Michael Falkenthal
Head Of Platform
Stuttgart Region Germany
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Top SchoolMichael Falkenthal is a technology leader and founder with 11 years of experience turning deep research into production platforms, currently heading Platform at Kipu Quantum where he drives Agentic Quantum Computing to make quantum capabilities accessible to non-specialists. He previously co-founded and served as CTO of Anaqor, taking the PlanQK research prototype to a commercial platform adopted by hundreds of organizations and through strategic acquisition. With a PhD from the University of Stuttgart and 50+ peer-reviewed publications (H-index 23), he blends academic rigor with product-oriented engineering, especially in cloud-native, DevOps-driven platform architecture for hybrid quantum-classical workloads. He excels at building product-centric engineering teams, developer experience, and company-wide DevOps cultures that accelerate delivery across pharmaceuticals, finance, logistics and chemicals. A less obvious strength: he repeatedly translates complex academic projects and standards work into practical, monetizable SaaS ecosystems that non-experts can integrate into real business workflows.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Business Information Technology, Master of Science - MS, Business Information Technology at Reutlingen UniversityDr. rer. nat. (PhD), Computer Science, Dr. rer. nat. (PhD), Computer Science at University of StuttgartBachelor of Engineering - BE, Business Information Technology, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Business Information Technology at Hochschule Esslingen - University of Applied Sciences
Github Skills (45)
angular-app10
latex10
javafx9
academia9
java9
bibtex9
citation8
docker-compose8
bibliography8
databases8
biblatex8
tosca7
compose7
ai7
designer7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
PatternAtlas/pattern-atlas-ui
Jul 2018 - Jun 2020
Contributions:3 reviews, 75 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 11 months
reactjavascriptdesignerfrontendpatternfly
PlanQK/gh-action-deploy
Feb 2024 - Feb 2024
Contributions:3 releases, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 9 days
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