Lukas Sontheimer

Freelance AI Consultant

Lukas Sontheimer
Hanover, Germany

Experience

Jul 2024 - Present
1 year 7 months

Freelance AI Consultant

Sontheimer Consulting

  • Helped 10+ SMEs to take their first steps in AI
  • Held over 30 workshops on AI strategy and AI training
  • Conducted audits through the identification and evaluation of AI uses
  • Developed dedicated AI strategies and roadmaps for transformation
  • Implemented AI workflows, AI agents and dedicated AI solutions
  • Developed AI product roadmaps
  • Delivered interactive trainings on prompting, EU AI Act, benefits and challenges of AI
Apr 2023 - Feb 2025
1 year 11 months

Scrum Master & Product Owner

BMW AG

  • Led Agile testing operations as Scrum Master for the Connected Drive upgrades
  • Managed project and stakeholders
  • Performed requirements management
  • Acted as Product Owner for "Qlocktwo @ BMW"
  • Oversaw quality management
Nov 2022 - Mar 2023
5 months

Project Manager

Volkswagen AG

  • Strategically steered and developed the process mining platform
  • Coordinated and managed diverse stakeholders
  • Performed requirements engineering and management
  • Utilized process mining to identify optimization potentials
  • Implemented and integrated solutions using Celonis
Dec 2021 - Oct 2022
11 months

Lead of Product

greenAir GmbH

  • Held strategic product responsibility for four digital platforms
  • Developed and executed product and platform strategy
  • Captured requirements and continuously refined products
  • Designed and conceptualized the frontend
  • Led a team of four developers
  • Managed projects and ensured quality
Jun 2021 - Jan 2022
8 months

Lead of Digital Transformation

Messerli Services SA

  • Digitalized all business processes
  • Led and coordinated nine business services
  • Ensured a structured change management process
  • Engaged stakeholders and maintained structured communication
  • Developed and implemented company-wide IT and governance strategy
Dec 2018 - Jun 2021
2 years 7 months

Project Lead

University of Hildesheim

  • Built the founder ecosystem from scratch including securing funding
  • Managed stakeholders intensively for needs analysis and alignment
  • Led and coordinated between students, professors and administration
  • Organized and conducted events and entrepreneurship formats
  • Networked regionally with companies, alumni and institutions

Summary

I help businesses to integrate AI strategically and systematically, leveraging 5+ years of experience in product and project management to become the AI leaders of tomorrow.

Skills

IT

  • Ai Advanced Prompting, Nocode & Lowcode Tools, Rag Systems, Cursor
  • Python, Java, Javascript, Sql
  • Tensorflow, Pandas, Anaconda, Django
  • Figma, Miro, Make.com, Bubble.io

Agile

  • Ms365 Business, Jira, Confluence, Asana, Notion

Business Management

  • Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean Startup

Analysis Frameworks

  • Design Thinking, Business Model Canvas, Ai Design Sprint, Lego® Serious Play®

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Sep 2017 - Dec 2017

University of British Columbia

Semester abroad · Cognitive systems · Vancouver, Canada

Oct 2015 - Jul 2021

University of Hildesheim

B.A. & M.A., Minors: computer science, psychology, business · 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.

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