Eduard Van Kleef - Workshop Leader 'Introduction to AI Development Tools'

Q: Where is Eduard based?

Eduard is based in Frankfurt, Germany and can operate in on-site , hybrid , and remote work models.

Q: What languages does Eduard speak?

Eduard speaks the following languages: German (Advanced), English (Advanced), Dutch (Advanced), Spanish (Intermediate), French (Elementary), Italian (Elementary) .

Q: How many years of experience does Eduard have?

Eduard has at least 10 years of experience. During this time, Eduard has worked in at least 14 different roles and for 14 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 9 months . Note that Eduard may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Eduard's latest experience?

Eduard's most recent position is Workshop Leader 'Introduction to AI Development Tools' at Software company in Wiesbaden .

Q: What companies has Eduard worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Eduard has worked for Software company in Wiesbaden , MDAX real estate company , Food retail company , Electricity distribution company , and IT support organization for German statutory health insurers .

Q: Which industries is Eduard most experienced in?

Eduard is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT) , Retail , and Banking and Finance . Eduard also has some experience in Energy , Insurance , and Telecommunication .

Q: Which business areas is Eduard most experienced in?

Eduard is most experienced in business areas like Business Intelligence , Information Technology (IT) , and Product Development . Eduard also has some experience in Procurement and Purchasing , Project Management , and Marketing .

Q: Which industries has Eduard worked in recently?

Eduard has recently worked in industries like Retail , Information Technology (IT) , and Energy .

Q: Which business areas has Eduard worked in recently?

Eduard has recently worked in business areas like Business Intelligence , Information Technology (IT) , and Project Management .

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Frankfurt, Germany

Experience

Sep 2025 - Sep 2025

1 month

Germany

Workshop Leader 'Introduction to AI Development Tools'

Software company in Wiesbaden

Presentation introducing generic AI and large language models
Explanation of legal frameworks (EU AI Act, US CLOUD Act, GDPR)
Systematic review of AI tools along the SDLC and holistic systems
Comparison of on-prem LLMs vs. cloud-based, as well as change management and works council
Facilitated the discussion and derived next steps for introducing AI development tools

Feb 2025 - Feb 2025

1 month

Germany

Workshop Leader 'Cloud and AI Introduction'

MDAX real estate company

Presentation on cloud technologies and AI use cases
Analysis of current IT status and brainstorming with the IT department
Identification of existing and potential challenges
Promoted understanding between IT and business units
Derived strategic recommendations and developed a roadmap

May 2024 - Present

1 year 10 months

Technical Business Analyst / Business Engineer / Requirements Engineer / Data Engineer

Food retail company

Supported procurement as a Product Owner representative in meetings on Obility and Papinet
Provided third-level support with error and system analysis for promotional materials
Handled stakeholder and requirements management using ETL, Kanban, JIRA + JQL, and Confluence
Developed user stories and coordinated with external service providers
Managed Jira boards and created visualizations with SQL, MicroStrategy, PowerBI, Snowsight
Documented IT security compliance and managed the Rewe Group advertising system
Gained initial experience with Zeppelin Notebook, Apache Spark, PySpark, Airflow, Google DataProc, Collibra, Kubernetes

May 2024 - Oct 2024

6 months

Germany

Project Manager & AI Specialist

Electricity distribution company

Gathered requirements from network planners, identified challenges, and conducted workshops
Defined project goals and high-level concept for an intelligent knowledge database
Planned and implemented an MVP with React.js, TypeScript, and a Flask backend
Implemented a proof of concept on Azure with Redis, JWT, Server-Sent Events, and RBAC
Conducted feasibility studies, quality testing, and introduced centralized API access
Incorporated user feedback following agile methodology and managed APIs with exponential backoff and rate limiting

Mar 2024 - Present

2 years

Management Consultant, Project Manager & Developer for AI and Generative AI

IT support organization for German statutory health insurers

Advised the CEO and owners on knowledge management and AI, focusing on transformers, voicebots, and conversational AI
Provided strategic consulting for prioritizing topics in artificial intelligence and genAI
Performed regular analyses for the CEO and direct reports to compare LLMs and handle hallucinations
Facilitated stakeholder meetings in the insurance funds and analyzed process landscapes
Generated suitable use cases and managed requirements
Led the project for production rollout of external provider PoCs, supported PoC processes, and handled procurement
Structured the project with critical path analysis and guided team members during deployment
Designed, built, and operated several proprietary knowledge management MVPs on Azure and Open Telekom Cloud
Independently implemented a React-based frontend and a Flask/Python-based RAG backend
Implemented chat/voicebots with technological modifications and applied various AI models
Gained initial experience with data security, regulation, AI risk analysis, and data protection impact assessments

