Stephan Holzer

Stephan Holzer is a seasoned management consultant at McKinsey, specializing in Finance, Telecommunications/Cloud, and Advanced Electronics across Europe and the Middle East. With expertise in innovation, strategy, and product development, he provides valuable insights to his clients. Concurrently, Stephan is a prominent Computer Scientist with research experience from MIT, Harvard, and ETH. His focus lies in Distributed and Decentralized Computer Systems, laying the groundwork for Big Data, Blockchain, and IoT technologies. With over 25 publications, 600+ citations, and multiple academic distinctions, Stephan is a respected figure in the academic community. He has delivered 50+ keynotes and talks, lectured at MIT, and crafted an advanced graduate course on Distributed Graph Algorithms. Notably, he is the brain behind the Master Class 'Blockchains, Ledgers, and Distributed Algorithms', a comprehensive 30-hour program developed for the German Academic Scholarship Foundation – an institution dedicated to nurturing the top 0.25% of German students.