Thomas is a BARC Fellow and Senior Analyst at BARC in the area of data & analytics.
For many years, as Director Data & Application Foundation and IT CTO, he built up and expanded the areas of data management, analytics & AI, software development, API management, IoT and data-driven business models in an international DAX company.
He is the co-author of several studies and delivers lectures, seminars and workshops with a high practical relevance. Thomas is also a sought-after coach for transformation projects related to data strategy, data culture and the data-driven enterprise.
His focus is on modern data strategy, data lake(house)-based data management concepts, API-based process integration and in particular the definition, implementation and operationalization of data-driven business processes and business models.
In addition, Thomas is a recognized expert in the Python programming language and the professional use of Python in the enterprise. He also teaches Business Analytics and Industry 4.0 at the University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf.