About Me
Expertise in AI implementation and strategic transformation
Kai Wöllstein
AI Consultant & Implementation Specialist
AI
Automation
Process Optimization
Strategic Transformation
Based in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany
Professional Summary
As an AI/ML Consultant, I specialize in engineering autonomous decision systems for high-stakes industries. My expertise is uniquely positioned at the intersection of technology, life sciences, and business, allowing me to tackle complex challenges with a multidisciplinary, first-principles approach. I have pioneered novel machine learning frameworks like SeRP_HMM, which revealed previously unseen molecular dynamics, led the development of M&A automation platforms delivering over $1M in value on single deals, and translated complex legal strategies for Fortune 10 companies into robust technical solutions. This diverse experience, from advanced lab techniques like CRISPR-Cas9 to building risk calculators for $10B+ litigations, enables me to deliver innovative, high-ROI solutions.
Professional Background
AI/ML Consultant
AutoK.ai
Aug. 2025 – Present
- Engineering autonomous decision systems for high-stakes, regulated industries, using a first-principles approach to deliver robust, high-ROI solutions for complex analytical and automation challenges
Legal Tech
Freshfields
Apr. 2023 – Jul. 2025
- Translated complex legal strategies into precise technical specifications, bridging the legal-engineering gap to ensure software directly met critical case requirements, including for multiple Fortune 10 companies
- Designed and built a full-stack automated risk and settlement calculator for a $10B+ litigation, codifying complex German Civil Code (BGB) logic into JavaScript to determine liability and damages
- Engineered AI/ML solutions, from a claimant de-duplication system using fuzzy matching for risk mitigation, to GenAI pipelines, analyzing thousands of patent and privileged documents to accelerate research
Product Manager, M&A Tech
Razor Group
Mar. 2021 – Jul. 2022
- Owned the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and technical delivery, embedding with user teams to deliver production systems that scaled the company to a $1B+ valuation and $400M+ revenue through fast, sound decisions in ambiguous environments
- Led 50+ M&A deals while building the Vector Accelerated Reconciliation (VAR) platform on AWS to semi-automate underwriting by calculating a P&L from millions of transactions and to automatically generate investment committee slides, delivering $1M+ in value on single deals
- Authored user stories, managed the product backlog using RICE, and led sprint planning and backlog refinement ceremonies; mentored developers, led hiring interviews, and saved 1000+ hours monthly via automation
Student Assistant
Metzler Bank
Jun. 2018 – May 2020
- Executed quantitative, market-beating strategies in Fixed Income & Asset Allocation
- Engineered and automated complex financial models (e.g., Merton Distance-to-Default) implementing object-oriented programming and database systems, building data pipelines to enhance portfolio analytics
- Conducted comprehensive credit analysis on bond issuers and participated directly in financial roadshows
Education
Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Oct. 2022 – Sep. 2025
- Specialized in RNA & Genetics; developed a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) achieving 97%-100% reading frame accuracy in translatomics and learned advanced lab techniques including CRISPR-Cas9
- Pioneered SeRP_HMM (thesis): a novel HMM that replaces heuristic thresholds with a probabilistic, ML framework, decoding noisy SeRP data to robustly model importin-nascent chain binding dynamics, resolving enduring from transient interactions, and revealing a novel pre-commitment phase
- Built the Multimodal Parliament Explorer for Bundestag debate analysis, engineering a full-stack solution with a Java/Javalin REST backend, NLP pipeline (Whisper/spaCy), and d3.js sentiment visualizations
Economics and Business Administration
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Mar. 2017 – Mar. 2022
- Dean's List Award recipient; exchange at University of Malaya across Business, Economics, and Science
Skills & Expertise
Technical Skills
- Machine Learning & AI Implementation
- Process Automation
- Data Analysis & Visualization
- Natural Language Processing
- Predictive Analytics
Business Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Project Management
- Process Optimization
- Change Management
- Cross-functional Collaboration
Tech Stack
Python
Java
TS/React
C++
HTML/CSS
SQL/NoSQL
Docker
Kubernetes
Git
GCP
AWS
Azure
R
GenAI
Agents
RAG
Embeddings
Prompt Engineering
Fine-tuning
LangChain/LangGraph
LLMOps/MLOps
AI Governance & Ethics
Responsible AI
Model Deployment & Monitoring
Vector Databases
PyTorch
TensorFlow
Hugging Face
scikit-learn
pandas
NumPy
Whisper
spaCy
Time-Series Analysis
XAI
HMM
SeRP
RESTful APIs
ETL/Pipelines
A/B Testing
Unit/Performance Testing
BDD
CI/CD
Blue/Green Deployment
Microservices
Cloud-Native
Document Processing
Power BI
Tableau
Bloomberg Terminal
Figma
Jira
Cursor
Linux
Jupyter Notebooks
Zapier
cplace
Javalin
Google Apps Script
VBA
CRISPR-Cas9
PCR
RNA-seq
STAR
Salmon
Bioinformatics Pipelines
Interests
Geopolitical Analysis (The Economist)
Competitive Strategy
Game Theory
First-Principles Thinking
System Architecture
Human Performance Optimization