Innovation has been my passion for more than 10 years. In this time I have had the chance to inspire leaders and laymen in various ways. Since 2013 I have done that full time for the German seat manufacturer RECARO. Working in various positions of the hidden champion, I am responsible for innovation at RECARO Child Safety and lead a team of industrial designers, design thinkers and advanced engineers to build future solutions for safety and well being of children and their parents.
After work I support startups in testing their potentially groundbreaking ideas and business models with real human beings. I am happy to share my thoughts on innovation, design thinking and business development methods and the method´s flaws in bootcamps, workshops and on stage.
03/2018 - Digital Transformation 2018 – Talk: Hackathon, Lean Startup, Googlesprint: Startup Buzz or Way Forward
12/2017 - Startup Weekend Stuttgart – Winner Best Pitch with "Rock my sleep - lullabies for music lovers"
11/2017 - Digital Transformation 2017 – Talk: How Corporates and Startup can benefit in coorporations
03/2016 - Business Modell Workshop for science startup Instent Paris
01/2016 - Strengthening innovativeness at RECARO – Publication in "Innovation Compass" by Innoboard
10/2015 - Hello Tomorrow Challenge – Startup Mentoring for Instent (Winner healthcare category)
08/2015 - Digit Berlin – RECARO Trendmanagement - Corporate Foresight im Mittelstand
03/2015 - Stuttgart Startup Weekend – Mentoring
02/2015 - DTIM Berlin – Talk: Lean ways to trend-management
06/2014 - Deutschlandpolos.de – Self-immersion: Setup a Tim Ferris 4 hour workweek business
04/2014 - Google Next Programm Stuttgart – Talk: Develop your value proposition with MVPs
01/2014 - Lean Startup Meetup – Talk: How Lean Startup convinced me to crash my startup
08/2013 - Lean Barcamp Stuttgart – Talk: How paper prototyping saves you 1000 hours
08/2013 - Business Hackathon – Workshop: Let´s hack my bookmarkie´s business model
07/2013 - Munich Lean Startup Weekend – Talk: Validate your business with Landingpages
12/2012 - UX Pizza – Talk: Stop polishing start validating
12/2012 - Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE) Munich – Talk: Lean prototyping
10/2012 - Munich Accelerator – Mentoring
09/2012 - University Basel – Talk: The meaning of the image in the innovation process
08/2012 - Hyperwerk Basel – Workshop: Design thinking bootcamp
12/2011 - Hyperwerk Basel – Workshop: Understanding your customers
11/2011 - Betriebsgründungsseminar Basel – Talk: Understanding your customers
