Michael Zeller Top-Executive
What inspires me is innovative technology that has the potential to change our world and the way we work. As Albert Einstein once said "I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious".
Blessed to have experienced a journey from scientist to entrepreneur to investor, collaborating across leading organizations in the US, Europe and Asia. I am excited every day to be working at the epicenter of AI, driving innovation in technology, products and business strategy. At Temasek, we thrive at the intersection of AI ventures, AI fund investments, AI transformation initiatives for portfolio value uplift, and hands-on venture building efforts.
What's your AI strategy?
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) & GenAI
- Machine Learning / Deep Learning / Neural Networks
- Data Science & MLOps
- Cloud & Edge Computing
- Computer Vision
- Robotics & Industrial AI
- Product Development
Headquarters:
San Diego, California, United States
Title:
Managing Director & Head, AI Strategy & Solutions
Company:
Temasek
Company Industry:
Financial Services
Company Website:
http://www.temasek.com.sg, https://aicadium.ai, https://resaro.ai, http://zettavp.com/
Company Linkedin:
linkedin.com/company/temasek-holdings
Company Size:
501-1000
Current Job Duration:
5 yrs 6 mos
Country:
United States
Languages:
English, German
Work Experience:
Title: Managing Director & Head, AI Strategy & Solutions
Company: Temasek
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/temasek-holdings/
Industry: Financial Services
Company Size: 501-1000
Location: Singapore
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 07-2020
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: Board Member
Company: None
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aicadium-ai/
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 12-2020
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: Advisor
Company: Resaro
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/resaro-ai/
Industry: Computer Software
Company Size: 1-10
Location: Singapore
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 10-2023
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: LPAC Observer
Company: Zetta Venture Partners
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zetta-venture-partners/
Industry: Venture Capital & Private Equity
Company Size: 1-10
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 11-2024
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: LPAC Member
Company: Ai Fund
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aifund/
Industry: Venture Capital & Private Equity
Company Size: 11-50
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 11-2020
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: Board Member
Company: Tech San Diego
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techsandiego/
Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
Company Size: 1-10
Location: Greater San Diego Area
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 03-2014
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: Advisory Board Member
Company: None
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/videomining/
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 07-2019
Ends At: 09-2021
Description: None
Title: Secretary & Treasurer
Company: Acm Sigkdd & Annual Kdd Conference
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sigkdd/
Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
Company Size: 1001-5000
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 07-2013
Ends At: 06-2021
Description: None
Title: CEO
Company: Dynam.Ai
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dynam-ai/
Industry: Computer Software
Company Size: 11-50
Location: Greater San Diego Area
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 09-2019
Ends At: 06-2020
Description: None
Title: Advisory Board Member
Company: Analytics Ventures
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/analytics-ventures/
Industry: Venture Capital & Private Equity
Company Size: 11-50
Location: Greater San Diego Area
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 12-2018
Ends At: 06-2020
Description: None
Education:
School: Goethe University Frankfurt
Degree: Ph.D.
Field: Physics
Period:
School: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Degree: Visiting Research Scholar
Field: Physics
Period:
School: University of Southern California
Degree: Postdoctoral Fellow
Field: Computer Science
Period:
Headline:
Head, AI Strategy & Solutions at Temasek
Followers:
9598
Connections:
7213
Skills:
Predictive Analytics, Data Mining, Cloud Computing, Artificial Neural Networks, Neural Networks, Physics, Big Data, Machine Learning, Predictive Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, Statistical Modeling, Analytics, Pattern Recognition, Software Engineering, Distributed Systems, Algorithms, Business Analytics, High Performance Computing, Software Development, German, PMML, Enterprise Software, Hadoop, R, Java, SaaS, Software as a Service (SaaS), Business Intelligence, Data Science, Internet of Things
Experience:
Title: Managing Director & Head, AI Strategy & Solutions
Company: Temasek
Location: Singapore
Start: Jul 2020
End: Present
Title: Board Member
Company: AIcadium
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Start: Dec 2020
End: Present
Title: Advisor
Company: Resaro
Location: Singapore
Start: Oct 2023
End: Present
Title: LPAC Observer
Company: Zetta Venture Partners
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Start: Nov 2024
End: Present
Title: LPAC Member
Company: AI Fund
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Start: Nov 2020
End: Present
Title: Board Member
Company: Tech San Diego
Location: San Diego County, California, United States
Start: Mar 2014
End: Present
Title: Advisory Board Member
Company: VideoMining
Location:
Start: Jul 2019
End: Sep 2021
Title: Secretary & Treasurer
Company: ACM SIGKDD & Annual KDD Conference
Location:
Start: Jul 2013
End: Jun 2021
Title: CEO
Company: Dynam.AI
Location: San Diego County, California, United States
Start: Sep 2019
End: Jun 2020
Title: Advisory Board Member
Company: Analytics Ventures
Location: San Diego County, California, United States
Start: Dec 2018
End: Jun 2020
Title: SVP AI Strategy & Innovation
Company: Software AG
Location: San Diego County, California, United States
Start: Dec 2016
End: Jun 2019
Title: CEO
Company: Zementis, Inc.
