Dr. Michael Gerstlauer
EMEA Manufacturing Field CTO, Snowflake

Michael is EMEA's Field CTO for Manufacturing at Snowflake. He brings 20 years of experience in the area of data and cloud in the manufacturing space and served in various management positions at companies like Siemens, Teradata and AWS. Michael has been responsible for delivery organizations in various industrial fields himself and consulted major EMEA companies in their journeys leveraging cloud, analytics and GenAI to transform their businesses. Michael studied International Management in Bamberg/Germany and Paris, holds a doctorate degree in international management as well as certifications from Snowflake and AWS.

His areas of expertise are: Smart Manufacturing, Connected Assets, Data Driven business models in the field of Manufacturing, Connected Factories, Industry 4.0

Snowflake for Smart Manufacturing

Snowflake drives smart manufacturing by establishing a unified namespace for all operational and business data, breaking down silos from the factory floor to the top floor. This single, integrated data platform enables advanced analytics and AI, offering real-time insights for optimizing production, predicting maintenance needs, and ensuring quality. With GenAI capabilities directly on this unified data, manufacturers can unlock new efficiencies through conversational interfaces and automated insights, truly transforming their operations.r efficiency and enabling proactive decision-making throughout the manufacturing lifecycle.