previously on our stage

Starting his career as software developer in late 80s, Rudi Bauer has gathered more than 29 years of management and leadership experience in the HR, IT and advertising industry.

Ich bin CEO von EMBRACE. EMBRACE ist eine progressive Markenfamilie und bündelt innovative Angebote aus den Bereichen Recruiting, Retention und HR-Tech. Unser 250 köpfiges Team eint ein gemeinsames Ziel: Wir wollen die Arbeitswelt menschlicher, optimistischer und technologischer gestalten. Denn wir glauben: Jeder Mensch verdient den bestmöglich passenden Job und Arbeitgeber.

Hung Lee is the Editor of leading industry newsletter Recruiting BrainfoodHe is an industry professional with over 15 years experience as an agency recruiter, Recruitment manager, Internal Head of Talent, recruitment trainer, founder of award winning online recruiting platform WorkShape.io, and now Editor and Community builder at Recruiting Brainfood - the best weekly newsletter in recruitment. Hung lives and works in London

** this talk is for leaders and managers (not HR/recruiters) **

Katrina Collier works with companies and leaders to fix talent acquisition and candidate experience, from start-ups to corporates. She is one of 2 people globally delivering design-thinking workshops specifically for recruitment, that swiftly help companies fix the real issues preventing successful hiring. She has 2 decades of experience, is the Author of The Robot-Proof Recruiter and upcoming book Conquer Hiring, and has spoken at industry leading conferences on 5 continents.

Ben is passionate about sourcing, growing and developing talent. He has helped to change the way in which companies align the right people, with the right opportunities at the right time.

Specialties: Scaling, Problem Solving, Employment Branding, Business Partnering, Creating Shared Vision, Workforce Planning, Executive Search, Employee On-boarding and Team Leadership.

Out of work, he is a voluntary Government Councillor and Chair of the Personnel Committee as well as a a volunteer lifeguard and an avid sports fan.

Gründerin & MD neue fische, MD SPICED Academy CEO DACH,Future Group Dalia arbeitete über 20 Jahre für Unternehmen wie AOL Europa und Bertelsmann. Sie war maßgeblich am Aufbau der BMG Music Company sowie am Geschäftsaufbau der Bertelsmann Education Group beteiligt. Mit ihrer neue fische - School and Pool for Digital Talent startete sie 2018 ein für Deutschland einzigartiges berufliches Qualifizierungsangebot.

Seit Sommer 2022 hat sie zusätzlich die Leitung der SPICED Academy übernommen.

Eva-Maria is a public speaker and the Global Director of Employer Branding & Communications at Dynatrace. Leading one of the most innovative employer branding teams, she and her department are key contributors to the impressive growth of Dynatrace from 1,000 to +4,000 employees in the last years. Eva-Maria’s approach to succeed in this hyper-growth environment is her passion for people-centric and value-based approaches.

Nathalie Marie Pérez Sievers has been working for more than 10 years on topics related to people & culture and diversity, equity & inclusion.

After working in start-ups, digital agencies and in the corporate world, she founded The People Hub and has since been supporting companies in strategic topics around P&C and DE&I. She is a certified business trainer, speaker, and LinkedIn content creator.

In her role as a business trainer and consultant, she empowers and guides companies to implement and execute lasting people & culture and diversity, equity & inclusion initiatives.

Her credo is: A plan doesn't change your (working) life. A decision, and the first step does.

Working with Microsoft technologies since VB6 I've been there, and done that. My main interest right now is helping fellow developers in whatever way is good, mentoring or coaching, writing blog posts, building SDKs, and anything that helps make someone's work day a bit more enjoyable. For that purpose, I've created https://www.wearedotnet.io together with a fellow community member.

DevRel Lead at WeAreDevelopers. Vue/Nuxt enthusiast. Newly interested in AI-generated imagery. Brewing his own coffee with style & learning how to fly in his free time.

Marcus Merheim is active in the world of human resources for more than 11 years, dealing with a wide range of HR topics. His focus is on employer branding, recruiting and retention as well as new work and digitization. As the founder of hooman EMPLOYER MARKETING, he and his team operate at the interface of HR and marketing. In addition to his role as host of the ZEIT Talent Podcast, Marcus is chairman of the department "Future of Work" at the German Association for the Digital Economy (BVDW)

Microsoft MVP, Microsoft 365 Consultant, Power Platform DeveloperLuise helps customers around the globe to improve their business processes and to get rid of everything that only keeps them busy. She is a member of the Microsoft 365 platform community (PnP) team and supports developers in extending Microsoft 365. She loves all things community, open-source, stickers, and the number 42.

