René Pfitzner

René Pfitzner has a varied work experience, beginning in 2010 when they were a Researcher/MSc Student at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In 2011, they became a Researcher at ETH Zürich, and in 2014 they were hired as a Data Scientist at Neue Züricher Zeitung. In 2018, they began Data Strategy Consulting, and in 2019 they became the CEO & Founder of Experify, a technology company providing marketing innovation centred around being more authentic as a brand.

René Pfitzner's education history includes a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Technische Universität Dresden (2005-2007), a Master's degree in Theoretical Physics from Friedrich Schiller University Jena (2007-2011), a research semester at KTH Royal Institute of Technology (2008-2009), a research visit at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2011), and a Complex Systems / Data Science program at ETH Zürich (2011-2014). Additionally, René Pfitzner obtained a Prof G Certified Strategist certification from Section4 in July 2020, and is currently a part of the Berkeley SkyDeck Startup Accelerator / Summer '21 Cohort.