Maksim Pashkovskij

Entrepreneur · AI & Automation · Operations · Stuttgart

+49 1523 1499299 · contact@sodigi.io · sodigi.io · LinkedIn

Serial entrepreneur and all-round manager with 13+ years building and operationally running businesses across industries – from retail and construction through agriculture to e-mobility. Engineering mindset: understanding processes, finding bottlenecks, building systems. Since 2022 focused on generative AI and automation.

Competencies

Management & Business

  • Building businesses from scratch
  • Team leadership
  • B2B negotiations & contracts
  • Vendor & partner management
  • Finance, budgets, risk
  • Business development

AI & Automation

  • Generative AI (ComfyUI, SD)
  • Prompt engineering, LoRA
  • n8n, Claude Code, AI assistants
  • Gmail API, MCP integrations
  • Basic Python, JSON, REST API

Operations & Process

  • Operational leadership
  • Procurement & purchasing
  • Vendor sourcing & evaluation
  • Software & system rollout
  • Logistics & infrastructure

Experience

Selected key roles. Additional projects were completed throughout the career.

Entrepreneur · AI Consultant · Performance Marketing

2024 – present
Self-employed · Germany
  • 26+ commercial AI media projects, direct engagement (image, video, music): ComfyUI, Stable Diffusion, AnimateDiff, LoRA. All under NDA.
  • Rolling out AI tools and process automation for businesses; email funnels, sales automation.
  • IT vendor management: sourcing and negotiating with providers (proxy, server infrastructure, SaaS).

Operations Manager

2022 – 2024
“Gagarin” nightclub · Israel
  • Operational management: staff, processes, event coordination.

Founder · E-mobility

2017 – 2021
ElectroTaxi · ElectroUA · service station · Ukraine
  • ElectroTaxi: network of 15 fast-charging stations and a fleet of 37 EVs – built entirely from scratch.
  • ElectroUA: EV dealership. B2B contracts, IONITY partnership.
  • Service station and car wash turned into standalone profitable locations.

Top Manager · Serial Entrepreneur

2010 – 2017
“Oven” corporation + own projects · Ukraine
  • Retail: a chain of 40 meat stores across 2 cities – openings, purchasing, staff, operations.
  • Agriculture: operational leadership of an enterprise (up to 30,000 head); built 4 properties incl. a hotel.
  • Rollout of software, POS systems and IT infrastructure.

Branch Manager · Regional Sales

2010 – 2011
Telecom platform (SMS, voice) · Ukraine
  • Ran the Dnipro regional office, built the client base, dozens of B2B contracts.

Own products

sodigi.io/learn — Interactive AI wiki: 7 courses, 90+ lessons, 4 languages.
Spohad — iOS photo app – developed from idea to beta solo.
sodigi.io — This website: 4 languages, static, no tracking.
Sodi — Brand mascot + 200+ consistent AI illustrations.

Education

Specialist – International Economic Relations · Dnipro National University · 2005 – 2010

Languages

  • Russian: native
  • Ukrainian: fluent
  • English: C1
  • German: B1+

Certificates & Courses

  • Procurement – Rutgers University (2026)
  • Fundamentals of Claude AI – Anthropic (2025)
  • Coursera: management, negotiation, marketing, finance, leadership
  • n8n, ComfyUI, Stable Diffusion, Prompt Engineering, Claude Code