My Purpose:
Each day, I strive to encourage and support individuals and teams to explore their potential and embrace new possibilities in the age of the Cognitive Economy.
My Mission:
By living my Purpose, I aim to create an environment where people, teams, and organizations can seize opportunities, step out of their comfort zones, and receive support to overcome challenges, grow, and reach their goals together.
My Background:
An entrepreneur with experience in launching multiple ventures since 2007, including an innovation consultancy in Munich and a social media startup in San Francisco. In 2015, I returned to Germany to join Etventure, contributing to the digital transformation of the German Mittelstand's hidden champions and helping Etventure become the digitization spearhead of the global consultancy EY.
After three years of building innovation units and executing hands-on digital strategies for clients, I embarked on my next venture as founding manager of XCNT, the digital product builder of CENTROTEC SE. Amid my leadership responsibilities in a team of 20 digital talents, I act as co-founder of DRIVR, one of XCNT's successful ventures. In that role, I am responsible for business development as we scale our IoT platform to 1 million connected devices.
With expertise in managing innovation projects, technology scouting, and business planning for new ventures, I have developed a unique skill set combining engineering and business administration. I hold a Master's in engineering from Technical University Munich and an MBA from Hult International Business School.
In a single phrase, my profile fits the following equation: German engineering plus Silicon Valley entrepreneurship to the power of holistic System Thinking. I am passionate about driving change and challenging the status quo. I continually seek to accelerate the transformation of traditional industries towards future-proof and anti-fragile business models. When I'm not busy transforming businesses, you can find me sailing on the Mediterranean or learning about the new possibilities of AI.