Hinnerk Gildhoff

Hinnerk Gildhoff

Senior Software Development Manager

Personal Profile

Senior technology leader with 19+ years building distributed database and query-processing systems at Amazon, SAP, and IBM. Currently Site Lead for Amazon Redshift Berlin, leading autonomics and query optimization for systems serving millions of users. Previously built the graph/hierarchy engine and spatial engine for SAP HANA, and worked on high-availability clustering for IBM DB2. Founded Mind Hill in 2019, building AI-powered platforms including Stororama and CapTradeAI. Combines deep systems and database expertise in C++/Python with an Executive MBA in business strategy.

Work Experience

Senior Software Development Manager at Amazon Redshift

April 2022 - present

Site Lead for Redshift Berlin. SQL, Query processing, Query optimization, Autonomics and more

Software Development Manager at Amazon Redshift

October 2019 - March 2022

Development Manager at SAP HANA

June 2014 - September 2019

Graph and hierarchy engine, document store, spatial engine and spatial services

Developer at SAP HANA

January 2013 - May 2014

Spatial engine and in-memory computing

Developer at IBM DB2

February 2007 - December 2012

High availability and cluster computing for IBM DB2

Key Skills

  • C++
  • Python
  • Java
  • Databases
  • Machine Learning
  • Distributed Systems
  • NewSQL
  • Cloud computing
  • Linux

Education

Mannheim Business School

Executive MBA (2017-2018)

Executive Master of Business Administration

University Hamburg

Dipl. Inf (2001 - 2007)

Master in computer science

Publications