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Berlin, De

Hamburg, De

Overseeing the product strategy for the social dating portfolio including LOVOO, Tagged, MeetMe and Skout

Hamburg, De

Managing Director and member of the executive board of LOVOO and ParshipMeet Group, overseeing product, engineering, data engineering, design, advertising, agility processes and customer insights for the LOVOO product.

Hamburg, De

Part of the Raspberry (formerly Rainmaking Impact) investment syndicate supporting startups with early angel and seed funding rounds.

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, De

Part of the management team in Berlin, overseeing multiple digital projects within the Volkswagen Mobility Portfolio and development teams in mobile and other technical and strategic fieldsHost of the diconium run podcast REWRITE TECH

New York, Ny, Us

The UN Innovation Network is an informal collaborative network of UN Agencies' innovation teams. We hosts regular working sessions on emerging themes and shares resources and events. We focus on new, innovative approaches and technologies as well as challenges in developing innovative ideas, processes and products in the UN.

Berlin , De

Lead the Innovation programs at The Do School which entailed running programs with external partners around ideating, sourcing and building innovative products. Implementing innovative frameworks and culture into larger organisations.

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, De

Founding member of the newly funded incubator from Daimler, LAB1886, to build and disrupt the future of the mobility industry. We focused on building new companies while working in a lean startup fashion. An entirely separate entity but with the full backing of Daimler AG. Expert in product strategy and advanced negotiations for all products in the innovation portfolio for Daimler AG/LAB1886

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, De

One of the founding members of the Daimler Peninsula Digital Lab in Berlin. Creating new digital products for the Daimler Groups automotive platforms to enhance safety and usability for its users whilst increasing efficiency and USP's for all stakeholders involved in the product life cycle.

Berlin, Germany, De

Team lead of Berlin and Dresden MAGIX offices. Responsible for the the major growth of the mobile products within MAGIX by over 300% in terms of retentions and users, as well as a 450% increase in daily revenue, turning the mobile department into a profitable division for MAGIX in under 6 months. In charge of the complete UX/UI overhaul of 5 platforms, without losing any of the user base.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Work closely with project stakeholders translating user needs, defining the business and system requirements and specifications on each project. Create interactive prototypes to explore and test the effectiveness of an application’s interaction design and conduct usability tests to ensure that the end-user’s needs are being met. Work with project managers to establish project scope & facilitate requirement clarifications, collaborating with the UI Design team and dev team to troubleshoot problems/roadblocks throughout the design & development cycle. Build and maintain good strong relationships with clients and stakeholders and act as a proxy for the client to the development teams. Lead in excellent user experience design on the project team.

Amsterdam, Nederlands, Nl

Lead of the mobile division overseeing numerous developers and designers that I hired. Heavy focus on analytical data and focusing on important KPI’s such as images developed, maximizing user interaction and profitability of the app, all of which increased anywhere from 150%-500%. In order to achieve this, a complete brand overhaul and re-design of the current iOS app while developing the Android app parallel was needed to be successful. Developing mobile marketing campaigns and brand development was critical in identifying opportunities for our mobile products to strengthen the overall brand.

Lead manager in overseeing and the analysis of over twenty different in-house products in the mobile application field, identifying target groups and lead in the development throughout the product life cycle. Market analysis and conceptualization of mobile apps in numerous different fields with an expertise in developing mobile marketing platforms which increased yearly revenue by over 40%. A B2C focus of understanding how to properly communicate analytical trends and put them towards substantial ROI without hindering the user experience and bettering the applications as a whole. Editor of App Store Rewind 2011: Magic Numbers #1 Newsstand App of the year in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Spent many mornings, nights and days serving the community by making the best burgers in town. Hold numerous records during my time there for fastest Big Mac maker, Chicken wrap wrapper which earned me Employee of the Year, numerous scholarships and great memories

Halton Hills , Ontario, Ca

Part of a summer team in charge of the daily maintenance of the township of Halton Hills and the surrounding areas. Daily tasks included inventory management, physical maintenance of the environment, problem mediating with the general public and making the city look great! Experienced in attaining numerous sun burns, rocks to face and accidentally breaking windows due to flying debris. Almost 20 years later I still feel horrible for breaking that window. Also, what are you doing down here reading this?

Honors Bachelors Of Commerce, Marketing Management

Certificate Of Leadership, Organizational Leadership