Consulting

I consult on software and AI: when you want to know where AI would actually pay off in your business, need a second opinion on a software project, or need engineering leadership for a while. Out of 25 years of building software, not out of a playbook.

• Where you stand on AI

  Where AI actually earns its keep in your business, where it only looks expensive, and in what order to go about it. You leave with a clear answer — including when that answer is no.

  Comes from

  AI transformation at e-laborat: readiness audits, roadmaps, team enablement

• A second opinion on software

  There is a quote, an architecture or a draft roadmap for a piece of software on the table and you want to know whether it holds up. I read it, ask the awkward questions, and tell you what I would do in your position.

  Comes from

  More than 100 projects at e-laborat since 2000, for clients including Humboldt-Universität, PIK Potsdam and AMEDES

• From spreadsheet to software

  You have solved a problem in Excel for so long that there is a piece of software buried in it. We work out whether it holds, how it should be built, what the first version has to do, and what can safely wait.

  Comes from

  finban, from my own Excel sheet to a SaaS with a team, bank APIs and billing

• Interim CTO

  Engineering leadership until you have your own: building the team, making decisions that still make sense in three years, and handing over cleanly to whoever comes next.

  Comes from

  Six years as CTO of einfach machen lassen, agency owner since 2000