Uli Hitzel

CEO

Singapore, Singapore26 yrs 4 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in AI adoption and digital transformation.
Founder of Electric Minds, focusing on impactful AI solutions.
Two decades of experience with top tech companies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI-driven digital transformation across multiple industries.

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Leading transformational changeExecutive VisibilityTeam ManagementVendor RelationsProduct IncubationCommunicationPartner Relationship ManagementEcosystemArtificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningREST APIsPrompt EngineeringGenerative AIAgile MethodologiesGit

About

I help companies build with AI instead of just buying it. From digital manufacturing at Dyson to GenAI adoption at Heineken, from pandemic response at Raffles Medical to mentoring startups and teaching at National University of Singapore - I focus on making AI practical, approachable, and actually useful. My books explore what happens when we treat AI as creative partners rather than productivity tools. After two decades building tech at Yahoo, Microsoft, Red Hat, HP, and IBM, I've learned that the best solutions come from diverse minds working on real problems - not from vendor demos or hype cycles. That's why I founded Electric Minds and why I spend my time connecting builders, thinkers, and the perpetually curious.

Experience

26 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

6 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Ximpact

Chief Advisor People & AI

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos

Building collaborative ecosystems for societal progress and AI-driven organizational transformation.

Elgo ai

Chief AI Strategist

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos

Bringing a production-ready agentic AI platform to enterprises who want results, not pilots.

The heineken company

Head of Global GenAI Lab – Interim

Jan 2025 – Aug 2025 · 7 mos · Singapore

A strategic 8-month engagement focused on launching and leading the initial setup of the Global GenAI Lab, applying AI to high-impact business challenges at HEINEKEN. This also involved hiring exceptional people and building key partnerships like AI Singapore to accelerate innovation and build a sustainable foundation for future growth.

Naida

Managing Director

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

Driving successful AI adoption across enterprises and startups, bridging innovation gaps and creating collaborative ecosystems for transformative impact.

Dyson

Digital Technologist

Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs

Leading projects in digital manufacturing and Industry 4.0, with a focus on AI and digital twins. Driving innovation by building cross-functional teams, incubating projects, and implementing emerging technologies. Contributing to organizational change through training and employee engagement initiatives.

Electric minds

Founder

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

AI and data-driven use cases that help solve some of the most challenging problems we face as a global society today. We run events and build a community around AI adoption and its impact on humanity. Key projects include leading app & data infrastructure development for Singapore's national COVID response (major hospital group) and launching a circular economy platform in APAC for an e-commerce unicorn. Money is not the motivator — impact is.

Raffles medical group

Technology Advisor

Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr

App and data infrastructure development for COVID-19 response.

National university of singapore

Fellow

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 4 mos

Growing the pipeline of AI & financial technology professionals in Singapore and globally. Teaching courses and conducting AI research.

Axway

Developer Advocate & Digital Strategist

Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 · 4 yrs

Together with customers I solve tricky engineering problems and build prototypes around API-driven innovation, data integration, and Open Banking.

Microsoft

Cloud Architect

Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 · 1 yr

Collaborating with ISVs on AI, DevOps, and media streaming use cases.

Red hat

Technology Evangelist

Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 · 2 yrs

Building up emerging technology sales and delivery capabilities in APAC.

Ibm

Cloud Architect

Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 · 2 yrs

Founding team member for IBM's Cloud Business Unit. Presales engineering, tech marketing, and building partnerships as both IBM and customers figured out what cloud actually meant.