Stefan Kühn
CTO at Sporting Rock GmbH
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolStefan Kühn is a data-centric technology leader and CTO based in Hamburg with 11 years of industry experience and a PhD in Applied Mathematics. He combines deep academic expertise in numerical methods and mathematical optimization with hands-on leadership building cloud-based data platforms, ML systems, and analytics teams across consumer and retail businesses. Stefan has held senior roles from Head of Data to VP Data & AI and currently consults on AI and data strategy while working as CTO and football data scientist for FC St. Pauli. He is fluent in bridging research-grade techniques (unsupervised learning, optimization) with product delivery, having led data platform and ML efforts at companies like Fit Analytics, Jimdo, and air up®. Known for mapping- and impact-oriented strategy approaches (Value Stream, Wardley Mapping), he helps organizations align data investments to measurable outcomes. His uncommon blend of academic rigor and applied product leadership makes him adept at turning complex mathematical ideas into production-ready data products.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom-Mathematiker, Mathematische Optimierung, sehr gut, Diplom-Mathematiker, Mathematische Optimierung, sehr gut at University of HamburgDoktor (Ph.D.), Applied Mathematics, summa cum laude, Doktor (Ph.D.), Applied Mathematics, summa cum laude at Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
German, EnglishGithub contributions (5)
cc-skuehn/Manifold_Learning
Mar 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:14 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
cc-skuehn/Demo_Dashboard
May 2018 - Nov 2019
Contributions:17 commits, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
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