Engelmann AI
AI strategy, grounded in practice.
I support companies from the first idea to AI in live operations. At Volkswagen I built one of the largest AI programs in vehicle production.
Where companies often stand with AI
Three situations I see again and again.
Someone should do something
There is no experience yet, only a feeling that something should happen. Where to start and what is worth it is unclear.
Many pilots, no operations
Some projects are running and the first results were good. But nothing goes live, and management's patience is wearing thin.
Everyone does their own thing
AI activities run in many units. Taken together, nothing moves forward.
Services
I work in three steps. You can join at any point.
Initial spark
A 45-minute workshop with your executives. Using examples with images and text, I show how AI works. You try out for yourself what ChatGPT and similar tools can do and where their limits are. Plus proven applications from business.
Outcome: your executives know the basics and want to make a first attempt.
AI dialogue
Two weeks of concept development. I talk to selected executives and employees, pick one to three simple use cases with you, and plan the project with team and milestones. I also sketch the target picture for AI in your company.
Outcome: a decision paper for go or no-go.
Getting it across the line
When pilots are running but nothing goes live: I sort the projects, clarify what is missing, and build the roadmap to an MVP in operations. If you wish, I lead the project.
Outcome: your first AI product goes live and keeps running.
How I work
Small steps
A bird in the hand, the bigger prize in sight. I deliver early interim results that are useful.
Close to the users
I spend most of my time with the people who will work with the solution later.
Honest and early
What does not work, we say early and openly. Then we learn from it.
No fear of compliance
Data protection and the EU AI Act are part of it from the start. It is manageable.
Experience
More than ten years of experience in business, AI and IT projects.
Career
- since 2025Celonis, Strategic Account Executive
- 2019 to 2025Volkswagen AG, production digitalization and Product Owner Computer Vision
- since 2019Engelmann AI, independent AI consulting
- 2018 to 2019DB Management Consulting, Manager Digitalization
Education
- M.Sc. Industrial Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Proof points
- Built and scaled one of the largest AI programs in vehicle production at Volkswagen (industrial computer vision).
- AutomotiveIT Award.
- Granted patent DE 10 2023 200 017 B3 as co-inventor: method for error detection in assembly and maintenance processes.
- Talks on industrial computer vision, including Hannover Messe 2024 and the Aiai Computer Vision Summit 2024.
- Quoted in Handelsblatt (July 2020) on computer vision as project lead for digitalization at Volkswagen.
- AI training for engineers at an industrial group.
About me
I am an industrial engineer. At Volkswagen I spent more than six years introducing AI in production, and before that I worked in consulting.
Today I advise companies on AI strategy and delivery. What matters to me is that something runs in the end, not just a concept in a drawer.
In my spare time I play chess, formerly in the 2nd Bundesliga. I co-founded the association supporting children's and youth chess in Saxony-Anhalt.
Contact
Do you have an AI initiative that is stuck or has not started yet? Send me a short note on what it is about.