Background

About Me

Racecar engineer turned Product Manager. After working in industrial automation at BMW, Mercedes, and KUKA, I moved into zero-to-one product building at Personio. Nowadays, I build AI products for construction teams at Capmo and spend my spare time designing and shipping my own apps.

Matthias Mikoschek

Professional Journey

Capmo

Capmo

Senior Product Manager – AI

Dec 2024 — Present

Leading the core AI products at Capmo, including the global AI Assistant and AI Agent automations for construction teams.

  • Building AI-powered features for the DACH construction industry
  • Designing AI Assistant and Agent automation experiences
  • Exploring cutting-edge LLM applications in construction management
Personio

Personio

Senior Product Manager – Workflow Automation

Oct 2023 — Nov 2024

Built and launched Personio's brand new Automation product, then took over Document Management and E-Signature.

  • Launched 0→1 Zapier-like no-code workflow builder for HR teams
  • Built Workflow Template Gallery and Activity monitoring
  • Owned Document Management and E-Signature products

Product Manager – Marketplace & Partner Ecosystem

Oct 2020 — Sept 2023

Built the Integrations org and product from the ground up during Personio's hypergrowth from 300 to 2000+ employees.

  • Led development and launch of the Personio Marketplace
  • Launched strategic integrations: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Azure AD, Okta
  • Grew partner ecosystem from <20 to 200+ integrations
  • Improved API credential management, Developer Hub, and Public API

Associate Product Manager

March 2020 — Sept 2020

Joined as one of the early PMs, working on various 0→1 initiatives and core product optimization.

  • One of the early PMs at Personio
  • Worked on both new initiatives and core product improvements
Deloitte (27pilots)

Deloitte (27pilots)

Venture Analyst

Nov 2018 — Aug 2019

27pilots is a BMW Group spin-off that later got acquired by Deloitte. Focused on corporate venture building.

  • Corporate venture building and startup scouting
  • BMW Group spin-off acquired by Deloitte
Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz

Strategy & Innovation Management – Industrial Automation

Sept 2017 — Oct 2018

Part of 'Smart Operations - i4.0: Strategy', responsible for strategy and innovation management in manufacturing and supply chain.

  • Managed development of Condition Monitoring / Predictive Maintenance tool
  • Supported Advanced Analytics team operations
  • Worked on digital business models in additive manufacturing
KUKA

KUKA

Corporate Innovation Management

Oct 2015 — March 2017

Trend/market research and product conceptualization in industrial automation, consumer, and service robotics.

  • Market research and trend analysis
  • Product conceptualization for robotics applications
BMW Group

BMW Group

R&D – Passive Safety Interior

Aug 2014 — Dec 2014

Head-impact FE simulation and testing in compliance with FMVSS-201 and ECE-R21 safety standards.

  • FE simulation for head-impact safety testing
  • Compliance with FMVSS-201 and ECE-R21 standards

Academic Background

Universität Stuttgart

Universität Stuttgart

2017 — 2019

M.Sc. Technologiemanagement

Deepened engineering skills and layered business strategy and technology management on top. Specialized in Product Design.

Technische Hochschule Augsburg

Technische Hochschule Augsburg

2012 — 2017

B.Eng. Maschinenbau (Mechanical Engineering)

International exchange semesters at University of Oklahoma and Luleå University of Technology. Part of the Formula Student racing team for 3 years.