The Challenge
Why transformation stalls
Organizations are investing heavily in data and AI. And still, transformation stalls.
Teams drown in information and starve for meaning.
That gap is where transformation fails. It is also entirely teachable.
My Approach
Research foundations, enterprise practice
I work at both ends of that gap.
That combination is uncommon.
It is also why I teach the way I do.
How it works
People in the middle
Hover or select any point to see what it means in practice.
Track Record
Where this comes from
Enterprise data & AI leadership
Data governance and people analytics at global scale
Doctorate, Computational Linguistics
Justus Liebig University Giessen
Lecturer
University of Modena
Peer-reviewed research
Ontology learning
Adoption
The distance between bought and used
Enterprises are not short of AI. They are short of AI that anyone uses.
An agent inherits every confusion the organization never resolved.
People adopt tools they are allowed to argue with.
In regulated environments, governance is the adoption path, not the obstacle.
The last mile is learning, and nobody owns it.
None of this is an argument against the technology.
Speaking
Keynotes & Executive Sessions
I speak to leadership teams, conferences and executive programmes about what actually makes data and AI transformation work.
Your data problem is a meaning problem
The keynote, with the evidence.
Federated governance people actually follow
Distributing ownership without losing control.
AI where the data describes a person
Where AI governance gets real.
Building the corporate brain
Ontologies for people who will never build one.
Agentic AI meets the org chart
What changes when a system acts rather than answers.
Conference keynote, executive workshop, panel, or a full masterclass.
Where I have spoken
AUTONOMOUS Summit
Keynote.
HR Analytics & AI Summit DACH
Speaker.
2nd International DFIE Symposium
Keynote.
Making GenAI Work for People Analytics
Panel.
How to become a data-driven company!
TDWI.
Data Strategy & Governance track
TDWI.
Data Masterclass
Leadership audiences.
KPMG Asset Day
KPMG.
Teaching
Teaching & Frameworks
I currently teach the Mandala Data Management Framework at the University of Modena.
Current
University of Modena
Mandala Data Management Framework.
During the doctorate
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
New topics in computational linguistics.
Following the doctorate
DHBW Stuttgart
IT foundations.
The Mandala Framework
A methodology for data management architectures.
What I Teach
Digital transformation through humans, for humans.
Formats
Guest lectures, seminars and block courses.
Across all of it runs one constant: developing new talent.
Conversations
Podcasts & Interviews
Long-form conversations on federated governance, enterprise AI and the human side of data work.
Enterprise AI in Practice in Pharma
Episode 38.
People First, Data Fueled
Episode 33.
Der Federated Governance Ansatz bei Merck
BARC.
Federated Data Governance Through Changing Minds and Hearts
Data Mesh Radio, episode 153.
Written & spoken record
Publications & Writing
The long version of what I think, from the doctoral research I began with to the frameworks I teach today.
Peer-reviewed research
Dissertation
Doctoral thesis.
Linguistische Annotationen
Book chapter.
Konstruktionsgrammatische Analyse
Conference paper.
Writing & frameworks
Three Versions of the Truth
Business parable.
Mandala Data Management Framework
Framework and research.
People First: Data & AI Fueled
Article series.