Jan Mechtel
Freelance AI Consultant at Click Killer
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 Business School
English, French, German
Stackoverflow
3,437reputation
300kreached
56answers
61questions
powerpoint
top-5%
Github Skills (200)
azure-container-apps10
automatic-updates10
browser9
vscode-plugin9
computer-vision9
shortcuts9
visualization9
cqrs9
multimodal9
analysis-services9
docker9
csharp9
slack9
qt9
http-api9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
janmechtel/sitperfect
Nov 2013 - May 2014
Contributions:43 commits in 6 months
janmechtel/shortcutsensei
Oct 2021 - Apr 2022
A cross-browser extension to teach keyboard shortcuts for web apps (eg. gmail)
Contributions:5 reviews, 130 commits, 19 PRs in 5 months
firefoxcross-browserbrowsercross-browser-extensionkeyboard-shortcuts
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