Felix Winterstein
CEO at Xelera Technologies
Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Top SchoolFelix Winterstein is an engineer-turned-founder and CEO with 12 years of experience building high-performance datacenter and ML acceleration technology through Xelera Technologies. He leads development of SmartNIC, DPU, and AI inferencing solutions that optimize performance and cost across cloud, edge and enterprise datacenters serving customers in the US, Europe and APAC. Prior to founding Xelera he carried out systems and hardware engineering at the European Space Agency and completed a PhD in Circuits and Systems at Imperial College London, where he later held research roles collaborating with Intel and MIT. Felix combines deep ASIC, firmware and system-level expertise with operational leadership, and retains an active research mindset as an honorary research fellow. He’s based in Darmstadt and is known for translating advanced hardware and algorithms into production-grade datacenter products with a globally distributed customer focus.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Visiting student, Departments for microelectronics, automation, opto- and high frequency electronics, Visiting student, Departments for microelectronics, automation, opto- and high frequency electronics at Ecole Polytechnique Universitaire (Polytech'), Montpellier, FranceDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Circuits and Systems Group, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Dept., Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Circuits and Systems Group, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Dept. at Imperial College LondonDipl.-Ing, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Dipl.-Ing, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at RWTH Aachen University
English, German, FrenchGithub contributions (5)
FelixWinterstein/Vivado-KMeans
Jan 2014 - Aug 2017
Contributions:59 commits, 26 pushes in 3 years 7 months
FelixWinterstein/LEAP-HLS
Aug 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:57 commits, 36 pushes, 2 branches in 8 months
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