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Axel Schultze is co-founder and CEO of BlueCallom Corp. This Enterprise Workflow Intelligence company uses Agentic AI to inject intelligence into any workflow, including Sales, Innovation, R&D, HR, Compliance, Competition, Logistics, and more. He has exceptional entrepreneurial experience and is one of the rare entrepreneurs who founded two multi-billion-dollar companies. Recognized as a visionary thinker, Axel named CEO of the Year in the Agentic AI space (2024 and 2025) in Switzerland, and rewarded with the German Innovation Award in 2024, and nominated for the same award in 2025.
Short Version:
Axel Schultze is the CEO and founder of BlueCallom AG and no stranger in the tech Industry. He has previously founded two highly successful global tech companies, Computer 2000, and Infinigate. After retirement and during the COVID-19 lockdown, he started BlueCallom with the vision of an Enterprise AI that fuses Human and Artificial Intelligence.
Speaking Engagements
Axel Schultze has delivered numerous keynotes and participated in various TV interviews. Below is a sample of his speaking record:
- Keynote, Generative-AI in multi-tier Sales at GSFT24, Barcelona, 2024
- Keynote, AI based innovation at Swiss Inno Forum, Basel, 2023
- Keynote Innovation Roundtable Conference 2022
- TEDx Talk, Wonders of the innovative mind, 2020
- Opening Keynote at Techfest Vietnam, 2019
- TEDx Talk, University of Arts and Applied Science Lucerne, 2019
- Keynotes, at various entrepreneurship events in Asia, 2018
- Keynote, World Tourism Forum, Lucerne, 2017
- Keynote, HighTech Venture Days, Dresden, 2015
- Panelist, Munich Startup Festival 2015
- Panelist, Capitals Business Circle, Berlin, 2014
- Keynote, Thought Leadership Live, Palo Alto, CA 2014
- Keynote, IOT Conference, San Francisco, CA 2014
- Keynote, Silicon Valley Crowdfunding, San Mateo, CA 2013
- Keynote at Digital Agenda 2012, Brussels – European Commission, 2012
- Keynote at ITAC 2010, Melbourne, Australia, 2010
- TV Interviews at Bloomberg, 1998
- Keynote at Microsoft Partner conference, 1997
Countless speeches and keynotes at tech conferences worldwide.
Speaker Introductions
Speaker Introduction
Axel Schultze is the CEO of BlueCallom and chairman of the World Innovations Forum. He founded two highly innovative multi-billion-dollar companies: the world’s first digital stock exchange in 1997 and a leading enterprise-grade SaaS company in 1999 in Silicon Valley. Later, he advised startups on developing innovative businesses through the World Innovations Forum.
In 2020, Axel created an innovation framework and AI-driven software for Disruptive Innovation and Business Transformation, aiming to help leaders build continuously innovative organizations. Today, he focuses on GenAI, Neuro-AI-Fusion, and Human Intelligence Augmentation. He was recently nominated for the German Innovation Award.
Alternative Speaker Intro
Axel Schultze is the founder and CEO of BlueCallom Corp., concentrating on Enterprise Workflow Intelligence through Generative AI and Neuro-AI-Fusion. Notably, he is among the few entrepreneurs who have established two multi-billion-dollar companies. With most of his career spent in Silicon Valley, Axel is also a published author, patent holder, and nominee for the 2024 German Innovation Award.
In 2015, he was named one of the world’s most influential startup accelerators. He earned the SF Entrepreneur Award in 2008 and served as an early advisor to LinkedIn. Axel began his career as a software engineer at Rockwell International, contributing to Space Shuttle projects in California.
Axel Schultze – Biography
Axel Schultze
Axel Schultze is the founder and CEO of BlueCallom Corp., a Swiss Enterprise AI company delivering Enterprise Workflow Intelligence — the layer that augments human intelligence and empowers organizations to evolve into Cognitive Enterprises. He is one of the rare entrepreneurs to have built two multi-billion-dollar companies. These include Computer 2000, the world’s largest tech distributor, and Infinigate, now the world’s second-largest cybersecurity provider. Axel also founded Webstock, the first digital stock exchange, and BlueRoads, One of the first SaaS companies, and became one of the most successful enterprise indirect sales solutions.
After delving into neuroscience, Axel discovered how the brain composes ideas and how external stimuli can enhance creativity. Drawing on his own experience building disruptive companies, he and his wife founded BlueCallom in 2020, enabling visionaries to create breakthrough innovations and bring them successfully to global markets.
Axel spent much of his business life in Silicon Valley. Following his retirement in 2014, he supported emerging startups, helping them optimize innovation and maximize their entrepreneurial potential. Over the years, he published various works and received U.S. Patent 9,514,997 for a sales lead management process. Recently nominated for the 2024 German Innovation Award, Axel was named one of the world’s most influential startup accelerators in 2015, and he won the SF Entrepreneur Award in 2008. He also chaired the SaaS Channel Committee at the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) and served as an early adviser to LinkedIn in 2003.