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Metropolregion Berlin/Brandenburg

Leipzig Und Umgebung, Deutschland

External Lecturer for the course Publishing Technologies, Production and Processes. The “Book and Media Production” degree programme (Publishing Technology) is essentially about the production of products in the media industry, from printed books to e-papers or app development. During the seven-semester degree programme, students acquire knowledge of management and production technology and topics concerned with content, design and marketing. In the main part of the degree programme, students can pursue their own interests by choosing electives. The teaching and research material is continually being updated by the academic staff to meet the changing demands of the publishing industry.

Berlin, Germany

Broad experience in cultural change management (German <> International) and process integration. Managing transformation from cost to value together with an experienced team at DG. Optimizing the total cost of print availability; share of storage, print and shipment costs. Years of practical knowledge in supplier management. Overseeing the property and fleet management for the major German locations in Berlin and Munich. Strong experience in budgeting and managing the operations. De Gruyter publishes first-class scholarship and has done so for more than 270 years. An international, independent publisher headquartered in Berlin -- and with further offices in Boston, Beijing, Basel, Vienna, Warsaw and Munich -- it publishes over 1,300 new book titles each year and more than 900 journals in the humanities, social sciences, medicine, mathematics, physical and natural sciences, economics, and law. The publishing house also offers a wide range of digital media, including open access journals and books. The group includes the imprints De Gruyter Akademie Forschung, Birkhäuser, De Gruyter Mouton, De Gruyter Oldenbourg, De Gruyter Open, De Gruyter Saur, Dusseldorf University Press, Jovis, and Deutscher Kunstverlag.

Berlin Und Umgebung, Deutschland

Successfully, driving major offshore initiatives in India and Romania to improve the profitability of content preparation. Constantly speed up the transformation from offset printing to digital printing and print-to-order. Establishing an automated stock replenishment model in cooperation with DGs major book printer in order to reduce tied up capital. Responsibility for the complete DG production with books and journals as well as the central purchasing and standards departments. Head count of roughly 50 people in Berlin and Munich offices.

Berlin Und Umgebung, Deutschland

Managing the acquisition and integration of Oldenbourg and Akademie Publishers from Cornelsen with respect to production processes and staff. Several change management activities in order to incorporate new parts of the business and culture. Managing a team of 30 at two locations, Berlin and Munich.

Berlin Und Umgebung, Deutschland

Assemble and set up a department for journal production. Rapid growth development. Starting off with a head count of 3 and 90 journals. Ending up with 10 people managing 350 journals. Implementation of an online submission and production tracking system.

Basel Und Umgebung, Schweiz

Birkhäuser, a former Swiss publisher founded in 1879 by Emil Birkhäuser in Basel. Many years it has been part of Springer Science+Business Media between 1985-2010. Today, Springer Nature continues to publish books and journals in science and mathematics under the old leaf logo Imprint. De Gruyter publishers now run the architecture and design part of publishing as an Imprint.