# Adrian Raudaschl

> Senior Director of Product Management at Elsevier. Former NHS doctor turned AI product leader, building trustworthy research intelligence systems: Scopus AI, LeapSpace, RAG Fusion. Based in East London.

## About

- [About](/about): My journey from medicine to AI product leadership, and how clinical thinking shapes the way I build products.
- [Professional Experience](/professional): Career timeline from NHS doctor through Medikidz and Mendeley to leading AI product strategy at Elsevier.

## Writing

- [Blog](/blog): Articles on trustworthy AI, RAG systems, product strategy, and healthcare technology.
- [Forget RAG, the Future is RAG Fusion](/blog/forget-rag-the-future-is-rag-fusion): The original RAG Fusion article that introduced reciprocal rank fusion for retrieval-augmented generation.
- [SeqRAG: Agents for the REST of Us](/blog/seqrag-agents-for-the-rest-of-us): A pattern for building sequential RAG agent pipelines.
- [Good Thoughts](/thoughts): Short-form reflections and observations.

## Projects

- [Projects](/projects): Overview of side projects and prototypes.
- [Sonic R Mod Maxxing](/projects/sonic-r-mods): Reverse-engineering Sonic R (1997) on Apple Silicon. A tank-controls fix, a from-scratch track-format parser, and a working terrain and texture editor built across a few evenings.
- [The Smart JIRA Sprint Planner](/projects/smart-jira-planner): AI tool that transforms JIRA chaos into clear sprint goals. Built to save sanity and spark joy in planning meetings.
- [Scopus AI Prototype](/projects/scopus-ai-prototype): The prototype I built that became a generative AI research platform used by millions of researchers worldwide.
- [RAG Fusion](/projects/rag-fusion): Open-source methodology combining retrieval-augmented generation with reciprocal rank fusion and generated queries. 900+ GitHub stars and widely adopted across the AI community.
- [Art Map London](/projects/art-map-london): Connecting Londoners to hidden art events across the city. A passion project born from love of code and culture.
- [Paper Of The Day Chrome App](/projects/paper-of-the-day): Discover mind-expanding academic research with each new tab. My weekend project that grew into a popular Chrome extension.

## Connect

- [Contact](/contact): Get in touch.
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/adrian-raudaschl-18501135)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/Raudaschl)
- [Newsletter](https://breakingproduct.substack.com): Breaking Product on Substack.
- [Media & Speaking](/media): Talks, interviews, and press.