Vision.

• Contributing to transform the European society into an ethical market economy by enabling businesses to scale based on a vision for the greater good. 
• Empowering leaders to drive sustainable transformation by building businesses based on values.

Mission.

• Building next generation businesses with purpose and impact: Customer obsessed, Ecosystem fueled, Value driven. 
• I believe in hyper-diverse teams of different backgrounds, workstyles, and ages.

Summary.

• The Freelancer is a General Manager specialized in B2B Commerce, Technology, and Ecosystem Plays.
• The Freelancer has been working for 20+ years in High Tech and Consulting. Being an entrepreneur at heart, he founded 4 companies serving as CxO, helped mid-size organizations to develop new services, consulted large enterprises in strategy, technology, and operations, and ran large technology teams and B2B commerce operations. His focus is on accelerating growth by building global services, ecosystem plays, and ?as-a-service? business models. During his career, he served in multiple international roles in leadership, program management, and business operations for Fortune 500 companies. His focus is on growth strategies, business origination, and strategic selling. He founded and led a global practice of 900+ cross functional experts in Medical Technology industry, ran business transformation projects, and built digital commerce teams in commercial and public sector. Most recently, he leads the Northern Europe Sales Organization of Confidential.
• The Freelancer believes that business success is based on ethical values. He is co-founder of a non-profit think tank that leads the transformation of our society into an alterocentric market economy. Working with deep tech companies, he connects unicorns with cooperations to sell, partner, and learn from each other.
• The Freelancer has influenced the career of hundreds of professionals and grew some of the most versatile business leaders. As executive sponsor for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and initiator of ESG initiatives, he drives organizations towards sustainability, sovereignty, and societal value. As thought leader, author, and speaker he is known for Corporate Strategy, B2B Commerce, and Business Ethics. He has published several books in German and English. The Freelancer holds a diploma in Business Information Systems and worked in the USA, Singapore, Japan, and various EU countries. The Freelancer collects contemporary art, is passionate about nature, and enjoys cooking with family and friends

Experience and Specialization

• Running profitable operations: 3 years General Manager with $400+ millions P&L responsibility and 130+ FTEs in direct reporting lines. Proven results of double-digit growth over 3 consecutive years.
• Leading a successful turn-around in declining markets: 2 years Sales Leadership across North Europe with 330+ FTEs in direct reporting lines. Focus on Strategy, People Engagement, Processes and Organization, and Execution.
• Develop new business: 8 years Origination, Deal Shaping, and Solution Selling to the largest companies in Europe. Includes mergers & acquisitions, strategic investments, and dis-investment.
• B2G: 2 years Public Sector experience in Germany market development, product management, and sales.
• Consulting: 12 years of experience up to director level (United States, Europe, Asia) with experience in strategy, tech, outsourcing in industries High Tech, Industrials, Healthcare, Finance.
• Companies and People: 20 years company building, business development, and people leadership. Complex Matrix- and Re-Organization experience. Helped to build careers of more than 240 people through functional skills and leadership development, promotions, and external development. Ability to release resources up to director level, outsource whole teams up to 35 people, and close down business operations in alignment with DE/EU regulations and under approval of worker?s councils.

Functional Expertise

• General Management with P&L responsibility across Europe
  • Corporate Strategy
  • Growth and Profitability
  • Customer Obsession
• Sales Leadership
• Consulting
  • Strategy
  • Technology
  • Outsourcing
• Advisory and Board Memberships
  • Innovation
  • Hyper-Diversity
  • Alterocentric Business Ethics
• Business Building, Market Making, Ecosystems: Connecting Unicorns with Corporates

Personal Characteristics: Ability to Deliver from Business Strategy to Operational Excellence

• Entrepreneurship: strategic thinking, business build-up beyond playbooks, transforming operations.
• Leadership: outcome-focused, integrative, visionary. Ability to inspire, connect, and grow diverse teams.
• Operations: customer obsession and data driven; building and scaling world class digital operations.

Leadership Characteristics

• The Freelancer is a value-based senior leader with the ability to build new business from scratch, shape and articulate a clear vision, and drive international teams of all backgrounds, ages, and personalities towards a common goal. His personal characteristics are curiosity to learn, willingness to drive outcomes, and stamina to overcome obstacles. 
• I believe in big visions: I was fired from a classical German high school (Latin, Greek, History) because I did not see the value in those disciplines. Later I have made my way throughout 3 levels of public schools up to university. I have a strong desire to understand the bigger picture and a natural curiosity to learn and a strong intuition. 
• I believe everybody can achieve anything: During my consulting career, I have been taught by some of the most inspirational business leaders in EU, US, and Asia. I have been given tough assignments in new fields of work every month and I enjoyed the challenge. As a leader of leaders today, I acknowledge and value different attitudes towards work. Over the last years, I have developed hundreds of leaders and experts in consulting, technology, and sales based on identifying individual strengths and nurturing the inner drive of people to grow, make an impact, and contribute. I give leaders more responsibility than they think they can take: Holding people by the hand, teaching them experimentation, agility, and fast feedback to make them stronger.
• I believe in connecting the dots between disciplines: Being an entrepreneur at heart, my leadership style is based on ownership, continuous improvement, and business outcomes. I aim to making an impact beyond individuals or a single firm. I work evidence-based and value loyalty, strength of character, and authenticity.

What Others Say

• Results and Impact: Ability to deliver beyond playbooks, scaling operations, and unconventional partnerships.
• Recognized Thought Leader for B2B Commerce and author for Entrepreneurship
• Expert in building diverse teams and coaching high potentials. Strong track record of developing people and teams