Artificial Intelligence Experts in Stuttgart

Karin Albiez

Language Expert – Python Developer – AI Engineer

Leonberg

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AI Benchmark Engineer | Native language specialist German at Lilt

Task Engineering: Evaluating Coding Agents.
Asset Creation: Building realistic task environments using datasets and files in German. Crucially, these assets must remain in the target language to genuinely measure multilingual handling.
Prompting & Translation: finding failure points where AI does not work, in German.
Implementation & Verification: Supporting the development of robust solutions (reference implementations) and write highly reliable, deterministic verifier scripts (using rubric-based judging only when strictly necessary).
Calibration & Execution: Analyze execution logs and calibrate task difficulty (Easy to Very Hard) using standard Terminal-Bench run configurations against various model tiers (Haiku, Opus).
Quality Assurance: Participation in a rigorous, 4-layer human quality control process (creation, human review, calibration review, and audit) alongside automated LLM-based checks to ensure fairness, grammatical accuracy, and benchmark integrity.
Linguistic Review: Reviewing AI benchmark tasks across Hindi, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Czech and Turkish.

Kartheek Kumar Kothapalli

Senior Automotive Cybersecurity Expert & Auditor

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Advisor & Investor (Limited Partner) at Destrosolutions

Advised the executive team on the strategy, architecture, and development of an AI-powered Product Security Operations Center (PSOC); a cybersecurity operating system for software-defined cyber physical connected systems.
Provided strategic guidance on product vision, regulatory alignment, and market positioning, supporting capabilities across threat intelligence, vulnerability management, compliance automation, and autonomous product security.

Dirk Peter

Freelance Cyber Defense Lead & KRITIS/NIS2 Consultant | AI Security Architect

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Freelance Cyber Defense Lead & KRITIS/NIS2 Consultant | AI Security Architect at Self-Employed

Situation: Increasing demand for privacy-compliant AI solutions for clients in the KRITIS and mid-market sector that need to analyze sensitive media content (audio, video, documents) without sending data to public cloud LLMs.
Task: Design, deployment, and secure operation of a fully self-hosted AI infrastructure including a custom-built digital management platform for automated media analysis.
Action: Architected and implemented a multi-tier platform on hardened Proxmox infrastructure with frontend (Nuxt 3, Vue 3, TypeScript, Tailwind 4), backend (Laravel 13, PHP 8.4, Sanctum), data storage (PostgreSQL 16, MongoDB 7), caching/queuing (Redis 7, Laravel Queue), AI workers (Python 3.11, Whisper, DeepFace, Librosa), scheduling (Laravel Scheduler/Cron), and local LLMs (Gemma, DeepSeek, Qwen, Mistral, LLaMA, Phi) via OpenWebUI with segmented network access, API hardening, and audit logging following BSI recommendations.
Result: Fully GDPR-compliant, on-premises AI platform with zero data leakage to third parties.
Task: Overall responsibility as an external Head of Cyber Security / CISO-as-a-Service for the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of ISMS according to ISO 27001, BSI IT-Grundschutz, and NIS2.
Action: Built and managed Cyber Defense Centers (CDC) with SOC operations, integrated SIEM solutions (Splunk, Graylog), established risk-based vulnerability management (Qualys, Nessus, OpenVAS), and conducted regular infrastructure, application, and physical penetration tests.
Result: Audit-ready ISMS for multiple clients and a 60% reduction in critical vulnerabilities within 90 days.
Task: Design and execution of NIS2 assessments and operational roll-out plans for KRITIS operators.
Action: Developed an online assessment tool for automated identification of individual weakness profiles, implemented ISMS optimizations, penetration testing, awareness programs, GRC suite deployment, and delivered C-level presentations.
Result: Accelerated the consulting process by 50% and successfully prepared multiple clients for NIS2 compliance.
Task: Incident commander for crisis response, forensics, and business recovery in ransomware attacks and APT campaigns.
Action: Coordinated with state and federal police (LKA, BKA), performed forensic analysis (OSForensics, Wireshark, Kali Linux), executed disaster recovery and BCM strategies, and developed BTC extortion response strategies.
Result: 100% recovery rate within defined RTO windows and sustainable post-incident security architectures.
Action: Planned, built, and operated a hardened multi-VM infrastructure (Proxmox, 15+ VMs) with web and mail servers, Graylog, OPNsense firewalls, CRM/ERP and LLM instances, network segmentation, DDoS mitigation, automated patch management, and backup strategies.
Result: >99.5% uptime over 20+ years and zero compromises.
Action: Designed coordinated phishing campaigns with five levels of difficulty, developed e-trainings and webinars in a PDCA cycle, and led red and blue teams.
Result: Phishing click rate reduced from 35% to under 5% within three campaign cycles.

