Andreas Schwarzkopf

Data Engineering Consultant (Retail AI Division)

AI Expert - The AI Navigator 🧭 Top AI Voice | Mercedes-Benz Alum | Sharing AI Insights for Leaders

With over 12 years of hands-on AI integration experience across various industries, I guide companies through AI-native transformations.

My background:

- LinkedIn Top Voice, recognized for practical AI insights
- Consulted for Mercedes-Benz to enhance manufacturing quality using AI
- Advised on AI across various industries, including retail, telecom, education, and more
- Founded a data and AI startup, leading it to a successful exit.

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CEO / Founder, AI Strategist

Helping businesses understand and harness the potential of AI.

NextGen Kitchens

- Direct engineering strategy and architecture for scalable, secure products.
- Built and mentor high-performing, growth-focused engineering teams.
- Drove adoption of AI tools, CI/CD, and DevOps best practices.
- Aligned technical roadmaps with business goals to accelerate delivery.
- Improved workflows to reduce technical debt and boost product quality.

Head of Engineering

The Future of Work

Technology Advisor

Plasmatic Technologies Inc.

Lead the Engineering and Development team in creating a smart home platform for electric utilities and insurance companies to utilize IoT to improve their customer engagement.

Build from the ground up utilizing AWS cloud technologies to power compute, storage, and infrastructure.

Detailed UI/UX development providing leading consumer experience on a NextJS web interface an React Native mobile experience.

Service Provider Management console giving direct access to customer engagement and reporting on user activity.

Proven solution to engage customers resulting in real impacts to business.

Responsible for Technology Architecture and Product Development roadmap

Chief Technology Officer

Gliderline Solutions

Provide solution first technology consulting that helps companies large and small understand new technology solutions and options to improve their customer offerings.

Strategic Technology Consulting

Powertech Labs Inc.

Championed the IoT connected opportunities for electric utilities and smart city.  Was involved in the design, implementation, and testing of smart meter infrastructure, smart lighting, and demand response at a residential level.

Specialist Engineer - IoT and Connected Solutions

- Lead for Smart Grid infrastructure in the Smart Utility Labs
- Setup and configured a smart grid lab infrastructure (IPv6) based on Cisco Connected Grid technology including Cisco Grid Routers (CGOS and IOx), Itron Openway Collection Engine and Itron Openway meters
- Distribution Automation device integration with IPv6 Mesh technology
- Demand Response demonstration environment set up that's fully integrated with an AMI environment
- Provide technical expertise on Home Area Network technology utilities and vendors
- Integrated EVSE to Itron Openway meters for Demand Response and Metering use cases
- Provide support for IPv6 mesh performance testing

Specialist Engineer - Smart Grid Applications

YMCA of Greater Vancouver

Group Fitness Volunteer
- Cycle classes
- Circuit/bootcamp classes

Group Fitness Instructor Volunteer

BC Hydro

Responsible for all the technical aspects of the Home Area Network technology for BC Hydro including:
- Technology strategy
- Standards (ZigBee and others)
- Lab set up
- Technology validation
- Support from design to market launch
- Provide operations support to full market launch to 1.8 million residential customers

Specialist Engineer - HAN Technical Lead

Provide technical expertise in energy management for the residential sector.  This encompasses in-home products and technology, energy retrofits, and new building construction.  

Provide support to the Smart Metering team on the Zigbee Alliance work and provide input into the development of specifications.

Specialist Engineer

Focus on Residential Energy Management including In home technologies and Building Science.
Zigbee Alliance representative for BC Hydro

Sr. Engineer

TELUS

Responsible for the development of the Embedded Mobile Computing program.  Developed and enhanced relationships with all major laptop vendors to bring products to market that supported the TELUS EVDO 3G network.

Assisted in developing pricing strategies to expand the market for mobile computing.

Championed the development of a client to seamlessly allow connection to the TELUS 3G network and TELUS Hotspots.

Product Manager - Mobile Computing and Consumer Products

Responsible for ensuring the development of Future Friendly Applications and Services for TELUS.  
Projects included Home Control, Residential Gateways, Thin Clients, Home Storage, Full Home Media connectivity and TELUS TV support.

Lead Engineer - Future Friendly Home

Involved in detailed system design ranging from Consumer Applications to large scale MPLS VPN deployments.  Focused on the Technical aspect of the projects but providing assistance to marketing in defining new services.

Service Architect

TELUS Mobility

Implemented and Deployed new wireless data technology solutions both on the network side and application side.

Technology Development Engineer

I’m a relentlessly curious Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) obsessed with building solutions that create real impact. My career spans hands-on tech (cloud, AI, data systems) to marketing and product strategy—a mix that lets me spot patterns others miss and translate deep tech into human value. Whether I’m architecting scalable systems, mentoring teams, or bridging engineering rigour with customer needs, I thrive on cross-pollinating ideas across industries. Technology is my playground, but the win is always the same: helping people and companies achieve outcomes they thought were out of reach.

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