Work & Play.
I spent the last two decades in the IT and Internet industry. Based on an education in economics and psychology at the University of Cologne, I founded an Internet startup during the first dot-com boom, grew eBay's computer category to 1bn Deutsch Marks in sales and later led eBay's Platform Solutions Group in Europe, helped ChannelAdvisor acquire a German competitor and integrated them into the organization, consulted startups across Europe on their strategy and internationalized them, co-founded an early stage Venture Capital fund in Germany and the UK, led Mozilla's innovation group Labs and created and lead Mozilla's global Open Innovation program WebFWD.
Here's a pretty complete list of my past jobs. You can also dig into my LinkedIn profile (where you also find a short bio if you need one - and here are some pictures of me).
Some people say that I suffer from ADHD. I don't – I just do a lot of stuff.
| Company: | Mozilla |
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| Title: | Director Open Innovation Group & WebFWD |
| Country: | USA |
| Info: | Mozilla's global Open Innovation Program & Accelerator |
| Company: | Mozilla |
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| Title: | Director Mozilla Labs |
| Country: | USA |
| Info: | Mozilla Innovation Group |
| Company: | FoundersLink |
|---|---|
| Title: | Venture Partner |
| Country: | UK |
| Info: | Early-Stage Venture Capital Fund & Venture Creation |
| Company: | deal united |
|---|---|
| Title: | Co-Founder & Shareholder |
| Country: | Germany |
| Info: | Pay-by-Shopping Solution Provider |
| Company: | elektronauten |
|---|---|
| Title: | Founder & Managing Partner |
| Country: | Germany & UK |
| Info: | Interim Management & Consulting Practice |
| Company: | Participatory Culture Foundation |
|---|---|
| Title: | Interim Manager Business Development Europe |
| Country: | UK |
| Info: | Open Source Media Player |
| Company: | Zlio |
|---|---|
| Title: | Strategy Consultant |
| Country: | France & Israel |
| Info: | Social Commerce |
| Company: | Seatwave |
|---|---|
| Title: | Interim Country Manager Germany |
| Country: | Germany & UK |
| Info: | Fan-to-Fan Ticket Exchange & Marketplace |
| Company: | iBOOD |
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| Title: | Interim VP Operations |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Info: | Social Commerce / One-Deal-A-Day Site |
| Company: | ChannelAdvisor |
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| Title: | Vice President Germany |
| Country: | Germany |
| Info: | Multichannel eCommerce Provider |
| Company: | yourART |
|---|---|
| Title: | Co-Founder |
| Country: | Germany |
| Info: | Gallery for Modern Art |
| Company: | eBay |
|---|---|
| Title: | Head of Platform Solutions Group |
| Country: | Germany |
| Info: | Online Marketplace |
| Company: | oil on mars |
|---|---|
| Title: | Founder & Managing Director |
| Country: | Germany |
| Info: | SaaS & Content Provider |
| Company: | GRAVIS |
|---|---|
| Title: | Director eCommerce |
| Country: | Germany |
| Info: | Apple Retail Chain |
| Company: | PowerMedia |
|---|---|
| Title: | Manager Business Development |
| Country: | USA |
| Info: | Software Vendor / PDA software |
Public Speaking (selected)
Technology Convergence Conference
Innovate in the Open!
Rainmakers
To Product/Market Fit and Beyond
Startup Week
Never Walk
Emerce eDay
David vs Goliath – Community,
Underdogs & How to Win
SoCap
Socially Responsible Investing
NASA OS Summit
How to be successful in Open Source
>play Conference
Why App Stores are broken –
and how to fix them
MIT Open Innovation
Open Innovation at Mozilla
