Michael Cammert graduated in with a degree in computer science from the University of Marburg, Germany, in 2002. During his time as a research assistant at the Database Research Group of University of Marburg, he worked on data stream processing. In 2007 he co-founded the complex event processing startup RTM Realtime Monitoring GmbH which was acquired by Software AG in 2010. Since then, he has worked as a developer and manager on various projects, currently at the intersection of IoT and data analytics. In 2014, Michael received his Ph.D. from the University of Marburg.