Artyom Narimanyan

Senior Software & Cloud Consultant

Ludwigsburg

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AI Automation Engineer & Solution Architect at Technology Research Project

Designed and developed an AI-powered automation platform using n8n to analyze social media niches, identify target audiences, and automate marketing strategy generation. The solution combined AI agents, workflow orchestration, and data analysis to automate research processes and generate data-driven insights.

Designed and implemented complex automation workflows using n8n
Developed AI-powered analysis agents for market and audience research
Integrated multiple APIs and AI services into automated workflows
Built automated market, competitor, and target audience analysis pipelines
Leveraged Large Language Models (LLMs) for information summarization, classification, and prioritization
Containerized and deployed the platform using Docker

Technologies: n8n, AI Agents, OpenAI APIs, Prompt Engineering, LLMs, Docker, Linux, REST APIs, Webhooks

Selin Ekici

Project Manager | PMO Consultant | Project Controls Specialist

Besigheim

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Project Manager & Entity PMO Lead at Valeo Switches and Sensors GmbH

Lead and coordinate complex cross-functional projects within LiDAR and software development environments.
Develop and maintain critical project schedules, monitor work packages, track project baselines, and manage milestone progression via Gantt plans.
Drive robust project controls by preparing detailed project forecasts, cost analyses, workload planning, and resource tracking.
Monitor and report core KPIs related to cost, timing, quality, and delivery performance to ensure alignment with organizational goals.
Design and present executive dashboards, management reports, and steering committee presentations for senior leadership.
Facilitate seamless communication and alignment between R&D, Quality, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Finance, and international stakeholders.
Proactively identify risks, maintain comprehensive risk registers, and contribute to mitigation planning and escalation processes.
Coordinate engineering change requests, assessing their operational impact on project scope, timing, resources, and budgets.
Drive efficiency through AI-powered process improvements using LEA Suite, structured prompting, workflow automation, and automated meeting documentation.

Dennis Dickmann

Founder

Last position:

Founder at Latence

Founded Latence to commercialise runtime safety patterns from HALO as a deployable product.
Built end-to-end as single technical founder with open-source stack on NVIDIA ecosystem.
Developed TRACE: real-time safety layer for knowledge agents and RAG pipelines with groundedness scoring, prompt-attack detection, GDPR redaction, context compression, audit-ready traces.
Developed vLLM Factory: production inference framework on vLLM with custom Triton kernels and 12 parity-validated plugin models, achieving up to 11.7× throughput vs vanilla PyTorch.
Developed ColSearch: single-node multi-vector late-interaction retrieval engine with Rust SIMD and fused CUDA, achieving 3.12× FastPlaid geomean QPS on BEIR-8 and a 1.58-bit quantized lane 6.4× smaller than FP16.
Developed llm-opt: LLM compression research framework with hierarchical importance, structured pruning, tabu search, knowledge distillation.

