AI Strategy & Use-Case Discovery
Finding where AI actually pays off, then turning it into a prioritized, fundable roadmap.
- Innovation & ideation workshops
- Use-case assessment
- Feasibility & prioritization
- AI readiness & roadmapping
AI & Agentic Systems Consultant
I build AI agents and systems that create a real edge.
I work with founders, teams, and enterprises to turn AI from a talking point into systems that ship, scale, and hold up in production. Strategy, agents, and delivery, from first workshop to running software.
Board member, SwissAI · Consultant at atrete
Work delivered across finance, insurance, industry, and the public sector
Expertise
Three ways I help teams get AI to work.
From finding the right problem to running the finished system, without the parts that stall in a slide deck.
Agentic AI Systems
Designing and building autonomous agents and LLM systems end to end.
- Agent architecture
- LLM integration & orchestration
- Copilot Studio & Azure Functions
- Identity & access (Entra ID)
Cloud, Governance & Scale
Taking pilots to production with the guardrails enterprises actually need.
- Azure AI Services
- MVP to production
- AI governance
- Compliance & data protection
Selected Work
Recent engagements.
A sample of AI and agent work across regulated, high-stakes environments. Client names are generalized.
01 — Global reinsurance company
AI Assessment for IT Operations
Identified, scored, and prioritized AI use cases across IT operations, from CMDB accuracy to dependency mapping, and landed on one MVP candidate with a roadmap.
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02 — Financial market infrastructure operator
Micro-Segmentation Governance
Owned the governance workstream of a micro-segmentation program, connecting legacy networks with modern segmentation through a risk-based enforcement and routing model.
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03 — Public healthcare client
AI Assistance Solution
Supported the rollout of an AI assistance solution with a structured requirements and evaluation logic, keeping governance and stakeholder clarity at the center.
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04 — Internal AI project
Office Occupancy Agent
Designed and built an AI agent end to end: Azure Functions backend, real-time occupancy data, and Entra ID, delivered as a reusable Copilot Studio use case inside Teams.
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05 — Logistics operator
Computer Vision for Automated Billing
Scoped and designed a computer-vision solution to automate billing in a shipyard, from needs analysis to solution design in a pre-sales setting.
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Testimonials
Trusted by teams shipping real AI.
★★★★★
"Yannik brought clarity to a messy AI backlog. We walked out with a prioritized roadmap the whole team could stand behind."
Sarah MeierHead of IT, Insurance
"The agent he built actually runs in production. No demo magic, just something our people use every week."
Daniel RothProgram Lead, FinTech
"He explains AI without the hype and without the hand-waving. Governance was baked in from day one."
Rachel KimDirector, Public Sector
"We got a clearer direction for how our AI efforts should grow, not just another proof of concept."
James PatelCTO, SaaS
"Calm, structured, and fast. The workshop alone paid for itself in avoided dead ends."
Olivia CarterCOO, Industry
"Rare to find someone who can run the workshop and then build the thing. Yannik does both."
Michael TanManaging Partner, Advisory
"Our AI assistance rollout finally had a structure behind it. Decisions became easy to defend to stakeholders."
Laura BennettHead of Digital, Healthcare
"He made the technical trade-offs understandable for a non-technical board. That is worth a lot."
Ethan BrooksFounder, Startup
Planning an AI or agent project?
I work with a small number of founders and teams at a time on AI strategy and agentic systems, from first workshop to running software. Let me know what you are building.
Start a project ↗Limited capacity for Q4