Alexander Loth

Alexander Loth is a digital strategy executive advisor with background in computational nuclear research. For more than twelve years he has advised many large companies in their transformation as they become digital organizations. Since 2019 he has been with Microsoft as executive advisor.

Alexander has an MBA from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, where he is also lecturer on the subject of the digital society. Prior to working for Microsoft, he worked for Tableau (now part of Salesforce), for Capgemini, for SAP, and at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).

Furthermore, Alexander studied at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai and was postgraduate researcher at the University of the West of England’s department of computer science. His research focused on machine learning algorithms for geo-distributed petabyte-scale big-data processing.

A co-founder of fin-tech advisory Futura Analytics, Alexander has written and spoken extensively on topics such as digital transformation, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and business analytics. Alexander is the author of the best-selling books Decisively Digital, Visual Analytics with Tableau, and Datenvisualisierung mit Tableau.