Summary
Ernst-georg Schmid is a senior specialist in AI infrastructure and seasoned software engineer with 11+ years building scalable backends, IoT systems, and large chemical information platforms. He co-invented Bayer Smart Label (AgTag) and the Digital Yellow Trap, designed the Bayer Smart Label backend database, and developed open-source tools like pgchem::tigress and TRAKTOR, blending cheminformatics with production-grade databases. Comfortable under pressure, he brings deep expertise in PostgreSQL/PostGIS, query optimization, Python, and embedded Nordic nrf9160 development. His career spans long-term innovation roles at Bayer and leadership positions including CTO at TONES.COMPANY and his current KI-Infrastruktur role at NRW.BANK. Academically grounded with advanced studies in machine learning and AI strategy (Stanford, Wharton Online) and a doctorate in Wirtschaftsinformatik, he merges research rigor with hands-on delivery. Colleagues call him an “elephant herder” who turns complex cross-disciplinary problems into deployable systems.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
AI Strategy & Governance, AI Strategy & Governance at Wharton Online
Industriekaufmann IHK, Industriekaufmann IHK at Thyssen Guss AG
Promotion Wirtschaftsinformatik und Operations Research, Promotion Wirtschaftsinformatik und Operations Research at University of Duisburg-Essen
Machine Learning, Machine Learning at Stanford University
German, English, Japanese