One of our core beliefs at Beyond Presence is that great people build great products. We are people-first and one of our key motivations is to create the kind of workplace we’ve always dreamed of ourselves. We embrace a value-driven culture that encourages growth, both professionally and personally. This philosophy shapes how we operate at work and enriches our lives beyond the office.
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We never settle for the status quo and we have very high expectations of ourselves. We refuse to accept mediocrity and push our boundaries to achieve true excellence in what matters.
We value proactive ownership and empower each other to embrace the bigger picture, take charge, and create impact beyond immediate tasks. We give each other the freedom to apply our talents to the fullest.
We are outcome-focused and data-driven. We make time to prioritize and define clear goals so we can hyper-focus on the tasks that create the highest impact for the company as a whole.
We have a bias toward action and continuously work on speeding up our highest-priority initiatives. We find the leanest way to quickly measure impact and derive data-driven answers.
We approach the world with humility and curiosity, always eager to learn and improve, and never afraid of failure. We celebrate risk-taking, and we view failures as part of the path to long-term growth.
We proactively enable, support, and motivate others to become the best versions of themselves. We are open-minded, challenge each other respectfully, and give candid and constructive feedback.
founders
• Founder/CPO at presize.ai (acquired by Meta 2022)
• Advisor/Angel investor & Forbes 30u30
• Serial entrepreneur (3rd startup)
• Sr. PM at Meta
• MS. Biomedical computing at TUM & Tech Management at CDTM
• MLE Lead at presize.ai (acquired by Meta 2022)
• Open-source MLOps code author at ZenML
• 3D AI PhD at TUM w/ Prof. Niessner
• 2x Master Degrees (Data Engineering, Management) at TUM, among top 5%
research
• Global authority on digital humans
• Head of the Emmy-Noether “Real Virtual Humans” lab at Uni Tübingen
• PhD in 3D Human Animation from TUM (3D AI Lab w/ Prof. Angela Dai)
• 3D AI research at Meta Reality Labs
• Top-tier publications on 3D reconstruction and animation at CVPR
• PhD in 3D Facial Avatars from Visual Computing, TUM (w/ Prof. Matthias Niessner)
• 3D Avatar Research at Digital Humans Group, Disney Zurich
• Top-tier computer vision/graphics publications at SIGGRAPH, CVPR, ICCV & ECCV
• PhD in Pattern Recognition at FAU (w/ Prof. Maier)
• Top-tier publications on human body reconstruction
• Expert in inference & low-level optimization
• First employee at Meshcapade (inventors of SMPL)
• Research lead at Colossyan (AI avatar video company)
• Early employee at Zomato (IPO, $3.9B valuation)
• 5 year MLE industry experience in various startups in Japan
• Currently writing his thesis on 3D hair reconstruction in collaboration with TUM
Product & Engineering
• PhD & post doc in Psychology
• Senior UXR at presize.ai & Turnitin
• CDTM Fall 2014
• Backend lead at presize.ai & Drops (both acquired)
• Co-founder & CTO at Koyos and HIGGS Live (Video Streaming platform)
• Sr. backend engineer at presize.ai
• Head of engineering at Sizekick
• 8+ years of full-stack experience
• 3x co-founder & master’s degree in entrepreneurship
• 4+ years MLE experience at Morphic and Bending Spoons
• Optimized ML platforms with >100M users and >$100K daily compute cost
• 10+ years in Product Design
• M. Sc. in Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship at TUB
• Founder at at&co
GTM,Marketing,OPS
• Leads sales and GTM efforts, focusing on customer acquisition and revenue growth.
• 15+ years of experience EMEA Sale.
• Growth marketer with 9+ years of experience scaling B2B and B2C brands globally
• Lead EMEA marketing at Deel, Wise, Wolt, Muzz
• Co-Founder at Maturaid (EdTech) & Duruj (E-Commerce)
• Business Development at Amazon
• Taskforce Lead at TUM.ai (Germany’s leading student initiative around AI)
• 10+ years of experience in HR, operations, culture, and people strategy
• Holds 3 master’s degrees and 10+ international certifications, and won 5+ major awards
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