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Frankfurt, He, De

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭➤ Fostered the development of the Large Language Model (LLM) strategy, aligning with divisional board members and managing directors, and preparing board and management presentations.➤ Supported the implementation of an internal LLM API service by defining its technical architecture and conducting code reviews using Python, Docker, Terraform, and Microsoft Azure / Google Cloud Platform. This service has facilitated LLM adoption across multiple development and data science teams, enabling scalability.➤ Leadership and development of a multinational team of Data Scientists, as well as hiring of new several data scientists and engineers for the whole cluster.𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞➤ Created and presented the bank’s Machine Learning Guideline, ensuring its alignment with important departments responsible for information security, model validation, data protection, compliance, and law. Developed a risk management process for ML and harmonized ML requirements with both internal and external policies and regulations, including the Draft EU AI Act. This effort resulted in obtaining approval from the bank’s Strategic Risk Committee.➤ Presented AI use cases and AI governance of the bank to regulators including the European Banking Authority, European Central Bank, Bundesbank, and BaFin in various meetings.➤ Presented the AI strategy and governance in multiple internal presentations, reaching up to 1000 participants to enhance AI literacy and foster awareness of its benefits and risks.➤ Participated and represented the bank in meetings on AI with the Institute of International Finance (IIF).➤ Point of contact for communication department and internal JST office, aiding in official external communication responses to regulatory and media inquiries regarding AI initiatives and governance.➤ Supported the successful alignment of internal AI principles with the workers’ council.

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭➤ Delivered a new XGBoost-based customer KYC classification model within a few months, reducing manual efforts by 95% through the automatic detection of potential misuse of private accounts for business purposes in alignment with the compliance department. ➤ Reviewed code implemented in the Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, Python, and Scikit-learn.𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭➤ Professional project management of a multinational team of 15+ (data scientists, (ML) engineers, business experts and operation engineers)➤ Translated, planned and executed diverse parallel business needs into requirements for our transaction analytics platform by collaborating with stakeholders from credit risk, compliance, and digital banking solutions in scoped data science projects and development activities.

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲➤ Led a global project on data protection and bank secrecy compliance across 20+ countries, collaborating with teams in Frankfurt and abroad, including external legal counsel. Successfully obtained risk acceptance from the Operational Risk Committee, enabling large-scale international IT systems migration to the cloud.➤ Designed, implemented and executed performance benchmarks for on-premises and cloud based big data engines using PySpark, BigQuery, Hive and Google Cloud Platform➤ Forecasted public cloud cost for different technologies (e.g. BigQuery, Spark on Kubernetes) in comparison to current on-premises systems and workloads𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬➤ Developed a cloud-based strategic project planning tool for top management, enabling graph analytics and visualization of initiative dependencies, milestones, and critical patterns. Utilized JavaScript, a graph database, and Kubernetes.

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

𝐌𝐋 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭➤ Developed a deep neural network to classify private customer current account transaction data, serving as the backbone for today's mobile banking account views, consumer loan credit checks, and KYC checks using Python, TensorFlow, and Apache Spark.➤ Implemented a creditworthiness parameter extraction logic for consumer loan applications in alignment with the credit risk department, reducing costs and processing time for hundreds of thousands of annual credit checks using Python.➤ Implemented Commerzbank’s inaugural AI system on Google Cloud Platform, using Kubernetes, Docker, Apache HBase, Apache Spark, gRPC and Kafka. This marked a pivotal milestone in the organization’s tech journey.➤ Implemented a cash flow forecasting system for current accounts in R

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➤ Technical lead of a thorough investigation for a large financial institution, utilizing Relativity, Nuix, and Python to analyze diverse data sources, including email data, trader audio, Bloomberg chats, network drives, and mobile/laptop data. Aligned on behalf of the client with public prosecutor’s office.➤ Served as the technical and analytical project lead for international corporations and medium-sized companies, specializing in the realms of cyber crime and white-collar crime investigations. Conducted comprehensive investigations and prepared detailed forensic reports. Delivered presentations to client management to communicate findings effectively.

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➤ Supported forensic investigations in international corporations and medium-sized companies, specializing in the realms of cybercrime and white-collar crime investigations.

𝐀𝐈 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡➤ Conducted innovative research focused on developing novel optimization methods. Explored the integration of complex logical and numerical constraints through Satisfiability Modulo Theory (SMT), enhancing the capabilities of AI systems to plan optimal steps.➤ Collaborated with the Center for Sepsis Control and Care at Jena University Hospital to design and develop a cutting-edge NLP system. This system was dedicated to extracting important data related to the global spread of antibiotic resistances from published research papers.𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠➤ Provided valuable support in teaching various subjects, including mathematical simulation, artificial intelligence, databases, and business intelligence. ➤ Delivered lectures on statistical data analysis and data mining as part of a program by the German Academic Exchange Service at the University of Tbilisi.

Jena, Thüringen, De

Guest lecturer for business informatics at degree course of industrial engineering and management.

Heidelberg, De

Lecture on project management

Tbilisi, Ge

Guest lecturer for statistics and data mining in the master degree course for internationalenterprise management.

➤ Design and implementation of student case studies for the implementation of business processes in SAP R/3 ➤ Design and programming of a database-driven application for meeting management ➤ Tutor for Microsoft Word, Excel and Access

Worldwide, Oo

➤ Support for audit and consulting activities in the area of IT-supported controls. ➤ Assistance in the auditing of annual financial statements. ➤ Detailed analysis of access protection aspects in the SAP R/3 application system as well as in network systems.

Worldwide, Oo

➤ Support for audit and consulting activities in the area of IT-supported controls. ➤ Assistance in the auditing of annual financial statements. ➤ Detailed analysis of access protection aspects in the SAP R/3 application system as well as in network systems.

Doctor Rerum Politicarum, Business Informatics, Mathematical Optimization, Artificial Intelligence

Diploma In Business Informatics, Finance And Risk Management, Distributed Systems, Artifical Intelligence, Statistics

Abitur, Comparable To A Levels