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Burkhard Schwab
Burkhard Schwab

I am an expert on using Data Science and AI in business applications and have worked in 10 countries across the globe, among these the USA, Canada, the UK, Switzerland and Germany. I achieved a "Dr. of Science" from ETH Zurich in theoretical physics and hold a "Master of Advanced Studies in Mathematics" from Cambridge University with Distinction (top 10%), considered "the hardest maths course in the world" at the time. I achieved the top score (100%) in Group Theory that year and was awarded Wolfson's Dr-Arthur-Jennings prize for this achievement. I finished high school in the top 3 in my year and achieved full grade in physics, which was honored by the German Physical Society. During my career as a scientist, I had the pleasure to meet, discuss and/or work with Stephen Hawking, Andrew Strominger, and Juan Maldacena who are among the greatest physicists of our time and published 11 articles in highly regarded journals. I got multiple scholarships and awards (GAES/DAAD, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, CERN Grants, ...) for my academic achievements and financed myself solely through these in my 20s. I changed my career midway through my 30s to become a business and strategy consultant with a strong focus on AI, machine learning, and data science, straddling the business and the technical aspects of this technology. Today I support and inform clients about the impact of AI on the business world in a wide array of topics and challenges. In my spare time I currently organize a real estate project in Switzerland, hike the mountains there, read relentlessly, study Japanese or write opinion and thought articles about AI and the future of society and business.

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Burkhard Schwab

Burkhard Schwab

Ph.D. in theoretical physics — Data Scientist — technology enthusiast — voracious reader — staunch citizen of the world (with a European bias…)