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Program Building & Startups in New Markets · International & Cross-Cultural Team Leadership
Cross-Functional Project Portfolio · R&D and Commcercialization · Higher Education

International, innovative business leader who transforms abstract ideas into strategic operational plans through sustaining time- and cost-effective business development. Harmonizes disparate ideas and priorities among stakeholders. Empowers and grows team members and creates a motivating and rewarding workplace culture.

Experience:

• Strategic and Corporate Design and Leadership for several succesful startup companies and university programs.
• Cross-functional, Multi-Cultural Team Leadership spanning international working groups and project teams.
• Grant & Technical Writing of peer-reviewed publications, internal technical reports, and patent applications.
• International Experience through collaborative leadership and project management of multi-national project portfolios; representation of German government in European consultations.
• Regulatory Framework development with State authorities.
• Investor Relations through effective due diligence and business plan communication and by leading successful funding negotiations; technical-economic assessor for private and government agencies and startups.
• Communication of 60 international conference presentations, press relations for the German government, public company presentation, journalism tenure, and investor relations.
• Higher Education & Training of undergraduate and graduate students as university professor and of fresh college graduates in industrial lab and commercial processes as commercial biotech lab director.

Languages: English, German, French, HTML, Java

Education: MBA in International Business and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Biological Sciences.

Experienced, innovative leader who fosters engaged work teams and successful strategic end-to-end operations.