Originally from Hong Kong, Yenny is an engineering and product executive based in Germany. Previously, Yenny and her teams worked on API Devtools at Rapid, Conversational AI at Rasa, and Adtech at Yelp. She has led international organizations with between 4 and 40 people. Yenny is experienced in building effective hybrid and distributed product teams. She specializes in the B2B SaaS space and she has a track record supporting enterprise transformations in startups. She takes pride in cutting through ambiguity and providing her teams with the business context to lead.

Pauline is Team Lead for Talent Acquisition Management @powercloud, the fastest growing billing and CRM system in the energy industry. Together with her team, Pauline is responsible to find, attract and hire the best talents to drive company's growth. Besides that, Pauline is a passionate Recruiting Trainer and Speaker at the People Skills Club.

I studied German and English-Speaking Cultures at the University of Bremen, first to become a teacher but later switching for cultural science and communications, focussing on intercultural mediation.

Went on to analyze emergency communication at mass rescue evacuation trainings within international teams and gave integrational courses to refugees while also working as a trainer and coach. Eventully I ended up working in Ecommerce.

Oliwia is Business Development lead B2G at CareerFoundry, where she passionately assists students in pursuing career changes into tech. With the  mission to make career transitions accessible to all, she strives to empower individuals from diverse backgrounds.Prior to joining CF, she has been working in the Global Mobility industry where she was freeing talent from borders.

Linda Stauffenberg is a strategic advisor specializing in driving people centric change and transformation initiatives within complex organizations. She is co-founder and managing director at Experience One, a digital transformation and innovation partner for companies like Mercedes-Benz, BOSCH, AOK, ZEISS, Sparkassen Group. Her expertise lies in changemaker positioning and coaching as well as delivering change programs to help companies to become customer centric and to establish innovation culture.

"Dr. Annika von Mutius ist Co-Founder & Co-CEO von Empion, dem ersten AI-basierten automatisierten Headhunting-System, das Bewerbende und Unternehmen auf Basis von Werten, Skills und Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen matcht. Von Mutius studierte an der WHU und promovierte zu Individualisierungs-Modellen in der Mathematik. Sie arbeitete vor ihrer eigenen Unternehmensgründung für ein Robotics Startup im Silicon Valley und wurde kürzlich in die Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe Liste in der Kategorie Technologie aufgenommen.

Dr. Annika von Mutius is Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Empion, the first AI-based automated headhunting system that matches applicants and companies based on values, skills and personality traits. Von Mutius studied at WHU and earned her PhD on individualization models in mathematics. She worked for a robotics startup in Silicon Valley before founding her own company and was recently named Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe in the ""tech"" category."

Ramona is a software engineer at shopware AG, with roots in quality assurance. She owns both views of the product - that of a tester and a developer. Ramona primarily uses this to strengthen trust in test automation and support the testers and developers alike, becoming a Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies, Women Techmaker Ambassador, and Cypress ambassador.

Nathalie Gierth von der iTentity GmbH hat eine etwas andere Herangehensweise um Stellen zu besetzen, Sie sagt: "Ich besetzte keine Stellen, ich baue Sie um den Menschen drum herum!" Des Weiteren wird Sie erklären warum wir den Alterungsprozess und damit die unterschiedlichen demografischen Phasen eines Lebens stets jährlich neu betrachten müssen und wie man sich damit loyale Mitarbeiter sichert.

Alla Pavlova a winner of the most influential sourcer of 2022 award in the Netherlands. She creates tailored sourcing training for tech recruiters and sourcers. Alla has been building tech teams since 2008 for tech startups and gaming companies like Miro, GameHouse, Viber, Dott, Blendle, Relive, and others. Currently scaling Riot Games Singapore studio. Also, she is contributing to tech communities and leading Slack Community Amsterdam Chapter. In her free time, she is conducting sourcing parties (ask her to join) and playing computer games.

