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Draft:Victoria Riess

  • Comment: She may be notable, but that's not proven here. I think the claim that "She founded the field of quantum computing, cryptocurrencies and cybersecurity" is a particularly extravagant one, since she isn't mentioned in the articles on any of these topics. Deb (talk) 11:38, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
Victoria Riess
Keynote Speaker Victoria Riess at Zuger Innovationstag 2023
Born
Nuremberg, Germany
EducationUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg
University of Cambridge
Known forDigital Transformation
Scientific career
FieldsQuantum computing, AI, cybersecurity
InstitutionsUniversity of Passau
Websitehttps://www.victoriariess.de/

Victoria Riess, MBA is a German Senior Strategy Leader in Technology and award-winning Top Women Leader.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] She serves as technology expert,[8][9] specifically in the field of quantum computing, cryptocurrencies and cybersecurity.[10][11]

Early life and education

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Riess was born in Nuremberg, Germany, and grew up in Germany, France and the United Kingdom. As a child, Riess became interested in technology when she discovered software development and later became interested in the relationship between technology, processes and people. She completed her undergraduate degree in international business studies at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg. Riess graduated in international cultural and business studies from University of Passau.[12] After graduation, Riess worked as Senior Strategy Leader, then enrolled in post-graduate studies at University of Cambridge in management with a focus on digital transformation.[13] She is a visiting lecturer at the University of Passau[14] and her research[15][16] involves the impact of quantum computing on cybersecurity as well as AI development[17] on the European Union’s AI Strategy.[18]

Career

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Victoria Riess during Top event: Science meets practice of University of Passau 2023

Riess joined Deutsche Bahn as Corporate Strategy Analyst as part of the leadership team in the Corporate Strategy division in 2014. After two years, she was promoted to Managing Consultant in the Strategy Advisory division at Mastercard in 2016 and to Manager at McKinsey in 2022.[19] She founded her own company Riess Consulting in 2023.[20] Her area of focus is on strategy, leadership, digital transformation and cybersecurity.[21][22][23]

Riess is also a technology evangelist and has been called a digital transformation thought leader.[8][24][25][26] She has been a keynote speaker[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] at large conferences, including IDM Digital Connect[36], DIHK Netzwerktag, Wirtschaftsregion Bamberg-Forchheim[37], Zuger Innovationstag[38], Deutsche Bahn conference, Global conference RSBG SE, Chaos Communication Congress, etc.[39][40] She is a published author at Springer Gabler on AI and the future of work[41] as well as policy[42]. She publishes technology articles on her own blog,[43] and her writing has also been featured on Computerwoche, Security-Insider and Aufsichtsrat aktuell as well as other publications.[44][45][17][46][47][42] She was selected by WomenTech Network as the WomenTech Global Awards Winner for 2021 and by Goldman Sachs as the TechWomen100 Award Winner for 2021.[1][2] Riess is an Executive Trainer on ESG Leadership with Handelsblatt[48], on AI and the future of work with Udemy[49] and digital leadership[50].

Speeches

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Riess speaks at FIT Congress 2022
 
Victoria Riess during Chaos Communication Congress 2019
Year Title Conference
2024 Workshop 'Revolution of work through AI'[36] IDM Digital Connect
2024 Workshop 'Revolutionizing work through AI' DIHK Netzwerktag
2024 Keynote 'Digital transformation for the future viability of SMEs'[37] Wirtschaftsregion Bamberg-Forchheim
2023 Keynote 'The Impact of Technology and Innovation'[38] Zuger Innovationstag
2023 Keynote "Die Arbeit durch Technologie revolutionieren" Deutsche Bahn conference
2023 Keynote “Make an impact with technology“ Global conference RSBG SE
2023 Panel “Female Power – Diversity & inclusion, women in leadership and female leadership“[39][51] Top event: Science meets practice of University of Passau
2022 Panel “Empowering sustainable business – ESG, digital transformation and leadership“[40] Females in IT – Future of IT conference
2021 Keynote “China's and Google's 'quantum supremacy' – Is quantum computing about to break cryptocurrency?”[52] IBM CASCONxEVOKE conference
2021 Keynote “Is quantum computing about to break cryptocurrency?”[53] Women in Technology World Series Online Festival
2021 Keynote “’Quantum supremacy’ – Is quantum computing about to break cryptocurrency?”[54] Women of Silicon Roundabout
2021 Keynote “Can quantum computers hack your crypto wallet?“ herCAREER conference
2020 Keynote “Forget Google’s ’quantum supremacy’ – Is China about to destroy cryptocurrency?“ Chaos Communication Congress
2020 Pitch “Site Growth Strategy – How to grow your global tech hub by 150%”[55] Pitch & Judge event of University of Cambridge
2019 Keynote “Google’s ‘quantum supremacy’ – Is Google about to break cryptocurrency?“ Chaos Communication Congress

