Profile

Senior AI strategist with 25+ years of experience in translating deep tech into scalable business applications. Proven track record in building business cases from MVP to scale. Recognized thought leader on Generative AI and AI in supply chain management ? speaker at 60+ international conferences. Combines strategic vision with operational execution: from defining value propositions and pitch decks to steering cross-functional innovation programs with measurable KPIs. Native German and French speaker, fluent in English ? experienced in international stakeholder and partner environments.

Selected achievements

• AI-based production scheduling optimizer - Translated AI technology into a viable business case reducing potential lost sales by 40%.
• Developed value proposition for enterprise chatbot platform, reducing implementation costs by 50% ? scaling to 15.000 conversations within 6 months.
• Thought leadership on information management with AI. Speaker and publisher of white papers on large language models in internal process optimization.

Core competencies

Project & Portfolio Leadership

• Expert in project and portfolio management
• Solid expertise in agile methods (Design Thinking, agile project management, Lean)
• Vendor negotiation, contract and partner management
• Cultural flexibility: Leader of International and interdisciplinary teams

Supply chain management process design

• SC Planning processes end to end from demand planning to production scheduling. Implementation of OMP planning software for external manufacturing
• Embedding the value chain of third parties (vendors, partners, wholesalers and customers)
• Warehouse and transportation processes including warehouse management on bin level, interfaces to production and quality management and transportation management. 

Innovation & Digital Transformation

• Translating complex user workflows into digital, AI-powered product solutions
• Building roadmaps for systematic AI capability development
• Designing product strategies tightly aligned with business objectives
• Managing use-case portfolios for AI and digitalization initiatives
• Cross-functional alignment and steering of global AI programs

Methodology & Communication

• Speaker at 50+ industry conferences
• Experienced workshop facilitator
• Structured, audience-tailored communication of complex topics
• Authoring whitepapers and enterprise-wide strategy documents

AI Search & Generative AI

• Building industrial LLM-based applications with a focus on impact, adoption and sustainable rollout
• Designing and delivering AI use cases for search, automation and information retrieval
• Trainer on generative AI
• Thought leadership in AI-driven information and knowledge management

Search Technologies & Knowledge Access

• Developing federated search platforms for cross-functional information access
• Integrating global data sources to boost search relevance and result quality

Conversational AI & Chatbots

• Established a Chatbot Competence Center (roles, service model, cost structure, partners)
• Built an internal Chatbot Factory with 15,000+ conversations in the first six months
• Rolled out conversational AI solutions across global business units

Methods

• Classic project management (IPMA certified).
• Agile & Lean: Expert practitioner of Design Thinking, and Lean methodologies to improve process performance.

Tools:

• DevOps practices, SAP ERP and advanced analytics.
• Microsoft office tools
• Large language models, CoPilot

CliftonStrengths (Gallup):

• Strategic
• Ideation
• Arranger
• Learner
• Empathic

Team Management Profile based on Margerison-McCann:

• Discovering Promoter/ Assessor Developer/ Creator Innovator