Stefan S. Bechtel AI integration that works in practice.

Independent consultant for AI integration | Software architect | Tech author

20+ years C#/.NETLecturer on AI & the EU AI ActStuttgart region, Germany
Stefan S. Bechtel
About

A consultant who still codes

My journey in software development began in 2009 at COSYS Ident with mobile data capture devices and C# .NET Compact Framework. Today I advise companies on AI integration as an independent consultant under the moreNetwork umbrella - and build the solutions myself.

Between these two points: positions at Siemens, Trafag, and Magnetic Sense, most recently three years leading the software department at WERBAS KSR - around 20 people, two products, and a legacy-to-SaaS transformation with Blazor, API-first design, and central AI services on Azure. Always deeper into architecture, always closer to AI - but never away from the code.

When I'm not developing or consulting, I fly FPV drones through factories and over racetracks. Or I play with my dog Luna.

20+ years C#
2026 independent since
4+ published articles
A2 drone license
What I Do

Three Pillars of My Work

AI Integration & LLM Systems

Taking LLMs and AI services into production inside existing systems.

Consulting and hands-on delivery: integrating LLMs and AI services into grown system landscapes - from prompt engineering through multi-agent architectures to AI services running in production on Azure. At WERBAS KSR I built a central AI service handling text processing, speech-to-text, document extraction, and translation in 17 languages, consumed by several applications via API. That experience now goes into client projects.

LLM Integration · Azure AI · Prompt Engineering · Multi-Agent · RAG
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Architecture & .NET Modernization

Making grown .NET landscapes fit for the future.

From a legacy WinForms monolith to a modular SaaS platform with Blazor, API-first design with OpenAPI, and a team structure along Team Topologies: as head of a software department I was responsible for a full product transformation with around 20 people. That leadership and delivery experience is what I bring into architecture reviews and modernization projects today - advising and implementing alongside the team.

ASP.NET Core · Blazor · API-first · Team Topologies · Servant Leadership
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Knowledge Sharing & EU AI Act

Writing, teaching, implementing compliantly.

Guidance on the EU AI Act and compliant AI implementation for companies. Lecturer on AI and the EU AI Act at Volkshochschule Nürtingen since 2025, tech author for dotnetpro and entwickler.de via moreNetwork, IHK examiner since 2012, member of an LLM research group at the University of Cologne, and operator of aibehavior.academy.

EU AI Act · dotnetpro · entwickler.de · IHK-Prüfer · University of Cologne
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Career

My Journey

2026 - present

Independent Consultant, AI & Software Integration

moreNetwork

Consulting and hands-on delivery where software architecture meets AI - morenetwork.de

2023 - 2026

Head of Software Development

WERBAS KSR GmbH

20 developers, 1 vision: Legacy to Cloud

2019 - 2023

Head of Software & IT

Magnetic Sense GmbH (Trafag AG Group)

Sensor technology meets software leadership

2016 - 2019

Senior Software Engineer / Trainer

Trafag GmbH

R&D focus, first leadership responsibilities

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Technologies

Core
C# / .NET20+ yearsMicrosoft Azure4+Blazor
Frameworks
ASP.NET CoreEntity Framework CoreAngularWPF / WCF
AI
OpenAI APIAzure AI Services3+Prompt EngineeringRAG Architecture3+
Databases
Microsoft SQL ServerPostgreSQLMySQL / Oracle
DevOps
Azure DevOpsCI/CD PipelinesGitDocker
Tools
ReSharperJetBrains RiderVisual Studio
Methods
Scrum / KanbanClean CodeMVVM / IoCAPI-First Design
Sharing Knowledge

I don't just write code

Technical articles in leading German developer magazines.

dotnetpro

The Job Interview as a Free Architecture Audit

Experienced developers increasingly risk providing unpaid consulting work during demanding recruitment processes. As a countermodel, the first interview remains free, while second-round interviews, technical panels, concept work, or presentations are charged at €110 per hour plus travel expenses, fully credited if the candidate is later hired or commissioned.

dotnetpro

From Blueprint to Workpiece (Based on the GEEF Principle)

A technical article on dynamically assembled multi-agent pipelines, self-improving system operation, and an open-source reference implementation.

dotnetpro

From the advisor in the background (+ GEEF Principle)

Anthropic’s Advisor Tool adds a strategic advisory role to AI pipelines alongside execution and review. Within the GEEF principle, this role mainly helps identify grounding errors early — making the right distribution of roles and models the decisive factor.

dotnetpro

From Prompt to Pipeline: The GEEF Principle

Single-agent AI handling generation, review, and formatting reduces quality. GEEF solves this via role separation: specialized agents iterate through Grounding, Execution, Evaluation, and Finalize, with a feedback loop until no critical findings remain. It applies from software to compliance, with open challenges in convergence, cost, and reviewer calibration.

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Credentials

Education & Certifications

Academic

Research Group Member - Cooperative Behavior of LLMs
University of Cologne
2025
Lecturer: AI and EU AI Act
Volkshochschule Nürtingen
2025

Professional

IHK Examination Board Member - IT Specialists
IHK Göppingen
2012

Certifications

AEVO Trainer Certification
IHK Hannover
2011
Project Manager Certification
IHK Hannover
2011
WPF Application Architecture
ptm Academy, Munich
2013
Safety Officer Training
VBG Academy
2015

Education

IT Specialist, Application Development
COSYS Ident GmbH, Hildesheim
2009
Office Management Clerk
LiTeK GmbH, Hildesheim
2005
Vocational College for Technology & Media
Freiburg
2000
Get in Touch

Let's Talk

Whether it's a project, a talk, or just tech chat - I'm always up for a conversation.

Stuttgart Area, Germany

Documents

Electronic business card (vCard)
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Executive Profile One-page summary of my career and expertise.
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Full CV Detailed CV.
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Certificates All school and work certificates I have received.
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Article - Call Center for Methods The idea of a central class for calling methods from different components aims to simplify complex applications. This method aggregator improves readability, maintainability, flexibility, and overall development structure.
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Article - Default Interface Methods in C# 8.0 Software development requires code that is functional, modular, maintainable, and flexible. A key challenge is making services accessible without creating rigid dependencies.
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Article - From Prompt to Pipeline: The GEEF Principle GEEF separates AI roles for generation, review, and finalization to iteratively improve quality, while convergence, cost, and reviewer calibration remain challenges.
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Article - From the advisor in the background Anthropics Advisor Tool erweitert KI-Pipelines um eine strategische Beratungsrolle neben Ausführung und Prüfung. Im GEEF-Prinzip hilft diese Rolle vor allem, Grounding-Fehler früh zu erkennen — entscheidend ist damit die passende Rollen- und Modellverteilung.
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Article - From Blueprint to Workpiece (Based on the GEEF Principle) A technical article on dynamically assembled multi-agent pipelines, self-improving system operation, and an open-source reference implementation.
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Job Interview as a Free Audit Experienced developers may end up providing unpaid consulting during recruitment. The proposal: keep the first interview free, then charge €110 per hour plus travel expenses, credited if hired or commissioned.
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Profiles & Links

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