Dirk Zechiel

Dirk Zechiel has extensive work experience in various roles and industries. Dirk is currently the Co-Founder and CEO of Quantagonia, where they focus on developing advanced quantum algorithms for solving business problems. Prior to this, they co-founded Ligalytics, a company that specializes in providing custom sports scheduling solutions. Dirk also worked as a Technical Advisor at Wegesrand GmbH & Co.KG and served as the Geschäftsführer/Managing Director/Owner at Gurobi GmbH. Before that, they held positions at Red Hat as a Strategic Account Manager and Key Account Manager, at ILOG as a Sales Manager for Germany, and at Advanced Visual Systems (AVS) as a Presales professional.

Dirk Zechiel attended RWTH Aachen University from 1993 to 1998, where they obtained a Dipl.-Inform. degree in Medical Computer Science. In May 2014, they also obtained a certification in Discrete Optimization from Coursera.