Roland Mathis

Roland Mathis is a seasoned principal research engineer with extensive experience in conversational AI, having led the development of a production-grade dialog system at Telepathy Labs since April 2018. Previously, Roland contributed to advancements in personalized medicine at IBM Research, where methods for extracting disease-specific information were developed. Roland's academic background includes a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences and a Master's in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics from ETH Zürich, with early experience as a Graduate Researcher and Sysadmin/R&D at the same institution. Early career highlights include roles as a Security Engineer at UPC Schweiz GmbH and Release Engineer at AIA Everlasting Systems Ltd, showcasing a solid foundation in IT security and software development processes.