I build the systems I research.

Two roles that feed each other. As a freelance IT consultant I turn manual, error-prone workflows into self-hosted automated systems, and I build websites, online shops and e-business prototypes. As a research associate at Offenburg University of Applied Sciences I work on augmented reality, IoT, smart-factory technology and AI. What I research, I also run in production — which is why I can tell you what holds up and what only sounds good.

All three are mine, and they divide the work rather than compete for it. CONTIC is the consulting practice for on-premise automation and process work. eilige-EDV is its hands-on execution arm — network setup, cloud migration, backups, cybersecurity and support. EDU-SPACE is the teaching side, a practice-based programme in e-commerce, e-business and prototyping for universities, public administration and vocational training. All three share one self-hosted stack, so a solution can move from advice to delivery to teaching without changing tools.

Write to me here for teaching, speaking, press enquiries and smaller technical work — anything where you specifically want me. Larger consulting mandates run through CONTIC, which has the structure for them. If you are not sure which applies to you, just ask and I will point you the right way.

Docker, n8n, NocoDB and Odoo, self-hosted throughout — full data control, no vendor lock-in. It is the same stack that runs the day-to-day operations of CONTIC, so I have already met its failure modes before recommending it to anyone else.

Yes, as one tool among others. AI is part of my teaching and university work, and I run language models (LLMs) inside n8n workflows, for example to draft and structure content that a person then checks. The models run in the EU, self-hosted or with EU providers, so personal data stays in the EU.

Gengenbach in the Black Forest, in the Ortenau district. On-site work happens across the region; everything else I handle remotely, and I work with clients well beyond it.

Research associate. I am Business Service Owner for campus IT and IT workplaces, I run the labs at the Gengenbach campus for the Faculty of Business, and I teach IT fundamentals and mobile commerce. AI is part of my teaching and my university work, and in research projects it is hard to avoid.

Thirty minutes, free of charge and without obligation. You describe what you are working on, I tell you whether I can help and how I would approach it. If it is not a fit, I will say so — and point you somewhere better where I can.