Martin Tillert ist Partner Director DACH bei G-P (Globalization Partners) und verantwortlich für den Aufbau und die Pflege von Partnerschaften zu Unternehmen im Bereich Remote Work. Mit über zwanzig Jahren Erfahrung in Tech-Unternehmen wie Oracle, Microsoft und Indeed hat er umfassende Kenntnisse im Bereich Technologie, Vertrieb und dem Aufbau von Partnerbeziehungen erworben. Martin ist davon überzeugt, dass Technologie in vielen Lebensbereichen Vorteile bietet und möchte Unternehmen dabei helfen, die Hürden der globalen Arbeit zu senken. Durch seine Arbeit bei Indeed hat er tiefe Einblicke in den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt gewonnen und verfolgt nun mit großem Interesse die Entwicklungen auf dem globalen Arbeitsmarkt. Bei G- P arbeitet Martin daran, Beziehungen zu Partnerfirmen aufzubauen. Dabei reicht das Spektrum von Payroll über Remote Work Management Consulting bis hin zu HCM-Systemen, HR-Rechtsberatung oder Steuerberatungen. Martin ist begeistert von der Möglichkeit, innovative Lösungen für die Arbeitswelt von morgen zu entwickeln und diese aktiv voranzutreiben und damit Komplexität zu reduzieren und Unternehmen sowie Arbeitnehmern und Arbeitnehmerinnen den Zugang zu globalen Arbeitsmärkten zu erleichtern.

Dominik has been working in the IT environment for almost 20 years and had the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in various roles. As a Developer, Manager or Director, he has driven software development ahead in various companies. He joined ALDI SOUTH in 2016 and is currently responsible for our department Stores Checkout. Dominik embodies agility and has been a major force in driving the agile transformation at ALDI. His simultaneous pragmatism helps him not only in daily business but also on camping vacations with his family.

He started his HR career in recruiting at a Viennese B2B fintech and subsequently led talent acquisition departments at two Unicorns. Within the last seven years, Thomas scaled organizations from 50 to over 3,000 employees across Europe. He then co-founded pplwise with Mina Golesorkhi to help companies achieve their growth goals. pplwise specializes in recruiting & consulting in HR.

Dr. Christoph Hardt ist seit über 15 Jahren in der Beratungs- und Interimbranche tätig, u.a. als McKinsey-Berater, Comatch-Gründer und jetziger Malt Deutschland CEO.

Agnes Koller, Head of Scientific Research at career Institute & Publishing, has been responsible for the BEST RECRUITERS study since 2014. Based on a treasure of data stemming from more than 15 000 employer examinations, she has been continuously analyzing the development of recruitment in the German speaking area. As a data nerd with a passion for quantifiable recruitment performance as well as edgy employer branding, Agnes helps companies to detect blind spots along their candidate journey and turn them into strengths. She has more than 20 years multifaceted experience in HR, marketing and training, teaches recruitment at the Burgenland University of Applied Sciences and gives her best to juggle every day’s challenges as a working toddler mom ;-)

Linda is a multifaceted professional with extensive experience in both the tech recruiting industry and the field of Gestalt Therapy. With over 5 years as a Tech Recruiting Partner, she has reviewed hiring processes and helps to ensure implement diversity and inclusion directly in the hiring processes.

Linda is also known for her close collaboration with Gazelle, a well-respected leader and content creator in the industry. She sees Gazelle as a role model and has learned much from their innovative practices and approach to recruiting. She is committed to sharing her knowledge and expertise with others in the industry and is always looking for ways to collaborate and learn from her peers.

Nadja has been working in employer branding and recruiting for over 10 years and leads the Talent Attraction team in ALDI SÜD's international IT. She knows the needs of the tech target group and helps to ensure that ALDI SÜD is perceived as an attractive IT employer. She likes to break new ground and challenge the status quo.

Mein Name ist Brian Struck und ich bin seit 2016 bei der BCM Solutions GmbH in der Geschäftsleitung als Managing Director / Prokurist tätig.

Ich möchte dir gerne einen Einblick geben, mit welcher Philosophie ich es zusammen mit meinen Kollegen geschafft habe, aus einem Unternehmen mit 12 Mitarbeitern innerhalb von 6 Jahren ein Unternehmen mit bald mehr als 200 Mitarbeitern zu formen.

Katja is a communications strategist with 24 years of experience in the U.S. and German market. She tells compelling and meaningful stories for relevant target groups. Her professional experience includes Edelman New York, eBay Germany and, since 2012, Bertelsmann. The topics of internal communications and employer branding have now accompanied her for 20 years. As a leader, direct contact with her employees is extremely important to her: being close, being interested in the people behind the contract. Her company’s vision: Everyone deserves the best possible job and employer fit.

Introducing Alexandra, a captivating individual with deep roots in Transylvania and a childhood steeped in the enchanting culture of Austria. Five years ago, her path took an unexpected turn while working as an executive assistant, leading her to discover an unwavering passion for the art of recruiting. Inspired by this newfound calling, she embarked on a transformative journey, pursuing a master's degree in HR Management to solidify her expertise.

