Dr. Karsten Schulz, Gaicd Email & Phone Number

I founded the Digital Technologies Institute to provide education support to teachers and students with a hands-on and immersive digital technologies experience in Digital Systems and Artificial Intelligence. - Followed a dream to conceptualize and manufacture a computer offering direct student interaction, enabling a tactile and physical examination on how it is made and the way individual components operate.- Championed design and commercialization of the B4 Educational Computer, generating demand amongst the teaching community by spearheading a direct sales model that secured business at the very first client visit.-Orchestrated continued strong demand and growth, leading to international expansion into North America, Asia and Europe after only 6 months.

Sydney, Au

Heading the Project Management Office and the Data Analytics / Data Science teams. Member of the Grok Academy Executive Management Team.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

The Australian Computing Academy (part of the University of Sydney) provided the intellectual, technical, and practical leadership needed to fulfil the ambitious goals of the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies. In February 2021 the Australian Computing Academy spun off from the University of Sydney and merged with Grok Learning into Grok Academy.

I improved computer science education in Australian schools and increased secondary and tertiary educational enrolments with leadership of the National Digital Careers Program.- Recruited an outcomes-focused leadership team, and lobbied for increased commercial investment and funding for expansion.- Taught tens of thousands of Australian students through a portfolio of on-premise and cloud-based mechanisms, increased secondary and tertiary education involvement, and established the enormously successful Bebras Australia Computational Thinking Challenge.- High regard and capacity acknowledged with a visit by the German Chancellor in the context of the G20 summit in Australia.

Walldorf, Bw, De

I was seconded to Singapore to lead the formation of a large R&D Centre, significantly increasing scope and visibility of R&D activities for SAP in Asia and Oceania. - Established and staffed the R&D Centre, coordinating approval by the Singapore Government and SAP Board, with personal authorisation by the Deputy Prime Minister and the SAP CEO and CIO.- Trail-blazed new concepts, determined market strategy, and formed partnerships and alliances, instilling pride, self-belief and a high-performance culture in a team delivering reliable, creative solutions.- Recognised with the keynote speech at the opening of the Centre, acknowledging strategic collaboration with Singaporean Universities, Government and Businesses.

Walldorf, Bw, De

I expanded the scope of impressive Australian success into the Asia-Pacific Region, defining R&D strategy via establishment of APJ regional research centres, and performing as Practice Head for Business Network Orchestration.- Over-achieved business expectations and KPIs, leading the team and establishing the SAP/NICTA/Fraunhofer Living Lab on Future Transport & Logistics in Sydney 2011.- Created SAP AusTraffic as an iPhone application, formalised a global HP-SAP research partnership, and Founded Young ICT Explorers as a student competition.- Recognised with the 2012 Australian Business Award Community Contribution Award and the 2010 Australian Computer Society Innovation Award.

Walldorf, Bw, De

I was hired to advance corporate understanding of globally recognised Australian innovation systems and programs, and to enhance SAP’s product portfolio. - Delivered robust business development results, establishing strategic business partnerships with Australian Universities and research organisations, and executed well developed strategies to transfer Australian R&D to SAP products.

I gained early experience as a Research Scientist with DSTC Pty Ltd, developing a mobile computing infrastructure in partnership with Telstra, Sun Microsystems, RSA, Mincom, and SAP. Initial career was an Engineer with Digital Equipment Corporation 1996–1998.

Phd, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Electrical Engineering, Electrical And Electronics Engineering