Kevin Meisel

Kevin Meisel

Business Information Systems Student

Stuttgart, Germany

About Me

I'm a Business Information Systems student at the University of Stuttgart and University of Hohenheim, currently finishing my study abroad year at San Diego State University. I'm passionate about bridging the gap between business strategy and technology, with hands-on experience in data analytics, AI/ML projects, and lean consulting at Mercedes-Benz.

Education

B.Sc. Business Information Systems
University of Stuttgart & Hohenheim
GPA: 1.6 (German Scale)

Focus Areas

  • Business Information Systems
  • Data Analytics
  • AI & LLM Fine-tuning
  • Cloud Computing
  • Product Management

Interests

  • Technology
  • Strategy Games
  • Backpacking
  • Sailing
  • Gym
Kitty

Experience

Intern Lean-Production Consulting

Mercedes-Benz AG

Jun 2025 - Oct 2025 · Stuttgart, Germany

  • Built a Power BI solution for international procurement; in the first pilot phase identified four optimal prices with savings potential of several hundred thousand euros
  • Developed a Databricks pipeline to analyze Paint & Body data; identified bottlenecks and it was adopted as the paint shop's standard analysis tool
  • Performed an ad-hoc analysis during the CLA ramp-up to assess inaccurately timed reorders; the optimized target process reduced wrongly ordered parts to zero

Working Student Assurance

PwC Germany

Nov 2022 - Apr 2023 · Stuttgart, Germany

  • Service Line: Industrial Services
  • Supported audits of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Education

B.Sc. Business Information Systems

University of Stuttgart

Oct 2022 - Present · Stuttgart, Germany

  • Current GPA: 1.6 (German Grading Scale)
  • Jointly Awarded Double Degree with University of Hohenheim
  • Specialization: International and Strategic Management

B.Sc. Business Information Systems

University of Hohenheim

Oct 2022 - Present · Stuttgart, Germany

  • Jointly Awarded Double Degree with University of Stuttgart
  • Focus on Business Administration and Economics

Study Abroad Year

San Diego State University (SDSU)

Aug 2024 - May 2025 · San Diego, USA

  • 4.0 GPA
  • Partner Institution of the University of Stuttgart
  • AACSB Accredited
  • Classes in Innovation, Cyber Security and AI

German Abitur

Gymnasium Plochingen

Aug 2020 - Jul 2022 · Plochingen, Germany

  • Final Grade: 1.7 (German Grading Scale)

Certifications & Scholarships

Baden-Württemberg Scholarship

Baden-Württemberg Foundation

Sep 2024

McKinsey Forward Program

McKinsey & Company

Aug 2024

AWS Academy Cloud Security Foundations

Amazon Web Services

Nov 2024

Projects

San Diego State University

Fine-tuned an LLM for cost-efficient meeting summarization, including an end-to-end evaluation pipeline and structured hyperparameter optimization. Achieved a 4x improvement in summary quality compared to the base model while maintaining identical inference costs.

LLM Fine-tuningPythonHugging FaceNLP

Personal Project

Built and evaluated a reusable AI skill that transforms raw customer interview notes into a prioritized experiment backlog with testable hypotheses. Benchmarked across multiple LLMs, achieving 100% accuracy with Sonnet while reducing token usage by 38%.

Prompt EngineeringLLM EvaluationProduct Discovery

Intercultural Mentorship Program

Apr 2024 - Aug 2024

University of Stuttgart

Personal 1:1 mentoring for an international student, helping with academic integration, cultural adjustment, and navigating university life in Germany.

MentoringCross-cultural Communication

Skills

Digital Tools & Technologies

ExcelPowerPointPower BIJavaSQLPythonFigmaHugging Face TransformersDatabricksAWS

Areas of Expertise

Design ThinkingAgile MethodsStrategy DevelopmentProduct ManagementCloud ComputingLLM Fine-tuning

Soft Skills

CommunicationIndividualizationStructured Problem SolvingAttention to Detail

Languages

German C2 Native
English C1 Advanced