Key Activities

·         Since 2001 Group Director of Marketing, a rapidly expanding corporate group with twelve subsidiaries and over 80 employees in the payment and gambling sectors

·         Following graduation, various management positions held between 1996 and 2001: Board Member of telemall AG; Executive Manager of mails+media GmbH, as well as Managing Partner of mails+more GbR. Founder and executive manager of several businesses.

·        Positions held as lecturer at universities; as well as in the commercial sector e.g. in the Internet business environment, Internet commerce, and the development of online business models

Management Experience

·         Production of market analyses; Evaluation of market needs and opportunities

·         Development of medium and long-term concepts and strategies for products and companies

·         Production of business development strategies

·         Marketing and sales planning

·         Operational implementation of the strategies and integration into daily business

·         Staff selection, team formation, orientation and training

·         Management and performance evaluation of staff teams in accordance with middle and long-term strategies

·         Specification of duties, project management and monitoring, outsourcing of subprojects

·         Reorganization and restructuring, crisis management, finance and liquidation planning

·         Preparation and implementation of business restructures within a changed capital market: restructuring of organizational and operational procedures, finance management, HR measures, judicial and extrajudicial settlements with creditors, creation of an insolvency plan

·         Implementation of capital related measures; due diligence consultancy for venture capital companies; founding of limited liability companies and public companies; organization of partner meetings and board meetings

·         Creation of business concepts and business plans for partners and investors

Project Management (since 2001)

·         Product development for a Lotto Syndicate and Lottery

·         Promotion of entertainment business to raise profitability for the sport betting channel 

·         Product management of the multimodal sports betting project and the bookmaker and affiliated marketing

·         Development of White Label solutions for affiliated marketing

·         Product manager of the Affiliate System for the billing and clearing of products for the Internet

·         Franchising and marketing concept for the sports betting shop

·         Product management of an eWallet including a debit card solution

·         Integration and development of a business unit for eCommerce software

·         Establishment of profit centers, distribution and partner networks for custom eCommerce projects

·         Development of a new business unit "Content Payment" (for Video, Data, Software, Information, etc) and its management as an independent profit centre

·         Development, conception and implementation of a Member Management System for users of the internet who want to sell Internet content

·         Development of Internet credit check facilities for the procurement of card acceptance contracts for the invoicing of tangible goods and Internet content using credit card and direct debit

Publications
 

·         Market report for online gambling 2005

·         As a branch expert on the subject of online entertainment, gambling and payment processing: presentations at trade fairs and congresses; lectures and professional articles in the international media

·        Consultant and advisor for print and online media, as well as for institutions (e.g. n-tv, iGaming Business, Adult Webmaster News, Pago Report 2005 etc.)

Networks
 

·         Excellent contacts in German and European online businesses which specialize in entertainment, gambling and payment processing

·         Continuous presence at internationally relevant trade fairs, congresses and in specialist media; extensive lecturing activities

·        Viable relationships with internationally relevant media; regularly publications and citations

·        Viable relationships with relevant organizations; freelance work as an advisor and author of market studies and other published articles

Software Knowledge

·         MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Explorer), MS Project, Adobe, etc.

·         Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP

·         Diverse business management applications: Sage KHK, SPIRIT, ACT, etc.

Languages

·         English, Basic knowledge of Spanish and French

 Professional Experience

 ·         Since August 2001: Group Director Marketing

o        Adviser to the management committee; responsible for the marketing, business development, product and project management strategies for online payment processing and gambling

o        Additional responsibilities: Internet marketing (Traffic), eCommerce software, payment processing (Internet content and tangible goods) and services and support (address verification and check fraud)

o        Development of a unit for international payment procedures (European Direct Debit)

o        Management of PR for members groups 

o        Marketing and PR for offline and online media, branding, business profiles, trade fair presentations, procurement of partners

o       Business & Product development in the online payment, entertainment and betting sector.

·         October 2000 to August 2001: Board Member of telemall AG

o        Design, development and marketing of standard software for the establishment and operational management of virtual shopping malls and market places in the Internet

o        As a member of the management committee, sole responsibility for the marketing and sales, business development, product and project management units, in a fast growing eCommerce software company with approx. 40 employees

o        Creation of a business plan; raising of capital on the international stock market; due diligence testing with potential venture capital companies

o        Implementation of a business plan in consultation with investors for the re-orientation of an innovative eCommerce company with the potential for Trade Sale/IPO

o        Creation of an eCommerce and Community concept for regional und thematic online services

o        Implementation and project management of Key Account Projects e.g. Dresdner Bank, sNetLine (schleswig-holstein.de, hamburg.de, berlin.de)

o        Business representative to clients, banks and investors

o        Management of the business units, including finances and controlling

o        Organization and restructuring of procedures and responsibilities

o        Planning, conception and design of new eCommerce products and business strategies

·         January 1999 to October 2000: Executive Manager of mails+media GmbH

o        Management of a media agency with over 20 employees, which specializes in online media. Business goal: Creation of Internet presentations; Internet training; and Internet consulting for communities, eCommerce and ePayment. Establishment of the online community Frankfurt Online and the advisory office for the Frankfurt Online Internet shop

o        Management of the business units including budget calculations, accounting and bookkeeping

o        Development of Internet concepts for clients e.g. Henkell Trocken, Eintracht Frankfurt, AT&T Deutschland and Thomas Cook Incentive Travels; Management; graphical and technical implementation

o        Creation of technical and graphical Internet concepts and online strategies for companies and markets

o        Creation and project management of Key Account Projects

o        Collaboration with classic advertising agencies to implement Internet marketing strategies

o        Coordination of the graphics, web design and programming departments for custom Internet projects

o        Business representative to clients and partners

o        Cooperation with the advertising agency TBWA and the Association of Communications Agencies e.V (GWA).
 

·         July 1996 to January 1999: Managing Partner of mails+more GbR

o        Management of the Internet system house for technical services pertaining to the Internet. Programming of custom Internet solutions, eCommerce projects, Web hosting, Web services, Email services, implementation of Internet presentations, Intranet connections and live Internet transmission for clients e.g. O.tel.O Neu-Isenburg, Arcor, Hartnack Schule Offenbach, Logo AG, IIR-Germany, Joffi Tours & Fly, Projecta

o        Establishment, operation and marketing of the online community Frankfurt-Online.de

o        Sales of Internet services and Key Account management

o        Project management of Internet projects, conceptual design, budget and tender planning; coordination of the workflows of programmers, web designers and graphic designers

o        Management of the finance unit and controlling

Lecturing Activities

·         Since 2001: Consultancies at Trade Fairs and Congresses

·         1995 – 1997: Lecturer at Logo AG

o        Prepared and conducted Internet training and programming courses for HTML with up to 20 participants

·         1994 - 1996: Collegiate Tutor at the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University

o        Prepared and conducted tutorials to 15 to 60 students on the topic of Information Management Systems

o        Established and supervised a PC Pool with over 100 workstations

o        Conducted Internet training and HTML courses for students

o        Created an Internet presentation for the faculty of Business Studies and for the faculty of Information Technology

Previous Professional Experience

·         1987 - 1996: Manager W.W. & Party Crew GbR

·         1991 - 1996: Manager J. Leinert Domestic Consumer Goods

Education

·         1991 – 1996: Graduate in Business Administration, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-University

o        Studied Business Management at Frankfurt University and graduated with a Diploma in Business Management

o        Thesis: “Problems of and Opportunities in online Multimedia Trade"

o        Majors: Trade, Marketing and Information Management
 

·         1989 – 1991: Civil Service, Friedrichsdorf Clinic