Chief Innovation Officers in Germany

• Leading innovation strategy and the establishment of an AI-native Production System at DIGITALSINN, a content and experience production company.
• Responsibility for innovation direction, AI integration strategy, and production platform architecture
• Establishing a fully AI-driven Production System to transform content operations for brand and agency clients
• Building the strategic positioning of DIGITALSINN as a Production System partner within the DACH market
• Client advisory on AI-native operating models, content automation, and scalable production infrastructure

Assignment:

Supporting the AI startup MachOptima during its spin-off phase in the area of industrial process optimization. Strategic development of business development, acquisition of initial pilot customers, and development of market positioning.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluating and refining the service offering for industrial customers.
• Developing and implementing an acquisition strategy for pilot projects.
• Managing key accounts, supporting customer discussions, and shaping the strategic roadmap.
• Establishing sales processes and CRM structures.

Results:

• Successful placement with initial pilot customers.
• Establishment of a structured sales architecture and support for several customer projects.
• Clearer market positioning through a refined value proposition.
• Sustainable strengthening of the founding team’s internal understanding of strategy and sales.

Concept development of an ML-/AI-supported contact solution for the central handling of all digital and global customer inquiries.

• Strategic development of an ML-/AI-supported contact solution to qualify, prioritize, and automate all digital and global inquiries at Siemens.
• Structuring an end-to-end process from inquiry intake to operational handling.
• Automation of level 0/1 inquiries, resulting in a reduction of 85% of all contact requests to be handled.
• Technical coordination for the iterative rollout and sustainable scalability of the solution.
• Consulting and alignment of key stakeholders across business units and regions.
• Conceptual development of additional measures to relieve support and enable more efficient handling.

• In my current position, I have end-to-end responsibility for AI products: from identifying and prioritizing use cases, developing sound business cases, AI roadmaps, and capacity and resource allocation, through to scalable implementation across countries and business areas.

• I design operating models, delivery standards, and operational concepts that ensure AI product development runs reliably and scales sustainably – always aligned with strategy, goals, capacities, and business value.

• Leading and developing interdisciplinary teams of data science and product professionals in an agile working model is a core part of my role – I currently lead a team of three employees.

• I am confident in stakeholder management at senior management level and in international structures, and translate complex technical topics into clear, business-oriented recommendations for action.

• I consider governance from the outset: I consistently align AI initiatives with regulatory requirements (including the EU AI Act), risk management, and data protection requirements.

• Built a global podcast and platform, with 150+ episodes and 35,000+ downloads in 20+ countries.
• Launched a paid membership (GrowGetters Club), growing sustainable revenue through one-off workshops and monthly membership fees.
• Earned €20,000 in incubation support via Media Lab Bayern and became a finalist (top 5) in XATHON (program by Henkel) in 2021.
• Facilitated marketing and innovation workshops for Microsoft, Figma, CreativeMornings Munich, the University of Wollongong, and local governments in NSW, Australia.
• Led content strategy, podcast production, business development, and platform growth.
• Scaled GrowGetters Club to 40+ paid members, generating a consistent revenue stream for the business.

Project Manager for Business Unit Efficiency Program

Current contributions to the overall situation Project management of the business unit efficiency program

• Project leadership
• Importance and integration within the group network
• Clarifying topics around global production structures in the project

Implementation

• Team building, planning, definition of goals and KPIs
• Integration into the organization
• Regular communication within the team and with the steering committee

• Full-time: Hybrid home office/Berlin/Heidelberg
• Set up an innovation division at the new Berlin location, recruited the core team, and defined a repeatable innovation process in just 2 months
• Designed 4 innovative digital product concepts beyond the writing instruments range in just 3 months
• Fully developed a complex product (software/hardware) to boost productivity and mental health of creative workers (kōno), handled business planning, ran market tests independently, and provided strategy recommendations for the launch

• Technologies: GoLang, JavaScript, TypeScript, AWS, Terraform, Git
• Conception of AWS infrastructure and existing services
• Analysis of IAM accounts and roles
• Setup of Cost Explorer and CloudWatch monitoring
• Setup of DynamoDB and S3 persistence of collected information
• Reporting and cost calculation
• Conception of Terraform deployment

Freelancer since January 2025. I help customers navigating through their SAP transformation and migration Projects leveraging my extensive SAP experience and network.

Qlarin helps companies bring AI into the processes they already run, so that pilots become tools teams actually use every day, concept based on Design Thinking and Lean Management.

• Lead the full cycle: process analysis, identifying where AI saves real time, based on the QLARIN method (process clarity first, technology second).