Dr. Gabriel Marchesan Almeida

Startups book an hour with me when they need a clear AI path, not another slide deck. I help teams scope, build and ship AI products. Background: cryptography and security, satellite onboard computers now in orbit, medical devices for cancer diagnostics, premium car infotainment, and engineering leadership at Capgemini Engineering and Aptiv. PhD in Computer Science, post-doc, Executive MBA. Based in Karlsruhe. Book an hour: https://www.marchesan.me

I built Sagius so you can talk with Marcus Aurelius about a hard week, not just read a quote. AI philosophy app: chat with Seneca, Socrates, Nietzsche and 230+ thinkers about real-life problems. 7,200+ curated quotes, 5 languages, live on iOS, iPad and Android. Every AI reply is labelled as AI. I design and ship it end to end: Flutter, AI pipeline (Mistral, Gemini, OpenAI), product and growth. Built under Nesteia UG. https://sagius.app

I built Zolvi because "describe the survey in plain English" should be enough. Zolvi turns that description into a live survey in under 5 minutes: 70+ templates, 14 question types, 13 languages, AI sentiment and executive summaries, custom branding. GDPR-oriented with EU hosting. 30 free credits, no card. I own the full stack: Next.js and TypeScript frontend, AI features, billing and everything in between. Shipping it taught me more about product clarity than any slide deck ever did. https://zolvi.app

Drove revenue growth for the IVI practice by architecting go-to-market strategy for next-generation intelligent cockpit platforms. • Built a reference IVI platform on Qualcomm SoCs (QC8255, QC8775) • Defined the feature roadmap positioning Capgemini as tier-1 infotainment partner for Valeo, Porsche, Audi, Hyundai and VW • Delivered feasibility studies and build-vs-buy analyses for premium OEMs • Led bid preparation and business cases across OEM opportunities

Led strategic automotive software development project focusing on next-generation infotainment platform architecture. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS: • Orchestrated architecture definition for cloud-connected infotainment system • Spearheaded agile transformation across engineering teams • Instituted best practices for automotive software development (ASPICE, ISO 26262) TECHNOLOGIES: Automotive Software, AUTOSAR, Connected Car, Agile/Scrum

Led product management for automotive infotainment platforms serving premium OEMs. • Built a 40+ person engineering team across Romania and Germany • Delivered a TLM-based virtual platform to a premium OEM, replacing hardware-dependent validation • Secured Samsung AEB as strategic partner; integration across Samsung, NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Intel SoCs • Brought roadmap features into HARMAN AutoOne demo cars • Open-source compliance: 300+ OSS packages, zero licensing violations

• Led the Waterfall-to-Agile transformation across 3 teams in Germany and India: +35% sprint velocity, 70% software reuse • Architected 5 core software components, cutting cost 35% through modular design • Coached 15+ engineers on 3 continents in Lean/Agile (Danaher Business System) • Technology assessments shaping a multi-year R&D roadmap for medical device platforms

• Directed 2 EU-funded research projects (€1M+ combined) on time and on budget, leading 13 researchers • Architected adaptive multiprocessor solutions adopted by 3 industry partners • Built a consortium of 10+ international institutions; authored proposals securing follow-on EU funding • Published 15+ peer-reviewed papers (IEEE, ACM, Springer)

Graduated with 1.5 Ranked Germany’s #1 EMBA program (Financial Times) Focus: Strategy, Innovation, Business Development, Revenue Growth

Thesis: Adaptive Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chip Output: 30+ publications and a technical book (available on Amazon)

Project: Telecommand and Telemetry System Prototyping using BCH & Reed-Solomon Codes.

Thesis: Error Correcting Codes for Space Telemetry Systems

Internship in Cryptographic Systems | 2004. Research on public-key cryptographic vulnerabilities for embedded communication. Initially enrolled in M.Sc. before transferring to PUCRS.

Thesis: Development of a Reconfigurable Hardware to Improve Public-Key Cryptographic Systems