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Markus B.-Technical Co-Founder

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Munich, Germany

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Experience

Dec 2024 - Present

Technical Co-Founder

Loka AI

Position summary
Technical Co-Founder at Loka AI
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Research and Development
  • Software development of a B2B SaaS for AI-based searches in internal candidate pools at recruitment consultancies
  • Designed as a multi-tenant, hybrid architecture with in-house GPU servers and secure cloud connectivity
  • AI Engineering
  • LLMOps
  • Python
  • FastAPI
Jul 2024 - Nov 2024

Senior Consultant

zeb consulting

Position summary
Senior Consultant at zeb consulting
Industries
Insurance
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Project Management
  • Developed AI prototypes and advised on AI tools to improve productivity in insurance operations
  • Project management/ sub-project lead for the implementation of software solutions
  • AI Engineering
  • Azure/AWS
  • Project management
Oct 2023 - Present

AI Freelancer

AI-Binder

Position summary
AI Freelancer at AI-Binder
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Built AI-based internal knowledge bases
  • Integrated GPT-4 or open-source alternatives such as Llama using state-of-the-art AI frameworks in Python (e.g. LangChain, Ollama, Llama.cpp-py, Guidance-ai and Ragas)
  • Parameter-efficient fine-tuning of open-source LLMs
  • AI Engineering
  • Machine Learning
  • LLMOps
Jan 2021 - Sep 2023

Actuarial Consultant

Meyerthole Siems Kohlruss Gesellschaft für aktuarielle Beratung mbH

Position summary
Actuarial Consultant at Meyerthole Siems Kohlruss Gesellschaft für aktuarielle Beratung mbH
Industries
Insurance
Business areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Actuarial data science for non-life insurance products (e.g. telematics pricing in motor insurance based on sensor data)
  • Led a team of 2-3 employees on projects and mentored working students
  • Set up an internal cluster providing all employees with access to GPU instances and Python and R IDEs
  • Data Science/ Engineering
  • MLOps
  • Project management
Dec 2017 - Dec 2020

Research Associate

Universität Regensburg

Position summary
Research Associate at Universität Regensburg
Industries
Education
Business areas
Information Technology
Research and Development
  • Full-time position at the Chair of Business Informatics
  • Research on fine-tuning Large Language Models
  • Taught data science and recommender systems as part of the Big Data Analytics lecture
  • Data Science
  • Machine Learning
  • Python
  • SQL

Industry experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Insurance, and Education.

Information Technology
Insurance
Education
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Business area experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Research and Development, Product Development, Project Management, and Business Intelligence.

Information Technology
Research and Development
Product Development
Project Management
Business Intelligence
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Skills

Programming Languages

  • Python (+++, 7)
  • Bash (+++, 5)
  • Next.Js (++ , 2)

Databases

  • Sql (+++, 7)
  • Pgvector (+++, 2)

Large Language Models

  • Pytorch (+++, 5)
  • Rag (+++, 3)
  • Ai-Agents (+++, 2)
  • Github Copilot (+++, 2)
  • Langchain (++ , 2)
  • Mcp-Server (+++, 1)

Devops/ Mlops – Infrastructure

  • Linux (+++, 6)
  • Gitlab (+++, 3)
  • Fastapi (+++, 2)
  • Terraform (++ , 2)

Containerization

  • Docker (+++, 5)
  • Kubernetes (++ , 4)

Cloud

  • Aws (++ , 3)
  • Azure (++ , 3)
  • Gcp (++ , 3)

Project Management

  • Asana (++ , 3)
  • Jira (++ , 2)

User/Access Management

  • Authelia (+++, 2)
  • Keycloak (+++, 3)

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Spanish
Intermediate

Education

Dec 2017 - Jul 2025

Universität Regensburg

Dr. rer. pol. in Business Informatics, doctorate · Business Informatics · Regensburg, Germany · magna cum laude

Sep 2015 - Feb 2016

Universitat de Barcelona

M.Sc. in Mathematics, Erasmus semester · Mathematics · Barcelona, Spain

Apr 2015 - Oct 2017

Universität Regensburg

M.Sc. in Mathematics, minor in Actuarial Science · Mathematics · Regensburg, Germany · 1,7

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Experience

Total positions 5
Experience in Information Technology 3 y
Avg length 2 y 2 m
Longest experience 3 y 1 m

Expertise

Recent roles Technical Co-Founder, Senior Consultant, AI Freelancer
Main industries Information Technology, Insurance, Education
Main business areas Information Technology, Research and Development, Product Development

Qualifications

Highest degree Doctorate
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Markus is based in Munich, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

Markus speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Intermediate).

Markus has at least 9 years of experience. During this time, Markus has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 5 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 9 months. Note that Markus may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Markus would be well-suited for roles such as: Technical Co-Founder, Senior Consultant, AI Freelancer.

Markus's most recent position is Technical Co-Founder at Loka AI.

In recent years, Markus has worked for Loka AI, zeb consulting, AI-Binder, and Meyerthole Siems Kohlruss Gesellschaft für aktuarielle Beratung mbH.

Markus is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Insurance, and Education.

Markus is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Research and Development, and Product Development. Markus also has some experience in Project Management and Business Intelligence.

Markus has recently worked in industries like Information Technology and Insurance.

Markus has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Project Management.

Markus holds a Doctorate in Business Informatics from Universität Regensburg, a Master in Mathematics from Universitat de Barcelona, a Master in Mathematics from Universität Regensburg and a Bachelor in Mathematics from Universität Regensburg.

The availability of Markus needs to be confirmed.

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