Dec 2023 - Feb 2024

3 months

Germany

Tech Lead Customer Documentation Automation

Mid-sized Bank

Project planning and organization based on WBS and project structure plan
Guiding team members, handling client meetings and documentation
Defining APIs and contracts, managing subcontractors
Preparing and leading customer workshops, pricing and change requests
Coordinating interfaces and managing test program control

Nov 2023 - Nov 2023

1 month

Germany

Enablement / Support for Practical Use of AI

Mid-sized Manufacturing Company

Workshop to introduce AI in general and common industry applications

Jul 2023 - Jul 2024

1 year 1 month

Germany

Technical Lead AI Chatbot Startup

AI Chatbot Startup

Requirements analysis for chatbots, voicebots and conversational AI
Project structure and workflow planning with Python, RAG, LLMs and MLOps
Regular customer workshops, sizing, scoping and estimation
Management consulting on business use cases and cloud implementation
Developing MVPs, sprint planning, prototype development with Flask and NGINX
DevOps, CI/CD and initial steps with Kubernetes, Kubeflow and text-to-speech

Jul 2022 - Dec 2023

1 year 6 months

Germany

Business Analyst / Deputy Product Owner

Food Retail Company

Business analysis for migrating Europe's second-largest data warehouse from Teradata to Snowflake
Enabling business departments and supporting tests with BMC Control-M
Introducing a data mesh architecture and agile project management with Kanban, JIRA and Confluence
Acting as Product Owner, managing external service providers and creating user stories
Liaising between departments, stakeholders and team members
Requirements analysis, stakeholder management and ensuring data quality

May 2020 - Jun 2022

2 years 2 months

Germany

Data Scientist / Data Engineer

Energy Corporation

Energy price modeling with EPSI SaaS and WoodMac
Predictive marketing and price-forward curves with Python, Pandas, NumPy and Scikit-Learn
Applying ETL, data warehouse and API techniques for automated data exchange
Visualizing results and creating presentations with Jupyter Notebook and Anaconda
Further developing a data pipeline in Snowflake Cloud data warehouse and AWS
DevOps with GitLab CI, Apache Airflow, GitFlow, as well as team coaching and recruiting

Aug 2019 - Apr 2020

9 months

Product Owner / AI Architect

AI-based Startup

Product ownership and architecture design of an NLP-based text analysis system for a universal bank
Modularization of the container-based semi-microservices architecture with Docker and Kubernetes
Leading MVP/PoC/pilot phases, team management and code review
Reporting, frontend usability and presentation of results
Technologies: Python, Tensorflow, NLTK, React.js, NodeJS, MongoDB, PostGreSQL, Neo4j

Jan 2018 - Dec 2019

2 years

Business Analyst / Requirements Engineer / Data Scientist

Financial Services Corporation

KPI analysis for the IT security department and development of KPI reports
Creation of Tableau dashboards and automated reports in the data warehouse
Managing developers in India, presenting key metrics and CIO advisory
Interviews, business analysis and documentation in Confluence

Apr 2017 - Jul 2017

4 months

Germany

Data Analyst / Data Scientist

Inspection Organization

Feasibility study for predictive maintenance using data mining and machine learning
Visualization and cleaning of inspection data using Python, MatPlotLib and Tableau
Analysis of over 3 million records to predict inspection results
Creation and presentation of a final report

Jan 2014 - Dec 2015

2 years

Sourcing and Contracts Analyst

Eastern European Telecommunications Company

Data collection, cleaning and consolidation of 100,000 orders and several hundred contracts
Exploratory data analysis and presentation of results
Development of a cost optimization strategy and automation of PowerPoint reports using VBA
Advising the board and documenting results

Industries Experience

See where this freelancer has spent most of their professional time. Longer bars indicate deeper hands-on experience, while shorter ones reflect targeted or project-based work.

Experienced in Information Technology (3.5 years), Retail (3 years), Banking and Finance (2.5 years), Insurance (2 years), Energy (2 years), and Telecommunication (2 years).

Information Technology

Retail

Banking and Finance

Insurance

Energy

Telecommunication

Business Areas Experience

The graph below provides a cumulative view of the freelancer's experience across multiple business areas, calculated from completed and active engagements. It highlights the areas where the freelancer has most frequently contributed to planning, execution, and delivery of business outcomes.

