Alexander Kohout
Co-Founder & CEO at Zubs
Kassel, Hesse, Germany
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Top SchoolAlexander Kohout is a seasoned technology leader and founder with 12 years of experience building data-driven, consumer-facing products and engineering organizations across Europe. Currently co-founder and CEO of Zubs, he focuses on subscription lifecycle solutions for Shopify merchants, combining product sensibility with deep technical ownership. His background spans VP and Head of Engineering roles at LILLYDOO and senior leadership at fino, where he led data, operations and regulated product teams—experience that informs both his technical strategy and operational rigor. A hands-on former CTO and founder of a consumer startup with an exit, he moves comfortably between full‑stack engineering, data science, and scaling distributed teams. Based in Kassel, he pairs a Master’s in Computer Science with a pragmatic, systems-oriented approach to leadership that emphasizes retention, observability, and long-term platform health.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Certified Coursera Online Course Introduction to Recommender Systems, Certified Coursera Online Course Introduction to Recommender Systems at University of MarylandMaster’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at University of Kassel
German, English, French
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Github Skills (139)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
akohout/kassel-data-science-meetup
Oct 2017 - Mar 2020
Slides, scripts, and what else from the Kassel Data-Science meetups
Contributions:22 commits, 2 PRs, 15 pushes in 2 years 5 months
sciencedata-sciencekasselmachine-learningelse
krittiq/urban-airship-push
Nov 2013 - Mar 2014
Contributions:5 commits in 4 months
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