The minds
behind Hare & Hedgehog
We are the people who make up HASE & IGEL. We work in an agile way, (almost) without hierarchy, and everyone in the way they are most productive. This brings optimal results and fun. Resumes and grades don’t interest us – only the right spirit and real skills count.
Full of curiosity about the insights that lie in data, we are passionate about solutions with substance and wow effect. With a shamelessly nerdy joy for innovative technology.
Jan Schoenmakers
Founder and Managing Director
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- Background: Social Sciences. Marketing.
- Special Skills: Strategy. Psychology. Statistics. Entrepreneurship.
- Passions: Music. Family. Food & Drinks. Cars. Politics.
Philipp Behnen
CTO / Technology Lead (Full Stack)
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- Background: Business Informatics.
- Special Skills: Infrastructure and Microservices. AI with focus on Language Modeling. Rapid Prototyping.
- Passions: Travel. Cooking. Formula 1, Simracing, Football and Snooker.
Gerald Schliep
Head of Sales
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- Background: Sales. Marketing. Business management.
- Special Skills: Strategy. Management. Leadership. Communication. Process Optimization.
- Passions: Motorcycling. Football. Food. Film. Music. Art.
Volker Heindorf
Customer Success Manager
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- Background: Information electronics technician. Over 20 years of experience in customer service.
- Special Skills: Customer First Award. Microsoft License Professionals. IT Security Auditor.
- Passions: Barbecuing. Cooking and eating. Family. Renewable energies.
Tobias Hoff
Project Management and Communication
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- Background: Communication Economist. Project Organization.
- Special Skills: Process Modeling. Project Management. Resource Planning. Text.
- Passions: Family. Nature. Reading. Music and Music Technology. Motorcycles.
Enno Smidt
Commercial Director
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- Background: Business graduate. Consultant.
- Special Skills: Strategic planning. Finance & controlling systems. Creation of transparency.
- Passions: Wife & daughter. Sport. Fresh air. Cooking & good music.
Emily Folkens
Marketing & Customer Success
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- Background: International Business Management.
- Special Skills: Strategy. Creative. Communication. Design Thinking.
- Passions: Music. Tennis. Travelling. Ski. Friends & Family.
Martin Geissler
Senior Commercial Strategist
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- Background: Astrophysics. M&A. Strategic Consulting.
- Special Skills: Storytelling. Teambuilding. Thinking ahead. Making decisions.
- Passions: Equestrian sports. Family. Food & Drinks. Cars.
Daniel Renggli
Business Development
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- Background: Business Administration. Marketing and Sales Management.
- Special Skills: Strategy. Leadership. Public Relations. Customer Experience Management and Design Thinking.
- Passions: Cycling (MTB and Road Bike). Scuba Diving. Snowboarding. Music. Film and Art.
Daniel Brötzmann
Development and Data Science
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- Background: Environmental Sciences.
- Special Skills: Python. Automatization. Visualization.
- Passions: Nature. Travel. Running. Speakers and Music.
Tobias Höper
Development and Data Science
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- Background: Business Informatics.
- Special Skills: Python. Business Intelligence. Geo Data. Visualization. Statistics.
- Passions: Friends & Family. Handball. Travel. Cooking.
Fokko Mittelstaedt
Analysis and Development
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- Background: Industrial Engineering in the field of Geoinformation.
- Special Skills: Python. Geoinformation. Data Modeling. Statistics.
- Passions: Developing and Tinkering. Travel. Cooking. Discovery.
Justus Sauerbaum
Data Collection and Analysis
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- Background: Economics
- Special Skills: Data Modeling. Statistics. Economics.
- Passions: Kickboxing and Fitness. Thinking. Travel.
Krishna Sai Sahukara
Development and Data Science
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- Background: AI. Data Science.
- Special Skills: Python. Machine Learning. Computer Vision. NLP. Statistics.
- Passions: Family and friends. Music. Cars. Cooking. Traveling. Cricket.
Johannes Aßmann
Frontend Development
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- Background: Computer science. Software Development.
- Special Skills: Vue.js. Node. Code Quality & Maintainability. Lots of talking.
- Passions: Dancing (salsa and bachata). Calisthenics. Nature. Pizza.
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