Malte Fries

At Dräger, I was the sole architect building an internal, enterprise-wide platform for generative AI and RAG, from system architecture, connecting large language models from all frontier providers, to integrating internal applications with the language models via MCP and connecting scope-based knowledge domains.

Before that, I built a cloud-based test automation stack that enabled testing of ventilation monitoring systems through horizontal scaling.

Focus areas of my work:

Platform architecture for AI applications

Optimization of RAG systems

Integration of internal systems with AI (including via MCP)

Managing Director and Developer in one person. I conceived, developed, and maintained modular software products in .NET for years – based on an extensible plugin/module architecture with its own paying user base.

This included interface design, automation of complex, stateful workflows, and ensuring robust, unattended continuous operation. In parallel, I held overall entrepreneurial responsibility: sales, license/pricing model, releases, customer support, and direct contact with the user base. In short: end-to-end ownership from the first commit to support.