Hi.

I am a data scientist, leader, researcher and educator. Currently I lead the in-house consultancy for advanced analytics and AI at PHOENIX group where we focus on value generation and clear business impact. I align business strategy with data use, focus on finding real value cases, make sure data work is compliant and set up the technological and educational fundaments for lasting change.

I am 99% a business person educated at management schools, and 99% a computer scientist with deep roots in quantitative methods, operational research, statistics, and applied econometrics.

Before joining PHOENIX I was a Professor of Information Systems, Digital Transformation and Analytics at the University of Cologne and worked with students, executives and startups. I received my Ph.D. from Mannheim.

 My latest research is about the management of artificial intelligence:

• Will humans-in-the-loop become borgs? Merits and pitfalls of working with AI. (Management Information Systems Quarterly, Vol. 45 No. 3)

• Cognitive challenges in human-AI collaboration: Investigating the path towards productive delegation (Information Systems Research, forthcoming)

• How Do Recommender Systems Lead to Consumer Purchases? A Causal Mediation Analysis of a Field Experiment (Information Systems Research, forthcoming)

• Exploring User Heterogeneity in Human Delegation Behavior towards AI  (ICIS 2021, forthcoming)

Latest press coverage: Forbes, Wall Street Journal

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