Moritz combines a solid technical background with savvy entrepreneurial skills. His doctoral research at TUM focused on seamlessly integrating diverse programming languages with SQL, aiming for zero overhead. Alongside his technical expertise, Moritz developed a keen interest in business leadership, underlined by his pursuit of an economics degree and previous role as CFO of a small IT business.

Lukas is an expert in storage solutions for both relational database systems and key-value stores, where he applies his organizational skills and structured approach. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from TUM, where he focused on the adaptation of modern storage hardware and CPUs for database systems, complemented by the experience he gained during his time at Salesforce.

Christian is passionate about making CedarDB the best possible product for our customers and helping them succeed with it. He combines industry insights from Oracle Labs with a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Technical University of Munich, where his research focused on the optimal use of dynamic data and operational environments for relational database systems in the cloud.

Dominik has strong expertise in the intersection of cloud infrastructure and database systems. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science at TUM, a degree in Technology Management from CDTM, and gained practical experience at SAP and Microsoft. Dominik is passionate about transforming cloud-based analytics, exemplified by his work on high-performance and cost-effective storage engines and novel approaches to accelerate semi-structured data analytics.

Philipp is the mastermind behind CedarDB's query optimizer and compiling execution engine, both of which he developed during his Ph.D. studies at the Technical University of Munich. With a meticulous focus on performance optimization, he works tirelessly to enhance CedarDB's capabilities, striving to build it into the database system of tomorrow.

Thomas Neuamnn is professor for Data Science and Engineering at TUM. He is known for his work on query optimization and efficient query processing. Thomas invented HyPer, which pioneered compiling database systems and was later sold to Tableau, and is leading the development of its successor, Umbra, the core technology behind CedarDB. Thomas is the recipient of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize and several other awards for his contributions to the database systems research community.

Alfons Kemper is a distinguished computer scientist and professor for database systems at TUM. He made significant advancements to the development of object and in-memory database management systems and won multiple awards for his research. Together with Thomas, he invented and successfully commercialized HyPer. His contributions to the field led to his appointment as an ACM Fellow.