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Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
Biography
Lutz Finger is a distinguished technologist from Silicon Valley with over 20 years of experience in building AI-driven products at leading companies such as Google, LinkedIn, and SNAP Inc. He is a serial entrepreneur, having sold his data company, Fisheye Analytics, in 2013. Currently, he leads R2Decide LLC, a platform for generative AI tools.
Finger is also a venture partner at Cherry.vc, the premier seed fund in Europe. As a public speaker, he shares insights on the latest AI trends and its impact on society and products. He hosts The Edge Podcast and contributes regularly to Forbes. His eCornell online course, Designing and Building AI Solutions, has gained significant attention for its innovative use of AI teaching assistants. It is a no-code / code-optional course that dives deep into various technologies as they are applied in industries, including healthcare, media, and finance.
His book, Ask, Measure, Learn: Using Social Media Analytics to Understand and Influence Customer Behavior, has been an international success and provides a non-technical guide on how to derive business value from big data. Finger advises several data-centric companies in Europe and the United States. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and an MS in quantum physics from TU Berlin.
Finger teaches several courses about AI, Data and Products at the Johnson School and at Cornell Tech.
Recent Courses
- NBAY 6145 - AI Strategy and Application
- NBA 6145 - AI Strategy and Applications
- NBAY 6170 - Designing Data Products
- NBA 6070 - Designing Data Products
- NBAE 6170 - Designing Data Products
- BANA 6070 - Designing Data Products
Academic Degrees
- MBA INSEAD, 2004
- MA Technical University of Berlin, 1998