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EDUCATION
Mobile industry expert and e-business pioneer with proven performance in marketing/product management, business development and sales engineering for multi-national organizations and startups:
- Helped start business and operations for Opera Software as VP of Business Development and Sales Engineering, Americas
- Helped establish Starscriber's next generation behavior based VAS service in emerging operator markets as VP of Marketing
- 7 years of experience as a management consultant with KPMG and mm1 Consulting in international engagements covering strategy, business models, product management, IT and process optimization
- Strong history of establishing solid commercial and technical customer relationships and closing multi-million dollar deals
- 20 years of experience in IT & mobile technologies and business environments
Academics
- Master & Bachelor of Science in Physics
- Master of Science in Business Administration (academic scholarship)
Technology
- Projects: Managed international projects in tier-1 operators and large organizations
- Wireless: Radio access, data services via wireless, e.g. browsing, email, messaging, portal & delivery
- Operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris
- Networking: Planning, configuration & installation of LAN & WAN technologies
- Programming: Web and mobile standards incl. HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, VB, VBA
Languages
- English: Fluently written and spoken
- German: Native
1996-1998
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Department of Management Science and Information Systems
Minor: Marketing Engineering
Thesis in game theory: 'Behavior Rules for a Two-stage Noncooperative Game' - Grade: 4.0
The examined game can be used as a model for business and economical scenarios and decision making processes. The underlying game rules, some of which had not been recognized by the scientific community yet, and the rules' strategic meaning were identified.
1992-1996
CAU University of Kiel, Germany
Department of Experimental Physics - Plasma Spectroscopy Lab
Minors: Computer Science and Mathematics
Thesis in plasma spectroscopy: 'Examination of the Stark Effect of Hγ in a Plasma Arc' - Grade: 4.0
Measured the Stark effect induced shift and broadening of the hydrogen spectral line Balmer-γ in a wall-stabilized high-pressure plasma arc. Developed and implemented the experiments and programmed a data processing software.
1993 Business English Course
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA ucsb.edu
1981-1990 High School (Gymnasium)
Hebbelschule Kiel, Germany hebbelschule-kiel.de
Majors: Physics and Mathematics