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Franziska Bell, PhD

Franziska Bell, PhD

CTO The Home Depot | Technical Advisor | AI100 | Top 100 Women in Tech

None•San Francisco, California, United States

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Experience23+ Years

Executive Overview

Deeply passionate about delivering best-in-class user experiences, partnering with colleagues to drive business impact at scale and sharing my experience from global tech executive roles in four industry sectors spanning Tech (Uber), Automotive (Ford, Toyota), Energy (bp), and Retail (Home Depot). Committed to fostering the tech ecosystem, I actively advise startup founders and executives, and mentor the next wave of tech talent.

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • The Home DepotCurrent
    Apr 2026–Present· 7 mos
    • Executive Vice President, Chief Technology OfficerCurrent
      Apr 2026–Present
  • NoneCurrent
    2024–Present· 2 yrs 10 mos
    • Guest LecturerCurrent
      2024–Present
  • Ford Motor Company
    2025–Apr 2026· 1 yr 3 mos
    • Chief Data, Artificial Intelligence and Analytics Officer
      2025–Apr 2026
  • Curio
    Jun 2024–Feb 2025· 8 mos
    • Advisor
      Jun 2024–Feb 2025
  • BP Plc
    Jul 2020–Dec 2024· 4 yrs 5 mos
    • Digital Advisory Council Member
      2023–Dec 2024
    • CTO & SVP Digital Technology
      Jun 2022–Dec 2024
    • VP, Software and Platform Engineering
      Apr 2022–Jun 2022
    • Vice President, Data and Analytics
      2021–Jun 2022
    • Distinguished Advisor, Data Science and AI
      Jul 2020–Jun 2022
  • Toyota Research Institute
    2020–Jul 2020· 6 mos
    • Senior Director
      2020–Jul 2020
  • UserTesting
    Oct 2019–2023· 3 yrs 3 mos
    • Advisor
      Oct 2019–2023
  • Uber .
    2014–2020· 6 yrs
    • Director Data Science, Data Science Platforms
      Jul 2018–2020
    • Senior Data Science Manager, Data Science Platforms
      Jul 2017–Jul 2018
    • Data Science Manager II, Data Science Platforms
      2017–Jul 2017
    • Data Science Manager, Intelligent Decision Systems and Business Platform
      Sep 2016–2017
    • Data Science Manager, Intelligent Decision Systems
      Feb 2016–2017
    • Tech Lead, Intelligent Decision Systems, Infrastructure Specialist
      Jun 2015–Feb 2016
    • Data Scientist, Algorithmic Insights, Infrastructure Specialist
      2014–Jun 2015
  • Caltech
    Sep 2012–Aug 2014· 1 yr 11 mos
    • Postdoctoral Scholar (Theoretical Chemistry: High-Performance Computing + Applied Mathematics)
      Sep 2012–Aug 2014
  • University of California, Berkeley
    Aug 2007–May 2012· 4 yrs 9 mos
    • Graduate Student Instructor
      Aug 2007–Dec 2009
    • Graduate Research Assistant
      Aug 2007–May 2012
  • University of York
    Oct 2003–May 2007· 3 yrs 7 mos
    • Undergraduate Researcher (Computational Chemistry)
      Oct 2003–May 2007

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Theoretical Chemistry: High-Performance Computing + Applied Mathematics

University of California, Berkeley

MChem in Chemistry (Honours)

Theoretical Chemistry: intersection of computer science and applied mathematics

University of York

High School

Literature

Musisches Gymnasium, BGIII

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PythonProbability TheoryData ScienceDigital TransformationTheoretical ChemistryUnixAnomaly DetectionTime Series AnalysisComputer ScienceC++Design ManagementExecutive LeadershipMonte Carlo SimulationStatisticsRStochastic ProcessesSoftware EngineeringSQLForecastingApplied Mathematics