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Marc Vontobel is Starmind CTO, Head IT and managing partner of Starmind. He does not only manage projects and do business  planning, but also coordinates between Marketing, Expansion, Operation and IT of Starmind.

Marc Vontobel graduated from University of Zurich in Computer Science with specialization in Software Engineering.

As an entrepreneur, Marc Vontobel has founded several organisations such as Clubzone Management Tools or Purple Leaf, providing him with applied experience in software development, user interface design, web usability and social networks.

Marc Vontobel designed www.starmind.com  and developped and introduced the Starmind Artificial Neural Network, a network based on a unique combination of efficient database algorithms and intelligent neural network architecture. “The intelligent neural network enables an efficient mapping of experts worldwide, which allows forming groups of experts. The network memorises the created structures (“Know-How Hotspots”) while the allocation of know-how and questions is continuously optimised”, he explains his creation.

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Daniel Moser, 21, St. Gallen, Switzerland
I’m a 21 years old Business Administration student at the University of St. Gallen. For Starmind I’m helping as Intelligence Officer to establish this excellent service.

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7 questions, 7 answers from Daniel Moser

1.) If I was awarded a Nobel prize it would be in the field of….
…creativity or boulevard knowledge.

2.) On the other hand, my sore points are…
…higher mathematics.

3.) I share my know-how on Starmind because…
…because my know-how helps other people to solve their problems.

4.) The most interesting Starmind question so far was…
…“Urzeit Code und Antigravitation: Was ist davon zu halten?” by Peter Ebner. It doesn’t matter if it’s true or not. I love conspiracies.

5.) When I am not busy answering Starmind questions I…
…I’m studying at the university or I’m watching stupid reality shows with my flatmates.

6.) I believe that in ten years…
…I’ll drive an Apple car called iCar, with a touch screen steering wheel.

7.) If I ruled the world…
…I would build funky space ships. Thus humanity is able to explore the universe, trade and communicate with other species and fight the “death star”.

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Eva Francis is Head of Starmind Quality and in charge of all customer care tasks.

She is in her last year studying translation at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) in Winterthur, specializing in Multilingual Communication. Eva has a great interest in languages, striving for a following Masters in Interpretation. Therefore, she also takes over some translation and communication tasks.

As a creative person with strong language and communication skills, she enjoys challenges in a dynamic and multicultural environment. “Through Starmind, I have the possibility to get in touch with talents from all over the world, to experience their knowhow and to learn about new cultures.”

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Pascal Kaufmann is founder, CEO and chairman of the board of directors of Starmind. His focus lies on business development, branding and the growth of Starmind in selected target segments.

Pascal Kaufmann graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) in Biology and IT, receiving his masters degree in Biology with specialization in Neurosciences. He carries out research at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in Oerlikon, focussing on biological and artificial neural networks, consciousness research, cyborg technology, humanoid robotics, virtual reality, bio ethics, modern philosophy, innovation management, crowdsourcing and know-how trading. He also is an active user of Starmind:

„As a researcher at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the University of Zurich, I am faced with a lot of scientific challenges. Starmind allows me to get in touch with brilliant minds all over the world and to obtain inputs on our research challenges. On Starmind, the most precious human resource is traded: human brainpower and ingenuity.“

He is not only founder of Starmind, but also of several associations, following his personal phiosophy: “Fortes fortuna adiuvat” – “Fortune favours the brave”  (Terenz, 185-160 bc).

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Amancio Bouza, 31, Zürich, Switzerland
I’m a doctoral student at the Department of Informatics at the University of Zurich. I’m doing research in the field of machine learning, probabilistic graphical models, Semantic Web technologies and it’s application to collaborative filtering-based recommender systems.

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7 questions, 7 answers from Amancio Bouza

1.) If I was awarded a Nobel prize it would be in the field of….
…imagination.

2.) On the other hand, my sore points are…
…expecting too much from anyone, especially from myself.

3.) I share my know-how on Starmind because…
…of intrinsic motivation and because I think my know-how may be of value.

4.) The most interesting Starmind question so far was…
…”How many leafs hang on all trees on earth?”, by Susanne Guldner. I’m fascinated about such questions that are not solvable with knowledge solely, but with know-how.

5.) When I am not busy answering Starmind questions I…
…spend time implementing crazy ideas and challenge myself among other things with training my self for my first Marathon and gathering new knowledge to get new perspectives on understanding problems and be prepared facing them

6.) I believe that in ten years…
…the evolution of mankind’s knowledge and the world will be just impressive.

7.) If I ruled the world…
…it will end in a great disaster because complex dynamic systems such as our world are self-oganizing and self-repairing systems that cannot  and shouldn’t be ruled by a single instance.

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