9 months
12 PARTICIPANTS
3 LEADING
UNIVERSITIES
WORLD-CLASS
EXPERTS

Future Talents

For students 
of Stanford,
Muenster & Wien
universities

Stanford Design
Method Project

THE PROBLEM

There is a critical shortage of talent within the IT industry.

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The IT Talent Shortage

Although 1.4 million jobs in the United States are available in 2021, only 29% of these positions are expected to be filled.

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THE
SOLUTION

The “Future Talents” project was launched based on the Stanford University ME310 program in order to solve the worldwide shortage of IT talents.

Students from 3 global universitieswill solve a real business case related to HR and IT. They will conduct analytical research and prepare the MVP of the product which will enable the advanced hiring in one click

PROJECT BASIS

The project is based upon the Stanford Design Innovation Process.

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According to the Design Innovation Process, the best solution to a business problem can be developed through creative analysis and collaborative work between specialists with different areas of expertise.

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BECOME AN ADVISOR

To dive deep into the market of IT hiring we are looking for respondents. If you are developer, designer, QA engineer, or, on the other hand, recruiter, HR manager, and business owner we invite you to proceed a quick interview.

Contact us to become
a part of a large-scale international project.

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Professors
and mentors

Joerg
Becker

University of Muenster, Professor, Chair for Information Systems and Information Management. Spokesman of the WWU Center for Europe

Michael
Räckers

University of Muenster, Department of Information Systems, CEO, Chair for Information Systems and Information Management

Larry John
Leifer

Stanford University, Professor of mechanical engineering, Founding Director, Stanford Center for Innovation and Design Research

Yulia
Bolshakova

PhD, HECBachelor of Science in Strategic Management, Master of Science in Business InformaticsBusiness School graduate, Head of Innovations at X5 Group

Jaroslav Slobodskoy-
Plusnin

PhD in Neuroscience, MA in Business psychology CEO, Founder NEURON, Biotech Expert, Skolkovo Fund

Evgeniy Lagunov

Founder and CEO at GEOMETRIA, Masters of Science in digital advertising, marketing and creative app
THE
SOLUTION

Pavel
Podkorytov

CEO and Founder at Talent Service

Victor
Taratukhin

University of Muenster, Department of Information Systems, CEO, Chair for Information Systems and Information Management

Meet our 
international team

Iunona 
Pospelova

Bachelor of Science in Biology, Masters of Science in Biology, Masters of Science in Mathematics (Bioinformatics)

Vsevolod
Chernykh

Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics and Mathematics, Masters of Science in High-tech technologies and the economy of innovation

Gleb
Trepalin

Bachelor of Science in Applied  Mathematics Masters of Science in Technology Product Management

Mikhail
Lepekhin

Bachelor of Science in Applied  Mathematics and Computer Science,  Masters of Science in Computer Science

Niklas
Kloth

Bachelor of Science in Information  Systems

Kristina
Dudkovskaya

Bachelor of Science in Business and Informatics, Master of Science in Information Systems and Computer Science

Mathias Schmidt

Master of Science in Mechanical  Engineering and Economics 
Working process

Agile

The work on the project is built on Agile principles. This includes weekly meetings of students from different countries, tasks and tools discussion,
as well as iterations planning.

Key lectures

Introduction to Design thinking and Stanford Design Method

Design Thinking: Industry Project Needfinding & Benchmarking

Design thinking: Developing User Personas and Mind Map

Design thinking: Introduction to Dark Horse Prototype concept

Introduction
to Mechatronics

Prototype development and Manufacturing Part

Prototype Testing and Final Presentation design

Design Thinking: How to develop Critical Prototype

Working with Industry Projects: SWOT Analysis and Corporate Needfinding Presentation

ADDITIONAL LECTURES
Introduction to SAP solutions and SAP Intelligent Enterprise

ConceptModern Retail systems from European

PerspectiveIntroduction to Business Processes
Working process

The work on the project is built on Agile principles. This includes weekly meetings of students from different countries, tasks and tools discussion, as well as iterations planning.

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