Jan Mechtel
AI Consultant Forward Deployed Engineer at CLICKKILLER
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolJan Mechtel is a seasoned founder and freelance AI consultant with 12 years of experience turning user screen context into structured data to power AI workflows like automated time tracking, pixel-based cybersecurity, and activity logging. He co-founded Kontext21 and previously built Veodin’s SlideProof—acquired by Templafy—then led Templafy Germany to scale document automation for millions of users. His work at EIDU helped deliver digital education to 300k Kenyan students for an organization backed by major global funders, reflecting a focus on product impact at scale. Comfortable at the intersection of product, data and finance, Jan pairs hands-on startup leadership with corporate experience from Ableton and early finance roles, and often designs solutions that make invisible user behaviors auditable and actionable.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Freie Universität BerlinMaster of Science (MSc) Finance, Master of Science (MSc) Finance at ESCP
English, French, German
Stackoverflow
3,437reputation
300kreached
56answers
61questions
powerpoint
top-5%
Github Skills (200)
powerpivot10
azure-container-apps10
automatic-updates10
speech-to-text10
qt9
dotnet9
multimodal9
ai9
computer-vision9
clickonce9
powerpoint9
shortcuts9
visualization9
screen-recording9
privacy9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
janmechtel/clickkiller
May 2024 - Jun 2026
A giant help button to press for software problems
Contributions:4 PRs, 32 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 1 month
janmechtel/rockettype
Aug 2020 - Feb 2021
A windows keylooger to track typing statistics like WPM
Contributions:3 releases, 8 reviews, 56 commits in 6 months
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