alphalist CTO Summit 2023.

Johannes Schaback is an accomplished entrepreneur and technology executive with extensive experience in the Berlin tech scene. He earned a degree in Computer Science from the Technical University of Berlin and Shanghai Jiao Tong University before joining Rocket Internet as a Software Engineer in 2008. Schaback co-founded LadenZeile.de in 2009, utilizing AI extensively to build the visual eCommerce platform, which was acquired by Axel Springer in 2011. He became a business angel in 2015, and in 2018, joined the management board of online furniture store, home24. Currently, Schaback is the Chief Technology Officer of SumUp, a global financial technology company, leading the development of their cutting-edge payment processing solutions.

Daniel Gebler is CTO of Picnic, the world’s fastest growing online supermarket that makes grocery shopping simple, fun, and affordable for everyone. Previously, he was Director R&D of Fredhopper, responsible for the product and technology roadmap, and led engineering teams located in Amsterdam and Sofia. Daniel holds a PhD in Computer Science and an MBA.

Dominik Angerer is CEO and co-founder of Headless CMS Storyblok. He is also a web performance specialist and perfectionist. After working for big agencies as a full stack developer he founded Storyblok in 2017. He is also an active contributor to the open-source community and one of the organizers of Stahlstadt.js.

Olivia Grace, Senior Director of Product at Slack, leads teams building the future of hybrid work. She and her teams focus on making Slack an innovative and accommodating product for teams to work better together while being distributed. Prior to joining Slack, Olivia was an experienced innovation product leader. Olivia led Facebook's Rich Experiences team, building innovative user experiences for Instagram and Facebook Messenger across AR, VR, content-centric real-time experiences, and well-being/safety/integrity. Prior to Facebook, she was Lead Product Manager at Twitch, where she developed novel social and communications products.

Richard Socher is the founder and CEO of [You.com](http://you.com/), the AI search engine that puts you in control — Your sources. Your AI. Your privacy. Richard previously served as the Chief Scientist and EVP at Salesforce. Before that, Richard was the CEO/CTO of AI startup MetaMind, acquired by Salesforce in 2016. Richard received his Ph.D. in computer science at Stanford, where he was recognized for his groundbreaking research in deep learning and NLP. He was awarded the Distinguished Application Paper Award at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2011, the 2011 Yahoo! Key Scientific Challenges Award, a Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship in 2012 and a 2013 "Magic Grant" from the Brown Institute for Media Innovation, and the 2014 GigaOM Structure Award. He also served as an adjunct professor in the computer science department at Stanford. Outside of work, Richard enjoys paramotor adventures, traveling, and photography.

Ryan Singer has worked on all levels of the software stack, from UI design to programming to strategy. Over 17 years at 37signals, he designed features used by millions and eventually became Head of Strategy. He is the author of Shape Up. In 2021, he founded Felt Presence to help product teams stop running in circles and regain the thrill of building.