75 lost working days in order intake
A hands-on report from my own company: how 12 minutes became 26 seconds and 5.14 euros became 0.06 euros per order. Measured, not estimated.
Speaker · talks & media
Talks that come from the shop floor
I don't speak about AI in theory. As an accredited auditor who runs a manufacturing company myself, I bring measured numbers and the double perspective, the examiner's and the practitioner's. Plain talk, no buzzwords, no fear marketing.
Talk formats
What I speak about
From the shop floor to managing director, from aerospace to AI governance: my talks connect real operational leadership, turnaround and change with AI, with measured numbers instead of slideware. Each format can be tailored to your audience.
The EU AI Act without fear marketing
What the EU AI Act actually asks of managing directors, without legalese. Risk classes, obligations, deadlines and what really lands on mid-sized companies.
Making AI auditable: ISO 42001 for SMEs
What a serious examination of AI looks like when the provider doesn't do it themselves. From governance to evidence, from someone who knows both sides.
AI incidents: learning from real cases
Documented, public AI incidents, professionally classified against ISO 42001 and the EU AI Act. What went wrong, and what companies can learn from it.
When AI joins the team: leadership and change without fear
AI rarely fails on the technology, it fails on people. How to take your staff with you, take resistance seriously and lead the change instead of decreeing it. From real turnaround and change-management practice.
Turnaround with AI: automation as a lifeline
I turned companies around before I used AI for it, and after. How automation cuts costs, breaks lead times and gives a struggling company room to breathe again. With real numbers from several turnarounds.
From aerospace to AI: a failure culture that prevents incidents
In aviation, every near-miss counts. I carry that culture of complete evidence and honest failure analysis into AI governance. Why that is exactly the difference between it runs and it holds up.
Build your own AI tool instead of buying: an ERP with no coding background
I'm not a developer, yet a self-built AI ERP runs in production at our company. How SMEs build their own solutions with AI tools instead of locking themselves into expensive software, and where the limits are.
Upcoming
Where you can see me next
8 September 2026, 3:20 pm
IHK Darmstadt · Process Digitalisation Day
75 lost working days in order intake
Paying your best specialists to type? For us that was 75 working days a year, lost to spreadsheets, double entry and gut feeling. In this hands-on report I show how 12 minutes became 26 seconds and 5.14 euros became 0.06 euros per order. Measured, not estimated.
To IHK Darmstadt 22 July 2026, 4:00 pm CET · free, live online
Live webinar
The EU AI Act for managing directors
What the EU AI Act actually asks of managing directors, without legalese. 60 minutes of plain talk plus 30 minutes of questions in the chat: risk classes, prohibited practices, high-risk AI, transparency obligations, shadow AI and how the AI Act, GDPR and ISO/IEC 42001 connect.
To the live webinarPast appearances
Where I've spoken
LinkedIn Live · Mr. Maschinenbau Live · July 2026
Between efficiency and loss of control
A live conversation with Hakan Okka (Mr. Maschinenbau) on when AI experiments become an auditable business process, and why companies must not only use AI but also take responsibility for it.
ViewImpulse talks · HessenMetall & AutonomIQ · 11 April 2026 · FlowFactory, TU Darmstadt
Automation & AI in CAM planning and machine operation
Two 20-minute impulse talks at HessenMetall and AutonomIQ in the FlowFactory at TU Darmstadt on where automation and AI concretely apply in CAM planning and machine operation, from real manufacturing practice rather than theory.
Looking for a speaker who has done it?
Conference, in-house event or association: I bring a practice report that pays off, with measured numbers instead of slideware.