About Daniel
I am an Operations Leader and strategic partner to Founders with an Engineering background and 20 years of experience in regulated industries. I specialize in Operational Scaling and building the Scalable Infrastructure required for companies to meet strict regulatory standards while growing.
As a Fractional COO or Chief of Staff, I act as an "inside" force-multiplier for CEOs by taking full ownership of the BizOps and internal engine, handling high-stakes projects and regulatory complexity so they can focus on growth and fundraising.
Core Focus:
- Executive Orchestration & Scaling: I structure HR, Finance, Legal, BI/Controlling, and PMO functions. Recently, I served as Interim COO for a machine learning company, overseeing all non-technical operations.
- RegOps & GRC Systems: I translate frameworks (ISO 27001, TISAX, GDPR, EASA) into automated RegOps workflows. I build systems that track compliance in real-time rather than relying on static documentation.
- BizOps & Technical Automation: I leverage Agentic Engineering to design and deploy autonomous internal tools. By architecting AI-agent workflows (Sveltekit, LLMs, Postgres), I automate high-level operational tasks and GRC monitoring that traditionally require manual oversight or a full engineering team.
Background & Results:
- Operations Leadership: Managed a €16M project portfolio and led production departments of 500+ people.
- Agile Product Management: Certified PSPO and SPS; implemented Scrum from scratch in software and embedded systems environments.
- SaaS Development: Currently building a Compliance-as-a-Service platform to automate NIS2 and CRA compliance for European SMEs.
Portuguese
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
French
Fluent
Spanish
Fluent
German
Conversational
Can work on-site
Heidelberg (up to 50km)
Experience
- CapitolioSolo entrepreneurSOFTWARE PUBLISHINGFebruary 2025 - Today (1 year and 4 months)Heidelberg, Germany
- Operational Strategy: Advise startup founders and local businesses on organizational design, HR structuring, and scaling operations; audit internal Finance, BI, and PMO processes to ensure data integrity.
- GRC Product Development: Engineering a B2B "Compliance-as-a-Service" SaaS for MSPs and IoT manufacturers to automate NIS2 and CRA regulatory workflows, including SBOM management and CE Marking.
- AI Automation: Rapidly deployed full-stack MVPs for EdTech and E-commerce using SvelteKit, LLM Agents, and PostgreSQL to automate customer interaction and data curation.
- Technical Infrastructure: Building a multi-tenant B2B platform with a zero-US-Cloud-Act exposure stack (Scaleway, Mollie, SvelteKit, Brevo e-mails) to meet strict European data sovereignty requirements.
- Quality MatchHead of PMO / Head of Performance & ControllingSOFTWARE PUBLISHINGJanuary 2022 - March 2025 (3 years and 2 months)69 Heidelberg, Germany
- Operational Leadership: Acted as Interim COO and right hand to co-founders; managed HR lifecycles, payroll, accounting, and supported legal operations during the transition from a service-based model to B2B SaaS.
- Process Automation: Designed and deployed AI-automated workflows (Zapier, Make.com, REST APIs) for project tracking and budget control, reducing manual reporting effort by 30%.
- Product & Agile Management: Led a 5-engineer Scrum team as Product Owner; translated quarterly business goals into technical roadmaps and implemented Scrum from scratch.
- GRC & Legal Operations: Served as Information Security Officer (ISO) for TISAX and ISO 27001; managed operational and legal compliance for sensitive ML datasets, including the drafting and governance of NDAs and Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) for international vendor crowds and annotation partners.
- Data Infrastructure: Established Monday.com as the "single source of truth" for Product, PMO, CRM, and OKRs; developed real-time portfolio dashboards using Looker Studio and AppsScript for investor KPI monitoring.
- PMO Oversight: Directed a €2M+ portfolio of Machine Learning data projects and university research collaborations, ensuring alignment between delivery timelines and strategic objectives.
- GO CONCEPTPM & PO ConsultantCONSULTING AND AUDITSSeptember 2019 - December 2021 (2 years and 3 months)Lyon, France
- Regulatory Compliance: Managed the full lifecycle of embedded aeronautical systems (radar, navigation, night vision) under EASA Part-21/145 and EN9100 standards; controlled Type Design Data and DO-178C/DO-254 software/hardware evidence.
- Budget & Product Ownership: Directed product backlogs and strategic releases for projects with budgets up to €1.2M; aligned hardware industrialization with rigorous certification timelines.
- Operational Tooling: Developed and implemented a centralized resource planning database to resolve scheduling conflicts between engineering and production, improving capacity forecasting accuracy.
- Lifecycle Sustainability: Executed Obsolescence Management Plans (OMP) and Last-Time-Buy (LTB) strategies to secure 20-year component support for aviation operators.
- Quality Assurance: Led internal and external audits for AS9100 and Part 21/G compliance; managed the DO-160G qualification lifecycle, including vibration, temperature, and EMI testing verification.
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Education
- Specialization HR ManagementFIA Business School2025Specialization HR Management
- Specialization Business AnalyticsUniversity of Pennsylvania, Wharton School2021Specialization Business Analytics