Publications

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Year Title Publisher
2024 Der Leitfaden für Beiräte zur generativen KI-Revolution[41] Spinger Gabler,Chefsache Beirat
2024 After green comes good[56] Creditreform, Handelsblatt
2024 Digitization as opportunity for global competitiveness[57] changement!,Handelsblatt
2024 Revolutionizing work through technology[21] Premium Speakers
2023 Knacken Quantencomputer Kryptowährungen?[10] Computerwoche
2023 ChatGPT und künstliche Intelligenz[17] Aufsichtsrat aktuell
2023 Interview for The “5 Premium Speakers Questions”[21] Premium Speakers
2023 ‘Quantum supremacy’ – Is quantum computing about to break cryptocurrency?[11] Security-Insider
2023 Kick start your tech career – Interview with Victoria Riess[12] Women in Big Data
2023 Leadership Reflections – On my work in the CEO Office of a leading process mining company[58] Venture, JavaScript in Plain English
2023 Designing for social change to create shared value innovation[46] UX Collective
2023 Digital Transformation – An opportunity for telecommunication companies to maintain their global competitiveness[47] Level Up Coding, gitconnected
2023 IoT analytics and smart energy[22] Geek Culture
2023 CreatOrSpace – Match, swipe, collaborate![23] Bootcamp, UX Collective
2022 TechWomen100: What happened next for Victoria Riess[19] WeAreTechWomen
2010 French Polynesia and New Caledonia on the Path of 'Decolonization'[59] Pazifik Informationsstelle

Awards

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Year Awards Institutions
2022 German Digital Advisory Board Member[8] Deutsche Digitale Beiräte
2021 WomenTech Global Awards Winner[1] WomenTech Network
2021 TechWomen100 Award Winner[2] Goldman Sachs & WeAreTheCity
2020 McKinsey Next Generation Women Leader McKinsey
2020 Udacity Tech Scholarship Cloud, AWS Cloud DevOps Engineer Udacity
2019 careersinternational TopWomenTech Leader careersinternational
2024 empowHERaccess, Trailblazer Leadership Award[60] Women in Cloud
2024 Impact of Diversity Finalist, Audience Award[61] Impact of Diversity
2023 Women in Tech Awards Global TOP 50 Finalist, Community Award WomenTech Network
2023 Women that Build Awards Finalist, Inspiring Leader[4] Globant
2023 Study UK Alumni Awards Global Finalist, Business & Innovation Award[62] British Council
2023 Impact of Diversity Finalist, Audience Award Accenture & Impact of Diversity
2023 FTAfelicitas Award Finalist, Drive Careers[3] Femtec.Alumnae
2022 German Diversity Award Finalist, Audience Award Philip Morris & Beyond Gender Agenda
2022 Rising Star Awards Finalist, Award for Achievement[6] Royal Bank of Canada & WeAreTheCity
2022 FTAfelicitas Award Finalist Femtec.Alumnae
2021 Ladies in Tech Finalist[7][63] eco – Association of the Internet Industry
2021 Digital Female Leader Award Finalist Global Digital Women
2019 McKinsey Connect Member McKinsey
2023 WomenTech Global Awards Nominee WomenTech Network
2023 Cybersecurity Woman of the Year Nominee United Cybersecurity Alliance
2022 WomenTech Global Awards Nominee WomenTech Network
2022 Women That Build Nominee Globant
2022 Finfluencer of the Year Nominee Payment & Banking
2021 Women That Build Nominee Globant
2021 Women In Tech Global Awards Nominee Women in Tech
2021 German Diversity Award Nominee Beyond Gender Agenda
2021 SheWOW Award Nominee Axa
2021 Hidden Figures Award Nominee TechFace
2021 Women In Tech Award Nominee Midlands Women In Tech
2021 Impact of Diversity Award Nominee FKi Award

References

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