Summary
Isabel Schwende is a Senior Technical Product Manager based in Berlin with a decade of experience turning AI-driven research into production-grade products and scalable delivery processes. She has co-founded an AI startup, led engineering teams and solution architecture for smart-city and traffic management platforms, and now drives carrier-focused product strategy at sennder. Isabel blends hands-on technical knowledge from early deep-learning research and edge deployment with strong delivery leadership—release management, solution design facilitation, and team coaching. Her background spans R&D, pre-sales bid leadership, and data protection responsibilities, giving her a rare mix of technical depth, customer-facing rigor, and operational discipline. Notably, she moved from PhD research into practical AI productization across Europe and Japan, consistently bridging academic ideas and real-world deployments.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, A, Master's degree, Computer Science, A at The University of Aizu
Bachelor of Science - BS, Biomathematics, 1.9, Bachelor of Science - BS, Biomathematics, 1.9 at Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
German, English, Japanese, Spanish, Korean