Our team

We are a well-coordinated team that brings together expertise in geography and computer science to solve your problems in a technically correct and efficient manner. Our advisors support us with expertise in environmental and climate research, remote sensing, modeling, and the Internet of Things.

The vision of the Geo Engine team is to integrate geodata and time series into analyses and business processes in an uncomplicated way. We use our own Geo Engine platform, which connects a wide range of data sources, delivers robust processing, and provides many interfaces. The use cases in companies are therefore diverse: as a web UI and via a Python library for data scientists, as an API for process integration, and as reports for decision-makers.

Innovation on a robust foundation

The cornerstone of the Geo Engine was laid in the Database Systems working group at the Philipps University of Marburg. Prof. Bernhard Seeger did pioneering work in geodata processing here and gained international renown. In 2013, Christian Beilschmidt, Johannes Drönner, and Michael Mattig joined the team to implement the more comprehensive vision of a virtual research environment for geodata with the VAT system – the precursor to the Geo Engine.

In 2020, the concept was developed to further develop the system from a research prototype to a system for all user levels (Geo Engine to solve mountains of data (German)). This development was funded by BMWK’s EXIST research transfer program with a sum of €700,000 (Mastering the complexity of geodata (German)), and Geo Engine GmbH was founded in July 2021. Since then, there have been exciting areas of application (see references & Satellite data supports small-scale farming in Africa (German)), new funding pots such as the ESA Business Incubator, and new projects in which the Geo Engine as a system and our team are in use.

Leadership team

Christian Beilschmidt

Christian Beilschmidt

Co-Founder / Projects

Johannes Drönner

Johannes Drönner

Co-Founder / Product & ML

Michael Mattig

Michael Mattig

Co-Founder / Infrastructure & Engine

Philip Schweitzer

Philip Schweitzer

Co-Founder / Sales

Bernhard Seeger

Bernhard Seeger

Co-Founder / Research

Advisors

Prof. Jörg Bendix

Prof. Jörg Bendix

Professor for climate geography and environmental modeling

Dr. Wolfhard Geile

Dr. Wolfhard Geile

Founder of Geomatics Consulting & former DLR delegate in Canada

Dr. Wolfram Koslowski

Dr. Wolfram Koslowski

Former CEO CCP Software GmbH, Coach at Mafex Förderverein e.V.

Dr. Jürgen Krämer

Dr. Jürgen Krämer

CPO IoT & Analytics Software AG

Dr. Daniel Lee

Dr. Daniel Lee

Data access systems operations manager at EUMETSAT

Prof. Hanna Meyer

Prof. Hanna Meyer

Professor for remote sensing and spatial modeling

Dr. Matthias P. Wagner

Dr. Matthias P. Wagner

Founder & CEO Panopterra

Publications