Stefan O.
AI Product Lead
Experience
Dec 2024 - Present
11 monthsZürich, Switzerland
AI Product Lead
Ringier
- Leading enterprise-wide AI transformation program, delivering chatbots (first being BliKI for Blick.ch - the largest tabloid in Switzerland)
- Implementing dynamic ad floor pricing
- Automating content generation solutions
- Developing AI agent proof of concept
Dec 2022 - Present
2 years 11 monthsAI Product & Strategy Consultant
Freelance
- Providing product leadership and strategic advisory for AI initiatives
- Acting as advisory CTO for AI-as-a-Service trading platform: product strategy, trading system design, staffing, go-to-market planning
- Consulting on agentic AI voice systems (outbound call-center), transformer-based proprietary trading algorithms, and LLM sentiment analysis for financial markets
Nov 2022 - Present
3 yearsCommunity Organizer
MLOps Community
- Founding member of the Munich chapter in 2022, growing community to over 600 members in the first year
- Joined the Berlin chapter in September 2025
Jan 2021 - Jun 2024
3 years 6 monthsDirector of Product Management
Genesis Cloud
- Owned product vision, strategy, and roadmap; managed product team of 20+ engineers across three engineering teams
- Established strategic partnership with Intel Habana and led vendor selection and commercial negotiations for enterprise storage (VAST Data)
- Defined product strategy for multi-node AI training clusters, managed object storage, and MLOps-as-a-Service offerings
- Built product culture contributing to #6 ranking in Top German Startup Employers (AI/Cloud/BigData, Business Punk/Statista 2022)
- Collaborated with MIT researchers on multi-GPU optimization and presented LLM research (MemeGPT) at industry conferences
Sep 2019 - Dec 2020
1 year 4 monthsGermany
Senior Product Owner
Scorable
- Inherited MVP and developed product strategy to achieve product-market fit, enabling acquisition by BondIT
- Owned product roadmap and company OKRs; built and managed product team
- Managed nine data scientists across quantitative research and NLP teams
- Validated model performance against industry benchmarks and supported sales with competitive analysis
Feb 2018 - Aug 2019
1 year 7 monthsDenmark
Chief Analyst / Product Owner
Danske Bank
- Shipped three 0→1 banking products with a five-month cadence as part of the North Star Agile lab initiative
- Defined product vision for AML/KYC and credit decision automation, achieving over 90% automation rate across retail and SME segments
- Owned roadmap for automated customer onboarding, replacing manual processes end-to-end
Nov 2016 - Mar 2018
1 year 5 monthsHelsinki, Finland
Senior Consultant
Danske Bank
- Designed credit automation architecture, increasing automation twofold for retail and tenfold for SMEs, resulting in +€1M annual profit lift
- Established analytics-driven decision making by defining data requirements and implementing reporting infrastructure
- Turned around a failing data mart project by introducing an Agile delivery model and creating a permanent data engineering team
- Coached UX, data engineering, and business development teams on Agile transformation
Feb 2016 - Nov 2016
10 monthsHelsinki, Finland
Senior Risk Analyst
Mash - We say yes
- Implemented a risk management process enabling faster response to emerging risks while maintaining regulatory compliance
- Established analytics function culture and operating model; hired and trained three analysts
- Initiated a data warehouse project that reduced BI maintenance by 90%
Sep 2013 - Feb 2016
2 years 6 monthsHelsinki, Finland
Risk Analyst
Mash - We say yes
- Drove due diligence securing a €200M credit facility, the largest funding transaction for a non-listed Finnish company at the time
- Developed business cases for €22.6M equity raises (Series A & B)
Jul 2012 - Oct 2012
4 monthsBrisbane, Australia
Economist
Economic Associates
- Produced the whitepaper "Overcoming the Anticommons Problem in Urban Renewal of South East Queensland"
- Conducted housing market supply and demand analysis in South East Queensland, Australia
- Analyzed economic effects of legislation changes on property development in Hong Kong and Singapore
- Assessed impact of compulsory acquisitions on established property rights in Australia
Nov 2011 - May 2012
7 monthsGold Coast, Australia
Localizer
Cupid Media
- Translated and edited website content from English into Finnish
- Performed search engine optimization
- Conducted analysis on advertising opportunities in the Google content network
Jul 2008 - Jan 2009
7 monthsHelsinki, Finland
Guard Jaeger
Finnish Defence Forces
- Artillery observation and fire control
Summary
Bridging 8 years of product management with 11 years in AI/ML with experience in production-grade AI Agents.
My experience covers banking, fintech, media, and cloud infrastructure. I've partnered with engineering, data science, design, and C-suites to deliver AI products at scale.
Languages
English
NativeFinnish
NativeGerman
IntermediateSwedish
IntermediateSpanish
ElementaryEducation
Feb 2011 - Jun 2013
Griffith University
Bachelor of Commerce · Finance, Economics · Australia
Certifications & licenses
Product Leader Certification™
Product School
Certified Expert In Risk Management
Frankfurt School Of Finance & Management
Certificate in Agentic AI
Johns Hopkins University
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