Meet the Instructor
Stefan Schmitt
Senior Business Systems Analyst, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Stefan Schmitt has more than 20 years of experience in software development, data management and data analysis. A senior business systems analyst at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he delivers data visualization solutions across the organization. Before joining the Gates Foundation, he managed teams of data consultants and delivered consulting projects for global companies.
He also spent more than a decade at Microsoft in development, technical sales and compete teams with focus on data analysis. He is passionate about using effective data visualizations for telling compelling stories and is active in the data visualization community. He holds an international MBA from Central Connecticut State University and bachelor’s degree in computer science and business administration from University Mannheim in Germany