Experience

Bundl | Corporate Venture Development

• Belgium
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Venture Architect

  • Apr 2022 - Present



Freelance, self-employed

• Event Moderator & Host (digital & on-stage)

  • May 2015 - Present

  Moderation of on-stage and digital public and corporate Live-Events.

• Venture Architect, Design Thinking Facilitator & Co-Innovation Consultant

  • Feb 2020 - May 2021

  I’m getting excited when empathising with people's needs, ideating, conceptualising and building purposeful high-performing organisations. Finding effective solutions, where others see no way is a strong suit. I’m most effective, leading and creating in non-hierarchical and communicative environments and teams.For the last 10 years I’ve been working in innovation-focussed and venture building environments in corporates as well as as a freelance Venture Developer / Architect and Design Thinking Coach. Projects focussed on digital innovation with a purpose and clients included companies like Audi, Deutsche Telekom, Deutscher Fußball Bund, Covestro, Europace and KauriCAB. My clients have always valued my professional yet hands-on approach, creative solution to complex problems, transparent communication and passion to get things rolling from the ground up. Skillset includes: Venture Development | Human-centered Design | Product Ownership | Design Thinking | Agile Project & Product Management | Service Design | Digital Strategy | Brand Management | Fast Learning and AdaptionLet's connect, talk about and work together on your next Venture Development or Digital Transformation project.

• Venture Development Co-Lead

  • Jul 2020 - Dec 2020

  RegioFarms aims at creating awareness of origin and quality of consumed food in the minds of consumers by connecting them with local producers and create long-lasting purchasing relationships through transparency, authenticity, the stories and the people behind the work that goes into high-quality organic food. Leading to a better understanding of quality, appreciation, fair prices and paving the way towards regenerative farming practices at scale.



Etribes

• Germany
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior venture Architect / Manager

  • Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

  Led multiple Corporate Venturing Projects as a project lead from proposal via ideation, Validation into MVP building phases. My tasks and results included setting up co-creative team structures with corporate venturing and innovation departments as well as commercial teams in order to work closely together in utilising corporate assets for the sake of developing new ventures. Furthermore leading research, hosting and moderating multiple workshop formats, running validation experiments, building smoke tests and medium-fidelity prototypes as well as conceptualising, designing and presenting pitch presentations with the client were part of my responsibilities. Clients included the likes of Henkel commercial departments, Henkel dx, Bekaert and DB Schenker / Schenker Ventures.



Pacemakers Digital Ventures (part of Etribes)

• Germany
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Venture Archtitect

  • May 2021 - Dec 2021



COVAID AFRICA

• Denmark
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Of Marketing (Interim)

  • Apr 2020 - Jun 2020



Step Innovation Hub

• Germany
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Venture Arcitect & Brand Manager

  • Oct 2019 - Jan 2020

  Qualitative & quantitative user research & data preparation Development of user-centered business ideas and corresponding business models as part of the exploration of new business areas Facilitation of workshops with Design Thinking methods Project management & presentation of results to management Qualitative & quantitative user research & data preparation Development of user-centered business ideas and corresponding business models as part of the exploration of new business areas Facilitation of workshops with Design Thinking methods Project management & presentation of results to management



Hypoport SE

• Germany
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Step Innovation Hub

  • Oct 2019 - Jan 2020



Detecon

• Germany
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant Co-Innovation & Program/Portfolio Manager @ Digital Engineering Center

  • Jan 2018 - Sep 2019

  Co-Innovation Expert with broad background in Business Modeling with diverse Co-Creation Methods, Design Thinking & User/Customer Experiences, Brand Management & Communication, Startup Ecosystem, Innovation Projects: Global Account Management Excellence @ large German Polymer Producer preparation and execution of a globally coordinated series of workshops as coach for a in-depth elaboration of vehicles for achieving inernal and external excellence in the Global Account Management Smart Lighting @ German utility elaboration of trends and impacts for Smart Lighting in the context of a smart city execution of a teaser workshop to identify client needs and fields of action Digitalisierung P 2025 @ large German Automotive OEM Conceptualization of a digitization strategy for the department "Production" execution of workshops for a further elaboration, consolidation and coordination across multiple areas of production Setup of a Co-Innovation Lab @ multinational Telco Infrastructure Provider elaboration of a global innovation ecosystem in the framework of the development of a Co-Innovation Lab execution of trainings for the entire concept as well as Co-Innovation methods Brand Strategy & Positioning Detecon DEC development of a brand strategy and positioning by utilizing creative sessions and methods, development of the underlying premises based on the brand wheel by Esch, elaboration of Brand Competence, Brand Benefits, Brand Tonality & Brand Apperance, elaboration of a visual language as well as a color concept with the aim of a customer-centered communication



