Teams
The combination of competence, passion and business sense is what makes NEURAL stand out as a AI-as-a-service provider, and are also the characteristics of each individual NEURAL employee.
Passion
Great results are created by passionate people. We match great minds with great challenges to create win-win situations for our clients and our team.
We take leadership organically and deliver beyond what our customers expect of us.
Competence
We are proud software engineers and take any technical challenge as a chance to further grow our knowledge and our stack.
We also thrive for sharing and discussing our learnings.
Business Sense
We don’t see tech as purpose in itself – we question business value and viability continuously.
A project is only successful when our customer is successful with it.
Beyond that, we value…
Wondering why there are birds flying around? Well, these birds are Quelea. Quelea flocks can consist of the thousands of individual birds. These flocks are large enough to darken the sun. Regardless of the amount of birds, they are able to organise themselves without having dedicated bosses. A bird can sometimes be a leader and sometimes a follower. A symbol that perfectly fits our culture and mindset.
Having no hierarchies is something we don’t do ‘just because’, we do it to enable personal growth in each and everyone. We create a safe environment to make difficult decisions. We support each other in those decisions, between peers and through a personal Mentor for everyone at NEURAL.
We value being able to find out whether a change has been successful in moments, not days. It might be that unit tests have passed, or that we haven’t broken production, or that a customer is happy with what we’ve built. Not only in the collaboration with our customers but also within theteam continuous and constructive feedback is a core value of NEURAL.
We value a healthy work-life balance where the possibility of recharging batteries is key. Being a startup can absolutely be combined with being a happy parent. In fact this balance gives us the energy to perform at our best every day.
We believe impact beats growth. We are a part of the AI Transformation and we want to drive the change within the industry. Creating business value for our customers through AI is our mission. We avoid investors, VC’s or Accelerators to stay independent and to shape the company culture and impact on our customers as we want.
We take equality and diversity serious in our team as well as our organization. This materializes on many different levels: for example we all have transparent salaries according to fixed levels and everyone always knows on what level everyone else is.
Our Team
Ferdinand von den Eichen [he/him]
Software & Architecture
Ferdinand is a former Lead Architect of a €200M e-commerce and a founder. He is excited to push the boundaries of AI tech and wants to build a modern organisation on the basis of personal growth, ownership, trust and empowerment.
Thomas Ritter [he/him]
AI & Research
Thomas is a tinkerer who keeps a holistic view while getting down to the details. He has comprehensive skills regarding state-of-the-art Machine Learning technology, but also is a good communicator who enjoys working with clients. In the past, he has contributed to several open-source AI projects regarding the improvement of road traffic safety, including the SimRa project hosted by the Einstein Center Digital Future that emphasizes the importance of cyclists’ safety.
Julia Ostheimer [she/her]
AI & Research
Julia is a problem solver and strives to analyse challenges from the customer’s perspective. She focuses to develop impactful solutions by combining human domain expertise with machine intelligence.
Erik Hebbe [he/him]
Sales
With his outgoing nature, Erik finds it easy to connect with people. Common well-being and professional development are very important to him, and he always strives for excellence. In this career, Erik has developed a passion for finding the right solution for all parties involved. This makes NEURAL and a perfect fit for his philosophy.