Francis Wambugu

German Teacher

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German Teacher at Goethe Institut-Nairobi

Teaching German literature and linguistics

German Rauhut

Freelance Technical Product Owner & AI Product Builder

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Freelance Technical Product Owner & AI Product Builder at Neckarshore AI / Freelance

Two complementary tracks: (a) building my own AI products and open-source tools under the Neckarshore AI brand, with a focus on AI-supported multi-agent development processes and documentation automation; (b) freelance support for industrial, logistics, and financial companies in IT-related transformation projects.

Current product portfolio under the Neckarshore AI brand:

Omnopsis Documenter — AI-powered documentation engine: generates compliance, technical, and release documentation from Git, Jira, and Confluence. 500+ automated tests, 100+ API endpoints, RBAC, monitoring stack.
TrustScope — trust analysis for public GitHub repos: deterministic three-pillar report (Security & Supply Chain, Governance, Community) based on OpenSSF Scorecard, with constructive fix suggestions instead of a single misleading score.
md-viewer — dependency-free Markdown viewer for macOS (Finder Quick Action) and web, split view of rendered document and raw text.
Obsidian Vault Autopilot — AI-supported vault automation for Obsidian × Claude Code: sorts the inbox, renames notes, enriches frontmatter.
Phonesis Voice Bank — voice archive for families, hospices, and cultural archives (guided recordings, inheritable archive, optional voice cloning); currently in the GDPR compliance phase (Art. 9, biometric data).
Multi-Agent Development Process — 12+ specialized agents (architecture, implementation, security, refactoring, marketing) with structured handoff protocol, parallel execution, and automated quality assurance — powers the entire product development.
Freelance consulting: Technical Product Ownership for production, logistics, and compliance/AML systems; steering international rollouts including test, cutover, and change management.

Stack: NestJS, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis/BullMQ, Next.js, Claude Code (Opus), Docker, GitHub Actions, Vercel

Jochen Langenberger

Management Consultant, Coach, Senior Project Manager and Interim Manager

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Management Consultant, Coach, Senior Project Manager and Interim Manager at JL International Project Management & Consulting

Project Manager – Management Consultant – Lean Manager – Coach in machine and plant engineering, pharma and medical technology

Senior Project Manager + Assembly Manager: Conversion of Porsche assembly lines Emil Schmid Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG

