Alexander Weiss

Alexander is Head of Data Science at GetYourGuide, one of the world’s most successful online travel startups. After receiving his PhD in econophysics from TU Berlin, Alexander worked as a risk manager at the world’s third-largest reinsurer, Hannover Re, where he applied prediction models to estimate the company’s losses due to natural catastrophes. When he discovered data science and the fast-paced startup world, he did not hesitate to leave his mapped out career path. Alexander started working at the small Berlin-based mobile advertising startup Trademob. He spent the next 3.5 years on building and improving their real-time bidding platform for mobile ads. Currently, Alexander is building the data science and data analytics teams at GetYourGuide. Alexander is also the founder and organiser of “Algorithms & Data Challenges Berlin”, one of Berlin’s most popular data science meetups.