Matthias Nicola

Matthias Nicola is an accomplished technology professional with extensive experience in data platforms and technical sales. Currently serving as Principal Data Platform Architect in the Field CTO Office at Snowflake since May 2021, Matthias has previously held significant positions at IBM Germany, including Technical Sales Leader for Data Science & Data Management and Cloud Data Services in Europe from January 2016 to April 2021. Prior roles at IBM Silicon Valley Lab spanned from 2001 to November 2015, where Matthias excelled as Senior Development Manager and Senior Technical Staff Member for DB2 on various operating systems. Matthias began the career as a Database Performance Engineer at Informix Software from 2000 to 2001. Educationally, Matthias holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Technical University of Aachen, obtained from 1996 to 1999, and a Diplom (M.Sc.) in Computer Science from the same institution, completed in 1996.