Mark Schröder
01.
About Me
Hi, I'm Mark. This page collects some of the things I do. Feel free to email me for any inquiries.
- Now
- AI Lead at Needs, B2B matching. Based in Vienna.
- Side
- Mechanism design, coordination and AI governance. A few small tools and experiments.
- Study
- Still finishing the Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen at RWTH Aachen, eventually.
- Value
- Clear, direct communication. Try to bring it into the work.
- From
- Schleswig-Holstein → Aachen → Vienna.
- Languages
- DE / EN
02.
Experience
AI Lead | Needs, AI Matching
Needs, Vienna (Remote)
October 2025 to Present
Building an AI matching platform for B2B. Leading AI and engineering work in a team of three.
Bachelor's Thesis | AI for Requirements Management
Audi AG, Ingolstadt
February 2025 to May 2025
Developing a system to automate workflows in requirements management; building tools to generate test cases from requirements.
Intern | AI Implementation in TE
Audi AG, Ingolstadt
October 2024 - February 2025
Wrote code to optimize brake cooling parameters for ESC systems; worked with simulation data to improve realtime temperature simulations. Matlab, Python, Carmaker, Synopsis Silver.
Research Assistant
Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) at RWTH Aachen University
October 2023 to October 2025
Revision and modernization of the EIP web platform (data collection). JavaScript, HTML, CSS; SQL Server-based database.
Founder & Developer | DirectionAI
Direction AI
August 2023 - February 2024
Developed DirectionAI, a life planning tool using LLMs for personalization. Built MVP on Bubble.io with AI integration.
03.
Education
RWTH Aachen University
Bachelor's in Industrial Engineering and Management (Mechanical Engineering)
October 2020 - Present
04.
Portfolio
Building
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Personal Agent OSongoing
A local agent stack for figuring out how to use AI well in my own life. Persistent context, task routing, memory compression, and a few small systems underneath.
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Governance Mechanism Simulatorin progress
A testbed for governance mechanisms run together instead of in isolation: prediction markets, quadratic voting, conviction voting, reputation. Populated with LLM agents that have roles, private information, and incentives.
05.
Otherwise
Outside of work I kitesurf, play volleyball, dive, read (lately a lot of ancient history), and basteln. Spent six months on Work & Travel in New Zealand, back in 2020.