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Technical Director at EmotionPool GmbH

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.

Shiqing Fan

Vehicle Software and OS Expert

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Technical Director at EmotionPool GmbH

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.

Francesco Di Cugno

Senior Technology Director

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Lecturer of Telematics Engineering at Polytechnic of Bari

Kyung Park

Senior Semiconductor Technical Leader

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Expert, Design-to-Mask Preparation at Robert Bosch Semiconductor Manufacturing Dresden

Led end-to-end tape-out and photomask preparation for a 300mm automotive semiconductor program, ensuring manufacturability, data integrity, and compliance with automotive quality standards, frame generation, multi-die placement
Identified and mitigated manufacturing-readiness risks during technology transfer (TI / TSMC 45nm) by implementing reticle, kerf, and alignment optimizations, reducing re-spin exposure, creating alignment, overlay markers, metrology targets, CD-control features, PDM cell
Coordinated cross-functional stakeholders across design, lithography, manufacturing, and mask vendors to deliver a production-ready mask set under strict schedule constraints
Performed and calibrated model-based OPC for the 110 nm node, leveraging RET strategies in collaboration with the photolithography modeling team
Impact: Enabled on-time production release of a safety-critical automotive semiconductor by mitigating tape-out and manufacturability risks under strict quality and yield

Florian Steiner

Technical Product Manager

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Technical Product Manager at Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG

Moderation of ideation and blueprinting workshops with Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts and Solution Architects to capture business requirements and to derive solution hypotheses for different value streams in the transformation project RAITT
Documentation and refinement of requirements in MIRO, Confluence and Jira
Reduced complexity of business requirements, invalidated the business value of features, resulting in a higher priority backlog

Stephan Sahm

Senior Data/ML Consultant & Technical Lead

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Senior Data/ML Consultant & Technical Lead at Jolin.io

Role: Software Engineer & Applied Mathematician (Mathematical optimization for scheduling; duration: 1 months; team setting: Team of 2, remote; technologies: JuMP, Julia, Pluto, Svelte, JavaScript, TypeScript, JetBrains Space, Terraform, Nomad)
Role: Software & Cloud & Web Engineer (Building scalable data science compute cluster from scratch; duration: 11 months; team setting: Team of 1, on-site; technologies: Terraform, Kubernetes, k8s ingress, k8s services, k8s RBAC, k8s networking, k3s, etcd, S3, DNS, certificates, Julia, Pluto, JavaScript, Tailwind, Astro, npm, Parcel, Preact, MUI, JWT, AWS SQS, AWS RDS, Python, GitLab, GitHub)
Role: AI & Web Engineer (Custom ChatGPT service; duration: 1 months; team setting: Team of 2, remote; technologies: Python, Poetry, LangChain, Tailwind, ChatGPT API, Flask, FastAPI)
Role: Architect & Data Engineer (Central datalake setup and ingestion; duration: 9 months; team setting: Team of 5, remote; technologies: Infrastructure-as-code, AWS CDK, Python, Boto3, PySpark, AWS Glue, IAM, S3, ECS, Fargate, Lambda, Apache Hudi, DeltaLake, Databricks, GitHub, Jira, Miro)
Role: Software Engineer (PoC Julia migration of scikit-decide; duration: 1 months; team setting: Team of 2, remote; technologies: Python, Julia, GitHub)

Waldemar Lammert

Technical Program Manager

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Technical Program Manager at Autoscout24

Technical Program Manager for data- and architecture-driven transformation initiatives in complex system landscapes. Focus on target architecture, data and integration strategy, legacy decommissioning, migration planning, delivery management, and technical governance. Experience in decoupling highly integrated platforms, managing data and process migrations, defining service-oriented target states, coordinating cross-domain engineering streams, and evaluating technical solution options regarding effort, risk, operating model, and feasibility. Proven work in programs focusing on data flows, data provisioning, dealer/customer provisioning, API transition, reporting target architectures, and modernization of business-critical backend and integration systems.

Definition of goals, milestones, and dependencies
Program and roadmap management
Managing cross-country teams to achieve targets
Aligning the target architecture
Risk analysis, assessment, and management
Stakeholder management
Planning releases, capacities, and dependencies
Status tracking and C-level reporting
Defining strategies, tools, frameworks, and integrations
Quality assurance and acceptance

Rajan Kumar

Technical Lead/BTV

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Technical Lead/BTV at BMW, Daimler (Mercedes), VW Group, Hella, Ficosa, Cariad (Audi/Porsche/Skoda)

Directed full lifecycle of embedded software projects including LiDAR, BMS, OCU, and Cybersecurity systems.
Coordinated internal and external stakeholders including suppliers like Bosch, Bertrandt, Magna, Continental and IAV.
Managed cross-country teams of 12–15 engineers, conducting project onboarding and role-based training.
Implemented change control and risk registers for safety-critical automotive platforms.
Oversaw project schedules using MS Project, JIRA, and Azure DevOps to ensure milestone alignment and transparency.
Extensive hands-on expertise in test planning and execution for ECUs in compliance with Automotive SPICE (SWE.4–SWE.6) and ISO 26262.
Led digital transformation project with a cross-functional team of 15+, ensuring successful integration of systems and workflows.
Maintained project overviews and tracking in tools like Milestones (Daimler) and MS Project, and managed status reporting to senior stakeholders.
Coordinated with third-party transformation partners and ensured timely delivery of decision templates and risk assessments.
Applied PRINCE2 methodology for structured delivery; facilitated agile ceremonies and maintained Confluence-based documentation.
Strong leadership in cross-functional teams and working in agile environments (SAFe, Scrum).
Successfully led and supported IT and transformation projects, including those in regulated sectors (e.g., KRITIS or energy sector).
Represented or supported overall project leadership in large-scale transformation programs.
Maintained and updated complex project plans (Gantt charts, milestone tracking, and resource allocation).
Coordinated workstreams and interdisciplinary teams; ensured timely delivery of all work packages.
Acted as central communication point between project team, senior management, external vendors, and transformation partners.
Prepared and delivered concise status reports, steering committee presentations, and decision memos.
Identified project risks, maintained risk registers, and led mitigation planning.
Assessed resource needs and supported reallocation based on project priorities and constraints.
Proficient in JIRA, Milestones, Confluence, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, and Excel.
Used both Agile (Scrum) and Waterfall (PRINCE2, PMI) methodologies.
Created and tracked action lists, meeting protocols, and backlog items.
Conducted critical analysis of project progress, resource bottlenecks, and deliverable timelines.
Ensured alignment of transformation goals with enterprise IT architecture and business objectives.

Ilian Sapundshiev

Project Manager

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Project Manager at AutoScout24 GmbH

Successfully migrated over 150 BI dashboards (Jira, Microstrategy, AWS QuickSight) as project lead of 4 developers, ensuring a smooth transition and maintaining data integrity.

Fabian Ehringer

Technical Lead