The MOSTLY AI Team

Dmitry Aminev Senior Data Scientist Synthetic Data Platform

John Sulivann Principal Consultant Synthetic Data Company

Klaudius Kalcher Chief Data Scientist Synthetic Data Company

Daniela Ciucur Senior Full Stack Developer Synthetic Data Company

Miguel Bitoon UI/UX Designer Synthetic Data Company

Nikolina Bobar Junior Marketing Associate Synthetic Data Company

Paul Tiwald Head of Data Science Synthetic Data Platform

Michael Platzer Chief Strategy Officer Synthetic Data Company

Alexandra Ebert Chief Trust Officer Synthetic Data Company

Andreas Ponikiewicz VP Global Sales Synthetic Data Company

Sabine Klisch VP Global Marketing Synthetic Data Company

The MOSTLY AI team is truly diverse with more than 15 different nationalities. Almost 40 members strong, we are organized in several teams including data science, engineering, product, marketing, sales, and operations. The majority of us "Mostlies" is based at our headquarter in Vienna, but an increasing number is working remotely spread across the entire world. What has started as a necessity because of COVID-19 has now become an integral part of our
company culture.

What unites us is the passion for synthetic data, its potential and our ambition to build a global company. We understand that we can only reach our full potential as a team through collaboration. We aim for the highest standards in everything we do and together are pushing the boundaries of what can be done with synthetic data every day.

Our Executive Team

Our executives have a diverse background in data, technology, and business. Together they are excited by the vision of fully leveraging the potential of synthetic data and building the category’s global leader.

Tobi Hann

Chief Executive Officer

Tobias - or simply Tobi - joined MOSTLY AI in 2019 and took on the CEO role in 2020. As such, he is responsible for the entire company. Prior to joining MOSTLY AI he worked as a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group and as Co-Founder/MD of three start-ups. He holds a PhD degree from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and an MBA from the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. Tobi loves to travel and to spend time in the mountains - both in winter skiing and in summer hiking.

Michael Platzer

Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder

Michael co-founded MOSTLY AI in 2017 and led the company as CEO until 2020. As Chief Strategy Officer he is responsible for the long-term vision and strategic development of the company. Michael is a world class data scientist who held leading positions at Microsoft and Nokia before founding MOSTLY AI. He was awarded with the Global Marketing Research Award by the American Marketing Association. He holds a PhD degree from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and a Master degree from the Vienna University of Technology. Michael is a proud dad of two daughters and passionate for all kinds of sports including running, biking and baseball.

Kerem Erdem

Chief Technology Officer

Kerem joined MOSTLY AI in 2021 and is responsible for all technical aspects of the company, including software engineering and infrastructure. He has more than 25 years of experience in leadership positions in technology, most recently at Ericsson. Kerem is also not new to the start-up world and was the Co-Founder of two Turkish start-ups. He holds a BS degree in Computer Engineering from Boğaziçi University. Kerem is passionate about sailing and painting.

Mario Scriminaci

Chief Product Officer

Mario joined MOSTLY AI in 2021 and owns responsibility for the products of the company. Prior to joining MOSTLY AI, he worked for more than ten years at ContentWise, where his last position was VP Product Management and Research. He started his career as a software engineer and data scientist before pursuing his passion for designing beautiful products that bring value to their users. He holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Computer Engineering for Intelligent Systems from the University of Palermo. Mario loves swimming, climbing, cooking, and traveling to discover new cultures and flavors.

Klaudius Kalcher

Chief Data Scientist & Co-Founder

Klaudius co-founded MOSTLY AI in 2017 and is responsible for the overall scientific work at the company. Previously he worked as a data scientist for various clients. Klaudius holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in statistics from the Vienna University of Technology and a PhD from the Medical University of Vienna. Klaudius is passionate about history, formal logic, board games and ultimate frisbee.

Sabine Klisch

VP Global Marketing

Sabine joined MOSTLY AI in 2021 and is responsible for communications and marketing. Before joining MOSTLY AI, she held executive positions in global marketing at various software and technology companies, including Speech Processing Solutions, MiX Telematics, and IBM. She holds a Master’s degree in German language & literature, journalism, and economics from Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg. Sabine is a huge fan of South Africa, where she has lived and worked for many years. She also used to be a competitive athlete in canoeing, loves traveling, and is passionate about wine.

