Hi, I'm Felix

I'm passionate about AI Research, with a focus on GenAI & Leadership

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Welcome to my personal website. I am a Machine Learning Engineer who loves to work on cutting-edge research, but also bring 4 years of C-level management experience into the mix. Currently I'm working as Head of AI at Maekersuite, where I am leading their R&D efforts. If you have any questions or would like to have a chat feel free to contact me!

Work

2022 - Current

Head of AI

Maekersuite Ltd.

Maekersuite is an AI-powered video pre-production platform. As Head of AI & Innovation I led the strategic planning, design and development of all R&D projects, especially in the area of LLMs and Multimodal (video) data analysis. As one of the first technical hires I was involved hands-on in the fine-tuning of Multimodal LLMs like e.g. FUYU-8b under an Innovate-UK funded research project.

Python
Pytorch
Tensorflow
LLMs
Generative AI
AWS
2022 - Current

Head of AI

Maekersuite Ltd.

Maekersuite is an AI-powered video pre-production platform. As Head of AI & Innovation I led the strategic planning, design and development of all R&D projects, especially in the area of LLMs and Multimodal (video) data analysis. As one of the first technical hires I was involved hands-on in the fine-tuning of Multimodal LLMs like e.g. FUYU-8b under an Innovate-UK funded research project.

Python
Pytorch
Tensorflow
LLMs
Generative AI
AWS
2020 - 2023

Founder & CEO

OctoShrew Ltd.

OctoShrew is an ML Consultancy which served multinational clients like Microsoft and the Max Planck institute. As CEO, I oversaw the execution of ambitious projects under tight budget and time constraints. I was also responsible for hiring decisions and meeting the company’s financial targets. After growing the company, I profitably exited in 2023 after transitioning to an advisory role in 2022.

Python
Pytorch
Tensorflow
LLMs
Generative AI
AWS
2020 - 2023

Founder & CEO

OctoShrew Ltd.

OctoShrew is an ML Consultancy which served multinational clients like Microsoft and the Max Planck institute. As CEO, I oversaw the execution of ambitious projects under tight budget and time constraints. I was also responsible for hiring decisions and meeting the company’s financial targets. After growing the company, I profitably exited in 2023 after transitioning to an advisory role in 2022.

Python
Pytorch
Tensorflow
LLMs
Generative AI
AWS
2020 - 2019

Machine Learning Researcher

CERN

During my thesis I conducted research for LHCb on improving the measurement of Energy carried by electrons using Machine Learning. That involved working with PINNs and ensemble models to reconstruct the behaviour of electrons during their collision trajectory.

Python
Pytorch
Tensorflow
LLMs
Generative AI
AWS
2020 - 2019

Machine Learning Researcher

CERN

During my thesis I conducted research for LHCb on improving the measurement of Energy carried by electrons using Machine Learning. That involved working with PINNs and ensemble models to reconstruct the behaviour of electrons during their collision trajectory.

Python
Pytorch
Tensorflow
LLMs
Generative AI
AWS
2017 - 2020

Freelance Machine Learning Researcher

During my studies, I worked as a freelance Machine Learning Engineer. I focused on smaller projects within the NLP and Computer Vision space. I learned professional communication with clients, writing and specification of requirements and laid the foundation for the skillset and professional network required for founding OctoShrew.

Python
Pytorch
Tensorflow
Scikit-Learn
Numpy/Scipy
Pandas
AWS
2017 - 2020

Freelance Machine Learning Researcher

During my studies, I worked as a freelance Machine Learning Engineer. I focused on smaller projects within the NLP and Computer Vision space. I learned professional communication with clients, writing and specification of requirements and laid the foundation for the skillset and professional network required for founding OctoShrew.

Python
Pytorch
Tensorflow
Scikit-Learn
Numpy/Scipy
Pandas
AWS

Patents

2022

Image based Product Search

Invented a system allowing users to search through a database based on product images & lists of products. This required innovative combinations of multimodal models and OCR to create the necessary embeddings for search.

Python
Multimodal LLMs
OCR
2022

Image based Product Search

Invented a system allowing users to search through a database based on product images & lists of products. This required innovative combinations of multimodal models and OCR to create the necessary embeddings for search.

Python
Multimodal LLMs
OCR
2021

Statistical Modelling Method for Blackjack House Advantage

Invented a method that allows for real-time tracking of a casino’s house advantage. It calculates a player’s value to the casino as well as catching “advantage players” for zillions.ai.

