Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany
CEO & Founder | €100M+ B2B | AI Strategist | Mobility | Assistive Tech 🚀 25+ years innovating at the intersection of technology & business. 🌴 California roots — I began my career as a software engineer during the dot-com boom. That’s where I learned to think tech and business the Silicon Valley way: fast, bold, global. 🔥 Entrepreneurial spark — Fresh from my PhD, I founded my first software startup, raised VC, built an international customer base in automotive, and sold the company successfully. 🏎️ Automotive scaling — I launched & grew a $100M+ global ADAS software business, integrated acquisitions, and advised on digital strategy. I experienced autonomous, connected, electric, shared — yet also billions & opportunities wasted in complexity & politics. 🧭 Back to my roots — Today I’m fusing my startup spirit with scale experience. I am deeply customer-centric. A global leader & business developer at heart, but one who enjoys staying close to the tools. ✨Learning hands-on with AI — from using creative tools for concepts and visuals, to building agents and vibecoding. It’s all about making myself and my organizations more impactful and efficient. 🤝 Purpose matters — I look for opportunities to make a difference. Currently I help blind and visually impaired people walk with confidence through VisionarySteps.ai. 💡 What I bring • Strategic & hands-on global leadership • Deep tech + business scaling know-how • A track record building teams & partnerships • Ability to align diverse people around bold goals 👉 Always open to connect with innovators, investors, and leaders who seek transformative technology — and positive impact on humanity.
• Creating an AI-powered mobility assistance product using computer vision, AI & voice. • Building with open-source, low-code/no-code platforms and automation.
• Built company, brand & go-to-market strategy for supply-chain data marketplace. • Delivered efficiency gains & compliance solutions in de-carbonization, ESG & resilience. • Operated the first global Catena-X supply-chain data space with partners & clients worldwide.
• Promoted global open-source standard & community for supply-chain data. • Defined roadmap & KPIs, strengthening the industry-wide Catena-X rollout.
• Advised automakers, from large corporations with thousands of engineers, to luxury brands with very limited resources. • Won multi-year software development & integration contracts delivered by mixed local and nearshore teams. • Helped clients accelerate their software strategies and gain market edge.
• P&L leader for ADAS/AD software & AI solutions; created a €100M+ global business. • Led integration of DXC Robotic Drive & Luxoft ADAS teams (250+ engineers). • Directed due diligence & integration of CMORE, establishing new test & validation practice.