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Bernd Schoner

Executive Vice President, Product Strategy at Emergence AI

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Overview

Bernd Schoner serves as Executive Vice President, Product Strategy at Emergence AI[1][3]. Schoner holds a PhD from the MIT Media Lab[11] and earned additional degrees in industrial engineering from CentraleSupélec[12] and electrical engineering from RWTH Aachen University[13]. With over 20 years of experience, Schoner has focused on implementing products with agentic capabilities to address AI-driven obsolescence threats and translate AI productivity gains into business value[2]. Prior roles include Head of Product Strategy at Scandit from 2020 to 2026[7], Co-Founder and CEO of DeepMagic Inc. from 2017 to 2019[9], and Vice President Portfolio Development at Novanta Inc.[10]. Schoner currently serves as Founder of Juvis[4] and Board Advisor at MetaNeural[5].

Profile introduction
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EXECUTIVE MANDATE: Product and Technology Executive with MIT PhD in AI and Data Science and 20+ years of experience focused on overcoming AI-driven obsolescence threats by implementing products with agentic capabilities, turning exponential AI productivity gains into business and customer value, and leading B2B technology scale-ups from product market fit to revenue ramp-up, and successful exit. CORE EXECUTIVE CAPABILITIES · Agentic Productivity Solutions: Overcoming AI-driven obsolescence threats by implementing products with agentic capabilities for retail operations, frictionless com…

Career history

  1. Executive Vice President, Product StrategyAug 2026 to presentEmergence AI
  2. FounderNov 2025 to presentJuvis
  3. Board AdvisorSep 2025 to presentMetaNeural
  4. Chief Product Officer (fractional)Mar 2026 to Jul 2026AiMPACT
  5. Head of Product StrategyJan 2020 to Feb 2026Scandit
  6. Executive AdvisorOct 2019 to Jan 2020Standard Cognition
  7. Co-Founder & CEOOct 2017 to Oct 2019DeepMagic Inc. (acquired by Standard Cognition)
  8. Vice President Portfolio DevelopmentJan 2017 to Sep 2017Novanta Inc.

Education

  1. PhD, Media LabMassachusetts Institute of Technology
  2. Ingenieur des Arts et Metiers (Master of Science) - Ecole Centrale de Paris, Industrial EngineeringCentraleSupélec
  3. Diplom-Ingenieur (Master of Science), Electrical EngineeringRWTH Aachen University

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