Professional Summary
I bridge the gap between high-speed AI innovation and the strict requirements of regulated industries. As a Senior IT Architect and Data Scientist with over 8 years of experience, I act as a translator between engineering, business, and legal departments. My focus is moving AI beyond "playgrounds" into secure, scalable production environments — designing RAG architectures, LLM agents, and automating enterprise workflows through Process Mining and Business Intelligence. With a background spanning Computer Science, Economics, and Law, I build systems that are not just innovative, but audit-proof and compliant with GDPR and the EU AI Act by design.
Professional Experience
Freelance Data Scientist & AI Architect
Diverse Companies · Berlin/Bremen, Germany
- Consulting and training in automotive (predictive maintenance) and e-commerce sectors
- Conducted Applied Machine Learning training programs for Audi AG
- Teaching university classes and providing academic support in interdisciplinary programs
Data Scientist Trainer
Data Science Retreat · Berlin, Germany
- Taught advanced courses in Machine Learning and streaming analytics platforms
- Provided consulting services for external corporate partners
- Mentored over 50 data science participants through their capstone projects
Research Associate
Universität Potsdam · Potsdam, Germany
- Conducted research in Machine Learning with focus on game theory applications
- Led malware detection project over HTTPS with Cisco Systems — designed scalable Apache Spark ML pipeline for terabyte-scale network data, reducing analysis time from days to hours
- Taught 'Intelligent Data Analysis 1 & 2', migrating curriculum from Matlab to Python and introducing Docker-based Jupyter Notebooks
Senior Data Scientist
New Yorker GmbH & Co. KG · Braunschweig/Berlin, Germany
- Improved sales forecast accuracy by approximately 15% using XGBoost-based model, reducing overstock and improving capital allocation
- Engineered structured data preparation pipeline using Airflow and Parquet on Hadoop cluster
- Utilized entropy-based methods for feature selection from complex ERP database
- Mentored and supervised two junior data scientists
Lead Developer (Core Solution/Backend)
Cassantec (now ABB) · Berlin/Zürich
- Led full-stack project automating and scaling predictive maintenance solution from Excel proof-of-concept to full application in three months
- Worked with Scala, Bayesian statistics, and Java
- Managed nearshoring team of four, introducing agile processes and Git
Past Collaborations
- Pixelpark (Data Scientist): Developed Java-based web applications.
- Acrolinx (Software Engineer: Data & Reporting): Contributed to NLP solutions for content optimization.
- FZI (Research Assistant): Researched semantic web technologies.
- Freie Universität Berlin (Tutor): Taught introductory programming courses.
Education
B.Sc. Economics
M.Sc. Computer Science
B.Sc. Mathematics
B.Sc. Computer Science
Master Business Information Systems
FernUniversität in Hagen
M.Sc. Wirtschaftsinformatik · Analytical Specialization
In Progress · 6 completed · 4 in progress · 1 planned
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Wahlpflichtmodule
Masterseminar + Masterarbeit
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Bachelor in Economics
FernUniversität in Hagen
B.Sc. Wirtschaftswissenschaften
In Progress · Current GPA: 1.3
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Core Modules (100 ECTS)
Elective Modules (60+20 ECTS)
Bachelor Thesis (20 ECTS)
Extra
Law Studies
FernUniversität in Hagen
Erste Juristische Prüfung (EJP) aka Staatsexamen; LL.B.
In Progress
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1. Study Time ✓
2. Zwischenprüfung (Intermediates)
3. Foreign Language Legal Course ✓
4. Praktische Studienzeit (Practical Study Period)
5. Performance Records (Leistungsnachweise) ✓
Master Computer Science
Freie Universität Berlin
Diplom-Informatiker
Completed (German GPA: 1.5, top 10%) · Specializations: IT Security, Algorithms
Bachelor Mathematics
Freie Universität Berlin
B.Sc. Mathematik
Completed (German GPA: 1.1, top 1%) · Specializations: Discrete Mathematics, Optimization, Algebra
Bachelor Computer Science
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Vordiplom Informatik
Completed (German Core GPA: 1.2) · Minor: Physics
High School Diploma
Schulzentrum Carl von Ossietzky, Bremerhaven
Allgemeine Hochschulreife (Abitur)
Completed (German GPA: 1.3) · Major subjects: Mathematics, Computer Science
Technical Skills
Programming Languages
AI & Machine Learning
Data & Infrastructure
Regulatory & Compliance
Languages
Featured Projects
leveling-up-jupyter
Leveling up your Jupyter notebook skills.
cookiecutter-kaggle
A cookiecutter-based project template for starting Kaggle projects with Python.
leveling-up-viz-story
Material for my workshop at PyData Berlin 2018.
Publications & Talks
- Research Paper: "Malware Detection by HTTPS Traffic Analysis" (2018)
- Talk: "Leveling up your storytelling and visualization skills" — PyData Berlin (2018)
- Tutorial: "Leveling up your Jupyter notebook skills" (2017)
- Talk: "Doing Statistics and Machine Learning wrong in the Big Data age" (2016)
- Talk with Tutorial: "Starting Data Science with Kaggle" (2015)
- Talk: "Limits and Ethics of Data Science" (2014)