About

Previously test bench. Now cloud systems.

I help industrial product engineering organizations modernize how they develop products so they can innovate faster and use AI effectively.

Kevin Pilch working on a laptop

From product engineering to AI readiness

My career has followed the same shift industrial organizations are now facing.

  1. 01

    Automotive Engineering

    Understanding how products are designed, validated and delivered.

  2. 02

    Test Engineering

    Improving engineering workflows through data and automation.

  3. 03

    Data Engineering

    Turning engineering data into reusable digital capability.

  4. 04

    Cloud Engineering

    Building platforms that enable scalable software, data and AI solutions.

  5. 05

    Strategic Advisory

    Helping product engineering organizations become AI-ready.

Why organizations work with me

A bridge between engineering, software, data and transformation.

Most advisors understand technology. Most understand engineering. Few have worked extensively in both.

With a background spanning automotive R&D, engineering data, cloud platforms and AI-enabled delivery, I help leaders navigate the organizational changes required for modern product development.

As a native German speaker, I am especially well positioned to work with engineering and transformation leadership teams across the DACH region.

My focus is not AI tools. My focus is building engineering organizations that can continuously leverage new technologies.

How I help

Strategy close enough to execution to become real.

Leadership & transformation

  • Assess AI readiness
  • Identify organizational bottlenecks
  • Define modernization priorities
  • Align leadership around a target operating model
  • Build practical transformation roadmaps

Team enablement & execution

  • Engineering data foundations
  • Cloud and platform capabilities
  • Workflow automation
  • Software and data practices
  • AI-enabled engineering workflows
  • Team mentoring and capability development

Unlike traditional strategy consulting, I stay close enough to execution to ensure transformation becomes reality.

Core belief

AI readiness is not primarily a technology challenge.

It is an organizational capability challenge. Organizations that succeed build the foundations that allow AI to compound over time.

Leadership alignmentDigitally enabled teamsConnected systemsReusable engineering dataFast experimentation cycles
Work with me