Erik Waldenmaier-AI Workflow and Process Automation · Analysis, Technical Implementation, and Handover
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Experience
AI Workflow and Process Automation
Self-employed
- Process analysis and target concept: conversations with responsible people and users, system and handoff model, bottleneck analysis, and acceptance criteria.
- Clearly scoped automation modules, built with AI support on Python/FastAPI, TypeScript/Next.js, SQL/PostgreSQL, Supabase, REST APIs, and webhooks; specification, acceptance criteria, and final acceptance are with me.
- Document and decision workflows from intake, research, and extraction to decision memo, CRM update, or controlled system action.
- Quality assurance and handover with test cases, logging, exception paths, operating documentation, and knowledge transfer.
Context-and-Action Engine for a Personal AI COO
Self-employed
Own project on a FastAPI backend and React interface; data sources: email, calendar, banking, tasks, and news. Rule-based state and action management with AI-supported context summarization. Write actions only with preview, human approval, and execution proof.
AI-Supported M&A Deal Advisor
Göttingen Corporate Finance
Technical demo for document-heavy sell-side processes, developed in close collaboration with an M&A advisory firm and practically tested by them. Hybrid retrieval with source cards and phase-based information release per process stage. Multiple quality checks before delivery; questions that cannot be answered reliably are routed back to the advisor in a controlled way.
AI Agents and Automation
Training and Applied Personal Projects
- Three certified programs: Bitkom Academy, Vanderbilt University, and AWS.
- Building document-heavy research and decision workflows, a context-and-action engine, and an evidence-based lead and CRM workflow.
- Deepening AI-supported software development, API integration, retrieval, human approvals, tests, and controlled action paths.
Investment Manager, previously Investment Associate
Companisto
- Reviewed several hundred startups; based on my own deal tracking, supported 23 financing rounds from first review to closing (EUR 13.1 million), 11 of them as lead manager (EUR 7.2 million).
- Responsibility from sourcing and screening through financial and commercial due diligence, reference calls, term sheet negotiation, and closing to decision materials.
- Automated my own work, supported colleagues during the transfer, and further developed cross-team processes with legal, marketing, operations, customer success, and development.
- Built an LLM-supported due diligence suite; reduced initial analysis time in the process at the time by up to 80% based on my own measurements.
Consultant (interim)
AuditOne
Provided product-related and strategic advice to an early-stage blockchain/cybersecurity startup on product-market fit and fundraising. Created a risk analysis framework, investor research and presentations.
Intern and working student, M&A consulting
Demmer & Cie
Sell-side and buy-side mandates, including a carve-out of a maritime water treatment specialist (EV €7m). Coordinated the data room and internal departments as well as financial analyses. More than 30 target screenings and support for a Series A financing round.
Working student, product management
secunet Security Networks
Competitive analyses, product data and release documents in the Defense division. Automated processes and carried out software and hardware tests.
Intern, controlling
DHL Freight
Performance reviews and management reports for CEO/CFO; analyses using SAP R/3 and BW.
Industry experience
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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Utilities, Aerospace and Defense, and Transportation.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Finance, Investments and M&A, Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Product Development, and Business Intelligence.
Summary
Independent consultant and implementer for AI workflows, CRM, and document automation. I combine hands-on process analysis with technical implementation: capturing stakeholders, systems, handoffs, and decision points, designing a realistic target process, and delivering the agreed core as a clearly defined module, as a standalone component, API or database connection, or a workflow on a workflow platform. I work with AI support: process capture, breaking work into modules, acceptance criteria, and final acceptance are handled by me, while the code is generated by AI based on my specifications. My venture capital and due diligence background is especially useful for research-heavy, document-heavy, and decision-heavy processes.
Skills
Process Analysis And Implementation: Conversations With Responsible People And Users, Current And Target Process, Data And System Model, Acceptance Criteria, Test Cases, Human Approvals, Logging, Operating Documentation, And Handover.
Implementation Stack (Built With Ai Support): Python, Fastapi, Typescript, Next.Js, Sql, Postgresql, Supabase, Rest Apis, Webhooks; Running My Own Projects On Linux With Git And Ci/Cd.
Ai Control And Data: Openai, Claude, Gemini, Rag, Pgvector, Structured Extraction, Quality And Evaluation Checks.
Used Hands-On (Workflow And Crm): Zapier In Previous Work; N8n In My Own Projects And Training; Hubspot Api And Adapters; Basic Make Knowledge.
Finance: Due Diligence, Financial Modeling, Cap Tables, Investment And Decision Materials.
Languages
Education
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
M.Sc. Business Administration, focus on Entrepreneurship · Business Administration · Düsseldorf, Germany
Bond University
Bachelor's degree · Business Administration · Australia
University of Duisburg-Essen
B.Sc. Business Administration, Management and Economics · Business Administration, Management and Economics · Essen, Germany
Certifications & licenses
AI Agent Developer Specialization
Vanderbilt University/Coursera
AI Agent & Business Process Automation Expert
Bitkom Akademie
AWS Generative AI Applications
AWS/Coursera
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Erik is based in Berlin, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Erik speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).
Erik has at least 6 years of experience. During this time, Erik has worked in at least 9 different roles and for 8 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 8 months. Note that Erik may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Erik would be well-suited for roles such as: AI Workflow and Process Automation, Context-and-Action Engine for a Personal AI COO, AI-Supported M&A Deal Advisor.
Erik's most recent position is AI Workflow and Process Automation at Self-employed.
In recent years, Erik has worked for Self-employed, Göttingen Corporate Finance, Training and Applied Personal Projects, Companisto, and AuditOne.
Erik is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Information Technology, and Aerospace and Defense. Erik also has some experience in Utilities, Transportation, and Professional Services.
Erik is most experienced in business areas like Finance, Investments and M&A, and Information Technology. Erik also has some experience in Quality Assurance, Product Development, and Business Intelligence.
Erik has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance, Information Technology, and Professional Services.
Erik has recently worked in business areas like Investments and M&A, Finance, and Information Technology.
Erik holds a Master in Business Administration from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, a Bachelor in Business Administration from Bond University and a Bachelor in Business Administration, Management and Economics from University of Duisburg-Essen.
Erik has 3 certificates. These include: AI Agent Developer Specialization, AI Agent & Business Process Automation Expert, and AWS Generative AI Applications.
Erik is immediately available part-time for suitable projects.
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