Lars Schalkwijk

Lars Schalkwijk is a seasoned professional in the field of conversation design and sound computing, currently serving as a Senior Full Stack Conversation Designer at Ideabay.AI since May 2020. Prior experience includes a role as a Research Associate at Fachhochschule Bielefeld, where Lars focused on building a multimodal assistant for the shopfloor from August 2019 to December 2022. Lars has also held positions such as Senior Strategist & Product Manager and Strategist at amp GmbH, and Multiplatform Content Analyst at Viacom International Media Networks. Earlier, Lars worked as a Teaching Assistant at Aalborg Universitet, supporting students in Design and Analysis of Experiments, and interned as a Sound Branding Consultant at amp GmbH, contributing to sound design projects with BMW Research and Innovation. Lars holds a Master of Science in Engineering, Sound and Music Computing from Aalborg University and a Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Science from Universität Osnabrück.