AI & Agentic Software Consultant
Riedel IT Consulting · Freelance
Jan 2017 – Present · Munich, Germany
Building agentic AI platforms with a focus on AI security — designing
guardrail engines for request/response validation, fine-grained human-in-the-loop
authorization for credential and token access, and secure middleware layers
between LLMs and external services using the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
Chief Product Officer
idOS (Identity Operating System)
Oct 2024 – Apr 2025 · Munich, Germany (Remote)
Open-source, chain-agnostic identity layer for web3. The idOS enables users to
own, manage, and securely store their identity data in a decentralized,
self-sovereign manner — without third-party intermediation.
Chief Technology Officer
Identity.org
Sep 2021 – May 2024 · New York, USA
Nonprofit building open-source toolkits for decentralized authentication and
verification on the blockchain, enabling privacy-preserving digital identity
with user control at its core.
Research Engineer (Identity)
ConsenSys Mesh
Aug 2020 – Aug 2021 · New York, USA
Blockchain accelerator and incubator founded by Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin.
Worked in the Identity Spoke (originating from uPort), building decentralized identity
tooling based on W3C DID and Verifiable Credential standards — enabling
privacy-preserving, user-controlled identity without unnecessary intermediaries.
Product Manager
Civic Technologies
Jan 2018 – Aug 2020 · San Francisco Bay Area, USA
Blockchain-based identity verification platform enabling users to securely control
their digital identity while reducing KYC compliance costs for service providers.
Product management of Identity.org and underlying projects and frameworks.
Senior Software Engineer
Xavo AG
Feb 2017 – Dec 2017 · Bayreuth, Germany
Core development team of "Xavo Professional Suite", an enterprise software platform
for Integrated Planning & Execution in the manufacturing industry.
Senior IT Consultant
Westernacher Solutions AG
Jan 2013 – Sep 2016 · Berlin, Germany
Designed and implemented systems for the German notary sector including electronic
trust account management (ENA), centralized user management for the National Chamber
of Notaries, and cryptographic key material production for lawyers accessing the
"besonderes elektronisches Anwaltspostfach" (beA).