Speakers 2020

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  Donald Kossmann

  Scientist & Director Microsoft Research Lab Redmond

  Donald Kossmann is the director of the Microsoft Research Lab in Redmond, which researches in all core areas of computer science, works closely with business groups throughout the company and collaborates openly with universities and the scientific communities, to cover the whole spectrum from fundamental, basic research to technology transfer as part of high-risk and high-potential projects.
  Donald’s research on data management aims to make data in the cloud cheaper, more valuable, and more secure. He is part of the Cipherbase project, which has led to Microsoft’s SQL Always Encrypted product, and involved in the Socrates project (SQL Hyperscale). Donald…

  Donald Kossmann is the director of the Microsoft Research Lab in Redmond, which researches in all core areas of computer science, works closely with business groups throughout the company and collaborates openly with universities and the scientific communities, to cover the whole spectrum from fundamental, basic research to technology transfer as part of high-risk and high-potential projects. Donald’s research on data management aims to make data in the cloud cheaper, more valuable, and more secure. He is part of the Cipherbase project, which has led to Microsoft’s SQL Always Encrypted product, and involved in the Socrates project (SQL Hyperscale). Donald is a strong believer in decomposing the traditional monolithic database architecture. He has spent many years of his career in academia, co-founded several small and middle-sized companies such as 28msec Inc. and Teralytics, and is currently working on a book that explains basic concepts of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence to teenager. Event Language: ENG

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  Sebastian Gunningham

  Co-CEO WeWork

  Prior to joining WeWork as vice chairman and co-CEO by end of 2018, Sebastian spent more than 10 years at Amazon, running the company’s marketplace business. He was one of CEO Jeff Bezos’s closest advisory and oversaw more than 30’000 people. Before his career at Amazon, Gunningham, was a senior executive at Apple and Oracle, working closely with high profile CEOs Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison. Sebastian is 57 years old, graduated from Stanford University (Mathematical Sciences) and lives in New York.

  Event Language: ENG

  Prior to joining WeWork as vice chairman and co-CEO by end of 2018, Sebastian spent more than 10 years at Amazon, running the company’s marketplace business. He was one of CEO Jeff Bezos’s closest advisory and oversaw more than 30’000 people. Before his career at Amazon, Gunningham, was a senior executive at Apple and Oracle, working closely with high profile CEOs Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison. Sebastian is 57 years old, graduated from Stanford University (Mathematical Sciences) and lives in New York. Event Language: ENG

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