Summary
Philipp Wassibauer is a seasoned technology leader and CTO with 11 years of engineering leadership experience, now building Crunch Lab’s decentralized ML platform to connect 10,000+ machine learning engineers while protecting institutional data and IP. He has scaled and led engineering organizations across Europe and the US—bootstrapping TripActions’ Amsterdam office to 50+ engineers, directing customer-facing teams at Dune, and serving as interim CTO during a leadership transition. Philipp blends hands-on product and technical execution (from founding startups like Gidsy and Maptales to rebuilding core systems at TravelBird) with a strong emphasis on developer experience, operational resilience, and data-driven decision making. Trusted by institutions such as ADIA Lab and the Broad Institute, he focuses on practical, secure solutions that unlock external talent networks for hard ML problems. An early entrepreneur with a computer science background from George Washington University, he brings an uncommon mix of startup grit, scaling experience, and platform-thinking to connect global contributors with mission-critical AI challenges.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at The George Washington University - School of Engineering & Applied Science
International Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate at American International School
German, English, French