About 30 years work experience as consultant, manager and lecturer.Proved skills in leading and motivating large teams and employees.Successfully assumed profit, budget and revenue responsibilities.Experience with international projects and co-operations in industrialised countries, transition countries and developing countries. Extensive consulting experience in business development, technology and innovation management, economic development.Internationally experienced lecturer at diverse universities, co-ordinator of research programmes, designer of study programmes, and strategist for private and public universities Specific knowledge and work experience in advanced technologies, ICT, data science, and media industries.German mother tongue, excellent language skills in English, very good command of French and good knowledge of Spanish.Strength in communication, negotiation and the moderation of complex situations.Specialties: Strategy development, innovation management processes; foresight and futures studies, scenario writing; technology assessments; education management and management of institutions in education; large scale project management; data science, statisticial analyses, artificial intelligence methods; digital transformation; media management & economics, digital media, social web, future of the media; transformation of traditional media industries and business model innovation (e.g. publishing industry); strategy and up-to-date operations in the (academic) education sector