Christian Thum

Christian Thum has extensive experience in engineering and software development, serving as SVP Engineering, VP Software Development, R&D Director, and R&D Group Leader at LivePerson since June 2014. Prior to this role, Christian Thum founded and managed synchronite GmbH from July 2011 to May 2014. Academic achievements include a PhD in Information Systems with summa cum laude honors from the University of Mannheim, where a research project focused on enabling globally distributed software development. Additionally, Christian Thum worked as a freelancer at Homburg & Partner GmbH in management consultancy and served as an undergraduate research assistant at the University of Mannheim. Educational background includes a diploma in Information Systems from the University of Mannheim and an exchange year at Swansea University.