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Founder of VARAMI · AI Product Engineer

Mirko Görsdorf

I build software for people who keep others moving.

Potsdam

For 15 years I have worked where domain experts and software teams have to understand each other: as product owner, technical project lead and product manager, from an international airport to physiotherapy practices.

Since 2010 I have been chairing a non-profit club for rehabilitation sport. There I saw how much time clubs and practices lose to paperwork, lists and billing. That is where VARAMI came from: a platform for courses, members and billing with health insurers, which I have been building entirely with the help of artificial intelligence since 2025.

Today

  • Gründer und EntwicklerVARAMI
  • GründerVALEO Gesund GmbH
  • GesellschafterHenara GmbH
  • VorstandsvorsitzenderSport Als Beruf Brandenburg e. V.

In numbers

of product and project ownership
15yearsof product and project ownership
use the Airport CDM app I was responsible for
3airportsuse the Airport CDM app I was responsible for
in the club I have chaired since 2010
8locationsin the club I have chaired since 2010
every year in rehab sport, functional training and prevention
2.000participantsevery year in rehab sport, functional training and prevention

Career

The road so far.

  1. 2027Milestone

    Incorporation and start of business

    VARAMI · Potsdam

    from Jan 2027

    On 1 January 2027 VARAMI becomes a company of its own.

  2. 2026Education

    Vibe coding programme

    Digitale Leute School

    Nov 2026 to Feb 2027

    Twelve weeks full-time, starting 25 November 2026, to give my hands-on practice with AI-assisted development a structured, certified foundation.

  3. Illustration: calm desk with documents and an olive tree
    2026Shareholding

    Sole managing shareholder

    GRSDRF UG (haftungsbeschränkt) · Potsdam

    since Jan 2026

    A holding for investments in health care and digital health companies. It owns the intellectual property of VARAMI.

  4. 2026Shareholding

    Co-founder

    VALEO Gesund GmbH · Berlin

    since Jan 2026

    Founded together with Nora and Svenja: a practice for prevention, equipment training and rehab sport in Berlin. The two of them run the business; I help with IT and strategy and occasionally lend a hand with the premises.

  5. 2025Project

    Concept and development

    VARAMI · Potsdam

    since 2025

    A multi-tenant platform for course booking, member and club management, including billing rehab sport and functional training with health insurers. Administration on the web, booking on the web and in apps, payment via Stripe. A joint innovation project: GRSDRF UG owns the intellectual property, the SAB club runs the project and holds a marketing licence, VALEO Gesund tests it as the first adopter.

  6. Illustration: Mo showing a physiotherapist an app on a smartphone
    2022Work

    Business Development Manager

    Henara GmbH · Potsdam

    Nov 2022 to Aug 2026

    Market launch and sales of a SaaS solution for therapy providers and practices. Gathered requirements from the market and translated them for development, designed billing for rehab sport and functional training, steered by licence numbers and the Rule of 40.

  7. 2017Work

    Senior Manager Business Development and Senior Product Manager E-Commerce

    Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH · Schönefeld

    Feb 2017 to Oct 2022

    Point of contact for digitalisation and IT in the commercial division: digital products, customer insights, online payment, shops and APIs. Full product ownership of the “Airport CDM App” on iOS and Android, used by Hamburg and Düsseldorf as well as Berlin. Contributed to the BER app, the Wi-Fi portal and the new website for the opening of BER on 31 October 2020.

  8. 2014Work

    IT project manager

    Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH · Schönefeld

    Apr 2014 to Jan 2017

    Technical lead of the Airport Management Cockpit, a web portal for operational KPIs. Designed and introduced the A-CDM app for pilots and ground handling, including device management for iPad and Surface. Also a content management system via EU procurement and the EU research project “DORA” (Horizon 2020) on app-based travel assistance.

  9. Illustration: Mo carrying his baby in a wrap through an autumn park
    2013Family

    Parental leave

    Oct 2013 to Dec 2013

    Three months that mattered more than any job before.

  10. Illustration: Mo as examiner among candidates at tablets
    2011Work

    Product management and business development

    International Software Quality Institute (iSQI) GmbH · Potsdam

    Sep 2011 to Sep 2013

    Product owner for international certification schemes (ISTQB, IREB CPRE, ISSECO, ISO/IEC 15504). Responsible for the cloud-based exam technology “SMEX, The Smart Exam” including an iOS app through to market launch. Plus a €120,000 development project (develoPPP.de by KfW/DEG) building a certification system in the Palestinian territories.

  11. 2010Volunteering

    Founding member and chairman

    Sport Als Beruf Brandenburg e. V. · Potsdam

    since Dec 2010

    A non-profit club with eight locations, around 15 instructors and almost 2,000 participants a year in rehabilitation sport, functional training and prevention. I turned it into a largely digital club, from the course room to billing with health insurers.

  12. 2008Work

    Examiner for IT certifications

    iSQI GmbH · Spanien und Deutschland

    Sep 2008 to Aug 2011

    Invigilated ISO-compliant certification exams for IT professionals in Spain and Germany.

  13. Illustration: Mo in a university courtyard in Barcelona with the Sagrada Família behind
    2008Education

    ERASMUS exchange year

    Universitat de Barcelona · Barcelona

    Sep 2008 to Aug 2009

    Facultat d’Economia i Empresa. A year that brought Spanish and a wider view.

  14. 2007Work

    Research assistant

    BIEM-CEIP / GO:INcubator, Universität Potsdam · Potsdam

    2007 to 2010

    Assessed academic spin-offs, wrote business plans and supported founders.

  15. Illustration: Mo in front of the Communs at the New Palace, University of Potsdam
    2006Education

    Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

    Universität Potsdam · Potsdam

    Oct 2006 to Sep 2013

    Focus on entrepreneurship, innovation management and business informatics, studied alongside a part-time job. Final grade 2.6; my bachelor thesis (grade 1.3) was published by the Chair of Business Informatics and Electronic Government.

  16. 2003Work

    Broker and office manager

    Allgemeine Finanz- und Assekuranzvermittlung AG · Potsdam

    Oct 2003 to Sep 2006

    My first team: two employees. Plus an online price comparison for insurance and energy products, long before the big portals existed.

  17. 2001Milestone

    Military service

    Bundeswehr

    Nov 2001 to Jul 2002

    General basic military service.

  18. 2001Education

    A levels (Abitur)

    Echtermeyer-Gymnasium · Bad Liebenwerda

    Jun 2001

    Majors in physics and German, final grade 2.1.

Skills

What I bring.

Artificial intelligence

  • AI-assisted software development with Claude Code and ChatGPT
  • Prompt engineering and prompt chaining
  • LLM integration, basics of RAG and AI agents
  • GDPR and the EU AI Act in product design

Software

  • Next.js and React
  • React Native with Expo for iOS and Android
  • PostgreSQL with Prisma, tenant isolation via row level security
  • Self-hosted on an EU server with Coolify
  • Stripe, REST APIs, Git

Product

  • Gathering and translating requirements
  • From problem statement to MVP to operations
  • Business cases and profitability
  • Steering by KPIs

Methods

  • Certified ScrumMaster
  • IPMA Level D
  • Managing external development teams
  • Public and EU procurement

Languages

  • German, native
  • English, C1 (UNIcert II)
  • Spanish, B2 (UNIcert II)

Certificates

  • IPMA Level D (project management)
  • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
  • ITIL Foundation, GFN AG (2014)
  • Modern requirements management, Integrata AG (2015)

Let’s talk.

Got a question or an idea? Drop me a line and I will get back to you.

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