Cursor Experts in Germany

TOURISM

colle-il-diaccino.de · Holiday Accommodation

• Designed and developed the website: interactive site map, accommodation comparison, and image galleries.
• Implemented German, English, and Italian language versions. Set up inquiry forms with input validation and spam protection, language-specific SEO metadata, and automated tests.

Stack: Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind, next-intl, React Hook Form, Zod, Resend, Playwright, Vitest

• Repaired a broken “ScrumBan” process, then established a pure Kanban system; increased output in the Kanban flow by 22% within four weeks

• Increased team autonomy and decision-making ability by implementing new decision strategies; resulting in up to 25% better outcomes

• Redesigned retrospectives (including one-to-one coaching and workshops), which led to consistent implementation of the resulting action items

• Intensive coaching of Product Owners (POs) to develop and support “Empowered Teams”, alongside leadership development to place agile frameworks and methods in a realistic context (“de-illusioning”)

• Supported change management processes to promote an agile company culture among management and teams, improving internal communication to increase transparency and effectiveness in agile processes

Project: Defect Generation on Test-Bench Images of Metal Surfaces Environment: Automated Visual Inspection (AVI), Metallurgy & Manufacturing

• Objective & Implementation: Designed, architected, and trained Generative Adversarial Networks (Pix2PixHD / SPADE) for image-to-image transformation. Targeted generation of synthetic material defects (e.g., cracks, inclusions, scale) on rough metal surfaces under real test-bench lighting conditions for privacy-compliant and efficient dataset expansion (data augmentation).
• Technical Design: Implemented robust Generative AI and computer vision pipelines in Python and PyTorch. Used semantic segmentation approaches for mask-controlled defect synthesis and subsequent evaluation with EfficientDet object detection models.
• Business Impact: Massive dataset upscaling (10x) without time-consuming and costly physical test-bench runs, while significantly improving the detection performance of automated inspection systems.

Technologies & Skills Used: Python | PyTorch | SPADE | Pix2PixHD | EfficientDet | Machine Learning | Semantic Segmentation | Computer Vision

• Concept, interaction and UX for XR experiences for the automotive industry
• Optimizing XR experiences
• Building experiences with AI

Independent product design practice supporting startups and growing companies with enterprise SaaS, workflow architecture, product strategy, and AI-enabled product development.

• Deliver end-to-end product design for digital products, websites, and SaaS platforms, combining product thinking, UX, visual design, and implementation.
• Apply AI throughout the product lifecycle—from research, synthesis, information architecture, and prototyping to development, SEO, and content strategy.
• Design and build production-ready digital products using AI-assisted workflows, enabling significantly faster iteration and delivery.
• Advise founders and businesses on product positioning, UX strategy, and digital transformation.

• Ran structured venture discovery across five fields (real estate, trades & property management, psychotherapy & coaching, social impact). Conducted 100+ interviews plus surveys and ad tests, with kill criteria defined upfront for every hypothesis
• Designed and built AI agents for my own workflows: voice-message transcription and summarization, a journaling app with UI, a voice assistant for task planning, plus research and discovery-synthesis agents (Claude Code, Cursor)
• Built an AI-assisted tool that crawls and values property listings to pre-screen investment opportunities
• Executed several real estate projects in Germany and abroad, from sourcing and valuation to acquisition, renovation and operations

• Lecturer for applied AI in the “AI Implementation Architect” and “AI Business Innovator” courses
• Conducting remote training to qualify participants as "AI Implementation Architect" and "AI Business Innovator"
• Building n8n-based automations for the Digital Institut des Mittelstands

Workflow-automation SaaS for operations teams (Berlin, 120 people); full-time freelance engagement reporting to the CEO: an initial 12-month interim mandate, extended twice through the AI build-out; owned product for one squad and coached the other product managers on process.

• Led generative AI (LLM) integration into the core product: from LLM-powered steps to natural-language workflow authoring and step-level automation suggestions, plus AI-managed dynamic workflows, shipped behind eval gates with human-in-the-loop fallbacks: AI-drafted workflows grew to 31% of all new workflows, and median time-to-first-workflow fell from 3 days to 4 hours.
• Packaged the AI capabilities as a usage-based add-on priced on executed automation steps, working with sales and marketing on positioning: ~€800K added ARR in the first year, and adopting accounts churned 1.8 pp less.
• Owned the roadmap end to end: replaced feature-request-driven quarterly planning with an outcome-based rolling roadmap built on quarterly bets and explicit kill criteria, presented monthly to the executive team and quarterly to the board.
• Rebuilt the product-management operating system: weekly customer-discovery cadence incl. workshop facilitation, RFC/decision-doc reviews and a single quarterly metrics narrative; coached four product managers, one promoted to senior during the engagement.
• Closed the engagement as scoped: hired and onboarded the permanent VP Product, handed over the process playbook and roadmap, and exited on schedule in June 2026.

