Docker Experts in Nuremberg

• Spearheaded the integration of a custom Transformer-based encoder into the AFFGANwriting pipeline, replacing the legacy VGG19 architecture to capture richer, high-fidelity writer-style representations.
• Boosted user-study pick-rates by 40%, demonstrating a significant leap in the perceptual quality and realism of the generated handwriting compared to the baseline model.
• Enhanced OCR performance by 20% by implementing a teacher-student framework that leveraged a TrOCR benchmark model for auxiliary training alignment

• Designed and implemented the complete data flow architecture for the Mercedes-AMG battery case production line, from raw material processing to end-customer traceability.

• Developed MQTT-based communication protocols for Siemens S7 PLC controllers to enable efficient real-time data exchange between machines and supervisory systems.

• Architected a local Ubuntu-based industrial server, integrating Node-RED for data collection, MySQL databases running in Docker containers, and automated data pipelines.

• Commissioned connectivity of 52 Siemens PLCs and 32 Yaskawa welding and handling robots.

• Designed and implemented HMI and visualization systems to support operator interaction and production monitoring.

• Designed a 2D digital twin of the production floor, visualizing real-time process data from 26 Siemens PLCs and 18 Yaskawa welding robots via Stromquelle interfaces.

• Implemented data collection and camera-based measurement systems for welding quality control and automated defect visualization.

• Designed and optimized MySQL database structures, including stored procedures for data processing and performance analytics.

• Helped to design the AWS infrastructure, integrated services and backend architecture for use cases of an on-premise solution and partial migrations to AWS with fast response times
• Implemented automated AWS integration test suites
• Implemented mission-critical components and delivered them before the deadline in a production-ready state with operation and monitoring concepts
• This 2-month subproject was about building a data-intense pipeline (5 TB) to be enriched continuously with data
• Designed and implemented reusable AWS CDK constructs to be used across the company’s teams to enable faster onboarding with AWS
• Coached on AWS topics, distributed software patterns, security, domain-driven design, agile collaboration and documentation to improve performance and collaboration
• Technologies: AWS, GitHub Actions, ETL, monitoring, operations, TypeScript, Python, AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Java, Docker, AWS ECS, AWS Lambda, serverless, Jenkins, DevOps principles

• Integrated complex AI-based energy system models into the frontend framework, enabling the visualization of insights for 6+ key clients and maximizing energy utilization.
• Maximized energy efficiency and utilization by architecting the seamless data flow between AI models and the user interface for rapid, actionable reporting.

• Delivered 40+ AI projects and 23 strategic consultations for international clients (US, Europe, Middle East), achieving a 98% job success rate and building long-term partnerships.
• Developed and deployed production-grade AI solutions in computer vision, NLP, deep learning, and generative AI (LLMs, RAG pipelines, Stable Diffusion, OCR, chatbots), enabling automation and improving client efficiency by up to 70%.
• Designed and fine-tuned large language models (LLMs), including prompt engineering and integration with enterprise knowledge bases, leading to smarter decision-making and reduced manual effort.
• Built real-time computer vision applications (detection, segmentation, OCR) and integrated them into business systems, significantly enhancing accuracy and scalability.
• Consulted startups and enterprises on AI strategy, architecture, and deployment (cloud & on-premise), accelerating product development and reducing time-to-market.
• Managed complete AI project lifecycles (requirements gathering, solution design, deployment, support) in agile, international, and cross-functional environments, ensuring high-quality delivery.

• Pioneer work in personalized AI: development of a framework for “Interactive Content” (RAG) for novels, lectures, expert debriefing
• Successful launch of Einbug, the Pantopia chatbot, with media resonance (SZ interview)
• Creation of compelling AI personalities: AI blog ([link]), 100% personalized learning environments, Perry Rhodan, and others.

