Resume of Paul-Louis Pröve

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  "basics": {
    "name": "Paul-Louis Pröve",
    "label": "AI Engineer, Strategy Consultant & Software Developer",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "url": "https://pietz.ai",
    "summary": "Paul is a seasoned AI engineer and strategic consultant with 8 years of experience in the field. He specializes in helping organizations leverage artificial intelligence to drive innovation. With extensive experience in GenAI, strategy consulting and cloud-based solutions, he has guided projects across multiple industries and company scales. Paul has led numerous initiatives ranging from Computer Vision research to scaling machine learning applications for enterprise use. His project portfolio includes developing voice assistants, complex agentic systems, autonomous drones, and predictive maintenance systems. Previously, Paul served as the CEO and Head of AI at Tensora GmbH, further refining his strategic consulting skills. By combining deep technical expertise with business acumen, he enables organizations to effectively implement AI strategies and achieve transformative results.",
    "location": {
      "city": "Hamburg",
      "countryCode": "DE"
    },
    "profiles": [
      {
        "network": "LinkedIn",
        "username": "plpp",
        "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/plpp"
      },
      {
        "network": "GitHub",
        "username": "pietz",
        "url": "https://github.com/pietz"
      }
    ],
    "image": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13137132"
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  "work": [
    {
      "name": "Freelance",
      "position": "AI Engineer & Strategy Consultant",
      "startDate": "2024-08",
      "highlights": [
        "Strategy consulting on GenAI, data & cloud related matters",
        "Concept & implementation of state-of-the-art AI solutions",
        "Clients ranging from startups to DAX40 and S&P100 companies"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tensora GmbH",
      "position": "Founder & Director",
      "startDate": "2022-01",
      "endDate": "2024-08",
      "highlights": [
        "Built a lean company focused on AI products and consulting expertise",
        "Strategy consulting on AI, data & cloud related matters",
        "Concept & implementation of state-of-the-art AI solutions"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lufthansa Industry Solutions",
      "position": "Senior Data Scientist",
      "startDate": "2018-07",
      "endDate": "2021-12",
      "highlights": [
        "IT Consultant for data, AI, NLP, and computer vision",
        "Led project teams with up to 5 people",
        "Developed proprietary suite of AI services and products"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "PwC",
      "position": "Consultant Data & AI",
      "startDate": "2017-10",
      "endDate": "2018-06",
      "highlights": [
        "Strategy Consultant with focus on AI",
        "Helped customers to use AI effectively",
        "Implemented test automation for data quality assurance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Hapag-Lloyd",
      "position": "IT System Analyst",
      "startDate": "2015-10",
      "endDate": "2017-06",
      "highlights": [
        "Development of applications for our in-house ERP system",
        "Automation of workflows using Excel macros",
        "UX and UI redesign of customer quotation documents"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "education": [
    {
      "institution": "University of Illinois",
      "area": "Data Science",
      "studyType": "M.Sc.",
      "startDate": "2019-05",
      "endDate": "2021-05",
      "score": "GPA 3.83",
      "highlights": [
        "Part-time MSc. during my full-time job",
        "Full scholarship from my employer"
      ]
    },
    {
      "institution": "Quantic School of Business",
      "area": "Business Administration",
      "studyType": "M.B.A.",
      "startDate": "2018-05",
      "endDate": "2019-03",
      "score": "90%",
      "highlights": [
        "Part-time M.B.A. during my full-time job",
        "Full scholarship provided by the institution"
      ]
    },
    {
      "institution": "Fachhochschule Wedel",
      "area": "Computer Science",
      "studyType": "B.Sc.",
      "startDate": "2014-04",
      "endDate": "2017-09",
      "score": "B+",
      "highlights": [
        "Full-time BSc. with full scholarship",
        "Graduated top of the class",
        "Best thesis of the year award",
        "Innovation Award 2017 by Rotary Club"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "languages": [
    {
      "language": "German",
      "fluency": "Native"
    },
    {
      "language": "English",
      "fluency": "Fluent"
    }
  ],
  "skills": [
    {
      "name": "Coding",
      "keywords": [
        "Python",
