My Experience
Entrepreneurial know-how
Currently, I am the Chief Marketing Officer at Suxeedo, a high-tech Startup that combines innovative crowdsourcing with high quality link-building. In the past I have contributed my marketing know-how to Beaufort Media GmbH where I have been involved in the development of the international writers-community Independent Publishing. I have founded and managed and the internet start-up Unifloh.de and I have financed my education by successfully managing a small import business in Canada. Developing new ideas, stepping up to the responsibility, managing risks and improving my business strategy through intelligent reflection is what I have learned in the process. My competence and experience in terms of entrepreneurship encompasses the following:
- Business Model Development
- Business Planning/Financial Forecasting
- Import and Export
- Sales
- Online Marketing
- Advertising
Consulting experience
I have been involved in consulting projects for organizations ranging from NGO’s to multinational corporations. By co-facilitating consulting projects with experienced executive consultants and by contributing to academic consulting projects, I have gained valuable insights in a wide range of different industrial sectors. A key learning for me has been that the organizational structure, group dynamics within organizations as well as the leadership style of top-executives have an enormous impact on business performance. My experience in the consulting field encompasses:
- organizational change projects,
- strategic marketing/brand management/rebranding
- innovation management/product development,
- and business development/intrapreneurship.
My personal consulting focus lies on intrapreneurship, creativity and innovation. I have been involved in projects with the following organizations (among others):
- Bayer AG
- Barmer
- Bertelsmann AG
- Deutsche Telekom AG
- Dornier Seaplane Company
- Fraport AG
- Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke
- IAK
- IFOK GmbH
- IFSE
- Kliniken Essen Mitte
- Krämer Marktforschung GmbH
- Nokia
- Philips
- Roche
- Sinalco GmbH
- UBS
- Ruhruniversität Bochum
- 1492 GmbH
Marketing skills
I have also been involved in several market research projects for large corporations. I have been involved in in teams developing new business fields with two companies and in a rebranding effort of a medium sized business. While pursuing my Masters degree, I majored in strategic marketing. Furthermore, I have solid skills and experience in Search Engine Marketing, Social Media Marketing and Search Engine Optimization.
Social competence
Contributing to the community is very important to me. In the process I have learned how to interact with people in crisis and conflict situations and I have developed an empathetic understanding for people who are facing special needs. I have received many hours of training from psychologists, conflict mediators, professional coaches and social workers and I put my newly learned skills to use in over 2000 hours of voluntary work. I have started my journey towards becoming a better listener and a more self-responsible and mature person. It’s a lifelong journey.
I feel very lucky that I was able to work with teams of absolutely dedicated people in such rewarding working environments as a volunteer, facilitator and consultant with the following organizations:
- Lions Society
- North Shore Disability Resource Center
- North Shore Restorative Justice Society
- Oikos International
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police – Community Policing
- Steps Forward
- Student Health Dialog
- Vancouver Crisis Center – Crisis Hotline
- Witten Herdecke University
and more…
