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Thomas Schenkelberg

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Finance & AI Sparring Partner - Fractional CFO at Self Employed
📍 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Thomas is a Fractional CFO and AI Sparring Partner with over 20 years of finance and tax experience in both the U. S. and Germany. A U. S. CPA with a masters degree from the University of Münster, he specializes in scaling finance operations for tech companies, focusing on SaaS, e-commerce, and web3.

A tech enthusiast at heart, Thomas is passionate about hands-on experimentation with new technologies. He has personally spent over 700 hours building with and testing AI tools like Claude Code and n8n to discover practical applications for finance, despite not being a traditional coder.

Unique fact: He co-founded a web3 foundation that built a decentralized application on Ethereum and launched a Euro stablecoin in 2018.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Finance & AI Sparring Partner - Fractional CFO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Personality Overview

How Thomas shows up

Judgemental
Demanding
ROI Conscious

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Priorities

Topics Thomas cares about

AI in Finance
He focuses on deploying AI in daily finance operations and has spent over 700 hours personally testing and implementing AI tools for practical use cases.
Fractional CFO Services
He provides strategic guidance to founders and finance leaders in tech, helping them build reliable data infrastructure, efficient processes, and effective tech stacks.
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Career

Work history

12-2024
Finance & AI Sparring Partner - Fractional CFO
Self Employed
6-2024
Member
Finance Collective DACH
5-2020 - 11-2024
VP Finance
eyeo
1-2017 - 4-2020
CFO & Co-Founder
Share&Charge Foundation
8-2012 - 12-2016
Director of Finance & Tax
cleverbridge
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Education
CPA
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
1998 - 2003
Master's degree
University of Münster
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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