        "JavaScript"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "AI Services",
      "keywords": [
        "Providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock, VertexAI",
        "Voice: Realtime API, STT, TTS, Twilio",
        "Agents: PydanticAI, LangGraph, Swarm",
        "Embeddings: OpenAI, HuggingFace, BCE",
        "Vector Stores: Qdrant, PGVector, Pinecone"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Cloud Services",
      "keywords": [
        "Azure: Functions, AI Studio, AI Search, Cosmos, App Service",
        "AWS: Bedrock, SageMaker, EC2, Lambda, Redshift, Dynamo",
        "GCP: VertexAI, Firebase, Cognitive Services",
        "Databricks: DS & ML Workspaces, MLFlow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Developer Tools",
      "keywords": [
        "Git",
        "CI/CD",
        "Docker",
        "Terraform"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Project Tools",
      "keywords": [
        "SCRUM",
        "Kanban",
        "Jira",
        "Confluence"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Backend & API",
      "keywords": [
        "FastAPI",
        "Node",
        "MCP Servers & Clients"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Frontend & Dashboard",
      "keywords": [
        "HTMX",
        "Svelte",
        "Streamlit",
        "Gradio"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "AI Recruitment Consulting",
      "startDate": "2024-10",
      "description": "Collaborating with the CPO of an international freelancer platform to design and implement AI solutions that streamline and accelerate recruitment processes.",
      "industry": "Recruitment",
      "role": "Consultant",
      "highlights": [
        "Technologies: Python, OpenAI, FastAPI, Voice Agents, Agentic RAG"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "AI Innovation Lab",
      "startDate": "2023-05",
      "description": "Collaborating with the CTO of a major U.S. corporation to develop AI prototypes and applications for various subsidiaries, focusing on rapid prototyping and tailored AI solutions for diverse business needs.",
      "industry": "Multi-industry",
      "role": "Lead AI Engineer",
      "highlights": [
        "Technologies: Python, OpenAI, GPT, FastAPI, Cognitive Search, Vector Stores, Voice Agents, Agentic RAG"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Recruitment Tools",
      "startDate": "2023-10",
      "endDate": "2024-08",
      "description": "Developed a comprehensive suite of AI tools for the recruitment industry, including intelligent talent matching, automated screening, and LLM-powered candidate evaluation systems.",
      "industry": "Recruitment",
      "role": "Team Lead",
      "highlights": [
        "Technologies: Python, Azure, OpenAI, GPT, AI Search, Chatbots, Vector Store"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Crowd Counting",
      "startDate": "2023-09",
      "endDate": "2024-01",
      "description": "Developed an AI solution for accurate crowd counting in high-density settings for clients in professional sports and music festival industries, with cloud-based deployment and real-time analytics.",
      "industry": "Event Management",
      "role": "Lead ML Engineer",
      "highlights": [
        "Technologies: Python, PyTorch, Computer Vision, CNNs, High-Density Object Detection, CCTV Integration"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "GPT Finance Agent",
      "startDate": "2023-10",
      "endDate": "2023-11",
      "description": "Built an automated GPT agent with multi-source data access (databases and web) to solve complex customer financial queries through intelligent information synthesis.",
      "industry": "Financial Services",
      "role": "Project Lead",
      "highlights": [
        "Technologies: Python, OpenAI, GPT, Langchain, SQL, Vector Store, Agents"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Data Copilot PoC",
      "startDate": "2023-07",
      "endDate": "2023-10",
      "description": "Developed a cognitive search engine leveraging OpenAI GPT, combining vector stores and keyword search to provide intelligent answers about internal company documents.",
      "industry": "Automotive",
      "role": "Project Lead",
      "highlights": [
        "Technologies: Python, LLM, GPT, Langchain, Cognitive Search, Vector Store"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Vision Quality Control",
      "startDate": "2023-04",
      "endDate": "2024-06",
      "description": "Created a Computer Vision framework and service enabling automated visual quality control on manufacturing shop floors with real-time defect detection.",
      "industry": "Manufacturing",
      "role": "Project Lead",
      "highlights": [
        "Technologies: Python, MLFlow, PyTorch, Azure ML, Azure Functions, Object Detection, DevOps, CI/CD, Git"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Global MLOps Platform",
      "startDate": "2022-09",
      "endDate": "2023-07",
