Notger Heinz is a Principal Machine Learning Engineer at sennder GmbH. He has a background in economics and theoretical engineering sciences with a PhD in Control Theory which has eventually led him to join the field of Machine Learning just when the hype-train was about to leave the station. Since then he has tried to focus on practical applications of machine learning in video gaming, sports betting and logistics. He likes rapid prototyping and dislikes soothsayers and evangelists.