Hartmut has worked with clients on digital transformation projects since the 1990s. He complements practical experience with interdisciplinary academic insights and research.

He has built one of the first web-based support forums and consulted on earliest web presences. He also was CTO of the Berlin startup designnet.de where he developed a platform to connect creative professionals with customers. His articles for Macworld and MacUp magazines garnered him an industry-wide reputation for his ability make complex technology accessible and provide critical purchase information.

In 2010, he was awarded a doctoral degree in Digital Media at the Georgia Institute of Technology as one of the first 5 people with a PhD in this area. Hartmut’s academic credentials include degrees in Information Science, Political Science, and Literature Studies as well as a Certificate in Media Research. In his academic capacity, Hartmut is Professor for Interactive Narrative Design at HKU University of the Arts, Utrecht.

Hartmut’s wide-ranging knowledge provides him with a unique understanding of the interactions between invention, technological realization, and society. His research focus is on novel forms of narration as a tool for understanding and sense-making of complex realities based on the concepts of cybernetics and chaos theory.

Since Ali started his first Company in 1996 he worked as a founder and company builder in the digital Industry. His positions include managing director and CEO for leading consulting and system Integration companies in the US and Europe. He is a serial entrepreneur focusing on big data technologies and business models.

Ali creates connections between key stakeholders in the digital ecosystem – brining together businesses, academia, venture capital, public sector and leading experts in Berlin to make the city a forerunner in an economy driven by digital communication, commerce, and big data.

He has extensive experience in the strategic and operational management of high-growth private and public technology companies. He specializes in business intelligence to support big data analysis application strategies.

Academic research and popular trends are the basis of business opportunities in the digital transformation. Ali spent most of the last decade translating these opportunities into sustainable businesses.

Ali is an innovator and architect for several digital transformation projects in Europe, Asia and America.