The Team Behind Maddox AI

Our product is as diverse as we are! Our team consists of entrepreneurs, scientists and engineers who have excelled at leading universities and in their professional lives. For early stage professionals, Maddox AI offers a steep learning curve and a kick-start to your career. Learn more about us here!

Peter Droege

Co-Founder & CEO

After completing his studies in International Business Administration and Finance, Peter Droege worked for the Boston Consulting Group for several years. There he focused on the implementation of digitalization and innovation projects in large corporations.
 

Behar Veliqi

Co-Founder & CTO

Behar Veliqi studied Computer Science in Karlsruhe and Edinburgh and worked at the FZI and CERN. After his studies, he worked as a software engineer at IBM Watson Analytics and as a research software engineer at the University of Tübingen.

Our Founders

Our founding team combines all relevant skills from the fields of machine learning and product development in order to transfer the latest AI research into an innovative but most importantly intuitive AI-based quality control solution.

 

Prof. Dr. Matthias Betghe

Co-Founder & Senior ML Advisor

Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen

Prof. Dr. Matthias Betghe is Professor of Computational Neuroscience and Machine Learning at the University of Tübingen. He is co-initiator of the European ELLIS initiative and has been selected several times as area chair for leading ML conferences such as NeurIPS, ICLR and Cosyne.

Dr. Wieland Brendel

Co-Founder & Lead ML Advisor

Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme

Dr. Wieland Brendel is group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, research team leader at the Tübingen AI Center, and Emmy Noether group leader for Robust Machine Learning. He is also co-founder of the German Federal Artificial Intelligence Competition.

Prof. Dr. Alexander Ecker

Co-Founder & Lead ML Engineer

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Prof. Dr. Alexander Ecker is Professor of Data Science at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. As an expert in computer vision and machine learning, he is one of the co-inventors of the original Neural Style Transfer Algorithm.

Quotes from the Team

Learn more about our team members, what they do as well as what motivates them to work at Maddox AI:

 

Our Success Is Based on Our Team

Every single team member makes Maddox AI special! Thanks to our different areas of expertise and diverse personalities, we have created a unique team that works towards our vision every day with a lot of motivation and passion.

You can be part of it too!

Learn more about our career opportunities and become part of our diverse and growing team:

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