinsey Center of Future MobilityTimo 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. 2020-06-071h 12

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastRasmus Rothe: Building and Scaling A.I VenturesRasmus 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 venture studios and the future of intelligent products. We are tackling the current landscape touching upon the affect Cov...2020-05-2846 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastBuilding up the biggest Research as a Service platform with Mathias Wengeler - Founder at Atheneum PartnersOn 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 clients with invaluable insight for expanding business and making superior risk-adjusted investments. Together we are discussing the current trend his comp...2020-05-1540 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastThe Future of Car Ownership with Nico PolletiNico 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 subscription company in 2017. Tune in and listen to our conversation on the future of personal m...2020-05-0131 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastCarlo van de Weijer - Managing Director A.I Systems Institute at TUeOn 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 Sustainability. 2020-04-2650 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastMarcel "Otto" Yon - ex CEO Cyber Innovation Hub at German Ministry of DefenseMarcel or Otto as he is called by his nickname is a truly remarkable serial entrepreneur successfully founding and exiting 3 companies. He holds dual citizenship with France and Germany and has served in both military forces. Otto has had a remarkable career within the Defense space and knows the industry to an extent as only few do. This is a special episode and we are very thankful to Otto that he gave us the opportunity to visit him and talk about the use of advanced technologies within the Defense and military space. He successfully founded 2 companies in th...2020-04-091h 02

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastAddie van Rooij - VP People Operation at Hewlett Packard EnterpriseOn today's episode, we host Addie van Rooij, the Vice President People Operation at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. HPE was created as a result of the devision of HP into HP inc and PHE. Addie reflected about HP's development from being one of the founders of Silicon Valley to a global hardware manufacturing dominator to a company that is trying to reinvent itself in the AI first world. 2020-03-2657 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastPayal Arora - Author of "Next Billion Users"Payal Arora is a digital anthropologist, professor at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and the author of the book "Next Billion Users" and "Leaisure Commons". She earned her Masters in International Policy from Harvard University and a PhD in International Development from Columbia University. On this episode of the SCR Podcast, Payal shares her stories from her work at Harvard and Columbia University. We also discuss her latest book and how the next billion internet users will emerge from the southern parts of the globe and the implication on the global economy. 2020-03-1559 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastBruce Daisley - Vice President at Twitter EMEAToday's guest on the show is the incredible Bruce Daisley. At the time of the recording, he was the VP Twitter EMEA. Bruce is passionate about change in the workplace and thus is an author of a best-selling book "Joy of Work" and host of the podcast "Eat Sleep Work Repeat". I had a chance to host Bruce at Erasmus University Rotterdam. The same day he also gave a talk to the students of Erasmus Tech Community. On the podcast we discussed the evolution of social media, use of Machine Learning at Twitter, relation between work and...2020-03-0558 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastHeiko Schilling - VP Engineering at TomTomOn today's episode we host the amazing Heiko Schilling. At the time of the interview, Heiko was the Head of Navigation and VP Engineering at TomTom. We have a great chat about TomTom's ability to reinvent itself. Heiko recalled the time when the IPhone was launched and the physical maps became a thing of the past. We also talked about challenges in achieving level 5 autonomous driving and the required infrastructure to make it happen. 2020-02-2752 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastMarietje Schaake - Human Centered AI at Stanford UniversityOn today's episode, we are hosting Marietje Schaake. She is the International Policy Director at Cyber Policy Center and International Policy Fellow at the Institute for Human-Centred AI at Stanford University. Prior to this, she was a member of European Parliament for 10 years. The Wall Street Journal called her "Europe's most wired politician", while CNN called her a "rising Dutch star". I was lucky to catch her for a conversation amidst her very busy schedule. Marietje shared her personal story of growth. From not even considering a career in politics to becoming one of most prom...2020-02-201h 01

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastDaniel Gebler - CTO at PicnicOn today's episode we are hosting Daniel Gebler who currently is the CTO of Picnic, a company, which takes the experience of doing groceries online. They are the fastest growing Dutch scale up. With Daniel we talk about building out a data native company, what is the role of AI in their business, future of retail and education. He also warns us to be careful with the possibilities of AI. "We shouldn't do everything that is possible with AI" when referring to possibly knowing more about the customers' demand than the customer himself. ...2020-02-1441 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT Podcast#insideSCR - Introducing our new Co-HostThis episode was supposed to come out as the last episode of 2019 combined with a reflection on the previous 6 months, our experiences and the weekly episodes we have published so far. However as always things turn out different and therefore this episode features Jonathan introducing Raj Chakraborty as the new Co-Host on the Speed Change Repeat show. #insideSCR is also a new format we are starting on the podcast which compared to our usual podcast episodes will be conversations between the hosts on all sorts of different topics, news and trends. The second #insideSCR episode will be a...2020-02-0824 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastJens-Philipp Klein - Partner at Atlantic LabsAtlantic Labs is a Berlin-based Venture Capital fund focused on seed & early stage investments in tech startups. We met up with Jens-Philipp who is a Partner at Atlantic Labs focusing on mobility ventures. 2020-02-0337 min

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastThomas Andrae - Managing Partner Linden Capital GmbHBy far our personal favourite conversation that we had on this podcast. Thomas Andrae is a successful entrepreneur and investor active on multiple boards of both traditional companies with a 100 year history to start-ups challenging the status-quo with state of the art technology. His large network to the major innovation hubs and educational institutions globally allows him to be at the forefront of technological innovation. His personal focus is within the mobility and A.I space where he is also invested into about 30 companies. The reason for us to call this episode our personal favourite is...2020-01-251h 04

SPEED CHANGE REPEAT PodcastSebastian Wieczorek - VP Machine Learning at SAPSebastian is the Vice President of Machine Learning for SAP Data Intelligence. Furthermore he is the member of the Study Commission Artificial Intelligence of the German parliament. We had an amazing conversation with Sebastian about the platform and products of SAP and his view on the current developments within Machine Learning. 2020-01-1858 min