All About Generative AI: Our Speakers

Johannes Sommer
CEO

Johannes Sommer implements cross-industry automation projects focusing on data-driven text generation using artificial intelligence, also known as natural language generation. As an expert in digital transformation and content automation, Johannes has the foresight to spot trends and developments with potential and convert them into technological innovations that can benefit customers in a wide range of industries.

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Markus Baeuerle
Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Markus Baeuerle is an expert in the successful design and implementation of AI-based projects. With more than 15 years of experience in project management and overseeing complex AI projects, he has a unique ability to share his expertise in a clear and inspiring way.

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Aleksandar Petrovic
Head of Sales & Customer Advisory

Aleksandar Petrovic has over ten years of experience in IT transformation projects, particularly in the areas of sales automation, CRM, solution design, and business modeling. At Retresco, he specializes in custom AI projects based on generative AI and semantic procedures. His consulting focus is on the design and implementation of AI services for internal projects as well as B2B2C applications. He imparts best practices for contextualizing content and developing innovative products for national and regional media, news services, and specialized publishers.

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Dr. Viktoria Apel
Team Lead Customer Success Management

Dr. Viktoria Apel ist - aus der Romanistik und Afrikalinguistik kommend - Expertin für sprachtypologische Fragestellungen. Als Team Lead Customer Success Management hat sie langjährige Erfahrung in der Kundenbetreuung und multilingualen Projektumsetzung verschiedenster Use Cases, vom e-Commerce über Immobilien bis zur Sportberichterstattung.

Maike Albers
Senior Project Manager

Maike Albers brings many years of experience in Project Management and Project Development from the film and media industry. As a Senior Project Manager at Retresco, her focus is on consulting and conceptualising projects. She leads workshops with customers to identify and define needs, requirements, solutions and project scope.

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Tobias Günther
Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Tobias Guenther is a seasoned expert in the field of machine learning and specialises in natural language processing (NLP) with more than 10 years of experience in the implementation of NLP projects. He has been with Retresco since 2012; he works on research and development projects and consults on machine learning issues across teams.

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Janina Abou Al Ward
Product Marketing Managerin

With over 8 years of experience in digital marketing focusing on volatile markets such as programmatic advertising, Janina Abou Al Ward is an experienced product marketing manager who specialises in growth and go-to-market strategies. At Retresco, she collaborates with relevant stakeholders to develop the shaping of product messages from various angles.

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Najib Elkadi
Senior Account Executive

Najib Elkadi is a passionate AI enthusiast and an experienced advisor on cutting-edge technologies that drive successful strategies in online and content marketing, SEO, and digital transformation. With over 10 years of experience in digital commerce and the B2B sector, he brings extensive expertise in delivering tailored customer advisory.

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Simon Pollock
Senior AI Account & Strategy Advisor

Simon Pollock is an expert in generative AI and cloud technologies. During his time at AWS, he gained extensive experience in implementing and scaling AI solutions for the enterprise sector. As a certified specialist in AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, he possesses in-depth knowledge on GenAI. Simon is specialised on the latest trends, best practices in AI development, and their industry-specific applications and impacts.

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