Marco Kogler Email & Phone Number

London, England, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

- Developing a collaborative ecosystem to bridge the gap between early-stage ventures and essential resources, fostering partnerships with investors and resource providers to support transformative growth and sustainable scaling.- Expanding a diverse portfolio of DeepTech, MedTech, life sciences, extended reality, and educational technology ventures, providing strategic and resource support to maintain visionary leadership.- Spearheading Inventia by FuzeQube, facilitating knowledge transfer from science to business, enabling the development and scaling of innovative solutions to address real-world challenges and foster sustainable growth.- Leading the FuzeQube Academy, equipping exceptional talent with the skills, entrepreneurial mindset, and experience needed to excel in high-impact environments. Addressing skilled worker shortages by developing programs that power organisational talent pipelines.- Building robust partnerships with service providers, educational institutions, and corporate collaborators to enhance support for our ventures and talent.- Advising private and public sector organisations on innovation ecosystem architecture, symbiotic structures, and incentive design.

- Strategising growth, value generation, international expansion, and investment trajectory for a curated portfolio of innovative, mission-driven start-ups and scale-ups.- Initiating real-world impact of scientific research by designing scalable commercialisation models for academic spin-offs.- Crafting powerful brand communication and storytelling strategies for ventures and facilitating growth through introductions to collaborators and high-ticket clients.- Identifying, negotiating, and closing funding deals with strategic investors, typically ranging from 1M to 10M in investment.

- Conceptualised and implemented practical lectures for university students and early-stage entrepreneurs, highlighting collaborative dynamics in entrepreneurship and the enduring impact of multidisciplinary approaches to innovation.- Taught undergraduate and postgraduate students at the LSE’s Department of Management through an employability skills series on innovation ecosystems, integrating conceptual frameworks with empirical insights, and providing practical skills essential for becoming innovation leaders.- Designed and provided guidance on postgraduate-level industry projects, covering topics such as the future of luxury fashion retail and the significance of innovative, value-driven brand storytelling in customer-centred marketing.- Developed introductory lectures on venture building and organised business idea challenges for students aged 16 to 25, fostering entrepreneurial spirit, practical industry insights, and early-stage innovation leadership.- Created and delivered comprehensive curricula to help young talent acquire key skills necessary for leading innovation within organisations, focusing on practical application and real-world impact.- Developed and delivered lectures and design thinking seminars for corporate audiences, focusing on brand innovation, strategic immersion, customer-centred strategy, and community-driven business success, emphasising identity-innovation alignment.- Spoken at various conferences and events, delivered keynote speeches at the London School of Economics, King’s College London, and Imperial College London, and participated in panel discussions covering topics such as digital innovation, venture incubation, regional development through entrepreneurship, skilled worker shortages, career development, and interdisciplinary education.

London, United Kingdom

- Co-founded and established the boutique consulting firm KGL&Company focused on strategic innovation for luxury brands (Travel & Hospitality, Fashion and Luxury Goods)- Developed a lean business model interlinking an internal strategy team with a network of carefully selected partner companies and independent experts, able to provide end-to end strategy advisory, project management and implementation services to clients in various European markets- Led a diverse set of projects in the areas of strategic business and brand innovation, experience design, market entry, multidimensional organisational change, brand building, user-centred design and agile application development- Designed and launched a talent development programme helping students gain hands-on work experience whilst getting access to mentorship by the leadership team and various career and soft skills development workshopswww.kglcompany.com

London, England, United Kingdom

- Launched an initiative during the Covid-19 pandemic, with the aim to empower young people to actively work on their goals and strive to achieve remarkable professional success early on- Built an exclusive location-independent community by individually interviewing and selecting ambitious students and young professionals from diverse backgrounds, guided by three main attributes: curiosity to learn, goal-orientation and willingness to go the extra mile to maximise their potential and achieve their ambition- Organised a range of talks, workshops and personal mentoring sessions for members, providing them a strong, supportive environment, as well as privileges to elevate all parts of their life – professionally, academically and personally

London, United Kingdom

- Led and managed the UK’s largest student-led consulting network with over 900 members- Organised and planned a wide range of innovative educational events, think tanks and panel discussions- Co-organised the LSE Consultancy Conference and Europe’s largest cross-university business case competition “London Case Championship 2018” at the London School of Economics- Conducted an extensive rebranding to optimise the society’s potential- Introduced an event series called „CSminds“ for case study workshops, discussions about current economic and technological issues and leadership trainings- Communicated and negotiated with corporate partners and both internal and external stakeholders- Elected Executive Chairman after a successful legislation period as President

London, Großbritannien

- Supervised the public relations and marketing division- Developed a creative strategy aiming to optimise the society's digital marketing- Designed advertisements and posters with Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop- Conducted empirical surveys and made informed decisions based on the collected data

London, United Kingdom

- Independently consulted two European hospitality companies in the areas of Digitalisation and Business Transformation- Created detailed market analyses and strategies for potential expansions into new markets- Developed and successfully implemented digital marketing strategies- Redirected traffic from booking.com to one client's own booking website (increase of the booking ratio from 54% to a monthly average of 82%)- Introduced innovative methods aiming to increase occupancy rates of a five-star hotel on weekdays (increase from 32% capacity utilisation to an average of 61% in only two months)

Austria

- Actively contributed to the development of a strategy for a client of the tourism industry (restructuring und repositioning)- Conducted a detailed profitability analysis and evaluated contracts with third-party organisations- Directly interacted with clients and presented suggested solutions- Executed a detailed target group analysis and developed an optimised marketing and sales strategy- Developed and assessed actions aiming to increase short-term cash inflows

Austria

- Founded and managed the student-led tutoring platform “deincoach.net“- Tutored students aged between 10 and 18 in the subjects English, Italian, Latin and Mathematics- Developed a website offering personalised services for students

Msc Management Of Information Systems And Digital Innovation

Dissertation: Designing and orchestrating software-focused innovation ecosystems – An exploratory study of collaborative organisational.

Bachelor Of Science - Bsc, Management

Relevant Coursework: Advanced Micro and Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Finance, Supply Chain and Operations Management, Strategic.

Austrian Matura (A-Levels Equivalent)