Planning and conversion for the integration of new camera technology with AI tools for process optimization on V-engine lines Management Consultant: Business Development for defense industry for NATO Emil Schmid Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
Market research - analysis of potential customers in the defense industry
Direct approach to potential customers and market participants
Developing options for action and a strategy for further market development Seminar Leader, Consultant + Coach: Project Management + Experience Exchange Ness Wärmetechnik GmbH
Workshop for further development of project managers with prior knowledge
Exchange of experience with project managers and derivation of measures
Recommendations to improve the project management organization Management Consultant: EU market research for hemodialysis systems Scherzinger Pumpen GmbH & Co. KG
Market research for gear pumps in hemodialysis systems
Contact with purchasing and R&D of dialysis system manufacturers
Collecting market data with growth forecasts and changes Management Consultant: Strategy + Global Business Development Vibrationmaster s.à r.l.
Company-wide strategy development together with the CEO for test systems for bolted joints
Consulting and support in international business development and cooperation with partners Senior Project Manager + Assembly Manager: Conversion of Porsche assembly lines Emil Schmid Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
Project management for new conversion of wheel carrier press line and assembly line
Coordination of tasks and work packages for sub-project leaders
Schedule planning and cost control
Resource planning with internal departments and external specialists
Management and execution of customer and supplier coordination Management Consultant + Coach: Handling difficult project situations Ness Wärmetechnik GmbH
Coaching project management in project control for major project Exyte to ensure ongoing order processing, awareness of difficult project situations and emerging decisions Senior Project Manager, Consultant, Coach: Improving quality of pharma pouches B. Braun Melsungen AG, Hospital Care Division, Pharma, Plant A
Project management for improving/preventing quality fluctuations of three-chamber pouches and their outer packaging
Leading an interdisciplinary international team from Germany, Italy, Switzerland
Improving the production concept
Adjusting quality criteria and setting up continuous traceability across manufacturing/logistics processes Management Consultant: Further development of structure + business processes KLAUS UNION GmbH & Co. KG
Analysis of the current state of pump handling
Design of the target state for pump handling
Cost-benefit analysis of changes
Reorientation of business processes
Implementation with internal and external resources Senior Project Manager, Consultant, Coach: Production improvements pharma B. Braun Melsungen AG, Hospital Care Division, Pharma, Plant A
Replacement procurement of packaging machines (carton erector, sealer)
Concept / implementation of first-time procurement of depalletizing to packaging process
Concept development in a simulation with production employees for a new manufacturing area for small-batch packaging, including implementation and setup
Expansion of a rack conveyor system
Bringing automation know-how and lean management into projects
Further development of project management specifically for Technical Service
Sparring partner, consultant and coach for specialists and managers Senior Project Manager: Plant conversion for filter production for ventilators 3M Deutschland GmbH Membrana
Management support for program and project management for a fast-track project at the Wuppertal plant
Setup of a plant (approx. €30 million) for the production of filter membranes for use in ventilators (oxygenators) Consultant: Review of leadership, structure, processes + trends at US subsidiary Bleichert Inc. for R. Weiss Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG
Company-wide review of structure, business processes, communication and activities with SWOT analysis in interviews at all company levels
Assessment of existing leadership, control tools and aids
Estimation of potential and trends in the North American market Senior Project Manager: Streamlining packaging variety in medical technology at B.Braun B. Braun Melsungen AG
Leading and supporting the implementation phase of a company project (multi-million-euro range)
Reduction of packaging variety
Implementation for different product families while considering the views of sales, marketing, R&D, regulatory affairs, supply chain, logistics, sterilization, production, purchasing and controlling
Challenging communication / conflict management in bringing together the interdisciplinary, international teams with 30 team members
Management reporting of the implementation phase with quality assurance and implementation costs Management Consultant: Corrective alignment of the Wärmetechnik Ness project Ness Wärmetechnik GmbH
Supervision of major projects + further development of project management
Interim manager "Head of Project Management": supervision of large and critical projects with direct customer contact in Latvia
Coaching project managers and teams to secure ongoing order processing, awareness of difficult project situations, consulting on emerging decisions
Improving deadline tracking for ongoing projects
Concept for further development of project management
Consulting on necessary structural company changes and staffing of project-related functions Senior Project Manager + Consultant: Schedule coordination for major BMW projects Emil Schmid Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
New / conversion of assembly lines for BMW Munich / Steyr / Hams Hall
Project management for more than 500 conversion / new-build measures for assembly lines
Detailed, structured scheduling, preventing potential delays
Resource planning with internal departments and external specialists
Coordination and execution of customer and supplier meetings
Resolving staffing disputes with conflict management
Further development of project management, support of change process
Management consulting on various business matters Senior Project Manager + Consultant: Technical cleaning BMW Dingolfing A. Markert GmbH Metallreinigungsmaschinen
Project leadership with employee motivation during the integration of a cleaning system into the production line within a short conversion time
Fast creation of project transparency when joining an ongoing project
Structured coordination with customer and suppliers to improve deadlines
Preventing a critical scheduling situation to win back the customer
Ensuring a stable schedule situation through detailed planning Senior Project Manager: Streamlining packaging variety in medical technology at B.Braun B. Braun Melsungen AG, Melsungen
Project: Harmonization of packaging for cost optimization for the plant in Gyöngyös, Hungary
Leading the concept and implementation phase of a company project (multi-million-euro range)
Reduction of packaging variety ahead of costly validation / verification processes for packaging families
Guiding towards the best solution proposals for different product families while considering the views of sales, marketing, R&D, regulatory affairs, supply chain, logistics, sterilization, production, purchasing and controlling
Challenging communication and conflict management in bringing together the interdisciplinary, international teams with 30 team members
