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The minds behind the machine
Meet the many bright minds working together to bring OAO to life.
Academic background meets practical vision
OAO is the result of many different perspectives, ideas and backgrounds: Progressive business academics and active leaders from Harvard and MIT, HEC and NHH professors, ex-BCG'ers, a network of top creatives and innovative engineers - they all come together to create something new.
The People Behind OAO
Rene Eber
Co-founder
Academic director for Executive MBA Major ”Managing Data Transformation” at HEC Paris & Berkeley, senior-lecturer for the custom program and MBA at HEC Paris. Studied at Harvard, MIT, U Montpellier, and the University of St. Gallen.
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Julian Schirmer
Co-founder
Academic director for the Executive MBA Major “Managing the digital revolution” at HEC Paris & Berkeley, senior-lecturer for the custom program and MBA at HEC Paris. Studied at the University of St. Gallen, HEC Paris and U Montpellier.
Eirik Sjåholm Knudsen
Co-founder
Professor of Strategy at NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Academic Director of the EMBA in Strategy. Board member, and consultant to both large and small companies on issues pertaining to strategy, innovation and technology.
Fabian Baldauf
Co-founder
Senior Director at Celonis, Angel Investor in and Advisor to software & technology startups, and Visiting Lecturer at HEC Paris. Studied at Harvard University & the University of St. Gallen.
Marcel Holzapfel
Co-founder
Former Director Operations at Avi Medical and Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group. Previous experience at Merrill Lynch in New York and Commerzbank. Degrees from HEC Paris, Northeastern University, ESB Business School and school of music Franz Liszt Weimar.
Nicolas Egeler
Wordsmith
Freelance Creative Director for Copy & Concept. Former Scholz&Friends, Thjnk & Serviceplan. Freelance work for Jung von Matt, Adam&Eve and more. Studied at Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart and Hogeschool van Amsterdam.
Simon Fakir
Strategic partner
CEO and founder of Fakir Technology Consultants Gmbh, a software engineering company with special expertise in Cloud applications in the NLP and SaaS space. Simon and his team of Fakir-developers work with OAO on tech-development.
Tom Morgan
Strategic partner
Head of Strategy and Co-founder of Nonspace, a creative agency that works at the intersection of creativity, culture and technology. Tom and his team from Nonspace work with OAO on product development, brand and design.
Knut Kjær
Senior Advisor
Executive Chairperson of Sector Asset Management and professor II at Norwegian University of Life Science (NMBU). Previously, founding CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, Partner and Chairperson FSN, founding partner Trient Asset Management.
Alan Boehme
Senior Advisor
Former CTO of H&M Group, Global CTO Coca Cola, Chief Technology Innovation Officer Procter & Gamble, C-level positions in ING, Juniper networks and General Electrics. Also seasoned advisor for numerous successful startups.
Roland Scharrer
Senior Advisor
Fellow & Visiting Scholar at Stanford University and Senior Fellow at MIT. Previously Group Chief Data, AI and Merging Technology Officer at AXA, and Chief Data Officer at AXA and CapGemini Invent. Also a contributor to the World Economic Forum.
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