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Dr. Simon Harrer
Co-Founder and CEO of Entropy Data · Gerolzhofen, Bavaria, Germany
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Simon is co-founder and CEO of Entropy Data, a data product marketplace for humans and agents.
Simon ist Mitgründer und CEO von Entropy Data, dem Datenproduktmarktplatz für Menschen und Agenten.
Dr. Simon Harrer is co-founder and CEO of Entropy Data, a data product marketplace for humans and agents on data contracts and a semantic layer.
Dr. Simon Harrer ist Mitgründer und CEO von Entropy Data, dem Datenproduktmarktplatz für Menschen und Agenten auf Data Contracts und Semantic Layer.
Dr. Simon Harrer is co-founder and CEO of Entropy Data, building a data product marketplace for humans and agents on data contracts and a semantic layer. He serves on the technical steering committee for the Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS) and the Open Data Product Standard (ODPS) at the Linux Foundation.
Dr. Simon Harrer ist Mitgründer und CEO von Entropy Data, einem Datenproduktmarktplatz für Menschen und Agenten auf Basis von Data Contracts und einem Semantic Layer. Er ist Mitglied des Technical Steering Committee für den Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS) und den Open Data Product Standard (ODPS) bei der Linux Foundation.
Dr. Simon Harrer is co-founder and CEO of Entropy Data, a company building a data product marketplace for humans and agents on top of data contracts and a semantic layer. He brings his deep experience in software engineering to the world of data, advocating for robust, contract-first approaches. Simon is also a member of the technical steering committee for the Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS) and the Open Data Product Standard (ODPS) at the Linux Foundation.
Dr. Simon Harrer ist Mitgründer und CEO von Entropy Data, einem Unternehmen, das einen Datenproduktmarktplatz für Menschen und Agenten auf Data Contracts und einem Semantic Layer aufbaut. Er bringt seine Erfahrung in der Softwareentwicklung in die Welt der Daten ein und setzt sich für robuste, Contract-first-Ansätze ein. Simon ist außerdem Mitglied des Technical Steering Committee für den Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS) und den Open Data Product Standard (ODPS) bei der Linux Foundation.
Dr. Simon Harrer holds a PhD in Distributed Systems from the University of Bamberg, Germany. Based on six years of teaching Java programming to students, he co-wrote the best-selling book "Java by Comparison".
He then moved into industry as a Senior Consultant at INNOQ, where he delivered software as part of a team practicing full-time remote software teaming. For that, the team created the popular open source tool mob.sh.
Today, Simon brings that engineering mindset to the world of data. He is co-founder and CEO of Entropy Data, a spin-off of INNOQ building a data product marketplace for humans and agents on data contracts and a semantic layer. He co-translated the German edition of "Data Mesh", co-created the Data Contract CLI and Data Contract Editor, and serves on the technical steering committee for the Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS) and the Open Data Product Standard (ODPS) at the Linux Foundation.
Dr. Simon Harrer hat an der Universität Bamberg über Distributed Systems promoviert. Basierend auf sechs Jahren Lehre der Java-Programmierung ist er Co-Autor des Bestsellers "Java by Comparison".
Anschließend wechselte er als Senior Consultant zu INNOQ, wo er als Teil eines Teams Software im Vollzeit-Remote-Teaming entwickelte. Dafür entstand das populäre Open-Source-Tool mob.sh.
Heute bringt Simon diese Engineering-Denkweise in die Welt der Daten. Er ist Mitgründer und CEO von Entropy Data, einem Spin-off von INNOQ, das einen Datenproduktmarktplatz für Menschen und Agenten auf Basis von Data Contracts und einem Semantic Layer aufbaut. Er hat die deutsche Ausgabe von "Data Mesh" mitübersetzt, die Tools Data Contract CLI und Data Contract Editor mit ins Leben gerufen und ist Mitglied des Technical Steering Committee für den Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS) und den Open Data Product Standard (ODPS) bei der Linux Foundation.
Career
Full professional history, as published on LinkedIn.
Co-Founder and CEO
Founded Entropy Data to bring people, data, and AI together, and built a data product marketplace for humans and agents on data contracts and a semantic layer.
Created the Data Contract CLI and the Data Contract Editor.
Senior Consultant
INNOQ
Implemented a distributed order management system at Breuninger and established clear interfaces at Hellmann.
Case studies: Breuninger · Hellmann. Developed the open source tool mob.sh.
Software Engineer
Self-employed
Created an email notification service as a SaaS business for two German counties as a profitable side business, and made a successful exit in 2023.
CEO and Founder
Simon Harrer GmbH
Created a price negotiation tool for the strategic purchasing department at Robert Bosch GmbH.
External Lecturer
Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Gave a seminar on Kubernetes and Cloud Native for master students at the Distributed Systems Group.
Researcher and Teaching Assistant
Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Developed the two courses “Advanced Java Programming” and “Programming Complex and Interactive Systems” and lectured them for six years. Was subject advisor for B.Sc. and M.Sc. in applied computer science for two years.
Published 20 peer-reviewed papers in journals, conferences, and workshops — see research.
Student Teaching Assistant
Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Gave 12 tutorials in 7 different computer science and software engineering courses, including mathematics for computer scientists, algorithms and data structures, and introduction to distributed and mobile systems.
Business Intelligence Student Internship
NETZSCH Group
Implemented a data warehouse and management reporting for the CFO. The internship was part of the Praxis Academy of the Campus of Excellence.
CIO
Feki.de e.V.
Led the transformation of the legacy Java-based portal to a standardized content management system.
Student Software Developer
Siemens AG
Developed large client-server applications with MS Access.
Education
Dr. rer. nat. in Computer Science, magna cum laude
Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Thesis: Effective and Efficient Process Engine Evaluation, University of Bamberg Press.
Diplom in Information Systems, with distinction
Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg