Thomas Leonhardt
AI orchestrator, not developerI was born in Dresden in 1981 and never learned to program in the classic sense. What I did learn: commercial thinking. Structuring processes. Building systems that sustain themselves. Handelsfachwirt IHK (2018), and before that Kaufmann für Bürokommunikation (2009) — that's my foundation. Not stack knowledge, but business logic.
From 2002 to 2021 I worked in technical trade, as a librarian, trading manager, and later as a remote clerk for Deutsche Bahn, Telekom and TQGG. Fully remote since 2021. In 2018 I founded FORGE — convinced that one person with the right tools can build more than an entire team without them.
In 2023 I added the theoretical foundation: AI Specialist certificate and Prompting certificate. Not to become a developer — but to orchestrate AI agents better. Today FORGE coordinates fully automated software development through specialized AI agents: Planner, Programmer, QM, Security, Deploy. 40+ completed projects. 100% in-house development. Zero outsourcing.
The model is simple: No middleman. No ping-pong between agencies. Whoever works with FORGE works directly with the system that builds. Business thinking plus AI orchestration — that's FORGE.
5 capabilities. One system.
Coordinating AI agents instead of coding yourself. Each agent has a clear role: Planner, Programmer, QM, Security, Deploy.
A commercial background instead of a developer mindset. Every feature has to make business sense — not just work technically.
100% in-house development, zero manual work. From idea to live deploy, fully automated — no manual debugging, no intermediate steps.
Local understanding of German corporate culture, GDPR requirements and market structure. No American template on a German problem.
Every project has to be measurably successful. No feature without a clear business benefit. No deploy without a success metric.
"I coordinate. The AI builds."
Most development studios work with people who type. FORGE works with AI agents that get briefed, create plans, write code, test and deploy. My role: orchestrator. I say what should be built — the AI says how.
It sounds simple. It isn't. Good AI orchestration requires precise thinking, clean briefings and a system that tolerates no mistakes. Every sprint passes through a QM gate and a security gate before anything goes live. Reliability over speed.
The result: One person builds in weeks what a team builds in months. Without quality compromises. Without communication losses. Without overhead. That's FORGE — and that's my competitive advantage.
Discuss a project?
Directly with me — no account manager, no intermediate meeting. I listen, think along and say clearly what I can build.