About Me
With a deep passion for AI-driven solutions, data pipelines, cloud-based services, and full-stack development, I specialize in machine learning, NLP, recommendation systems, and predictive analytics. I'm a bilingual professional, fluent in both German and English, and have a proven track record in delivering high-impact data solutions and software applications.
Featured Projects
zeitgaist.ai
An AI-powered platform designed to provide rapid insights into global financial, cultural, and intellectual events. Drawing from a diverse range of web and social media sources, users can customize their data input, even targeting specific subreddits or Twitter feeds, and use language filtering for broader global views.
zeitgaist.social
A groundbreaking social news aggregator distilling global social media discussions into digestible insights, enabling readers to understand contemporary issues from diverse viewpoints. With a focus on major platforms like Twitter and Reddit, it prioritizes engaging content on finance, business, and politics.
Foretale's Financial Toolbox
Foretale provides a robust financial toolbox that offers insights by visualizing media sentiment on popular indices like the S&P 500, capturing stock predictions from r/WallStreetBets, analyzing Reddit stock mentions, tracking Elon Musk's Twitter metrics, and monitoring significant cryptocurrency transactions.
Foretale
Foretale revolutionizes the creation of event-driven quantitative finance apps through its user-friendly FlowStudio, enabling users to design applications using a drag-and-drop interface. With a click, these flows can be deployed to run continuously on Foretale's Cloud.
Undrafted Analytics
German Football-Analytics Podcast. As passionate fans skilled in Data Science and AI, we offered weekly insights every Thursday during the NFL season. (Discontinued)
Professional Experience
Founder and Lead Developer
ZEITGAIST
Aachen, Germany | March 2023 - Present
- Spearheaded the launch of two innovative platforms:
- zeitgaist.ai: A multilingual AI-driven chatbot offering insights into global finance, culture, and intellect. Notable features include real-time search capabilities in a vast vector database, integrated AI leveraging diverse data, and multi-language support.
- zeitgaist.social: A groundbreaking social news aggregator distilling global social media discussions into digestible insights, enabling users to understand contemporary issues from diverse viewpoints.
- Designed end-to-end scalable cloud infrastructure, ensuring robustness at minimal cost.
Founder and Lead Developer
Foretale
Aachen, Germany | July 2022 - Present
- Innovated a no-code platform, foretale.io, designed for crafting event-driven quantitative finance and data applications. Its cloud-ready multi-tenant variant of Node-RED, the Foretale FlowStudio, streamlines financial data processing.
- Designed end-to-end scalable cloud infrastructure, ensuring robustness at minimal cost.
Data Scientist / Data Engineer
HDI AG
Cologne, Germany | March 2020 - June 2022
- Designed NLP components for unstructured customer requests, enhancing customer experience.
- Engineered a recommendation engine for cross- and up-selling, boosting sales.
- Deployed predictive models for resource planning, optimizing operations.
Consultant & Developer
TurnDigital GbR
Aachen, Germany | November 2019 - June 2022
- Consulted on IT infrastructure, streamlining operations for clients.
- Developed sales forecasting ML models, aiding businesses in data-driven decisions.
Developer
Self-Employed
Aachen, Germany | April 2018 - October 2019
- Created and deployed a trading bot utilizing ML for cryptocurrency portfolio management.
- Created a persistent real-time data pipeline used for trading decisions, enhancing investment strategies.
Internship
Silexica GmbH
Cologne, Germany | October 2017 - March 2018
- Developed a demo application for AUTOSAR Adaptive.
- Integrated an external build system for analyzing AUTOSAR Adaptive applications.
- Conducted performance measurements on various development boards.
Education
I'm an alumnus of RWTH-Aachen University, holding a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, and Computer Engineering. My master's thesis, "Evolving Behavior Trees for Reinforcement Learning on Medical Databases", accentuated the potential of reinforcement learning in healthcare.