C-level technology leader with 15+ years of executive management in Europe and the US — at the intersection of technology, creativity and business transformation.
Proven three times over in leading organizations through fundamental technology shifts — from the digital transformation of traditional companies to building an enterprise AI platform with 150+ GenAI applications in production. Entrepreneurial DNA from four founded companies, international leadership experience — several of those years operating out of New York, and a recognized thought leader in agentic AI. Reporting directly to owners and managing shareholders for more than a decade. What the market now calls forward deployed engineering has long been practice in this career: leading embedded inside the company, delivering in production, staying close to the code. Nominated CIO of the Decade (2020).
AI transformation with P&L judgment: decided at ownership level, built with the teams, measured by results.
Board and advisory work on technology and AI — sparring partner to ownership circles and executive teams.
AI-driven value creation in portfolio companies: from the first-100-days agenda to a productive agentic platform.
C-level on demand (CTO · CIO · CDO): leading transformation, building teams, delivering — forward deployed, up to building dedicated forward deployed engineering (FDE) functions.
Tech and AI readiness assessments for investments, succession and carve-outs.
Leading the technology lab at Germany's Federal Association for the Digital Economy (BVDW). Bridging AI research and practice. Industry standards for agentic AI.
The Working Life Operating System — a personal Human × AI infrastructure for the entire working life, built for Europe. After advising from the board, now leading technology operationally: AI-first architecture combining security, governance and European data sovereignty from the ground up.
The digital medical-supply store: prescription compression stockings, fully digital from a photo of the prescription through guided at-home measurement to direct billing with all German statutory health insurers — to our knowledge unique in this completeness in the German market. A measurement-point data model matches across manufacturers by true fit instead of size charts; AI agents carry prescription checks, ordering and service — allowing two founders to run the entire operation. Live since 2025.
The regulated company behind medsox: an accredited medical-aids provider under German health-insurance law (pre-qualification per § 126 SGB V) — the license without which no one may dispense prescription compression stockings and bill statutory health insurers. Founded in Hamburg in 2022 and conceived from the start as the carrier of a digital care model: accreditation, insurer billing and professional review of every fitting remain, while software replaces the physical store.
AI identity startup (formerly ultimate identity). Digital identities and AI. Equity stake.
Cited as a subject-matter author on Mobile Marketing (Wikipedia)
Regular keynote speaker on enterprise AI, agentic architecture and digital transformation in the German Mittelstand.