About Us

Our team

Noy Rotbart
Co-founder & CEO
Noy Rotbart is a co-founder of Churney. He previously served as a data science manager at LiveIntent, architect at the innovation department of Nykredit, and lead data engineer at Save the Children. Noy holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Copenhagen.
Brian Brost
Co-founder & CTO
Brian has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Copenhagen, where his research focused on the intersection between applied machine learning and causal inference. Before Churney, he worked as a research scientist at Spotify, where he initiated Spotify's efforts to maximize the impact of promotional campaigns using causal machine learning.
Casper Hansen
Co-founder
Casper holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Copenhagen. His work has centered around machine learning with a particular focus on user modeling and recommender systems, on which he has co-authored more than 25 publications and two US patents. Aside from research, he has worked as an ML engineer and consultant in various large national institutions and an AI startup.
Christian Hansen
Co-founder
Christian has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Copenhagen, focused on machine learning for sequential data modeling applied to search and recommender systems, with dozens of publications and more than 600 citations. He has done data science consulting and worked in multiple startups, where he was a co-inventor of different patents on machine learning for recommender systems.
Benjamin Zeymer Christoffersen
Data Scientist
Benjamin Christoffersen is a data scientist at Churney working mainly with trials and treatment effect estimation. He has a PhD in Statistics from Copenhagen Business School, and he previously worked as a postdoc at Karolinska Institutet and KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
Jonas Dahlbæk
Head of Data Engineering
Jonas is the head of data engineering at Churney. He previously worked as data engineering team lead at LiveIntent. Jonas holds a PhD in Mathematical Physics from Aarhus University.
Suela Isaj
Data and ML Engineer
Suela Isaj is a Data and ML engineer at Churney. She holds a Joint PhD in Computer Science from Aalborg University and Université libre de Bruxelles in the field of spatial data extraction and entity resolution. Suela has previously worked as data engineer at Issuu, and data quality officer and risk system specialist at Raiffeisen Bank.
Nichlas Langhoff Rasmussen
Machine Learning Engineer
Nichlas is a machine learning engineer at Churney. He has previously worked as a software engineer in AI startups and as an instructor in several master courses at the University of Copenhagen. Nichlas obtained his MSc in Computer Science from the University of Copenhagen.
Petru Birzu
Front-end Engineer
Petru is a software engineer at Churney. In his previous role, he was part of an engineering team at Trustpilot. Petru has a Web Development BA from Copenhagen School of Design and Technology.
Aaron Duane
Data Visualisation and UX Engineer
Aaron has a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction from Dublin City University. He was also a Marie Curie European Fellow at the IT University of Copenhagen. At Churney, Aaron leads the design and development of the company's UX and data visualisations.
Anna Bigaard
Head of Product
Anna serves as the Head of Product at Churney. In her previous roles, she has built product teams and managed product roadmaps across various SaaS companies. Her expertise stems from her experiences at Nykredit, Topdanmark, and several startups.
Mathias Theodor Jul Overby
Student Developer
Mathias is a student developer and is getting his MSc in Statistics at the University of Copenhagen. He previously worked in e-commerce at AndLight and as a teaching assistant at his university.
Aske Ching
Student Developer
Aske is a student developer and is getting his MSc in Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen. He has previously worked as a data analyst at startup ChefMe and as a data scientist in the theatre industry.
Philipp Steck
Student Data Analyst
Philipp is a student developer and is currently doing his MSc in Social Data Science at the University of Copenhagen. He has previously worked as a Research and Customer Experience Specialist at CheckYeti.