Dr. Anja Pilz

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DISC Type : C

Data, Products, Governance at WDR

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Overview

Dr. Anja Pilz develops AI and data-driven products at WDR, focusing on conceptual and strategic implementation. She earned her PhD in Machine Learning and NLP from the University of Bonn. Her background includes leading R&D teams in the healthcare sector, creating AI solutions for medical text understanding in German.

Anja is deeply involved in the tech community, serving on the program committees for PyCon DE & PyData and the IT-Tage conference. She believes in open source and giving back, frequently speaking at conferences to share her knowledge and encourage students to pursue careers in mathematics and data science.

Her main professional passion is Natural Language Processing, specifically for the German language.

Personality Overview

Objective Thinker

Critic

Negotiator

It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms.  They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions. They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others.

Topics They Care About

German NLP
Her primary passion is NLP for the German language, having led development of a clinical language understanding engine for German medical data in a previous role.
Building AI Products
Her headline is "Building AI products that users love, " and her current role at WDR involves guiding the development of data-driven products at a strategic level.
Information Retrieval
Considers Information Retrieval a core interest and has recently spoken on its importance as the foundation for technologies like Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).

Media Appearances

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Work History

6-2025
Data, Products, Governance at WDR
1-2023 - 6-2025
Head of Research & Development at DAMEDIC GmbH
1-2019 - 1-2023
Senior Data Scientist at DAMEDIC GmbH
7-2016 - 12-2018
Senior Data Scientist at DocCheck Medical Services
4-2015 - 6-2016
Head of Research & Innovation at ITyX Solutions AG

Education

2009 - 2015
Dr. rer. nat (Ph.D.) from The University of Bonn
2006 - 2009
Master of Science (M.Sc.) from University of Applied Sciences Koblenz

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Insights For Selling To Dr. Anja

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Don’t forget to mention how you compare to competition on both features and pricing
  • Be ready for penetrating questions and critical examination of your pitch
  • If you can, show them industry reports or analyst comments instead of sharing anecdotal stories

DONT's

  • Avoid phrases like ‘trust me’, ‘others just love’ etc.
  • Don’t try too hard to build a relationship with them
  • Don't give superficial answers, they are easily rattled by them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Dr. Anja is

  • Proven ROI, pricing and objective proof points are the factors that sway their decision.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Dr. Anja

  • They are comfortable saying no if they are convinced that it is the correct decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Dr. Anja move?

  • Their decision-making is neither very fast nor very slow, they are somewhere in between.
  • Can Dr. Anja take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks if their analysis shows that it would be worth it.

You And Dr. Anja

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