
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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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)
Side projects
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