I take early ideas to funded, validated products that reach real users.
AI and digital product builder across AI, gaming, fintech, and HR. I validate demand, secure non-dilutive funding, build the product, and design the growth systems that move an idea from first signal to launch. Three ventures, €310K secured, 2,000+ user tests.
International students needed a faster and simpler blocked account process.
What I did
Created the business model, built a lean MVP for €10K, worked with a local German bank, and validated demand.
Result
Raised €40K, secured a €100K soft commitment, and turned a manual process into a digital fintech workflow.
Current directionVolatrac later moved beyond the original blocked account idea. This case focuses on the fintech work, bank partnership, funding signal, and execution role.
What I own across product, go-to-market, funding, and growth.
Six areas I run end to end, from the first market signal to a funded, launched product.
Business development
Partnerships and business opportunities.
Finding the right people, opening conversations, building partnerships, and creating a clear path to clients or pilots.
Market execution
A clear path from idea to market.
Defining the customer, shaping the offer, choosing channels, planning pricing, and organizing the first year of execution.
Growth marketing
Marketing that creates measurable demand.
Using search, paid media, analytics, content, and reporting to understand what works and improve growth.
Operations
Systems that keep work moving.
Coordinating projects, building workflows, supporting MVP delivery, aligning people, and keeping work clear.
Funding work
Funding work supported by evidence.
Preparing grant applications, financial models, business plans, pitch material, and evidence for funding conversations.
AI product direction
AI ideas with practical business value.
Shaping AI enabled products around clear use cases, workflow value, and practical adoption.
My background connects business development, digital growth, product direction, partnerships, and operations.
Projects across AI, gaming, and fintech have moved from idea stage to launched, validated, or funded reality. They combine customer evidence, planning, partnerships, funding, and execution.
The goal is to make the next business move clear, fundable, and measurable.
2026
Polarok AI
AI product for professional networking, job discovery, and hiring.
17M reach
2023 · 2026
Future Box Systems
Mixed reality pinball and experiential marketing venture.
€170K funding
2022 · 2023
Volatrac GmbH
Fintech blocked account workflow for international students.
€140K signal
2020 · 2021
HRJI Consultancy
HR consulting growth system and client acquisition.
2,700% growth
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Forthcoming Springer book chapter on AI in Human Resources.
Co-authoring a Springer book chapter on personnel management and AI in HR with four German professors and doctoral researchers. Expected Q1 2027.
03 · Capabilities and tools
Hands-on across product, research, growth, and operations.
Where I work directly, with the tools I rely on in each area. Grouped by capability, so you can see the skill and the toolkit together.
Research. Build. Launch. Measure. Improve.
The process is practical. Understand demand, build the offer, launch channels, measure behavior, and improve the system.
AI and product
Shape AI and digital products from first concept to working MVP and demo.
LLM and AI productsProduct development 0→1UX and UI workflowsNo-code and WordPressRoblox Studio
Market research and validation
Test demand, map users and competitors, and size the opportunity before building.
Market researchGoogle AnalyticsSEO and SEMUser testing and surveys
Growth and campaigns
Build acquisition channels, run campaigns, and track what actually moves growth.
Google AdsMeta AdsLinkedIn growthCanvaContent systems
Operations and funding
Run the plan, the numbers, the funding paperwork, and the reporting that keeps it moving.
NotionFinancial modelsGrant applicationsPowerPointOffice Suite
Proof behind the work.
Funding programs, academic work, industry events, and education support the credibility of the work.
Recognition and evidence.
Real signals behind the work.
EXISTgrant funding
NRWGründerstipendium
gamescomuser validation
SpringerAI in HR
CBSMBA · Köln
04 · Best fit
Where I create the most impact.
The strongest fit is early, ambiguous work that needs AI product direction, go-to-market, venture building, or growth, owned end to end from first idea to measurable traction.
Best aligned roles.
Strongest fit is in work that needs action. Pilots, partners, funding signals, launch systems, and measurable traction.
Business developmentBusiness Development and Market ExecutionPartnerships, market entry, pilots, launch planning, and commercial growth.
Venture buildingVenture Builder or Entrepreneur in ResidenceEarly stage validation, funding story, MVP coordination, and traction.
Growth marketingGrowth Marketing and Digital TransformationSEO, SEM, paid acquisition, analytics, digital systems, and demand generation.
AI product workAI Product and Operations StrategyUse case validation, workflow improvement, stakeholder alignment, and launch readiness.
What I bring.
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Early signals become clear business direction.
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Momentum across product, funding, partnerships, marketing, and operations.
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Decisions backed by user tests, funding signals, launch data, partnerships, and measurable growth.
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Founder level ownership when the brief is still developing.
05 · Contact
Open to roles and projects where business development, growth, and execution matter.
Relevant for strategic roles, founder projects, market entry, pilot acquisition, funding work, growth systems, and AI product direction.
