Lutz Finger
Head Of AI & CoFounder at XGEN AI
Mountain View, California, United States
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Top SchoolLutz Finger is a data-driven AI leader and entrepreneur with nine years of focused experience building generative AI products and long-standing expertise in data science, product and organizational leadership. As Head of AI and Co‑Founder at XGEN AI (following the R2Decide acquisition) he shapes next‑generation generative tools from strategy to execution while also teaching Building Data Products at Cornell and advising boards on AI-led value creation. His background spans senior roles at Google, Snap and LinkedIn, founding and exiting a successful analytics startup, and helping large enterprises translate massive customer datasets into actionable product decisions. He blends rigorous academic training in physics and an MBA with a practitioner’s mindset—equally comfortable in code, research and boardroom strategy. Known as a freethinker and professional developer, he publishes on data products for Forbes and brings an uncommon mix of startup grit, corporate scale experience, and academic teaching to every initiative.
9 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Business, MBA Business at INSEADFulbright Scholarship Mass Communication / Journalism, Fulbright Scholarship Mass Communication / Journalism at The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMS Physics - Quantum Physics, MS Physics - Quantum Physics at Technische Universität BerlinUniversity of TokyoPhysics, Physics at University of Groningen
German, English, French, Dutch, Japanese
Github Skills (74)
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freecad10
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3d-models10
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opengl10
platformio10
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
OpenAstroTech/OpenAstroTracker-Firmware-Config-Web
Mar 2021 - Jul 2022
Contributions:6 reviews, 46 commits, 38 PRs in 1 year 4 months
ClutchplateDude/OpenAstroTracker
Mar 2020 - Jun 2020
3D printed DSLR tracking mount
Contributions:15 PRs, 89 pushes, 6 branches in 2 months
sd-cardmountdslrtrackingopengl
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