Benjamin Diez

Wir bei ADV begleiten und beraten mittelständische Unternehmen als auch Konzerne auf Ihrem Weg zur Data Driven Company. Durch unsere 4 Gründer vereinen wir Kompetenzen aus allen Bereichen der Data-Domain: ♟️ Data Strategy 🏛️ Data & Enterprise Architecture 📖 Data Governance & Culture 🤖 Data Science & AI Engineering 📊 Business Intelligence 🌐 Big Data & Analytics ⚙️ Data Operations Wir stehen für unsere Strategien ein - Skin in the game - wir begleiten bei der Implementierung unserer Strategien.

XPRENEURS Incubator is a 3-month incubation program by UnternehmerTUM based in Munich, supporting high-tech startup teams from around the globe with turning technology-driven business ideas into scalable companies.

I empower startups from the food and restaurant industry to build and test hypotheses about their potential customers as well as teach them how to lay the groundwork for potential corporate cooperations.

My work revolves around the strategic use of new technologies as well as creating the basis for their implementation. ● developed a Data Strategy which covers the use of current data, the exploration of new data sources and the skills/tools necessary to use them ● built a database for pricing data, enabling us to analyse the use and effects of discounts on a most granular level ● project lead for various tests regarding product and equipment innovations ● advisor on the use of Artifical Intelligence like supervised and unsupervised machine learning in everyday business

Focussed on improving the current reporting setup and on saving time spent on manual number crunching by introducing automated controlling processes. ● Led transition from ad-hoc to self-service reporting in Qlikview ● Implemented automated creation and distribution of standard reports via NPrinting ● Introduced software supported budget planning, reducing time required for the process by 80%

Joined the company in its founding phase and was responsible for setting up the finance department from scratch. Tasks included: ● conducted financial planning for multiple successful funding rounds ● set up company-wide self-service reporting structure in Qlikview ● provided financial framework used to apply for a banking license at the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) ● coordinated the founding of subsidiaries in UK and France, along with setting up accounting, payroll and staffing frameworks

● created and maintained KPI dashboards for the CFO ● in charge of ad hoc- and standard reporting ● improved customer acquisition process by automating lead detection

● led people in stressful situations and under pressure ● intensive training in process of decision making ● educated and trained subordinates on basic and advanced military skills

Majored in Statistic, Finance and Risk Management Master Thesis on "Modelling a Mobility- and Fleet Concept using Monte Carlo Simulation"