Phil Laufenberg Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

I lead and manage the governance, integration and adoption of AI initiatives across the University, its 44,000 students, 3,000 staff and network of partners to establish Macquarie University as a frontrunner in AI research, education, and application within the education sector.

Melbourne, Au

Creator of Australia's most comprehensive Generative AI course on how to best use AI in your day-to-day work and personal life.- Cohort-based social learning experience- NPS 72- Practical training with 10+ hands-on exercisesLLMs: ChatGPT, Perplexity,GeminiTools: Canva AI Studio, Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, Runway, Elevenlabs, HeyGen, Notion AI, FirefliesBots and Agents: GPTs, Custom Knowledge Bots, Dante AI, Autonomous Agents (AI+Zapier, Gmail etc)

We are using generative AI to create university-grade training courses that help our clients scale their customer base.Key achievements:2 months from Idea to MVP launch300% Net Revenue Retention50% productivity increase with AI process augmentation for sales and service deliveryMakerversity is starting in the blockchain vertical before expanding to AI and other fast-moving technology industries. We work with L1, L2 and DApp ecosystems to accelerate ecosystem adoption while decreasing developer acquisition costs. Our high-quality, practical learning experiences and professional certifications educate the developers, engineers, and builders: the Makers of the future.-----We are booked out and do not accept new customers at this time.

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Providing expert product management advice, coaching and training from Scale-up to Enterprise. Key areas:- Organisational Product Maturity Assessment- Business and Product Vision, Strategy and Roadmaps- Rapid Innovation Opportunity Assessments- Professional Product Coaching- Team topologies- Expert training

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

• Mobile and Web: Developing and implementing the product portfolio strategy for our experiential learning product suite• Agile and Lean: Implementing and managing a lean, agile development practice reducing the go-to-market lead time substantially for web and mobile apps• AI and deep learning: Pioneering machine learning experiments and artificial intelligence in the education technology sector• Empathy and Analytics: Engaging with internal and external stakeholders to capture current market trends and and enhance data driven decision making• Ui and UX: Leading a consistent user experience and design practice throughout all intersective products • Team and Talent: Recruiting and leading the product management and development team• Effective and Innovative: Optimizing our technology stack to foster collaboration and efficiency throughout the organization

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Leading an international software development team of up to 14 engineers, designers and testersEstablishing strategic roadmaps with executive and founder team.Establishing a repeatable product management process for product innovation and life cycle management.User experience, solution design and journey mapping to represent all platform and service customers.Responsible for software delivery of all Practera features and maintenance projectsIntroduced SCRUM for agile development and managing the change processProject management of internal innovation projects as well as bespoke enterprise client development initiatives.

• Creating "Practera Play" think tank focusing on: "How can gamification and serious games foster global collaboration and create sustainable social impact?"• Acting as subject matter expert for gamification and cognitive heuristics and biases• Leading two professional teams through a remote, virtual collaboration process from problem definition, empathy mapping, design thinking, rapid prototyping and business plan development • Team achievements: People's Choice Award winner and runner-up finalist

Munich, De

• Moderating the F1 GameZone with an audience of more than 20,000 visitors• Commenting simulator races, conducting interviews with drivers of GP2 and GP3 • Hosting competitions with prizes worth $10,000+• Establishing the BMW PitStop Challenge as entertainment highlight throughout Europe, giving visitors the chance to conduct a pitstop on an original BMW M3 DTM model. • Hosting interviews and autograph sessions with national and international champions in English and German on TV and on stage in front of 1,000+ people.

www.kunstgruesse.de• Acquired by biggest German competitor in 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------• Co-founded with McKinsey manager• Import of custom made hand-crafted items• Established online shop and international distribution network

Cologne, De

• Responsible for organization of tutorial sessions for the lecture "Operations Management"• Consistent student experience by recruiting and training tutors for over 400 students each semester• Responsible for data integration with client systems • Developing interfaces to automate data import for real-time optimization planning• Implementing version control strategy to enable collaboration and minimize risk of code loss

Crows Nest, Nsw, Au

• Develop mission statement and company strategy with founder teeam• CRM process automization to increase conversion rate by 100% (CapsuleCRM)• Establishing internship process• Account management and support• Community management of co-working space• Development and roll-out of marketing campaigns increasing leads

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

• Representing supply chain department in biggest international new product introduction (25 countries, collaboration of 8 departments)• Responsible for setup and quality assurance of new production line with novel supplier in china• Managing and renegotiating internal country manager demands for production backlog• Responsible for analysis of harmonization and standardization for products across Europe• Developing a mathematical model to minimize transportation costs in Europe

Alsdorf, Nrw, De

• Germany's first and only (to date 2016) dual IT apprentice• Software modernization (UI/UX and graphic design) for core product suite• Development of high growth product "JUMP" (JAVA, DB2, MySQL, Eclipse)• Quality assurance of production code• Technical customer service and troubleshooting

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Cems Master'S In International Management

Master Of Science - Ms, Supply Chain Management

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Cems Master In Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Strategy & International Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), General Management