Kathrin Brecker, M.Sc.
- PhD Student
- Room: 2C-13
CS 05.20 - Phone: +49 721 608-43678
- kathrin brecker ∂does-not-exist.kit edu
- Kaiserstr. 89
76133 Karlsruhe
Work Experience
CIO Advisory - Digital Strategy, KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (11/2018 - 12/2021)
Positions
- 10/2020 - 12/2021: Assistant Manager
- 11/2018 - 09/2020: Senior Associate
Responsibilities
- Leading international consulting projects, predominantly Pharma, Life Science, and Retail industry clients
- Development and implementation of new digital strategies for CIO, CDO, and CTO functions of leading DAX companies
- Evaluation of existing and design of new IT solutions to optimise the IT value contribution
- Process analysis and target state modelling for business process optimisation in IT-Service Management
- Business case development to assess IT- and digital initiatives and establishment of IT transformation plans
- Conceptualisation of the technical architecture required to implement strategic digital initiatives and consulting advice on technology trends such as AI, Robotic Process Automation, Industrial IoT and Cloud
- Program management for strategy implementation following SCRUM and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) in agile software project teams
- Mentoring, coaching, and developing associates and interns of the CIO Advisory - Digital Strategy team in Frankfurt
Dual Student, IBM Deutschland GmbH (10/2015 - 09/2018)
- 08/2018 - 09/2018: SW Services, Ehningen (improving development & sales of SW assets)
- 02/2018 - 05/2018: SW Services Nordics, Stockholm (sales process optimisation)
- 10/2017 - 11/2017: IBM University Programs, Ehningen (platform for start-ups)
- 09/2017 - 10/2017: Watson & AI Innovation Team, Hamburg (demos, watson summit)
- 05/2017 - 08/2017: SW Services, Madrid (process optimisation)
- 11/2016 - 02/2017: Key Account Management, Bonn (distribution activities, CeBIT)
- 06/2016 - 08/2016: SW Services, Cologne (enterprise solution sales)
- 01/2016 - 03/2016: Financial Operations, Böblingen (test system/AIX, knowledge mgmt.)
Education
- Since 01/2022: PhD Student at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- 10/2019 - 08/2021: M.Sc. in Information Systems Engineering & Management, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- 10/2015 - 09/2018: B.A. in Business Administration, Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg and IBM Deutschland GmbH
Publications
2025
PhD Theses
Purposeful and Safe AI Systems for Organizations. PhD dissertation
Brecker, K.
2025, July 11. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Brecker, K.
2025, July 11. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
2024
Reports/Preprints
DIRECTIONS-Kriterienkatalog: Fassung 0.7, Stand 12.06.2024
Brecker, K.; Danylak, P.; Helmke, J. T.; Hornung, G.; Kohpeiß, M.; Link, H.; Lins, S.; Schild, H.-H.; Schindler, S.; Späthe, E.; Sunyaev, A.
2024. Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF). doi:10.5445/IR/1000172025
Brecker, K.; Danylak, P.; Helmke, J. T.; Hornung, G.; Kohpeiß, M.; Link, H.; Lins, S.; Schild, H.-H.; Schindler, S.; Späthe, E.; Sunyaev, A.
2024. Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF). doi:10.5445/IR/1000172025
From Guidelines to Practice: Integrating Techniques in Development Platforms to Achieve Trustworthy AI
Singer, P.; Brecker, K.; Sunyaev, A.
2024. doi:10.5445/IR/1000175284
Singer, P.; Brecker, K.; Sunyaev, A.
2024. doi:10.5445/IR/1000175284
Posters
From Guidelines to Practice: Integrating Techniques in Development Platforms to Achieve Trustworthy AI
Singer, P.; Brecker, K.; Sunyaev, A.
2024. 19. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI 2024), Würzburg, Germany, September 16–19, 2024
Singer, P.; Brecker, K.; Sunyaev, A.
2024. 19. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI 2024), Würzburg, Germany, September 16–19, 2024
2023
Conference Papers
Artificial Intelligence Systems’ Impermanence: A Showstopper for Assessment?
Brecker, K.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2023. Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS 2023)
Brecker, K.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2023. Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS 2023)
Why it Remains Challenging to Assess Artificial Intelligence
Brecker, K.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2023. Proceedings of the 56th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences : January 3-6, 2023, 5242–5251, University of Hawaii
Brecker, K.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2023. Proceedings of the 56th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences : January 3-6, 2023, 5242–5251, University of Hawaii
Artificial Intelligence as a Service: Trade-Offs Impacting Service Design and Selection
Brecker, K.; Lins, S.; Trenz, M.; Sunyaev, A.
2023. ICIS 2023 Proceedings. 5, Hyderabad, 10th-13th December 2023, 17
Brecker, K.; Lins, S.; Trenz, M.; Sunyaev, A.
2023. ICIS 2023 Proceedings. 5, Hyderabad, 10th-13th December 2023, 17
2022
Posters
Certifications to Safeguard Data Protection Standards? How Superficial Internalization Thwarts the Plan
Danylak, P.; Brecker, K.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2022, October 13. Forum Privatheit (2022), Berlin, Germany, October 13–14, 2022
Danylak, P.; Brecker, K.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2022, October 13. Forum Privatheit (2022), Berlin, Germany, October 13–14, 2022