• Developed KPI dashboards using Power BI and DAX for 4+ business units, improving reporting transparency and strategic decision support.
• Migrated enterprise finance data views into dbt models, implementing modular SQL transformations, version-controlled data pipelines, and automated documentation to create a scalable analytics layer.
• Built dimensional data models in Snowflake for enterprise finance data, enabling scalable forecasting and supporting executive decision-making.
• Designed end-to-end ETL/ELT pipelines using Snowflake and SAP HANA, integrating data from 3+ enterprise systems.
• Automated monthly reporting workflows using SQL and Power BI, delivering strong business impact by reducing manual effort by 80%.
• Collaborated with finance stakeholders to translate business requirements into analytical data models, supporting strategic decision-making cycles.
• Delivered ad-hoc financial reports using Power BI, reducing turnaround time by 60%.
• Implemented data validation logic in SQL, resolving 95% of recurring data quality issues.

• Technology update
• Microsoft Azure certification

• Software development
• Technical design of software architecture and design (considering functional and non-functional requirements)
• Frontend and Backend
• Refactorings
• Code reviews
• Unit tests
• Automated integration tests
• E2E tests

Global Identity Services (GIS) is the identity provider for the Digital Services Platform (DSP). GIS is responsible for authenticating and authorizing end users and other DSP services by issuing security tokens. This includes:

• Identity management (e.g., user registration, password reset and change, user profiles)
• Management of roles and permissions
• Single Sign-On (SSO) across DSP services
• Management of OAuth resources and terms and conditions

Industrial Communication | Proof of Concept: Controller-to-Controller Communication with OPC UA FX

Proof of Concept for OPC UA FX-based controller-to-controller communication between virtual programmable logic controllers (vPLC) on an industrial edge platform. A virtual test environment was set up on Debian Linux in two phases (including VMs and vPLCs), shared-memory communication (real-time information bus) was activated, and the RIB solution was integrated into a customized product firmware (including shared memory and PROFINET support) and deployed in containerized environments (Docker). Additionally, a virtual Ethernet connection was developed to simulate the network topology. Finally, commissioning, functional tests, sample application creation, comprehensive documentation, and customer support were completed.

• Development of a new innovative payment product for the European market with the aim of establishing an alternative to the existing global players.
• Set-up and scaling of the software development processes and teams.
• Architect and implementation of the business processes in an event sourcing microservice architecture.
• Implementation on a prototype in the context of the Digital Euro.
• Technologies: Ktor (Kotlin), AWS Managed Kubernetes with Fargate, MongoDB, React, ElasticSearch, KoTest, Gradle, Agile Development, Pair Programming, GitHub Actions, Gradle, SonarQube

• Gathered tire images and their feature descriptions.
• Cleaned dataset of image metadata using pandas.
• Stored image feature embeddings in Chroma vector db.
• Used image augmentations to increase dataset size.
• Used sklearn to create shuffled datasets and imbalanced-learn to balance class sizes in dataset.
• Used PyTorch to train and test different neural networks.
• Validated model using custom accuracy metric based on similarity search in ChromaDB.
• Visualized accuracy predictions using matplotlib.
• Plugged trained model into DreamBooth to train stable diffusion model and generate new images of tires.
• Created custom Docker image in Amazon Elastic Container Registry for machine learning script.

• Designed and operated a GitOps-based Kubernetes platform, migrating services from AWS ECS to Amazon EKS.
• Built automated CI/CD pipelines for container build and deployment using GitLab CI, Helm, and Argo CD.
• Developed reusable Helm charts for Kubernetes resources (Ingress, Services, Secrets, HPA, ExternalDNS).
• Provisioned and managed EKS (Fargate and EC2) using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / OpenTofu).
• Implemented OIDC-based authentication and authorization (Okta) for secure access to Kubernetes and Argo CD.
• Improved container security by migrating services to distroless images.
• Implemented logging, monitoring, and observability to ensure system reliability and performance.
• Automated cloud cost optimisation using Python (Boto3), achieving approximately 45% cost savings.
• Led migration of AWS infrastructure to IaC, reducing configuration drift and deployment issues.
• Produced technical documentation and operational runbooks, supporting internal engineering teams.

• Focused on exploring the intersection of Music and AI.