For the past two years, Alexandra has excelled in Talent Acquisition at zooplus, specializing in the intricate world of tech roles. Recently, she embarked on a new adventure as the Head of People & Culture at WeAreDevelopers, where she is the driving force behind the creation of a thriving people department, forging new pathways and shaping a vibrant organizational culture. Beyond her professional accomplishments, Alexandra has also become an office dog expert, spreading joy and sharing invaluable canine wisdom wherever she goes.

With origins in the analog media world, Tobias has gradually fallen for his digital enthusiasm: Through experience in internal communication via lead generation, he is now seeking to sustainably place the employer brand of the ever growing technology company diconium. So far, so promising: also thanks to strong communities like the WeAreDevelopers.

Julia Hauska, derzeit Head of Recruiting bei der TTI Group, hat als Instituts- und Verlagsleitung über ein Jahrzehnt die größte DACH-weite Recruiting-Studie BEST RECRUITERS aufgebaut und internationalisiert und als Schnittstelle Arbeitgeber:innen & Bewerber:innen-Markt sowie als Geschäftsleitung einer Online Marketing Agentur Unternehmen bei der Entwicklung und Umsetzung zeitgemäßer Recruiting-Performance unterstützt.

Cathy is European Head of Talent Acquisition at Thoughtworks, having joined the company in 2019. Before her time at Thoughtworks she spent over 20 years in Tech, working in different environments (agency, RPO and corporate roles) holding various TA positions at other global tech companies.

Cathy is a strength based leader and an avid learner, who continuously looks for innovative opportunities for the function and company to optimize the complete candidate experience.

Dr. Anne Katharina Rhode is member of Thoughtworks Global Strategy Team and Head of Organizational Design. Before that she was the Head of Professional Services at Thoughtworks Germany for 6 years. Katrin joined Thoughtworks with more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry, she was working as a software developer, consultant and has held various management positions. As a leader her passion is building and working with high performing teams, who transform businesses and organizations. Diversity and gender equality have always been core values of Katrin.

Rimma Pitkewitsch is a business psychologist, professional business coach and, above all, a passionate recruiter with a big heart for Talent Acquisition & Attraction, People & Culture and Tech. She is primarily concerned with the question of how comspace can acquire new talents on the one hand and retain those who are already in the company on the other. And she does this with measures that are sustainable, target group-specific and needs-oriented. She is convinced that the Employee Life Cycle should be viewed holistically and that each phase should be taken very seriously. Because in her view, this is the only way to build interpersonal relationships at the professional level that are authentic, honest and long-term.

Konstantin Diener is CTO at cosee. He has been developing software for more than 20 years. His CTO role made him shift his focus to (agile) leadership topics and to Product Management eventually. Konstantin speaks at conferences and was author of „DevOps Stories“, a column about culture, leadership, agile and DevOps.

• Coaching people in high-stress roles, women in tech, leaders and future leaders by bringing clarity to your current circumstances, helping you to identify what you really want, what is holding you back, and to adopt the needed behaviors in order to achieve your goals. Coaching areas are career, career transition, interviewing skills, leadership skills and personal growth.

• Passionate about improving the developers’ job seeking experience.

• Experienced in working with businesses, functions and geographies on focused initiatives with world-wide impact.• Effective at improving company performance through employee engagement. Solid experience in leading focus groups and leadership workshops aiming at designing action plans to improving organizational performance.

Als Mitbegründerin und COO von voiio, eine 360 Grad Work-Life-Plattform, bringt Kerstin Michels eine besondere Perspektive ein. Sie hilft, Arbeitsumgebungen zu gestaltet, die das Wohlbefinden der Mitarbeiter fördern und nicht zuletzt auch auf die Bedürfnisse der Gen Z abgestimmt sind.

Adnan Pavlović is a marketing expert and team leader with experience working in advertising agencies and the IT industry. Joining WeareDevelopers at the early startup stage helped the company scale up, focusing on business development, content & communication strategies, and enabling new market opportunities. He is responsible for conducting an annual developer survey inside the WeAreDevelopers community. He regularly collaborates with corporations such as Microsoft, Mercedes-Benz AG, Bugatti Rimac, Dynatrace, Tezos, Rapyd, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, and Infobip. Awarded with BalCannes and WebAward.me acknowledgments for creativity in marketing communication. Often participates in producing regional feature films and documentaries, including projects awarded with the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

Jonas Krauspe ist ein freiberuflicher Experte für digitale Strategie und digitale Produktentwicklung, Interim-Manager und freiberuflicher Berater mit einem starken Fokus auf die Gesundheits- und Life-Science-Branche. Als CEO und CPO hat er zwei Startups gestartet und über 60 Projekte als Interim-Manager, Experte und Berater abgeschlossen.