Combining a team of experts on the public sector, entrepreneurship, and educational technology, we are building academa.de. Based on high-quality online courses, learning data, and an intelligent customer experience, we enable government employees to become lifelong learners.We are one of the fastest-growing EdTech providers in the European B2G sector, serving over 250 government institutions as of May 2024.

Polarstern Education is a boutique agency specializing in building and running online learning academies. I co-founded the company as a spin-off of RWTH Aachen in 2017, running operations until March 2021, when C/O acquired a majority share. During my time as CEO, we have reached over 100k learners in 172 countries, launching online courses for NASA (Artemis), Vaillant Group, NIU, Another Monday, ProContent AG, and other cross-sector clients.

Developing digital solutions for teaching on-campus blended learning classes and MOOCs together with edX.org and partners at RWTH Aachen University.

Research project with Prof. Paul Kim (CTO Stanford University Graduate School of Education) regarding Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in order to identify leading players in online education, focusing on institutional objectives and the sustainability of revenue streams.