Economics · Research · Technology

Dr. Maximilian
Ambros

Economist · Founder & CEO · Researcher

Koblenz, Germany

I am an economist, researcher and technology entrepreneur with more than ten years of experience in IT and digital consulting.

I am the Founder and CEO of ambros.digital, where I work at the intersection of artificial intelligence, digital transformation and practical implementation. My academic work focuses on international economics and finance, interest rates and applied econometrics.

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Economist & entrepreneurKoblenz, Germany
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01 / Career

Experience

Founder & CEO

ambros.digital GmbH

Founded and lead ambros.digital, an AI and digital transformation consultancy based in Koblenz. We help companies and organizations identify and implement practical AI use cases – from strategy and workshops to automation, prototypes, implementation and governance.

Senior Vice President

KRALLMANN AG

Led interdisciplinary consulting and project teams in artificial intelligence, software development, data and digital transformation.

Freelance Consultant

Independent

Worked independently on consulting assignments in technology and digital transformation.

Research Assistant

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

Research Assistant at the Chair of Macroeconomics and International Economics of Prof. Dr. Michael Frenkel. Teaching Assistant for courses in international economics, international finance and financial econometrics, including MBA modules taught in Singapore.

Technical Sales Engineer

EnviroSolutions & Consulting Pte Ltd, Singapore

Responsible for the localization, go-to-market strategy, sales and implementation of QEHS software for the Singaporean market and the wider region, working in partnership with French software provider BlueKanGo.

Consultant

KRALLMANN AG

Worked on data engineering, visualization, machine learning and digitalization projects. Key projects included the digitalization of elderly care, the development of a real-time risk management solution, a service catalog and the migration of QlikView applications.

02 / Education

Education

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

Doctorate in Business and Economics (Dr. rer. pol.)

Economics

University of St. Gallen

Master of Arts HSG (M.A. HSG)

Economics

Free University of Berlin

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

Economics

03 / Scholarship

Research

Research interests

  • International Economics and Finance
  • Interest Rates
  • Applied Econometrics
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Peer-reviewed journal publications

Ambros, M. (2026)

“A Digital Services Approach to PPP: The Netflix Index.”

The Singapore Economic Review, 71(7), 2091–2104. DOI ↗

Ambros, M. & Frenkel, M. (2022)

“What Determines COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in Germany?”

Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 242(1), 149–157. Google Scholar ↗

Ambros, M., Frenkel, M., Huynh, T. L. D., & Kilinc, M. (2021)

“COVID-19 pandemic news and stock market reaction during the onset of the crisis: evidence from high-frequency data.”

Applied Economics Letters, 28(19), 1686–1689. Google Scholar ↗

Other publications and proceedings

Grum, M., Kotarski, D., Ambros, M., Biru, T., Krallmann, H., & Gronau, N. (2021)

“Managing Knowledge of Intelligent Systems: The Design of a Chatbot Using Domain-Specific Knowledge.”

International Symposium on Business Modeling and Software Design, 78–96. Google Scholar ↗

Grum, M., Ambros, M., & Rojahn, M. (2024)

“Auf dem Weg zur grünen Künstlichen Intelligenz (KI)” (“Aiming to Create Green AI”).

Industry 4.0 Science, 40(6), 18–30. Google Scholar indexes this work under both English and German titles. Google Scholar ↗

Rojahn, M., Ambros, M., Biru, T., Krallmann, H., Gronau, N., & Grum, M. (2023)

“Adequate Basis for the Data-Driven and Machine-Learning-Based Identification.”

International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, 570–588. Google Scholar ↗

Schegolev, A. & Ambros, M. (2024)

“Mit generativen Sprachmodellen die Social-Media-Moderation verbessern.”

Industry 4.0 Science, 40(6), 72–79. Google Scholar ↗

Ambros, M. & Frenkel, M. (2021)

“Der Balassa-Samuelson-Effekt.”

WISU – Das Wirtschaftsstudium, 11/2021.

Research in progress

Ambros, M. & Frenkel, M.

“Are (Real) Interest Rates Stationary in the Super-Long Run?” Google Scholar ↗

Selected conference presentations

  • World Finance and Banking Symposium, Budapest (virtual), December 2021
  • World Finance Conference, Kristiansand (virtual), August 2021
  • Global Finance Conference (virtual), March 2021

04 / Teaching

Selected Teaching
Experience

Business school

WHU – Otto Beisheim
School of Management

  • Financial Econometrics Tutorial
  • Exchange Rates and International Finance Teaching Assistant
  • The World Economy Teaching Assistant
  • International Financial Relations Teaching Assistant

Professional academy

VWA Koblenz

  • Introduction to Economics
  • International Economics
  • Macroeconomics
  • National Accounting

University of Applied Sciences

FOM

  • Quantitative Data Analysis

05 / Get in touch

Let’s start
a conversation.

For professional, academic or research-related inquiries, feel free to get in touch.

max@maxambros.com