Management reporting on the concept result with quality assurance, cost, schedule and capacity planning for the following implementation phase Consultant: Market study USA / Canada + business development basics Scherzinger Pumpen GmbH & Co. KG, Furtwangen
North America market study with market data and competitive situation
Contact and interest check with customers and sales partners
Travel to potential customers and partners as a basis for decision-making Trainer: Workshop team building, self-management & conflict management ZF AG, ABB AG in cooperation with Lindconsult GmbH
Working in teams, self-management & conflict management
Workshop with individual and group exercises as well as role plays Consultant: Introduction of project management + process adjustment Lauffer Maschinenfabrik Lauffer GmbH & Co. KG
Introduction of project management
Examination of current business processes and definition of target processes for quotations, handover of orders and processing with clear responsibilities in all process steps
Review and development of internal tools for the processes
Process documentation and review for the quality management manual
Support during briefings and employee buy-in
Fine-tuning of processes after initial implementation experience Management Consulting: Plant layout and business process development ACSYS Lasertechnik GmbH, Mittweida
Development of hall layout with production, manufacturing areas, warehouse, goods receipt, shipping and material flow
Examination of current business processes and definition of target processes from "inquiry to after sales" with clear assignment of responsibilities in all process steps
Review and development of internal tools for business processes
Documentation and review of business processes
Support during briefings Moderator: Plant planning with master, layout and business plan Klaus Union GmbH
Moderation and consulting in a workshop to develop a plant layout with production areas, testing areas, warehouse, goods receipt, shipping and material flow
Template for the architect layout for the building permit for the conversion Management Consultant: Adjustment of business processes + structure AMT Alfing Montagetechnik GmbH
Examination of current business processes and definition of target processes for "order entry", "spindle repairs" and "spare parts handling" with clear responsibilities in all process steps
Review and development of internal tools for the business processes
Documentation and review of business processes
Support during briefings Management Consultant + Coach: Introduction of project management ELHA ELHA Maschinenbau Liemke KG
Professional coaching for project managers and consulting on building project management in the field of manufacturing systems with analysis of business processes and production workflows
Examination of current processes and definition of target processes for sales, order handover, processing, schedule control, cost control and dunning with clear responsibilities in all process steps
Review and development of internal tools for business processes
Documentation and review of business processes
Support during briefings
Development of hall layout with production areas, warehouse and material flow Consultant: Further development of project management + knowledge management AKS AKS Alfing Kessler Sondermaschinenbau GmbH
Consulting and reorganization of business processes to further develop project management and build a knowledge database
Examination of current business processes and definition of target processes for order handover, cost orientation, additional claims & change management and securing know-how with clear responsibilities in all process steps
Review and development of internal tools for business processes
Documentation and review of business processes Senior Project Management: Patent implementation security concept Human Bios International AG
Overall project management for patent implementation
Market analysis in the field of security technologies
Acquisition of development partners, sales partners and potential customers
Strategy development and implementation
Sales and technical development consulting
Application for and receipt of government funding Project Manager + Management Consultant: Processing of BMW Munich order AMT Alfing Montagetechnik GmbH
Leading the project with accompanying business consulting and coaching
Internal coordination with sales and technical processing
External coordination with customers and suppliers
Quality assurance, deadline tracking, cost control with claim management
Preparation of inquiries with specifications and negotiations with suppliers Trainer: Workshop time and self-management ABB AG in cooperation with Herrenberger Team GmbH
Training on time & self-management
Workshop with individual and group exercises as well as role plays Management Consultant: Ongoing analysis of business processes Klaus Union GmbH
Ongoing analysis of the key business processes for pumps, valves, spare parts/service from inquiry through order entry, technical and commercial processing to delivery
Showing collected weaknesses and disruptions, their dependencies and joint development of process improvements in workshops
Documentation of the analysis and workshops Management Consultant: International sales development for combo dampers Lefa Fleischereiausstattungen GmbH + Edelstahl-Mechanik GmbH
Europe-wide market research of sales partners and potential customers for the sale of combo dampers with smoking function
Support in developing marketing material and campaigns
Introduction of sales partners and support at trade fair appearances Management Consultant: Strategy workshop + strategy review workshops Klaus Union GmbH + Co. KG
Strategy development with company analyses (SWOT, portfolio)
Regular strategy review workshops with development of the holistic company strategy / vision / mission / goals, use of balanced scorecard
Definition of strategic measures for further company development Lecturer "International Project Management" Aalen University Aalen University, Master's program International Business
Workshop-style course with teaching of project management basics, experience, tools and simulation
Domestic and foreign market studies (Europe, overseas, Asia), company analyses, staffing concepts for German industrial companies with students Business Developer: Market development India for nanotechnology product Rewitec GmbH
Market study India
Market development in India for nanotechnology products with trade fair appearance, search for trade partners and follow-up of contacts
Support during test phases, coordination of local partners as exclusive agent Moderator: Strategy rollout for automotive engineering companies IAV + NCC IAV GmbH, NCC Deutschland GmbH in cooperation with Herrenberger Team GmbH and E³ GmbH
Moderation in strategy rollout workshops
Training in contract and conflict management with basics and role plays Overall Project Manager: Processing of Zeppelin granulate conveyor systems order Zeppelin Silo & Systems GmbH
Leading the project with sales and profit increase
Professional coaching of the deputy project manager and project team
Internal coordination with the project team, sales and technical processing
External coordination with customers and suppliers
Quality assurance, deadline tracking, cost control with claim management
Preparation of inquiries with specifications and negotiations with suppliers Sessler Galvanikanlagen GmbH
Market studies in the USA and Russia with market data and competitive situation
Strategy, contracts and marketing development with joint venture partner in the USA
Training of US representatives and initial sales support

