Expertise
- Business strategy development, business modeling
- Industrie 4.0 & Digitalization
- Operations Strategy & Innovation
- Organizational development & Top-Executive Coaching
- Operative Excellence, Performance Improvement & cost cutting
- Competence Management & Employee development programs
- Industrial expertise: Automotive/Manufacturing (OEM, supplier), MedTech business, Consumer goods, Energy, Transport/ Logistics sector (Aviation, railways, logistic service providers)
Education
- Diplom-Kaufmann, University of Cologne
- Master of Business Administration (J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management/ WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
Professional experience & Honors
- Managing Partner/Swiss CEO and Global Head of “Operations Management“ of the oldest management consultancy in the world before founding his own top management consultancy in 2013
- Research inhabitations at leading universities, continuous studies on new, innovative management
- Holds several patents on consulting solutions
- Owns a large international network of hand-picked leading experts as well as renowned research institutions and industry associations
- Author of numerous books and essay publications
seleCTED STUDIES, Publications & videos
- Market-oriented Value Chains and Value Networks
- Advanced Value Break Down in Service Purchasing
- Think Tank – Procurement Minds – Networked Procurement
- Risk Strategies for Volatile Buying Markets
- Growth strategies of the future for Swiss companies
- Industrie 4.0 und Value add networks of the future
- Strategic coordination of global manufacturing networks
- Collaborative Innovation Network Management
- Effective Sub-Supplier Management
- Excellence in Global Operations (“X-GO”)
- Smart Innovation through Mastering Complexity