Bio

Senior business executive with solid track record in growing domestic and international companies in tough economic environments with limited financial resources. Driven by passion, enjoy being part of a collaborate innovative team, love building the next big thing. • Adviser/mentor & individual investor to selected start-ups • Founder/Evangelist Transatlantic AI eXchange • Proven competency in building companies in cross-cultural environments by developing and executing innovative market entry strategies to generate significant results and visibility. • Profound expertise in corporate strategy development, business development, marketing, OEM account and channel development and ISV relationships. • Sector expertise in mobile telecommunication, wearable devices/IoT (connected home & automotive), education, IP based video-conferencing, IP real time collaboration, 3D graphics. • Tackling the Challenges of Big Data (MOOC); MIT Professional Education/edX • Venture Capital 101 (MOOC); Kaufman Fellows Academy/NovoEd • Lean Enterprise - Corporate Innovation; Udemy Singularity University (December 2015) - Executive Program for corporate executives and entrepreneurs to predict and evaluate how abundance, emerging/exponential technologies will disrupt and transform their industries, companies, careers and lives. Graduate School of Stanford Business Executive Programs - Leading Change and Organizational Renewal - 2014 - Executive Program for Growing Companies - 1998 - Finance and Accounting for the Nonfinancial Executive - 1999 • Board Member/Chief Strategy Office http://seedsofempowerment.org (non profit to enable education through mobile technologies/Stanford University) • GSVLabs advisor to start-ups • Board Member Telekom Council Silicon Valley; http://www.telecomcouncil.com • Member of Autotech Council Silicon Valley • Member of Founding Board GABA – German American Business Association www.gaba-network.org