Matthias Nowak

Champagnermaus WSET II (WSET III 2026) | Digital & AI Ethics & Compliance | Innovation Management | B2B Marketing + Product Communication Strategies & Narratives | Antiques @ Treasuredome

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

Ich digitalisiere Mittelständler, baue Agentic-AI-Systeme und begleite Tech-Startups durch EU-Ethik-Assessments. Nebenbei handle ich mit Antiquitäten und am Wochenende erkläre (und lerne) ich Champagner. KI-Projekte. Ethik-Assessments. Antiquitäten. Champagner. Warum das zusammengehört? Wo der rote Faden ist? Ich helfe dabei, Komplexität zu navigieren – technisch, strategisch, menschlich. Aber der Mensch lebt bekanntlich nicht vom Brot allein. Irgendwann braucht er einen Drink. // --------------------------------------!> I help mid-sized companies go digital, build Agentic AI systems, and guide tech startups through EU ethics assessments. On the side, I deal in antiques, and on weekends I explain (and learn about) champagne. AI projects. Ethics assessments. Antiques. Champagne. As you do, right? Why these things do actually go together? Where their common thread lies? I help navigate complexity – technically, strategically, and human...ly. But as we all know, man does not live by bread alone. At some point, you'll need a drink.

Experience

  • Champagnermaus at Edeka Zurheide
    Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

    Champagnermaus; schenkt den Champagner aus.

  • Builder. Learner. Champagnermaus. at Matthias Nowak
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    Nach Jahren im Marketing für erklärungsbedürftige Technologien: selbst bauen, tiefer lernen, neu justieren. Projekte: –– Agentic-AI-System für einen Webshop (Artikelanlage & Dynamic Pricing Automatisierung) –– Digitalstrategie & Infrastruktur für ein KFZ Unternehmen (KMU, Kontext Unternehmensnachfolge –– Ethik-Assessments für EU Horizon-geförderte Startups (ethaas.de) Weiterbildung: –– MBA Innovation Management (SRH) –– AI & ML in Healthcare (Stanford) –– WSET Level II Und ... ja: –– Antiquitäten (treasuredome.de) –– Champagner (Zurheide Feine Kost, Düsseldorf)

  • Ethics / Compliance Advisor at Ethics as A Service
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

    In some way, my academical background (BA Philosophy, with focus topics AI, Ethics) finally united formally with my experience in digital marketing and process design, when I was appointed ethics advisor for two Deep tech innovation projects funded through the EU Horizon program. While at it, it became clear that there must be a better (leaner, more efficient, formally clean) way of conducting such ethics assessments. Consequentially, I enrolled in an Innovation Management MBA program and used the thesis to develop a method that blends 3000 years of ethical thinking with the latest AI / LLM methods. With the framework created, I support tech startups in different industries with their Horizon EU (or similar) ethics assessments/ ethics reviews, and advise on all things tech- and AI Ethics and compliance related. ethaas.de

  • Digital Growth Manager at HICO Group AG
    Oct 2024 - May 2025 · 8 mos

  • Ethics/Compliance Advisor at LiveEO
    Jan 2024 - Feb 2024 · 2 mos

    Led / conducted ethics/compliance assessment in the context of a substantial EIC funding (Horizon Europe) for a scaleup's (7 years, 150 employees) innovation project in the field of satellite-based earth observation.