• Assumed responsibility for backend architecture and technical strategy, planning and leading the platform's evolution in close collaboration with the CTO
• Simultaneously drove the development of new features for the housing and tenant management platform, balancing high-level architectural design with hands-on implementation
• Utilized AI-assisted workflows (with tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) and worked on AI-based features (with tools such as N8N, Mastra, ElevenLabs)

Technologies: Node.js, TypeScript, React.js, Next.js, PostgreSQL, Google Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes

• Leading UX for a Property Management System, an all-in-one solution for vacation rental agencies and tourism regions, covering marketing and rental of holiday apartments and houses
• UX audits, conception, and implementation of UX strategy with a focus on regulatory, security, and user-centered requirements
• Advising C-level stakeholders on UX strategy and design best practices
• Planning and conducting research with agencies and property owners
• Design system strategy and definition of UX architecture

• Responsible for the concept, planning, and delivery of product development for GetMyInvoices 2.0 and its subcomponent InvoiceRails
• Independently handled all aspects of the project, including concept development, writing ticket specifications, and coordinating developers
• Created, managed, and prioritized tickets to ensure all tasks were completed on time and to a high standard
• Conducted and/or coordinated tests and ensured the proper implementation of developed features and functionality
• Worked closely with developers to clarify technical requirements and ensure implementations met specifications
• Regularly reported on project progress and documented key decisions, changes, and risks
• Took the lead on all topics related to e-invoicing and Peppol, especially regarding the InvoiceRails component
• Provided internal guidance and shared knowledge about e-invoicing and Peppol with other teams and departments
• Tracked market trends and new developments in e-invoicing and Peppol to continuously adapt the product strategy
• Ensured the products’ long-term scalability and adaptability to future technological and legal changes in e-invoicing

• Development and optimization of the RTL+ frontend application for SmartTV and set-top box platforms with React and Next.js.
• Key role in the technical coordination of developers within the team and in coordinating implementation.
• Central interface to adjacent teams to simplify development processes and improve cross-team alignment.
• Improved frontend performance, stability, and rendering behavior on low-powered devices in a restricted runtime environment.
• Implemented a frontend testing strategy with Jest, React Testing Library, and Playwright.
• Implemented accessibility improvements according to WCAG 2.2 and WAI-ARIA.
• Integrated Didomi Consent Management as a contribution to increasing ad monetization on streaming platforms.
• Used AI-supported engineering workflows with Cursor for structured implementation, refactoring, and faster problem solving.

Technologies used: React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, GraphQL, Apollo Gateway, Zustand, Tailwind CSS, Styled Components, React Testing Library, Playwright, Jest, HTML5, CSS3, AWS Lambda, EC2, CloudFront, S3, GitLab CI/CD, NX, Cursor

Designing AI-native digital products by combining product strategy, UX research, interaction design, software engineering, and modern AI workflows. Leading projects from discovery to implementation while integrating AI throughout the entire product development lifecycle.

Key responsibilities

• → Product discovery, stakeholder workshops, Jobs-to-be-Done and user research
• → User journey mapping, information architecture and interaction design
• → Wireframes, high-fidelity UI, prototypes and scalable design systems in Figma and Penpot
• → AI-assisted interface generation and rapid concept exploration using Figma AI, Figma Make and generative design workflows
• → Design-to-code workflows with AI-supported frontend generation and engineering collaboration
• → Building accessible interfaces following WCAG 2.2 and enterprise design standards
• → Usability testing, iterative validation and KPI-driven product optimization
• → Development of AI knowledge systems, MCP-powered design workflows and human-in-the-loop review processes
• → Close collaboration with engineering teams to ensure production-ready implementation

• Designed role-based delivery assignment workflows, switchable between own fleet and partner carriers, with traceable status chains from „pending“ to „in delivery.“
• Designed AI-assisted route optimization, where dispatchers review drive-time-optimized route suggestions as drafts and apply them in one click.
• Designed a central planning interface for delivery and route management, bringing table view, map view, and route composition into a single workflow.
• Built interactive prototypes to align new product features early with stakeholders and engineering.

Key methods: AI-assisted Product Design, Workflow Design, Role-Based Workflows, Dashboard Design, Interaction Design, Prototyping, Logistics/Operations UX, Stakeholder Collaboration