Stefan Will
Education
The University of Bonn
Diplom (Master's Equivalent), Computer Science 1993-10-01 - 1999-07-01Work Experience
Zendesk
Current
Zendesk
Keep
2010-08-01 - 2011-08-01
Keep
Twelvefold
2008-03-01 - 2010-08-01
Twelvefold
myTriggers.com
2007-09-01 - 2008-02-01
myTriggers.com
MetaLINCS (Acquired by Seagate)
2005-11-01 - 2007-09-01
MetaLINCS (Acquired by Seagate)
Nextag
2004-07-01 - 2005-08-01
Nextag
Recommind (now OpenText)
2000-10-01 - 2004-06-01
Recommind (now OpenText)
Siemens
1999-11-01 - 2000-08-01
Siemens
The University of Bonn
1997-09-01 - 1999-09-01
The University of Bonn
Skills
Summary
15+ years of experience in structured and unstructured data processing, including information retrieval, computer vision, scalable backend infrastructures (Hadoop/Hive), data warehousing, machine learning, and data analytics. Master's in Computer Science with a specialization in Computer Vision and Machine Learning, thesis in Segmentation of Airborne SAR Imagery, Minor in Atomic Physics. Fluent in several programming languages & tools, including, though not limited to: Python, Java, Ruby, Perl, and Shell Scripting. Employ and master whichever language best suits the design approach. Constructed data systems using a wide variety of platforms, including Hadoop, Hive, Apache Solr, Elasticsearch, Flume, HBase, Cassandra, Zookeeper, Flask, Ruby on Rails. Periodically tapped to consult for investment groups and technical publishers. Dual citizenship E.U. and U.S. Native level fluency in German and English, basic proficiency in French.
