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Boris Fründt, Technical Product Lead

Hi, I'm Boris.

I build software products and lead the teams that ship them.

Twenty years between product and engineering. Right now at Ascléa, a medical AI company from the Charité, working on language models for hospitals.

Work

  1. Berlin / Remote

    Technical Product Lead

    Ascléa is a Charité spin-off (formerly x-cardiac). We build AI for hospitals. I lead product for Clé: open language models inside the clinical network, on-premise or in a EU cloud the hospital runs.

  2. Remote

    Interim Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

    Interim CTO at a startup building connected hardware and software. Led 23 engineers across firmware, mobile and cloud. Defined IoT architecture and device-to-cloud communication; scaled the platform through to acquisition by a US company.

  3. Remote

    Interim Senior Manager

    Part of the leadership team at a management consultancy. Led a client project on AI-based used car pricing, from visual prototypes and click dummies through to a single-page app with real-time pricing models. Product ownership across discovery, epics, backlog, stakeholders and delivery with frontend, UX and QA in rapid prototyping cycles.

  4. Hamburg

    Technical Director

    Built, trained and led a team of developers and technical project managers at one of Germany's leading creative agencies. Product strategy for major brands including BMW, Daimler and Lufthansa; co-led technical conception and delivery of global web presences. Drove PWA, headless CMS and VR/AR in a fast-moving creative environment.

  5. Hamburg

    Web Application Architect & Consultant

    Helped establish IBM iX Studio Hamburg and build its digital capabilities: design, engineering and early AI research under one roof. Watson prototypes from 2015, including a BMW i8 configurator. Design Thinking workshops and client consulting; translated complex business needs into scalable architecture.

  6. Hamburg

    Senior Web Developer & Team Coordinator

    Grew from developer to team lead and subject matter expert. Built digital products for major brands, mentored junior developers, and learned that the best code is the one that ships and works.

  7. Hamburg

    Web Developer

    First job. Front-end for enterprise clients. A proper intro to web development.

Skills

Leadership & Team Management
Team building and talent development, Cross-functional collaboration, Stakeholder management, Conflict resolution, Project communication, Organizational development
Technical Product Management
Product strategy, Feature prioritization, User story mapping, Technical documentation, API design, Release management, Hardware-software integration, Embedded software architecture
AI & Data Analytics
AI strategy and integration, LLM integration (Claude, GPT, Gemini), Agent systems, Prompt engineering, Claude Code, Cursor, n8n, RAG pipelines, Data analytics and visualization, Data-driven decision making
Frontend
React and Next.js, TypeScript and JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3, Progressive Web Apps, Responsive design, Performance optimization
Backend & Cloud
Node.js, RESTful and GraphQL APIs, Cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP), Firebase, PostgreSQL and MongoDB, Docker and microservices
Mobile
Cross-platform development, Native integration, Mobile performance optimization, Hybrid app development (Flutter)
IoT & Connected Devices
IoT product strategy, Connected device ecosystems, Device-to-cloud communication
UX & Product Design
User research, Interaction design, Usability testing, Design systems, Prototyping (Figma), Design Thinking
Languages
German (native), English (fluent), French (basic)

Approach

What I do

  • Build products from first idea through launch and beyond
  • Lead and grow engineering and product teams
  • Connect business, design and engineering
  • Turn what stakeholders need into technical architecture
  • Design and ship IoT and connected systems
  • Mentor engineers and build team culture

How I work

  • Figure out the product first, then how to build it
  • Say what you mean. Honest disagreement beats polite confusion
  • Leadership is removing blockers, not adding meetings
  • Humour, empathy and transparency are the hard part
  • Stay slightly unsatisfied. Keep asking why

Get in touch

The best way to reach me is email. I read everything.