Open to AI & Strategy roles
Hi, I'm Karthik — AI & Strategy Consultant.
I turn messy business problems into AI-driven automation and sharp strategy. 6+ years across consulting, automotive, venture capital and ed-tech from M&A analytics and agentic workflows to market intelligence and growth.
HackAIVerseWinner · EY-Parthenon '25
Top 5% MBAHHL Leipzig · CGPA 1.4
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Revenue built at Entuition
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My background
Strategy meets applied AI.
I'm a strategy and business-development professional who builds the AI and automation that makes strategy actually happen. My work spans corporate strategy, market intelligence and business transformation across automotive, consulting and venture capital.
At EY-Parthenon I'm building modular AI systems and agentic workflows for M&A analytics automating company-name cleansing, parent–child mapping and peer research for strategy teams. Earlier, at Schaeffler, Porsche Ventures, Xtrawrkx and Micelio Mobility, I sharpened my edge in M&A strategy, go-to-market execution and business-model innovation.
Agentic AI & automationRules + ML + web-search systems
M&A & market intelligenceDue diligence & benchmarking
LeadershipScaled a team from 5 to 20+
4 languagesEnglish · Deutsch · Kannada · Hindi
What I do
Expertise across the AI–strategy stack.
From the data plumbing and AI agents up to the boardroom narrative.
AI & Automation
Agentic workflowsMachine learningCustom GPTsPython · vibe codingCursor & WindsurfZapierVBAPower BIData automation
Strategy & Consulting
Corporate strategyM&A analyticsMarket intelligenceCompetitive analysisDue diligenceGo-to-marketBusiness-model innovation
Leadership & People
Team leadershipCommunicationProblem solvingAdaptabilityContract negotiationStakeholder management
Career
Where I've made an impact.
Master's Thesis & InternSep 2025 – Jun 2026
EY-Parthenon · Frankfurt, Germany
- Built a modular AI system combining rules, machine learning and web search to automate company-name cleansing and parent–child mapping, cutting manual effort and improving consistency in M&A analytics.
- Developed agentic workflows for target-company and peer research, standardising benchmarking outputs for strategy teams.
Strategy & Business Development InternOct 2024 – Apr 2025
Schaeffler AG · Regensburg, Germany
- Co-developed and delivered 3 post-merger strategy workshops for 100+ managers on new strategy processes.
- Built an Excel competitor dashboard that replaced manual tracking, saving the team 5+ hours per week.
- Ran market and technology trend analyses to prioritise growth and investment in e-mobility.
Student ConsultantFeb 2024 – Jun 2024
Porsche Ventures · Berlin, Germany
- Built an automated Excel dashboard using GPTs and VBA to analyse trends across 700+ VC-backed companies and surface Data & AI governance gaps for quantum-technology investments.
- Led 4 investment-facing presentations translating complex quantum concepts into decision-ready insights.
Chief of Staff & Strategy ConsultantJan 2023 – Jul 2023
Xtrawrkx Management Consulting · Bengaluru, India
- Orchestrated 5+ client consultations in 6 months and led proposal presentations, contributing to a 50% revenue increase within two quarters.
- Built partnerships across the industry, enlisting 21 subject-matter experts and managing 4 project timelines to accelerate delivery.
Co-founder & COOMar 2020 – Jan 2023
Entuition · Bengaluru, India
- Co-founded an ed-tech startup and scaled the team from 5 to 20+ while building animation-based learning products with in-house lightboard technology.
- Owned strategy and financial planning, growing the business from concept to ₹20M in revenue within two years.
- Expanded collaborations from 3 to 17+ partner universities, driving a 500% increase in paid users in 18 months.
Team Lead & Product EngineerSep 2018 – Aug 2020
Micelio Mobility · Bengaluru, India
- Designed and built the company's first commercial two-wheeler prototype within 12 months — now in production.
- Directed a team of 5 engineers and ran client-site pilot programs across 100+ prototypes for commercial EVs.
Education
2023 – 2025
Master of Business Administration
HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
CGPA 1.4 · Top 5%
Deutschlandstipendium awardee
2014 – 2018
B.E. in Electronics & Communication Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University
University President
SAE Supra — Head of Electronics
Languages
English · C1
German · B1
Kannada · Native
Hindi · B1
Awards & Recognition
Winner — EY-Parthenon "HackAIVerse"Data-driven due-diligence hackathon, Berlin · 2025
Graduate — McKinsey Forward ProgramProblem solving & communication · 2025
Winner — Monitor Deloitte "Green Steel"Business case, HHL Energy Conference · 2024
Finalist — World Negotiation ChampionshipTop out of 80 global teams, Enschede NL · 2024
Best Rotaractor AwardAmong 10,000+ Rotaractors, District 3190 · 2023
Startup-India recognitionInnovation in education, Govt. of India · 2021
Insights
Writing on the e-mobility shift.
Strategy-matter notes on where the EV and energy transition is really heading.
If All Cars Were EVs: Why It's Still Better, Even with Coal Power
Read articleThe Hybrid Comeback: Will They Be More in Demand Than Expected?
Read articleFrom Beijing to Berlin: China's Road to EV Supremacy
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What they say
Trusted by the people I've worked with.
I've closely observed Karthik's journey from a fresh graduate to a skilled engineer with startup potential. At Micelio he was comfortable with ambiguity and had the right balance of creativity and pragmatism. His confidence in meeting EV-industry executives and presenting concise reports to leadership impressed me.
Anand GCPSun Mobility
Karthik has shown a great deal of talent and business acumen across the various projects he worked on with us. I'm sure he is poised to achieve greater heights with his management education now.
Hiten SaklaniXtrawrkx Consulting
Karthik proved his dedication and team spirit. He was able to demonstrate his ability to work on both conceptual and data-driven projects, and was able to transfer his theoretical knowledge on strategy building into practice. Thank you for your support in our team!
Katharina LöwSchaeffler E-Mobility
Get in touch
Let's talk.
Open to AI & strategy roles and freelance collaborations. I usually reply within a day.
Emailkjavanappa@gmail.com
Phone+49 176 8794 9009
LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/karthikjp
LocationFrankfurt, Germany