Heads of Engineering in Germany

• Building a data integration platform for high, medium, and low voltage assets for contextual analysis of time series with master data from the SCADA control system (IEC 60870 104), INIS, and SAP.
• Responsibility for the architecture and implementation of the solution, as well as sparring partner for the Product Owner.
• Use of Kotlin, Spring Boot, Maven, TimescaleDB, PostgreSQL, liquibase, Elements IoT, Docker, Kubernetes, Grafana, Python, jupyter, and various API gateways.

Independent engineering practice focused on custom AI systems, production delivery, and fractional technical leadership.

Selected client engagement: Scalutions

• Role: Serve as fractional CTO and hands-on technical lead, responsible for the architecture and agentic infrastructure behind its managed B2B outbound operation.

• Product: Designed and built OutboundLoop, an agentic SDR operating system for research, qualification, personalized outreach, campaign management, human approvals, measurement, and continuous improvement.

• Scope: Own the full system lifecycle—from business processes and agent behavior to context design, model routing, integrations, evaluation, telemetry, reliability, cost control, and production operations.

• Founded an AI-powered scheduling and business-management SaaS for SMBs, owning technology strategy, architecture, product development, UX, billing and go-to-market execution.
• Architected and shipped a multi-tenant platform with REST APIs, RBAC, CRM, billing and notifications, powering the manager dashboard, admin console, booking experience and iOS/Android applications.
• Led and mentored 7 software engineers, 1 DevOps engineer, 1 QA engineer and 1 UX/UI designer, while remaining hands-on across backend, frontend and product delivery.
• Built AI voice and chat agents using Python/FastAPI, OpenAI and Anthropic APIs, RAG, pgvector and tool calling; integrated Twilio, Google Calendar/Meet, Stripe and Firebase.
• Owned production infrastructure and automated delivery across separate environments using Docker, Nginx, GitHub Actions and Grafana; represented the company at accelerators and international startup events.

Selected stack: Python, FastAPI, Node.js, Vue 3, React/Next.js, React Native, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker

Built and scaled a high-performance enterprise API for real-time address validation and data quality with sub-second latency and 99.9 % availability.

Designed and integrated the solution into e-commerce, checkout, and logistics processes of leading European companies. Reduced delivery errors and shipping costs through automated data correction and precise data validation.

End-to-end responsibility for product strategy, technical architecture, software development, enterprise customers, operations, and GDPR-compliant data processing. Combined AI-native engineering workflows, Python, SQL, API integration, data quality, and workflow automation.

• Design and implementation of a DMS System for the client both in Frontend (React) and in backend (Spring Boot)
• Participation in daily meetings with the client
• Organization of meetings with the offshore team to discuss the project
• Distribution of tasks and support the team in their tasks
• Implementation of new features including unit tests
• Code Review of PRs and deployment

• Development and implementation of technical guidelines for electrical and mechanical systems
• Development of the electrical safety organisation as responsible electrician (gVEFK)
• Implementation and oversight of DCIM and related technical software solutions
• Design of technical solutions for lifecycle infrastructure and customer projects

IOG (IOHK), is one of the world's pre-eminent blockchain infrastructure research and engineering companies.

• Converted a lingering R&D project into a cohesive, production-ready testnet; built and scaled the 35-member engineering team (Core, QA, SRE) to achieve this goal.
• Defined strategic direction and aligned technology development with business objectives as a key member of the leadership.
• Optimized software development processes and implemented agile methodologies, enhancing operational efficiency and code security.
• Delivered projects in a fast-paced startup environment through effective project management and resource allocation.

• Ongoing support and further development.

The MiDAS program aims to integrate Generative AI across the entire BBM organization. My role is to enable the eBike division to adopt and leverage Generative AI by collaborating closely with the MiDAS team in India.

Management:

• Enable the eBike division to adopt GenAI through tailored solutions.
• Collaborate with the MiDAS team in India to design solutions for Generative AI use cases specific to the eBike division.
• Coordinate with the eBike teams to integrate GenAI systems, tools, plugins, and services provided by the MiDAS team.
• Plan roadmaps with eBike and MiDAS India team Product Managers for the delivery and integration of Generative AI solutions.

• Interim Teamlead to setup a project with STM32 and NORA Bluetooth module.
• Customer is planning new hardware to replace existing hardware with Bluetooth communication instead cable connection.
• Project was already started but the requirements were not defined.
• System based on STM32 and Nora B106 CPU.
• Analyzing the existing available code base.
• Checking for possible solutions to get the project working.
• Defining the requirements.
• Applying some rules to improve the team communication.
• Working with the NRF tools to get the custom board based on NORA B106 (NRF5340) working.
• Implementation of a simple device communication by Bluetooth.
• Preparation of documentation.
• Leading communication meetings.
• Conducted discussions with customer.
• Tools used: JIRA, OneNote, Git, Confluence, Nordic NRF, Nora B106.

• Spearheaded the EU market entry strategy for L3/L4 autonomous logistics vehicles, driving the technological localization and deployment of the parent company’s smart robotics portfolio.
• Orchestrated technical alignment between top-tier autonomous driving suppliers across China and Europe, translating complex client requirements into precise engineering specifications compliant with EU standards.
• Cultivated strategic joint R&D initiatives with leading European universities, research institutes, and enterprises, accelerating the transition of cutting-edge robotic concepts into commercial products.
• Directed the end-to-end architecture of intelligent warehousing solutions, guiding cross-functional teams in optimizing hardware integration for autonomous vehicles & robots, and overall system performance.
• Led the R&D of high-fidelity simulation and AI algorithms using NVIDIA Isaac Sim & Lab, establishing robust "Sim-to-Real" pipelines to train and validate dynamic path planning optimization, intelligent obstacle avoidance, and complex navigation stacks prior to physical deployment.
• Maintained hands-on oversight of the core system architecture, focusing on bottom-level performance tuning, AI model inference acceleration with TensorRT/ONNX Runtime, and sensor integration.

• Strategic project development, realisation, and implementation with internal and/or external development team
• Multi stakeholder management
• Planning new projects, cost calculation, risk calculation
• AI project for the electrical components production
• Building management systems integrations (BACnet, Modbus, etc)
• Inhouse BACring system architecture and development (control system for fire protection and smoke extraction systems)
• Inhouse MES system architecture and development
• Project management
• Agile-SCRUM project development
• Solution architecture and processes analytics (UML)
• Business application development
• Jira project management
• Reporting and documentation
• Recruitment process for the IT staff
• Software architecture, project development, costs, risks
• Education IT staff (internal and external)
• Responsibility for 5 development/DevOps/QA teams

• Technical lead of a team developing agentic chatbot solutions (React, TypeScript, Python, FastAPI)
• Architecture design for multi-LLM dialog systems - focus on maintainability, UX, and autonomous execution
• Stakeholder alignment, CI/CD processes, and AI integration at enterprise level

• Consulting, design, analysis, software architecture and development
• Designing, developing, and implementing a Pimcore environment and connecting multiple external API systems in a Kubernetes environment, as well as various PIM and ERP systems
• Technologies: Unix environment, design, Symfony development, PHP 8+, software architecture, MySQL/SQL, shell scripting, Git DevOps tasks, AI coding support, Pimcore 12, Shopware 6
• Team size: >10 people