Lukas Sontheimer
AI Consultant | Project Manager | Scrum Master | Product Owner
Experience
AI Consulting, Training and Development
Sontheimer Consulting
Project description: Comprehensive AI consulting aimed at integrating technologies concretely and systematically into business processes. Supported over 10 SMEs in the strategic rollout of AI technologies.
Activities:
- Development of custom AI strategies and transformation roadmaps
- Conducted over 30 workshops and trainings on prompting, identifying use cases and application scenarios for executives, employees and students
- Joint implementation of AI workflows and AI agents
- Use of various language models and supporting technologies
- Audits to identify and evaluate AI potentials
Scrum Master & Product Owner (Freelance)
BMW Group
Project description: Execution and management of the testing team within the Connected Drive Upgrades project. Testing a portfolio of about 30 different digital services implemented in BMW vehicles.
Activities:
- Agile leadership of the test team of 4-5 testers
- Partial responsibility for end-to-end testing of the Connected Drive Upgrades
- Process optimization – introduction of agile methods in testing
- Project and stakeholder management
- Requirements management
- Product Owner for the subproject “Qlocktwo @ BMW”
- Quality management and steering achievement of targets
Project Manager
Volkswagen AG
Project description: Management and development of a company-wide process mining platform aimed at consolidating and optimizing central process data.
Activities:
- Strategic management and development of the process mining platform
- Coordination and management of diverse stakeholders
- Requirements engineering and requirement management
- Use of process mining to identify optimization potentials
- Implementation and integration using Celonis
Summer Entrepreneurship Program (SEP)
Vali Berlin (Entrepreneurship Hub der ESMT Berlin)
Intensive startup program to develop a business idea with mentors, co-working and over 35 workshops on:
- Design Thinking process
- Customer and market exploration and research
- Business model development
- Prototype development and ideation
- Pitching & fundraising
Lead of Product
greenAir GmbH
Project description: Development and market launch of four digital platforms in the automotive and e-mobility sector. The goal was to create solutions for trading CO₂ emission certificates as well as for B2B and B2C users in sustainable mobility.
Activities:
- Strategic product responsibility for four digital platforms
- Development and execution of product and platform strategy
- Requirement gathering and continuous improvement
- Frontend design and conception
- Leading a team of four developers
- Project management and quality assurance
Lecturer for Design Thinking
Universität Hildesheim
Lecturer for Design Thinking and business model development at the University of Hildesheim.
Lead of Digital Transformation
Messerli Services SA
Project description: Comprehensive digitization of the entire company and development of a holistic IT and governance strategy. The goal was the systematic optimization of all business processes and sustainable technological realignment.
Activities:
- Overall responsibility for the digitization project and all business processes
- Leadership and coordination of nine business services
- Ensuring a structured change management process
- Close involvement of all stakeholders and structured communication
- Development and implementation of the company-wide IT and governance strategy
Project Lead
Startup Service KET, Universität Hildesheim
Project description: Building and establishing a university start-up center to support innovative start-ups and young entrepreneurs. Over three years, a complete founder ecosystem was created at the University of Hildesheim to guide students and researchers on the path to self-employment.
Activities:
- Building the founder ecosystem from scratch including funding acquisition
- Intensive stakeholder management for needs analysis and alignment
- Project leadership and coordination between students, professors and administration
- Organization and execution of events and start-up formats
- Regional networking with companies, alumni and institutions
Languages
Education
University of British Columbia
Cognitive systems · Vancouver, Canada
University of Hildesheim
B.A. & M.A. · International Information Management · Hildesheim, Germany
Certifications & licenses
AI Strategy Fundamentals Course
AI Strategy Institute
Certified SAFe® 6 Scrum Master
Scaled Agile Inc.
LEGO® Serious Play® Facilitator
SERIOUSWORK
Certified SAFe® 6 Product Owner/Product Manager
Scaled Agile Inc.
Train-the-Trainer Training in Design Thinking
University of Hildesheim
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