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Thomas Gaiser

Interim Digital Product Manager

Last position:

Interim Digital Product Manager at Novartis Pharma GmbH

Defined and established a clear product strategy and roadmap to align product development with business goals and market trends
Led and prioritized product requirements for cross-functional, international stakeholder groups (TA, brand family, content managers, legal)
Efficiently managed the development process in international agile teams for on-time and on-budget delivery of critical product releases
Led product launch and marketing activities in coordination with channel orchestration experts
Monitored and analyzed product performance metrics (KPIs) to optimize and maximize business value with data-driven insights

Florian Becker

Advocate of Digitalization, Data and Artificial Intelligence

Last position:

Chief Delivery Officer, Process Definition & Automation at AI Health Tech

Definition of operational business processes, from customer acquisition to accounting
Development of the corresponding IT infrastructure and process clusters
Design of process automation and definition of requirements for the AI technologies to be deployed

Carlos Medina

Implementation in Pimcore/Shopware

Last position:

Implementation in Pimcore/Shopware

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

Thomas Göttel

Managing Director

Last position:

Managing Director at Agula

Marcel Wolfangel

Head of Strategy & Innovation

Baltmannsweiler

Last position:

Head of Strategy & Innovation (In-House Consulting Mandate) at Mercedes-Benz Group

Project focus: Strategic realignment of global market clusters and design of future-proof data architectures.
Results & achievements:
TOM design SEA & General Distributors: Development of a hub-and-spoke operating model for Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore) including site evaluation. Goal: Achieving significant savings in FTE and EUR.
Data Intelligence Architecture: Conceptualization of a "Data Intelligence Unit" and a Central Data Hub for Europe, including role and process definition.
AI-Driven Knowledge Management: Implementation of AI-based knowledge management in after-sales to consolidate heterogeneous sources.

Sergey Komarov

Managing Director Cybersecurity