Prof. Dr. Alexander Knauer Email & Phone Number

Leipzig, SN, DE

Mittweida, Saxony, Germany

• Professorship Digital Business & E-Entrepreneurship
• Focus on Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Growth, Business Model Innovation and Start-up Financing, FinTechs, CyberSecurity
• Member of the BCCM Blockchain Competence Center Mittweida
• Courses for example: Founding management and eBusiness, E-Entrepreneurship & Digital Innovation Management

Mittweida, Saxony, Germany

Wir treiben Digitalisierung als Innovationsmotor für Bank, Mittelstand und Startups. Teleskoeffekt ist ein Innovationszentrum in Mittweida, welches die Digitalisierung und Innovations-Kompetenz für den Mittelstand stärkt und Startups in der Markteintrittsphase unterstützt.

Mittweida, Saxony, Germany

Unsere Mission: Digitale Sicherheit in mittelständischen und kommunalen Unternehmen verbessern.Dazu gehört für uns das Bewusstsein für die Bedrohungen verständlich zu machen und konkreten Handlungsbedarf aufzuzeigen. Dank unserer Gründungsmitglieder verbinden wir akademische Exzellenz mit praktischer Umsetzungsexpertise und strikter Kundenfokussierung.

• Tutor and Lecturer ActivityFor example:
• Lecturer for the course “Business Planning” (Master) – University of Applied Science Mittweida, Germany
• Lecturer for the course “Financial Management” (MBA) - Lanzhou University - School of Management, China
• Lecturer within the program “Innovation and Business Creation” (Executive MBA) – Technical University Munich ǀ HHL Executive), Leipzig, Germany
• Lecturer for the module “Entrepreneurial Finance” (Executive Education) – Translational Centre for Regenerative Medicine ǀ HHL Executive, Leipzig, Germany
• Lecturer within the course “Management Tools for Founders” (Master) – University of Leipzig, Germany

Leipzig, Germany

Consulting and CoachingStart-up consulting with special focus on companies from the medicine, healthcare, and life-science sector | coach and jury member in various business plan seminars

Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

• Ab-in-den-urlaub Betriebsgesellschaft mbH was an UNISTER company that operated several package travel portals, such as ab-in-den-urlaub.de, reisen.de, reisegeier.de.
• Professional, personnel, and sales responsibility
• Responsibility of the package travel segment (>20 employees)
• Coordinating the business and technical product owners
• Assisting in the asset sale of the company to the Invia Group / Rockaway Capital

Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

• U-Deals GmbH was an UNISTER company that operated the main travel deals portal ab-in-den-urlaub-deals.de. More than 25 employees worked for the company.
• Professional, personnel, and sales responsibility
• Responsibility of the entire portal operation and portal strategy, including further development and introduction of new portal features
• Advising the management on operational and tactical issues
• Managed the sale of the assets of the company to the Invia Group / Rockaway Capital

Leipzig, Germany

Member of the board of directors of the Association for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Growth at the HHL (VIEW - Verein für Innovation, Existenzgründung und Wachstum an der HHL e.V.)

Leipzig, Germany

• UNISTER was one of the largest online travel agency (OTA) in German speaking markets. It additionally operates more than 40 websites / portals in various industries (insurance, news, e-commerce).Responsibilities are.
• Managing the office of the CEO
• Overseeing various departments
• Coordinating the meetings of the Management Board and the shareholders

Leipzig Area, Germany

Start-up Coaching in the field of Medicine ǀ Health Care ǀ Life-Science Support of Start-up activities at Universities and Research Institutes in Leipzig (as part of the German „High-Tech-Strategy“)Seminars: Financing Sources for founders ǀ Networking as an Entrepreneurial Skill ǀ Computer-aided Business-Simulation

Leipzig, Germany

Research Associate at the Chair of Financial ManagementTutor activity in various MBA and Part-Time MBA Programs with special focus on Financial Management and Entrepreneurial Finance ǀ Tutor and supervisor of various Master Theses and Field Projects

Hong Kong, China

Internship, Marketing PharmaSolutions Asia PacificDevelopment, creation and implementation of a Key Customer Concept, Development of in-depth competitor profiles

Münster, Germany

Internship, Risk Management Consulting project to define critical success factors for a VC-company to enter the regional banking sector, simulation and definition of alternative transformation and benchmarking strategies for retail banks.

Germany

Consulting (Part-time)Nationwide consulting projects to optimize the managing of material costs at cooperative banking associations

Mittweida, Germany

Controlling (Full-time)Creation and implementation of a customer value calculation, coordination of strategy development.

Dr. Rer. Oec., Finance, General, Summa Cum Laude

Doctoral Studies at the Chair of Financial Management (Professor Dr. Bernhard Schwetzler) Thesis: Empirical Essays on Value Creation and.

Diplom-Kaufmann, Business Administration

Majors: Finance and Marketing

Mba Program Entrepreneurship

Exchange Program, 08/07 - 12/07

Intermediate Examination (Vordiplom), Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Finishing undergradute studies in one year

Diplom-Betriebswirt (Ba), Banking Business