Experience

Cruisewatch

• Germany
• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO & Travel Expert

  • Jan 2017 - Present

  Hannover We are Cruisewatch, an investor-backed cruise startup based in Germany. Since 2016, we have been striving to innovate the travel business. Our current goal is to digitize travel agents and experts around the globe. Our data-driven and AI-based cruise technology simplifies cruise advice and smartens the sales workflow. For more information check out www.cruisewatch.ai. My role on deck ▪️ defining strategy and business model ▪️ discover new product opportunities and prove… Show more We are Cruisewatch, an investor-backed cruise startup based in Germany. Since 2016, we have been striving to innovate the travel business. Our current goal is to digitize travel agents and experts around the globe. Our data-driven and AI-based cruise technology simplifies cruise advice and smartens the sales workflow. For more information check out www.cruisewatch.ai. My role on deck ▪️ defining strategy and business model ▪️ discover new product opportunities and prove product/market fit through MVPs ▪️ explore ways to create additional value by cooperating with new partners Show less



Hochschule Harz

• Germany
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Lecturer

  • Sep 2017 - Jul 2018

  Werningerode On the ground project to setup a business case for an own start-up and lecturer about cross-cultural management.



TUI

• Germany
• Travel Arrangements
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Director (ppa.)

  • Jul 2012 - Dec 2016

  Hannover und Umgebung, Deutschland responsibility for all mainstream product managements which included the following tasks: ▪️ strategy, budgeting, planning, purchasing, product and pricing ▪️ design & implementation of differentiated hotel products ▪️ quality management and product development ▪️ management of major international digitization projects ▪️ led a team of 200 employees in Hanover and around 1.5k in the destinations

• Head of Product Managements

  • Jun 2006 - Feb 2013

  Hannover und Umgebung, Deutschland Responsible for hotel and flight product, contracting, pricing and content of different product managements including P&L responsibility, as Canary Islands, Turkey, Bulgaria, Eastern Mediterrannean.

• Manager Revenue Management

  • Aug 2003 - May 2006

  Hannover und Umgebung, Deutschland Optimization of flight as well as hotel performance by variation of the marketing mix for all Western Mediterranean destinations, development and advancement of systems and control mechanisms to optimize corporate risks, leader of a team of 13 employees.

• Associate Analysis, Projects and Steering Mechanism

  • Oct 2001 - Jul 2003

  Hannover und Umgebung, Deutschland Intensive data analysis and implementation-oriented presentation, recommendation of actions to optimize results, cooperation in projects for the optimization of the revenue management, e.g. optimization of sales product control.