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
Interests
Experience
Intern Lean-Production Consulting
Mercedes-Benz AG
- 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
- Service Line: Industrial Services
- Supported audits of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Education
B.Sc. Business Information Systems
University of Stuttgart
- 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
- Jointly Awarded Double Degree with University of Stuttgart
- Focus on Business Administration and Economics
Study Abroad Year
San Diego State University (SDSU)
- 4.0 GPA
- Partner Institution of the University of Stuttgart
- AACSB Accredited
- Classes in Innovation, Cyber Security and AI
German Abitur
Gymnasium Plochingen
- Final Grade: 1.7 (German Grading Scale)
Certifications & Scholarships
Baden-Württemberg Scholarship
Baden-Württemberg Foundation
McKinsey Forward Program
McKinsey & Company
AWS Academy Cloud Security Foundations
Amazon Web Services
Projects
AI Meeting Summarization
2024 - 2025San 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.
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%.
Intercultural Mentorship Program
Apr 2024 - Aug 2024University of Stuttgart
Personal 1:1 mentoring for an international student, helping with academic integration, cultural adjustment, and navigating university life in Germany.