Björn Schmidtke
Chief Executive Officer at Penguin Group
Asuncion, Distrito Capital de Paraguay
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Top SchoolBjörn Schmidtke is a serial entrepreneur and CEO with 11 years of experience building web products and applied AI ventures, currently leading Aurelion Global as it launches the first NASDAQ-listed tether backed by fully allocated gold. He has founded multiple startups—Penguin Group, Penguin Academy, Penguin LAB, penguin.js and domachine—combining hands-on web development with strategic leadership across product, education, and fintech. A lecturer in deep learning for PhDs and practitioners and a Columbia MicroMasters in AI, he blends practical neural-network expertise with business training from the University of St.Gallen. His background includes strategy work at McKinsey and global innovation engagement through the Kairos Society, reflecting a mix of corporate consulting and mission-driven ventures. Based in Asunción, Paraguay, he pairs technical depth in web and AI with a knack for turning academic insight into real-world financial and educational products. An under-the-radar strength is his consistent focus on developer-friendly tooling and CMS design, evidenced by long-running projects like penguin.js.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts Business Administration, Bachelor of Arts Business Administration at University of St.GallenAbitur, Abitur at Kreisgymnasium RiedlingenMicroMasters Artificial Intelligence, MicroMasters Artificial Intelligence at Columbia UniversityBachelor of Arts Communication and Human Computer Interface, Bachelor of Arts Communication and Human Computer Interface at City University of Hong Kong
English, German, Bulgarian, Spanish
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Github Skills (145)
firebase10
collaboration10
drawing10
webapp10
whiteboard10
canvas10
javascript9
sketching9
visualization9
socket-io-client9
stoplight8
julia8
mobile-application8
portable8
mxnet8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
penguin-academy/covid-19-py
Mar 2020 - Mar 2020
COVID-19 Web App for Paraguay
Contributions:198 commits, 135 PRs, 144 pushes in 18 days
paraguayreactgit-flowfirebasejavascript
pA1nD/course-deep-learning
Jun 2019 - Mar 2020
Course Material for HSG 10,860,1.00 - Introduction into Applied Deep Learning
Contributions:39 commits, 2 PRs, 37 pushes in 9 months
hsgdeep-learningmachine-learningcourse-materialapplied
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