Kevin Meisel
Information Systems Student
Stuttgart, Germany
About Me
I build things that solve real problems. At Mercedes-Benz, I shipped data tools that saved hundreds of thousands of euros. At SDSU, I fine-tuned an LLM that improved meeting summary quality. I study Information Systems at the University of Stuttgart and Hohenheim, and I care most about clean products, real impact, and moving fast.
Education
B.Sc. Information Systems
University of Stuttgart & University of Hohenheim Double Degree
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.