Tell me what's going on.

If your AI system isn't making it to production, your team is building on architectural decisions nobody fully understands, or you're about to commit to a technical direction you can't easily reverse, describe the situation.

I work best with:

  • Enterprise and Mittelstand teams building AI systems that need to work in production, not just in demos, and who need someone to design the architecture, implement it alongside the team, and leave documentation that survives their departure
  • Enterprise teams building complex platforms who need senior architectural leadership to scale across multiple teams and markets
  • CTOs and engineering leaders managing 50+ developers who need someone to define direction, establish governance, and enable parallel development
  • Heads of Engineering who need someone to come in, diagnose the real problem, and make the hard technical calls
  • Staff+ engineers who want a peer to pressure-test their thinking on a major technical decision

Based in Germany. Remote-first. I travel on-site when the work calls for it, in Europe, the US, or wherever the team is.

Tell me about the situation. What's stuck? What's at stake? I'll read every message personally and respond within two working days.

Philipp Timmalog

I read every message myself. No assistants, no autoresponders. If there's a fit, I'll suggest a 30-minute conversation. No prep required on your end, no sales pitch on mine. Just an honest discussion about whether I can help.