Experienced in Business Intelligence (9.5 years), Information Technology (7 years), Product Development (4.5 years), Procurement (3.5 years), Project Management (3.5 years), and Legal (2 years).

Business Intelligence

Information Technology

Product Development

Procurement

Project Management

Legal

Summary

Since 2014, I have been successfully supporting and leading numerous IT and consulting projects as an IT freelancer in artificial intelligence (AI), ETL, data migration, and analysis. My strength lies in combining:

Hands-on experience in artificial intelligence with in-depth knowledge of machine learning and generative AI systems, including large language models (LLMs/Transformers) like ChatGPT.
Deep expertise in management consulting, enabling the effective integration of AI technologies into business strategies.
A solid understanding of the IT infrastructures needed to implement (AI) applications. This synergy of technical know-how and management skills allows me to develop and implement innovative AI solutions that meet the complex demands of modern companies. Since 1995, I have been working mainly in Germany, both as a management consultant and in senior corporate roles up to Vice President.

Skills

Artificial Intelligence & Ml Engineering: Generative Ai, Nlp, Modeling And Training, Mlops, Voicebots, Vector Databases
Project Management & Consulting: Project Structuring And Leadership, Stakeholder Communication & Management, Product Ownership, Strategy Consulting, Agile Methods
Data Science & Engineering: Time Series Analysis, Data Cleaning, Eda, Data Pipelines, Snowflake, Sql, Postgres
Cloud, Devops & Architecture: Azure, Gcp, Aws, Open Telekom Cloud, (Gitlab) Ci/cd, Docker, Mlflow, Security & Compliance, Api Gateways, Reverse Proxy
Fullstack Development: Frontend, Backend, Authentication
Business Intelligence & Visualization: Kpi Definition, Dashboards, Reporting, Mockups & Prototypes, Storytelling
Requirements Engineering & Business Analysis: Requirements Management, Story Development, Process Analysis, Business Enablement
Training & Enablement: Workshops, Ai Enablement, Facilitation Of Interdisciplinary Groups, Coaching, Training

Languages

German

Advanced

English

Advanced

Dutch

Advanced

Spanish

Intermediate

French

Elementary

...and 1 more

Education

Business Administration · Germany

Computer Science and Physics · Netherlands

Certifications & licenses

Amazon Web Services / Cloud Practitioner

Modern Project Management

Tableau Specialist

Udacity Nanodegrees: Machine Learning Engineer & Natural Language Processing

Profile

Created

March 2024

Last Update

October 2025

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Frequently asked questions

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Where is Eduard based?

Eduard is based in Frankfurt, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Eduard speak?

Eduard speaks the following languages: German (Advanced), English (Advanced), Dutch (Advanced), Spanish (Intermediate), French (Elementary), Italian (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Eduard have?

Eduard has at least 10 years of experience. During this time, Eduard has worked in at least 14 different roles and for 14 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 9 months. Note that Eduard may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Eduard be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Eduard would be well-suited for roles such as: Workshop Leader 'Introduction to AI Development Tools', Workshop Leader 'Cloud and AI Introduction', Technical Business Analyst / Business Engineer / Requirements Engineer / Data Engineer.

What is Eduard's latest experience?

Eduard's most recent position is Workshop Leader 'Introduction to AI Development Tools' at Software company in Wiesbaden.

What companies has Eduard worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Eduard has worked for Software company in Wiesbaden, MDAX real estate company, Food retail company, Electricity distribution company, and IT support organization for German statutory health insurers.

Which industries is Eduard most experienced in?

Eduard is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT), Retail, and Banking and Finance. Eduard also has some experience in Energy, Insurance, and Telecommunication.

Which business areas is Eduard most experienced in?

Eduard is most experienced in business areas like Business Intelligence, Information Technology (IT), and Product Development. Eduard also has some experience in Procurement and Purchasing, Project Management, and Marketing.

Which industries has Eduard worked in recently?

Eduard has recently worked in industries like Retail, Information Technology (IT), and Energy.

Which business areas has Eduard worked in recently?

Eduard has recently worked in business areas like Business Intelligence, Information Technology (IT), and Project Management.

What is Eduard's education?

Eduard attended education in Business Administration.

Does Eduard have any certificates?

Eduard has 4 certificates. Among them, these include: Amazon Web Services / Cloud Practitioner, Modern Project Management, and Tableau Specialist.

What is the availability of Eduard?

Eduard is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Eduard?

Eduard's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.