I regularly present findings from research and I am also active as a guest lecturer and speaker at academic and professional events.

Current roles: CEO, Researcher and Guest Lecturer

Robert Henker is Founder & CEO of German Deep Tech Quantum GmbH, a deep-tech startup based in Potsdam near Berlin, Germany. Founded in 2018 as a spin-off by researchers and PhDs in computer science, the company is part of the German Deep Tech Group. German Quantum's proprietary SaaS platform for Asset Analytics combines real-time market data processing, quantitative analytics and algorithmic automation. The platform enables the development, deployment and monitoring of Automated Decision Systems (ADS) for data analytics, strategy deployment and algorithmic execution. B2B SaaS clients include asset managers, proprietary trading firms and digital asset exchanges, primarily across the APAC region. The platform enables the algorithmic execution of more than €20 billion in annual notional volume.
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Robert Henker is a Doctoral Researcher in Computer Science at the University of Potsdam and an Affiliated Fellow Researcher and Advisor at XU Exponential University His research focuses on Autonomous Systems, Automated Decision Systems, Visual Analytics and Quantitative Models for digital asset markets. He initiated and led several industry–academia collaboration projects with industry partners. His most recent projects include QAVCM Quantitative Analytic Models and Explainable AI (XAI) for the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM), RITS,  a resilient technology suite for critical infrastructure in the federal state of Brandenburg and ImmoToken, which explores the tokenization of real-world assets.
 
Mr Henker teached as Guest Lecturer in the fields of IT Strategy & Management, Financial Technology and Innovation at various universities.
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Background: Researcher, FinTech Founder, Education & Awards
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Researcher
2017 to 2022 Mr Henker was Researcher and built up a research team at the intersection of Visual Analytics and Financial Data at the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering (HPI) at the University of Potsdam. HPI was named after its founder and donator Hasso Plattner co-founder of software company SAP.

FinTech Founder
In 2010, Robert Henker founded the FinTech & robo-advisor platform CASHBOARD. Serving more than 10,000 clients the company was ranked as one of Germany's leading robo-advisors and one of Europe's top 10 wealth-tech platforms. Initially bootstrapped, CASHBOARD twice set records as one of Europe's fastest crowdfunded startups, raising €100k in 51 minutes 2012 and €350k in 9 hours 2013. In 2015, the team raised €5 million from leading venture capital investors, including Earlybird, ProSiebenSat.1 and 500 Startups. Early crowdfunding investors ultimately realized a return of 148%. The company concluded operations in 2017 following an unsuccessful follow-on financing round.
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Education
Robert Henker holds a Diploma in Business Informatics, is a Certified Portfolio Manager (Deutsche Börse/EBS University) and earned his MBA from ESCP Europe Paris, one of Europe's leading business schools. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science at the Digital Engineering Faculty of the University of Potsdam.

Awards
Mr Henker won several awards, most notably Europe’s highest endowed startup prize and one of the worlds most important startup awards (Forbes) - the SevenVentures Pitch Day at NOAH Leaders Conference London - worth a €4m TV media budget.