Karl Sponholz

Karl Sponholz has extensive work experience in various roles and companies. Karl is currently serving as the Chief Product and Technology Officer at Avantgarde Gesellschaft für Kommunikation mbH. Additionally, they are the Founder of XPAI, an innovative AI-powered solution for real-time customer experience measurement and analysis.

Prior to their current roles, Karl worked at Spotcap Global, where they held the positions of COO/CTO and CPO from September 2016 to April 2021 and from July 2014 to August 2016, respectively. At Groupon, Karl served as a Product Manager from October 2011 to July 2014. Their responsibilities included managing the rollout of Groupon's new front-end platform, leading the gifting experience in multiple regions, and overseeing personalization, travel, and payment systems.

Karl also has experience as a founder, having established Plaspo GmbH from March 2005 to October 2011, and as a CEO at Ziemo GmbH from March 2009 to September 2011. At Ziemo GmbH, they built an easy-to-use construction kit for social networks and received support from the EXIST Business Start-Up Grant.

Overall, Karl Sponholz has a diverse background in technology, product management, and entrepreneurship.

Karl Sponholz pursued their education at the Universität Rostock. From 2005 to 2009, they completed their Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Business Informatics. Later on, in 2011, they furthered their education at the same institution, receiving a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Business Informatics. In June 2013, Karl obtained the certification of Certified ScrumMaster from the Scrum Alliance, Inc.