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How I got here

From a first line of Java to running the AI platform at Sixt, with everything in between.

The Filament

One line, from age 14

One continuous thread rather than a career of restarts: the same interest, followed from a first line of Java at fourteen to leading the engineers who ship machine learning to production.

  • 14

    Age at the first line of Java

  • 100k+

    App Store downloads since

  • Sixt

    Engineering Manager, AI platform

  • Teams

    Leading ML engineers since 2022

Timeline entries

  1. November 2025 - Present

    Engineering Manager, MLOps & AI Services

    Sixt

    I lead the AI platform at Sixt, covering MLOps and AI Services, and a team of ML and MLOps engineers. Most of the job is deciding where the platform goes next, for classic ML and for LLMs, and helping the people on the team grow.

    Work

    Current

  2. April 2025

    MuscleMate - Gym Buddy (iOS App)

    App Store

    A workout log for iOS: exercises, sets and goals, with progress over time and Firebase sync.

    Project

  3. February 2025

    MoneyMate - Expense Tracking (iOS App)

    App Store

    An iOS expense tracker that sorts spending into categories and shows how it compares with your budget.

    Project

  4. October 2024

    MealMate: Protein Meal Plan (iOS App)

    App Store

    An iOS app for planning meals around a protein target, with plans you can adjust and Firebase storage. Rated 4.8 out of 5.

    Project

  5. April 2024

    SpendWise - Mindful Spending (iOS App)

    App Store

    An iOS app that asks you to pause before you buy something, with small prompts and nudges instead of a budget spreadsheet.

    Project

  6. September 2023 - October 2025

    Lead Solution Architect for MLOps and LLMOps

    Munich Re (Group), Munich

    Architecture for the group-wide MLOps and LLMOps platform and the processes around it. Designed and built a central AI governance process, and advised teams across the company on their solutions.

    Work

  7. May 2022 - August 2023

    Tech Lead and MLOps Engineer

    DXC Technology, Munich

    Tech lead on client projects across several industries, with teams of 5 to 15 DevOps, ML, MLOps and software engineers. Architecture, process work and hands-on implementation, plus workshops for client teams.

    Work

  8. October 2020 - May 2022

    MLOps Engineer and Technical Consultant

    DXC Technology, Munich

    Helped build and co-led an internal MLOps competence centre that grew past 40 full-time engineers. Designed and built MLOps platforms on Azure, AWS and on premises, and owned the internal ML engineering side.

    Work

  9. October 2020 - September 2022

    M.Sc. Consulting & Business Analytics

    ESB Business School Reutlingen

    Final grade 1.3. Thesis on running self-service advanced analytics platforms with MLOps principles.

    Education

  10. April 2020 - September 2020

    Building an MLOps platform

    DXC Technology, Hamburg

    My bachelor thesis: design and build an MLOps platform from open-source parts. The result was a working, automated prototype you could deploy, built on GitHub Actions, Kubeflow on Kubernetes, MLflow, AzureML and Feast.

    Work

  11. January 2019 - April 2019

    Semester abroad in Thailand

    Mahidol University International College

    A term at Mahidol University International College, taught in English.

    Education

  12. September 2017 - September 2020

    Dual student at HPE

    HPE, Böblingen, Nuremberg, Hamburg, Bristol

    Placements in reinforcement learning, face recognition for industrial IoT, technical consulting for mid-sized companies, data-centre lab automation and a security research lab.

    Work

  13. September 2017 - September 2020

    B.Sc. Computer Science

    Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart

    Final grade 1.3, top 2% of the year. Thesis on bringing DevOps, MLOps and DataOps practice together to run AI applications in production.

    Education

  14. August 2014 - June 2017

    A-Level

    Berufliches Gymnasium Technik in Burgdorf

    Final grade 1.3, best of the year, at a technical high school.

    Education

  15. August 2013 - September 2020

    Volunteering and freelancing

    Apps, websites and software, as a freelancer and as a volunteer for clubs, associations and church communities.

    Achievement

  16. First apps on Google Play

    Google Play Store

    Published my first Android apps by 15. Together they passed 30,000 downloads, which is a big part of why I chose a technical high school.

    Project

  17. First line of Java

    Started teaching myself Java at 14. Everything else on this page goes back to that.

    Achievement

What's next?

Maybe your project. If you're building something where AI, an app or a website matters, tell me about it.