Location: San Diego County, California, United States
Start: Jun 2004
End: Nov 2016
Title: Mentor
Company: Spinta Global Accelerator
Location: USA, India, Thailand, Singapore
Start: Jul 2015
End: Oct 2016
Title: Industry Mentor, Easton Technology Management Center
Company: UCLA Anderson School of Management
Location: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Start: Feb 2014
End: Jun 2016
Publications:
An Interview with Dr. Michael Zeller, Winner of ACM SIGKDD 2020 Service Award (ACM SIGKDD Explorations · Dec 1, 2020)
Data Privacy in a Globally Competitive Reality (TDWI Upside · Oct 27, 2020)
The ABCs of Data Science Algorithms (InformationWeek · Jul 31, 2020)
How to Translate Big Data into Big Business Value (insideBIGDATA · Feb 21, 2020)
Offene Plattformen als Erfolgsfaktoren für Künstliche Intelligenz (Künstliche Intelligenz: Mit Algorithmen zum wirtschaftlichen Erfolg. Editors: Buxmann, Peter, Schmidt, Holger. Springer · Jan 1, 2019)
Q&A with Michael Zeller (ODBMS.org Operational Database Management Systems · Aug 9, 2018)
Künstliche Intelligenz braucht schlaue menschliche Köpfe (PingIT - Impulse für das digitale Unternehmen · Aug 2, 2018)
Leveraging AI and Machine Learning As Competitive Business Drivers (DATAVERSITY · Jul 1, 2018)
KI verwandelt Rohdaten in tatsächlichen Mehrwert (BigData Insider · Jun 15, 2018)
Die Zeit ist reif für künstliche Intelligenz – sind Sie es auch? (E-3 MAGAZIN · Apr 1, 2018)
Machine Learning und Robotik: DIE INTELLIGENTEN ROBOTER KOMMEN (CEDO Magazin · Apr 1, 2018)
The pmmlTransformations Package (useR! 2014 Conference · Jul 1, 2014)
Representing Model Ensembles in PMML (useR! 2014 Conference · Jul 1, 2014)
Creating 'Value' From Big Data (CIO Review · Dec 1, 2013)
Extending the Naive Bayes Model Element in PMML: Adding Support for Continuous Input Variables (ACM · Jan 1, 2013)
The R pmmlTransformations Package (ACM · Jan 1, 2013)
Massively parallel in-database predictions using PMML (Proceedings of the 2011 ACM SIGKDD Workshop on Predictive Model Markup Language · Aug 1, 2011)
The PMML Path Towards True Interoperability in Data Mining (Proceedings of the 17th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining · Aug 1, 2011)
Efficient deployment of predictive analytics through open standards and cloud computing (ACM SIGKDD Explorations Newsletter: Volume 11, Issue 1 · Nov 1, 2009)
Open standards and cloud computing: KDD-2009 panel report (Proceedings of the 15th ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining · Jun 1, 2009)
PMML: An Open Standard for Sharing Models (The R Journal · May 1, 2009)
Speech/gesture interface to a visual-computing environment (IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. Volume: 20 , Issue: 2 · Mar 1, 2000)
Vision-based motion planning for a robot arm using topology representing networks (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Vol 2, 1900-1905 · Jan 1, 2000)
Topologieerhaltende Neuronale Netzwerke in der Robotik: Adaptive visuo motorische Kontrolle und intelligente Pfadplanung. (Pro Universitate Verlag, Sinzheim · Jan 1, 1998)
A visual computing environment for very large scale biomolecular modeling (Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Application-Specific Systems, Architectures and Processors · Jul 1, 1997)
Learning the perceptual control manifold for sensor-based robot path planning (Proceedings 1997 IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation CIRA'97. Towards New Computational Principles for Robotics and Automation · Jul 1, 1997)
Motion planning of a pneumatic robot using a neural network (IEEE Control Systems Magazine. Volume: 17 , Issue: 3 · Jun 1, 1997)
Vision-based motion planning of a pneumatic robot using a topology representing neural network (Applications of Neural Adaptive Control Technology, 181-204. J. Kalkkuhl, K. Hunt, R. Zbikowski, A. Dzielinski (Editors). World Scientific Series in Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Vol. 17. World Scientific Publishing · Jan 1, 1997)
Vision-based motion planning of a pneumatic robot using a topology representing neural network (Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control · Sep 1, 1996)
Speech/gesture interface to a visual computing environment for molecular biologists (Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR). Vol. 3, 964-968. IEEE Computer Society Press · Jan 1, 1996)
Topology representing maps and brain function (Nova Acta Leopoldina NF 72, Nr. 294, 133-157 · Jan 1, 1996)
Topology representing network for sensor-based robot motion planning (Proceedings of the 1996 World Congress on Neural Networks (WCNN) ) San Diego, 100-103. INNS Press · Jan 1, 1996)
Neural dynamics modeled by one-dimensional circle maps (Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Vol.5, No.6 · Jun 1, 1995)
Biological visuo-motor control of a pneumatic robot arm. (Intelligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks Vol. 5, 645-650. ASME Press · Jan 1, 1995)
Awards:
ACM SIGKDD Service Award | Aug 2020 |
Gartner names Zementis a "Cool Vendor in Data Science, 2014" | Gartner | May 2014
Zementis named as one of the "Top 20 most promising Big Data companies 2013" | CIO Review |