Dr. Patrick Grohmann-Köthur

Data & AI Leader | Building Enterprise Capability at Scale | PhD | Speaker | Coach

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

About

As a data & AI leader, I focus on building enterprise-wide capabilities that transform organizations, aligning data strategy with business growth and cultural change. Enterprise impact: Directed a greenfield data & analytics program that generated over €5M in new value within 18 months, scaling data-driven decision-making across business units. Strategic leadership: Developed and executed data strategies that integrate governance, cloud modernization, and AI-driven innovation — ensuring long-term business alignment and measurable ROI. People and culture: Built and scaled high-performing teams of data scientists, engineers, and analysts. Instituted coaching-driven leadership that increased retention, accelerated adoption of analytics, and embedded a lasting data culture. Scientific authority: PhD in Visual Analytics with 10+ international peer-reviewed publications; uniquely positioned to translate advanced research into practical, scalable solutions. Industry presence: Speaker or panelist at, e.g., TDWI, Business & Data Intelligence Minds, Data Masterclass Europe, shaping dialogue on data culture, AI governance, and the future of analytics. My mission: enable organizations to treat data not as a byproduct, but as a strategic asset that drives competitive advantage, innovation, and long-term value creation.

Experience

  • Deutsche Bahn (Full-time · 8 yrs 1 mo)
    • Senior Manager Analytics & Data Science for DB Procurement
      Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Shaping the data & ai landscape of DB procurement.

    • Senior Data Scientist Procurement & Program Manager Big Data & Analytics
      Jun 2018 - Mar 2024 · 5 yrs 10 mos

      Program lead of big data & analytics initiative to take the next step towards data-driven procurement at Deutsche Bahn ● cross-functional program involving 15+ business units, core team up to 20 people ● established procurement data lake with 40+ billion records ● 35+ use cases ● 7-figure business value generated, 10+ times faster analyses ● exemplary use cases: optimization of price scales, 360° view on suppliers, supplier cartel screening etc.

  • Coach at Dr. Grohmann Coaching
    May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Systemisches Coaching für Führung und Veränderung. Souverän führen, klar entscheiden, Mensch bleiben.

  • Data Scientist at Serviceplan Content Berlin GmbH & Co. KG
    Apr 2018 - May 2018 · 2 mos

    Analytical optimization of content marketing campaigns

  • Father at Parental leave
    Nov 2017 - Mar 2018 · 5 mos

  • Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (7 yrs 9 mos)
    • Postdoctoral researcher Data Science / Visual Analytics
      Sep 2014 - Oct 2017 · 3 yrs 2 mos

      Combining machine learning and interactive visualization to extract knowledge from big geodata ● design of an interactive visual interface for GeoMultiSens (a remote sensing big data processing platform) ● design of an analysis tool for large spatiotemporal point cloud data ● user-centered design and requirement analysis ● supervision of interns, students, Bachelor and Master theses ● presentations at international conferences

    • Doctoral researcher Visual Analytics
      Feb 2010 - Aug 2014 · 4 yrs 7 mos

      ● development of innovative Visual Analytics approaches for pattern detection in spatiotemporal data, evaluation of simulation model output, and comparison of time series ensembles ● integration of clustering, machine learning and statistical methods with interactive visualization ● user-centered design and requirement analysis ● coordination of project teams consisting of computer scientists, geoscientists, and students ● publication of articles in international computer science journals and presentations at international conferences