Python
Statistical Modelling & Simulation
2021

Statistical Modelling Method for Blackjack House Advantage

Invented a method that allows for real-time tracking of a casino’s house advantage. It calculates a player’s value to the casino as well as catching “advantage players” for zillions.ai.

Python
Statistical Modelling & Simulation

Projects

2023

Automated Script Writing (Funded by Innovate UK)

Maekersuite

One of Maekersuite’s key offering is an advanced video-script writing system that allows professionals with limited experience in content creation to tell great stories. GPT3-5 and FUYU-8B were fine-tuned and enabled to autonomously conduct online research to improve the quality of generation. The 14-months project was funded both internally and through Innovate UK (government) with £350k and was executed ahead of schedule and below budget under my sole management

React
TailwindCSS
NextJs
NodeJs
AWS
Docker
Python
FastAPI
2023

Automated Script Writing (Funded by Innovate UK)

Maekersuite

One of Maekersuite’s key offering is an advanced video-script writing system that allows professionals with limited experience in content creation to tell great stories. GPT3-5 and FUYU-8B were fine-tuned and enabled to autonomously conduct online research to improve the quality of generation. The 14-months project was funded both internally and through Innovate UK (government) with £350k and was executed ahead of schedule and below budget under my sole management

React
TailwindCSS
NextJs
NodeJs
AWS
Docker
Python
FastAPI
2022

Automated Analysis of Pharmaceutical Records

CamHCR

CamHCR is a company focusing on consulting multinational Pharma companies such as J&J, Pfizer etc. Octoshrew was called in as external consultants to help with improving business operations. We identified that a company-wide retrieval and analysis system for data from past reports could improve productivity by up to 20%. Due to the highly specific nature of texts, an embedding model was fine-tuned and combined with GPT-3 to be able to provide analysis of the records to the consultants on-demand.

React
TailwindCSS
NextJs
NodeJs
AWS
Docker
Python
FastAPI
2022

Automated Analysis of Pharmaceutical Records

CamHCR

CamHCR is a company focusing on consulting multinational Pharma companies such as J&J, Pfizer etc. Octoshrew was called in as external consultants to help with improving business operations. We identified that a company-wide retrieval and analysis system for data from past reports could improve productivity by up to 20%. Due to the highly specific nature of texts, an embedding model was fine-tuned and combined with GPT-3 to be able to provide analysis of the records to the consultants on-demand.

React
TailwindCSS
NextJs
NodeJs
AWS
Docker
Python
FastAPI
2022

Autonomous Drone Control Systems

Stealth Startup

The client was a company focusing on software solutions for autonomous drone flight planning. OctoShrew took over the development of a system which allows autonomous control of over 100 drones simultaneously over large areas of open space requiring highly optimized algorithms as well as rigorous GPU optimization. Extensive experience in working with LiDAR & Vision data to safely navigate drones through a dynamic environment was gathered.

React
TailwindCSS
NextJs
NodeJs
AWS
Docker
Python
FastAPI
2022

Autonomous Drone Control Systems

Stealth Startup

The client was a company focusing on software solutions for autonomous drone flight planning. OctoShrew took over the development of a system which allows autonomous control of over 100 drones simultaneously over large areas of open space requiring highly optimized algorithms as well as rigorous GPU optimization. Extensive experience in working with LiDAR & Vision data to safely navigate drones through a dynamic environment was gathered.

React
TailwindCSS
NextJs
NodeJs
AWS
Docker
Python
FastAPI
2021

Big Data Analysis/Recommender Systems

Studyly.com is one of Austria’s largest e-learning providers. I oversaw the development of a student evaluation and exercise recommendation system which used a variety of methods to push the boundaries of the SOTA. The core element of the project was applying advanced methods such as Reinforcement Learning (recommendation) and LLMs (evaluation) such that the results still remained explainable as required by Austrian law.

CI/CD
Reinforcement Learning
LLMs
Real-time Data Processing
2021

Big Data Analysis/Recommender Systems

Studyly.com is one of Austria’s largest e-learning providers. I oversaw the development of a student evaluation and exercise recommendation system which used a variety of methods to push the boundaries of the SOTA. The core element of the project was applying advanced methods such as Reinforcement Learning (recommendation) and LLMs (evaluation) such that the results still remained explainable as required by Austrian law.

CI/CD
Reinforcement Learning
LLMs
Real-time Data Processing