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 Some people say that I suffer from ADHD. I don't – I just do a lot of stuff.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).
Work Experience
| Company: | Mozilla |
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| Title: | Director Open Innovation Group & WebFWD |
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| Info: | Mozilla's global Open Innovation Program |
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| Company: | Mozilla |
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| Title: | Director Mozilla Labs |
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| Info: | Open Source / Home of Firefox |
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| Company: | FoundersLink |
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| Title: | Venture Partner |
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| Info: | Early-Stage Venture Capital |
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| Company: | deal united |
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| Title: | Co-Founder & Shareholder |
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| Info: | Pay-by-Shopping |
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| Company: | elektronauten |
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| Title: | Founder & Managing Partner |
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| Info: | Interim Management |
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| Company: | Miro |
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| Title: | Interim Manager Biz Dev Europe |
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| Info: | Open Source Media Player |
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| Company: | Zlio |
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| Title: | Strategy Consultant |
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| Info: | Social Commerce |
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| Company: | Seatwave |
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| Title: | Interim Country Manager |
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| Info: | Fan-to-Fan Ticket Exchange |
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| Company: | iBOOD |
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| Title: | Interim VP Operations |
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| Info: | Social Commerce |
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| Company: | ChannelAdvisor |
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| Title: | Vice President Germany |
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| Info: | Multichannel eCommerce |
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| Company: | yourART |
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| Title: | Co-Founder |
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| Info: | Gallery for Modern Art |
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| Company: | eBay |
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| Title: | Head of Platform Solutions Group |
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| Info: | Online Marketplace |
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| Company: | oil on mars |
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| Title: | Founder & Managing Director |
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| Info: | SaaS & Content Provider |
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| Company: | GRAVIS |
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| Title: | Director eCommerce |
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| Info: | Apple Retail Chain |
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| Company: | PowerMedia |
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| Title: | Manager Business Development |
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| Info: | Software Vendor / PDA software |
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Public Speaking (selected)
| Event: | Rainmakers (2011) |
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| Location: | Palo Alto, USA |
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| Topic: | To Product/Market Fit and Beyond |
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| Event: | Startup Week (2011) |
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| Location: | Vienna, AT |
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| Topic: | Never Walk - Running & Running a Business |
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| Event: | Emerce eDay (2011) |
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| Location: | Rotterdam, NL |
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| Topic: | David vs Goliath - Community, Underdogs & How to Win |
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| Event: | SoCap (2011) |
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| Location: | San Francisco, USA |
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| Topic: | Socialy Responsible Investing and Mozilla WebFWD |
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| Event: | NASA Open Source Summit (2011) |
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| Location: | Ames Research Center, Mountain View, USA |
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| Topic: | How to be successful in Open Source |
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| Event: | NASA Innovation Lecture Series (2011) |
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| Location: | Johnson Space Center, Houston, USA |
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| Topic: | Lessons from Mozilla - Open Innovation |
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| Event: | >play Conference (2010) |
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| Location: | Haas Business School at UC Berkeley, USA |
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| Topic: | Why App Stores are broken – and how to fix them |
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| Event: | MIT Open Innovation Forum (2010) |
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| Location: | Mountain View, USA |
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| Topic: | Open Innovation at Mozilla |
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