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Felix Schmidt

Questioner · DISC type c
Head of Solutions Engineering EMEA at Taktile
📍 Germany

Felix Schmidt leads the Solutions Engineering team for the EMEA region at Taktile, focusing on creating agentic AI solutions to automate risk and compliance decisions in the financial services industry. He holds a PhD and is a Certified ScrumMaster®, with previous experience at McKinsey & Company.

He and his team launched Taktile Labs by dropping a massive lobster on Wall Street as a publicity stunt to highlight their work in AI for finance.

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Current Role
Head of Solutions Engineering EMEA
Location
Germany
Personality Overview

How Felix shows up

Not Easily Convinced
Systematic
Value Seeker

It is quite likely of them to ask for pricing or other concessions. While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters. They prefer to do thorough analysis of any situation.

Priorities

Topics Felix cares about

AI in Finance
Focuses on building agentic solutions to automate critical risk decisions and defining how financial institutions can safely use AI in the future.
Team Leadership
Actively leads and scales his solutions engineering team across the EMEA region, with a focus on hiring for impact in New York, Berlin, and London.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Head of Solutions Engineering EMEA
Taktile
11-2023 - 1-2025
Lead Solutions Engineer
Taktile
3-2019 - 10-2023
Doctoral Researcher
The Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg
2016 - 9-2023
Junior Engagement Manager (educational leave 2019-2023)
McKinsey & Company
6-2015 - 8-2015
Intern
McKinsey & Company
In the press

Media appearances

Felix Schmidt – Head of Solutions Engineering EMEA, Taktile – Speaker at AI for Good Summit 2025. Featured in ITU AI for Good Summit
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Education
2013 - 2016
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
3-2019 - 2024
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
The Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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