      "description": "Developed a global, AI-Act-compliant MLOps platform using AzureML and Databricks for scalable ML model deployment and governance.",
      "industry": "Insurance",
      "role": "ML & Cloud Engineer",
      "highlights": [
        "Technologies: Python, Databricks, MLFlow, Azure ML, CosmosDB, APIM, Flask, Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Git"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "ChatGPT NLP PoC",
      "startDate": "2023-07",
      "endDate": "2023-08",
      "description": "Built an intelligent chatbot using OpenAI API that automatically transcribes interviews and generates comprehensive candidate evaluation reports.",
      "industry": "Recruiting",
      "role": "Project Lead",
      "highlights": [
        "Technologies: Python, Azure OpenAI API, ChatGPT, LLMs, Langchain, Question Answering, Speech-to-Text"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Data Cleaning Platform",
      "startDate": "2022-01",
      "endDate": "2023-04",
      "description": "Created a no-code data exploration and data cleaning platform that accelerates the work of Data Analysts and Data Scientists",
      "industry": "Web Services",
      "role": "Lead Software Engineer",
      "highlights": [
        "Technologies: Python, FastAPI, Polars, Pandas, Azure Functions, Azure Static Web Apps, CosmosDB, JavaScript, Svelte, SvelteKit, Unovis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "AI Service Cloud Platform",
      "startDate": "2022-01",
      "endDate": "2022-06",
      "description": "Designed and built a modern machine learning architecture for an offering of different AI services in the Azure cloud.",
      "industry": "Web Services",
      "role": "Cloud Architect",
      "highlights": [
        "Technologies: Python, Azure ML, Azure Functions, CosmosDB, Blob Storage, FastAPI, Databricks, MLFlow, CI/CD, Git"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Customer Lifetime Value",
      "startDate": "2022-01",
      "endDate": "2022-05",
      "description": "Analyzed large amounts of customer data, built dashboards and predicted customer value & customer churn over time.",
      "industry": "Consumer Goods",
      "role": "Data Scientist",
      "highlights": [
        "Technologies: Python, scikit-learn, lifetimes, AWS, Redshift, dbt, Tableau"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Flight Delay Prediction",
      "startDate": "2021-09",
      "endDate": "2021-12",
      "description": "Data Science lead in a team of 4 to build a prototype web app that predicts potential flight delay and customer impact.",
      "industry": "Aviation",
      "role": "Data Scientist",
      "highlights": [
        "Technologies: Python, Monte Carlo simulation, AWS Lambda, DynamoDB"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Food Waste Reduction",
      "startDate": "2021-05",
      "endDate": "2021-12",
      "description": "Built an AI recommender system that bridges the gap between supply and demand in the food industry.",
      "industry": "FMCG",
      "role": "Data Scientist",
      "highlights": [
        "Technologies: Python, node2vec, collaborative filtering, CI/CD, Git"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Predictive Maintenance",
      "startDate": "2022-03",
      "endDate": "2022-04",
      "description": "Project lead for building an early warning system for manufacturing machines based on time-series models",
      "industry": "Automotive",
      "role": "Lead Data Scientist",
      "highlights": [
        "Technologies: Python, statsmodels, Pandas, scikit-learn"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Time Series Platform",
      "startDate": "2021-01",
      "endDate": "2021-09",
      "description": "Built a Time-Series-Forecast platform that retrains different models on a regular basis and serves the best model at scale.",
      "industry": "MRO",
      "role": "Lead ML Engineer",
      "highlights": [
        "Technologies: Python, Prophet, statsmodels, ARIMA, MLflow, Hyperopt"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "COVID19 People Counting",
      "startDate": "2020-09",
      "endDate": "2021-08",
      "description": "Project lead of 3 for a COVID-19 computer vision solution to count people in public places and measure their distance",
      "industry": "Public Sector",
      "role": "Lead ML Engineer",
      "highlights": [
        "Technologies: Python, PyTorch, OpenCV, FastAPI, CI/CD, Git, AWS"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Autonomous Drone",
      "startDate": "2020-05",
      "endDate": "2021-07",
      "description": "Built the Computer Vision part of an autonomous drone that detects and classifies damages in high resolutions images.",
      "industry": "Energy Sector",
      "role": "Computer Vision Engineer",
      "highlights": [
        "Technologies: Python, TensorFlow, OpenCV, Image Segmentation, Azure Functions, Blob Storage, CosmosDB"
      ]
    }
  ]
}