Kersten Clauss is a Head of AI Core and experienced engineering leader with 12 years building ML-driven products across satellite remote sensing, safety analytics, and SaaS. He combines hands-on data science and Python engineering with strategic roadmap setting, having led multiple teams to scale products from greenfield prototypes to stable operations. His background includes a PhD in Earth Observation and deep expertise in large-scale geospatial pipelines, bringing rigorous research methods to production ML. At Edge Case Research he directed cross-functional engineering for safety-critical perception testing, aligning customer co-development with technical architecture. Now at ZEISS Group he focuses on embedding AI capabilities into core product lines while continuing to bridge academic rigor and industrial delivery. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic scientist-manager who hires for curiosity and builds systems that turn complex satellite and sensor data into actionable software.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Physical Geography (minor: Computer Science), Master of Science (M.Sc.) Physical Geography (minor: Computer Science) at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) Geography / Earth Observation, PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) Geography / Earth Observation at The Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg
Blog about Remote Sensing, Python, (Spatial) Data Science.
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