Martin Baumgärtel

Martin Baumgärtel studied mathematics at the Friedrich Schiller University. He has been involved in projects concerning mass-data retrieval problems during work at the German National Library Institute (1994 97). From 1998 to 2007 he worked at Deutsche Telekom / T-Systems in positions as search product manager and Head of Knowledge Management, where he was responsible for enterprise search projects for Deutsche Telekom and its customers and, additionally, conducted extensive usability tests and studies.

 Baumgärtel is a frequent speaker at industry events about search and knowledge management issues. In 2008 he joined bioRASI to oversee IT and Data Management in Clinical Trials.