Simple solutions that deliver measurable results.

Built together with functional teams and the board.

Living between Munich & Vienna.
Available in the DACH region.

01

The hard part is rarely the technology.

Most organizations already have more technology, data and ideas than they can effectively use. The challenge is deciding what actually matters — and getting new technology to work inside what already exists.

My background spans deep tech, industrial transformation, defence and banking — from founding ventures to building AI into large, established organizations.

It is technology that works under real operational conditions — not innovation for its own sake.

02

From ambiguity to execution.

AI & Technology Strategy. Identify where technology creates advantage — and where it does not. Priorities and plans, not ambitions.

Build & Delivery. Move from strategy into delivery. I build teams, define how the work gets done, and take selected initiatives from concept into production.

High-Constraint Environments. Make technology work where the environment leaves little room for error — industrial restructuring, defence, regulated banking.

03

Evidence over promises.

Different environments and constraints. Developed and delivered together with the people in the functional teams who hold the knowledge.

HSBC London (GB)

Banking: regulated cutovers in hours.

Context
Tier-1 banking. Partial S/4HANA cutovers usually mean weeks of systems-integrator work across legacy data, approvals, and change windows.
Execution
Built autonomous agents that compose and check migration logic end-to-end. Live in production. Cutovers in hours, not weeks, with no external consultants in the loop. Eliminating hundreds of consultant hours.
EMCO Hallein (AT)

Machine Tools: reliable answers from legacy data.

Context
€200M machine-tool manufacturer. Decades of maintenance records and machine telemetry were trapped in formats neither technicians nor downstream systems could reliably use.
Execution
Built different AI functions from zero. Converted fragmented machine data into a searchable knowledge base for service teams and engineers.
Rheinmetall Düsseldorf (DE)

Defense: technology under strict requirements.

Context
European defense. Technology work under strict security and operational requirements.
Execution
Led research collaborations with TU München and ETH Zürich. Translated operational and integrity requirements into technical specifications.
YC Mountain View (US)

Deep-Tech: patented emotion-recognition IP.

Context
Co-founded Going Ninja, a deep-tech company built around patented emotion-recognition technology. From patent to global market standard.
Execution
Y Combinator S18 alum. Raised $60M in venture capital. Exit and integration to Volkswagen delivered without losing the product core.

04

How I work.

Input from the functional teams. The people who hold the knowledge know the problem.

Sign-off from decision-makers. Nothing gets built without a mandate.

A measurable strategy. Not a deck — something that can be checked.

Implementation with the functional team. Together, not around them.

05

Founder by background. Operator by practice.

I am a Munich-based founder and operator in technology. My career started in engineering and entrepreneurship. Over the following decade, I moved from building technology companies into larger organizational environments — industrial manufacturers, financial institutions and defence.

That combination shapes how I work: founder instincts applied inside organizations that already have customers, systems, regulation and operational complexity.

I have built ventures, led AI programs in large organizations, built an AI function during industrial restructuring, and worked on technology in confidential and regulated settings.

06

Working on something difficult?

I am interested in situations where technology matters, the operating environment is complex and the path from idea to execution is not obvious.

Send me a short message with the context. If there is something concrete to work with, I will think it through — and we can talk the next day, directly and without much preparation.

I am not a classic consultant and only take mandates where I am convinced I can help. It has to be a match for both sides — and early access to the functional teams matters to me.

Felix Rascher

Mailfelix.rascher@pm.me

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