- Internationally experienced Senior Advisor with managing experience in business strategy, management consulting, general management and cross-functional leadership
- >12 years of management consulting and project management experience in areas as digital transformation, software-defined vehicle, connectivity & multimedia, IT integration, cut-over and IT project management, carve-out management, innovation management, market intelligence, market analyses & benchmarking
- >20 year of project management and general management experience in market research & market intelligence
- Start-up experience, company founder and cooperation with the Founder Institute (Incubator, Palo Alto, California, USA)
- Metis Investigación de Mercados S.L.Independent Senior AdvisorBERATUNG & AUDITSOktober 2023 - Heute (1 Jahr und 8 Monate)Munich, DeutschlandBusiness development, Co-ordination & invoicing of current consulting activities in other companies.Projects:Cut-Over management project (automotive) - 4 months:
- Consulting and support of the customer in transforming the sales network via dealers into direct sales network in Europe
- Successful cut-over management for various sales-dependent applications in the customer's IT at the headquarters in Germany, at the IT hub in South Africa and in the markets participating in the project in this phase
- Monitoring and controlling activities in the final deployment, testing, go-live and hypercare phase for the first markets in Europe
- umlaut Solutions GmbH (Part of Accenture Industry X)Senior ManagerBERATUNG & AUDITSNovember 2019 - September 2023 (3 Jahre und 11 Monate)Aachen, DeutschlandSoftware integration project II (Automotive):
- Optimization of processes in IT-integration as part of a third-party development of multimedia components for existing vehicle platforms
- Taking responsibility for test management
Software integration project I (Automotive):- Development of structures and improvement of processes in IT-integration as part of the in-house development of a software-based vehicle platform
- Set-up of the release management by taking into account all interfaces and in coordination with internal and external stakeholders
- Conducting a functional test of the entire IT-integration in this area of the company
- Agile working methodology according to SAFe (Scrum, Kanban)
Carve-out project (Aviation) - 3 months:- Preparation of a company split in a subsidiary of an aircraft manufacturer
- Contract adjustments in strategic purchasing for all suppliers worldwide
Program management new Multimedia project (Automotive) - 15 months:- Program manager for the development of a new multimedia system until its market launch in Europe
- Planning and steering of product development, testing and integration between R&D in Japan and the areas of connected technologies, marketing and sales in Europe
- Successful lead of the program and its respective projects until SOP (start of production)
Multimedia project (Automotive) - 3 months:- Support in the development of a multimedia application through several external suppliers for an Asian market
Innovation management project (Rail) - 3 months:- Development of a strategy and roadmap for the stimulation of innovations in long-distance travel
- Orbitak AGManagement ConsultantBERATUNG & AUDITSDezember 2012 - Oktober 2019 (6 Jahre und 11 Monate)Bremen, Deutschland
- Business Development and responsibility for all market intelligence activities worldwide. Projects:
- Automotive: Multiple qualitative car clinics for next generation vehicles in Germany, UK, Spain, Russia, USA and China
- Automotive: Support in the development of a new multimedia system until SOP, UI & UX testing and benchmarking
- Automotive: Market research in small (not well known, but growing) markets in Middle East, East & South East Asia and latin America for a better understanding of customers and the competitive situation in each country
- Master in Business AdministrationEuropean Business School, Oestrich-Winkel, Deutschland1990International Studies of Business Administration in Oestrich-Winkel, Paris and London. Major subjects: Strategic Planning and Marketing.
- A-Level (Abitur)Lessing-Gymnasium, Uelzen, Deutschland1981Schulausbildung am Gymnasium. Lehrschwerpunkte in der Oberstufe: Chemie und Biologie.
- Military ServiceMunster Lager, Deutschland19832 years of Military service in the sanitary division of an artillery batallion.