Andreas Ponikiewicz

VP Global Sales

Andreas joined MOSTLY AI in 2021 and owns global sales and client responsibility at the company. He has more than ten years of international sales experience in software companies, most recently at SimCorp where he was Head of Customer Experience EMEA, Data Management Products and Services. Andreas knows the start-up world well as he started his career as one of the early employees at AIM Software. He holds a Master’s degree from the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Andreas is a big fan of Italy, good food and wine.

Alexandra Ebert

Chief Trust Officer

Alexandra joined MOSTLY AI in 2019 and took on the role of Chief Trust Officer in 2020 to further strengthen the public trust in synthetic data. She engages with the privacy community, regulators, the media as well as customers. Alexandra regularly speaks at international conferences and is engaged in public policy issues in the emerging field of synthetic data and Ethical AI. In addition, she is the host of MOSTLY AI’s Data Democratization Podcast. Before joining the company, she researched the impact of GDPR on the deployment of AI in Europe and completed a Master’s degree in digital marketing. Alexandra is an aerial silks and bouldering enthusiast, deeply passionate about food science and a vivid member of various international Toastmaster Rhetoric Clubs.

Paul Tiwald

Head of Data Science

Paul joined MOSTLY AI in 2017 as the first employee. He leads the company’s data science and research initiatives and is heavily involved in client-facing activities. Prior to joining MOSTLY AI, he was working as a researcher and university assistant at the Vienna University of Technology. He holds a PhD degree in Theoretical Physics from that university. Paul is passionate about sports - in particular, cross country skiing, road biking, and beach volleyball.

The MOSTLY AI Story

MOSTLY AI continues to pioneer the space. The team has grown to an established company with almost 40 team members serving clients all over the world. Backed by leading Austrian and German VCs, MOSTLY AI is on a mission to revolutionize how companies think about and work with data. The company is not only generating high-quality synthetic data but creating an entirely new paradigm: smart data.

MOSTLY AI was founded in 2017 in Vienna, Austria, by Michael Platzer, Klaudius Kalcher and Roland Boubela, three distinguished data scientists.

They realized early on the potential of using AI to generate structured business data and to create what we now call synthetic data. Back then this was not much more than an idea. It was unclear how the process was going to work, since no previous research or competitors existed in the space.

Left to right: Tobias Hann with Roland Boubela, Michael Platzer and Klaudius Kalcher – the three co-founders of Mostly AI

The inspiration came from the unstructured data domain where the first artificially created synthetic images were produced. The three co-founders experienced the challenges companies were facing with traditional data anonymization. These challenges only increased as GDPR was introduced in Europe in 2018. MOSTLY AI released the first version of its Synthetic Data Platform at the same time and proved to the world that synthetic data has a vast potential.

Leading the way in smart data

We are not only pioneers in the field of structured synthetic data, we are also the company that is constantly pushing the boundaries of what is technologically possible. We are constantly researching better ways of synthesizing data specific to sought-after data types and use cases. Our Synthetic Data Platform has so far not lost a single Proof of Concept (POC) to any other competitor when it comes to quality assessment.

We are not afraid to take on any challenge - be it large or small; and we always strive for the best results. Although we have individual brilliant minds on our team, we are big believers in the power of teamwork and enjoy working on these challenges together.

One of our core values here at MOSTLY AI is excellence - pursuing the highest standards in everything we do. This is deeply rooted in our DNA and how we operate as a company. We take great pride in delivering excellent products and services.

Our clients come from various industries that deal with sensitive data and work in highly regulated environments. They are typically large enterprises that demand a lot from their vendors. Although we are a relatively young company, we have invested heavily in fulfilling these demands. To mention just one example, we were the first synthetic data company to get SOC 2 Type 2 certified. Many colleagues joined us with corporate backgrounds. We understand how enterprises work. We know their processes, business challenges, and what it takes to create powerful and effective partnerships.

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