Every KNIME journey starts with one node - mine started with ...

…frustration 😒

Back in the day - 2017 was the year - I was working for 15 years in procurement at Siemens, and I really loved it! Negotiating supplier research, discovering new sources, you name it. But there was one thing I really hated with passion. Reporting! I hated it so much that when I got introduced once to the CFO of a Siemens division and all her direct reports my opening line was this:

Hey, I’m Philipp. I come from procurement, and by the way - I hate reporting

You can imagine a few jaws dropped back then. But at least I got their attention 😄

Back in 2017, a colleague showed me KNIME. Free, open-source, and so visual that I could actually see what was happening to my data. Like a lot of people I came directly from Excel hell. Only two weeks later, I had automated a process that used to eat 3 hours of my life every month - down to 8 minutes.

Two. Weeks. 😮

That moment? Changed everything. Not just the process - the way I thought about my work.

KNIME gave me freedom.

• Freedom to get insights from my own data instead of asking IT

• Freedom to solve problems without first finishing a CS degree

I basically got results beyond “Hello World” from my very first (!) workflow.

I was hooked.

That person, who introduced me to KNIME? That guided me through my first steps?

I want to be that person for YOU!

9 years later, I / I’m

• a KNIME Certified Trainer…

• trained 100s of people…

• won the KNIME video awards

• was named Contributor of the Month

• leading a 600 member low code community at Siemens…

Some in Siemens (and elsewhere) call me Mr. KNIME. I take this as a compliment.

Being in this founders group fell like moving into a house before the furniture arrives.

I love it - Let’s make this place home! 🏠

So here’s my question for you:

What’s the one process you want to automate?

The one that makes you think: ok, this might change everything

Drop it below ⬇️Let’s figure this out together.