Summary
Peter Baumann is a Professor of Computer Science and serial entrepreneur who has spent over two decades pioneering array databases and scalable analytics on multi-dimensional raster data. As founder and CEO of rasdaman GmbH and head of a large-scale scientific information systems group, he bridges academic research and commercial deployments, delivering the first operational array DBMS used in earth, space, and life sciences. He has driven standards work at OGC and ISO—co-editing Array SQL and leading big-data coverage and processing specifications—translating research concepts into interoperable, widely adopted technologies. His background as principal architect of the APRIL object-oriented DB and his patents across Europe, the US, and Canada reflect a rare blend of system architecture, query language design, and practical optimization. Based in Bremen, he combines innovative thinking with rigorous craftsmanship, often operating at the intersection of theory and real-world service ecosystems. An early mover in datacube analytics, he continues to influence both standardization and industrial use of large-scale spatio-temporal data services.
16 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Technischen Universität Darmstadt
Engineer's Degree, Computer Science, minor: Electrical Engineering, 1.3 (summa cum laude), Engineer's Degree, Computer Science, minor: Electrical Engineering, 1.3 (summa cum laude) at Technical University Munich
English, German, Spanish