Deutsche Telekom

• Germany
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Junior Manager Marketing Communications

  • Jun 2016 - Dec 2017

  Sub-Project Lead in the organization of corporate fairs (IFA, CeBIT, MWC)Conceptualizing the stage program as well as several other parts of the large corporate fairs from a perspective of developing the brand of Deutsche TelekomSteering of agencies and service providers of all sortsPreparation of a tender for the implementation of the IFA 2017Project Lead in the coordination of diverse 3D Brand Experience activities

• Travelling the world (Sabbatical)

  • Oct 2015 - May 2016

• Start-up! Management Trainee

  • Nov 2013 - Sep 2015

  Participant in an international management development program for High-Potentials. Various assignments throughout the whole corporation with international deployments. Project and sub-project responsibilities.

• Executive Assistant to CEO and Think Tank

  • Aug 2014 - Oct 2014

  - Research, preparation and presentation of topics and speakers for a large scale yearly event hosted by the CEO - Briefing and appointment preparation for the CEO and COO- Support and compilation with diverse documents and presentations within the Corporate Office



T-Labs

• Germany
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communication and Startup-Management for Lange Nacht der Startups

  • Apr 2015 - Sep 2015

  - Project Lead of Startup-Handling and Communications - Processing, Handling of and contact person for Startup applications for Lange Nacht der Startups - Responsibility for official homepage for Lange Nacht der Startups - Various communication tasks in the framework of Lange Nacht der Startups - Project Lead of Startup-Handling and Communications - Processing, Handling of and contact person for Startup applications for Lange Nacht der Startups - Responsibility for official homepage for Lange Nacht der Startups - Various communication tasks in the framework of Lange Nacht der Startups



hop.on Rides Mobility Solutions UG

• Founder and CEO

  • Sep 2013 - Apr 2015

  Developed the idea and founded the company for a peer2peer on-demand ride-sharing platform; coordinated app-development, business development and early-stage marketing activities Developed the idea and founded the company for a peer2peer on-demand ride-sharing platform; coordinated app-development, business development and early-stage marketing activities



T-Systems Nordic

• Denmark
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales Support

  • Jan 2015 - Mar 2015

  Built up a Project Management Dashboard based on PM KPI's as a business steering framework in order to improve efficiency of T-Systems Nordic PM processes. Built up a Project Management Dashboard based on PM KPI's as a business steering framework in order to improve efficiency of T-Systems Nordic PM processes.



hubraum

• Germany
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investment Management

  • Feb 2014 - Jul 2014

  - Research, Screening, Analysis, Evaluation and Processing of Startup applications including internal (Deutsche Telekom) and external (Mentors, Experts) communication - Support with the development of DT Top-Management presentations - Research and development of presentations, market and competitive analysis - conception and implementation of Social Media activities and blog entries (https://www.hubraum.com/node/712 / https://www.hubraum.com/node/736 / https://www.hubraum.com/node/726 )



innogy SE

• Germany
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Online Marketing Manager

  • Sep 2010 - Sep 2012

  - Project Management for Online and Social Media contest ,,The Art of E-Mobility"- Sub-Project Manager for the relaunch of the RWE eMobility homepage, taking care of conception, usability and content- Conceptional and operative supervision of the RWE eMobility homepage (www.rwe-mobility.com)- Supervision of RWE eMobility Social Media Channels- Product Management for a Decal Designer for charging infrastructure for electric vehicle

• International Trainee

  • Aug 2007 - Aug 2010

  Three-year study and trainee program „Business and International Programs“ in with various assignments in European RWE branches and studies for Bachelor of Science in International Business Administration- Project Management optimization concept for RWE NL Business Development- Strategy presentations for the board of RWE AG during merger of RWE and Essent- Market study for market entry in Belgium



RWE NL

• Hoofddorp/Amsterdam

• Intern @ Strategy & Corporate Development

  • May 2009 - Sep 2009