Oct 2001 – Apr 2015          Chief Executive Officer /Chief Finance Officer

Biobase GmbH, Wolfenbüttel, Germany, Company Strategy, Sales & Marketing, Business Development, Human Resources, Investor Relations, Controlling, Accounting, Treasury, Procurement, IT, Law, Company Turnaround, Strategic Reframing, Turnover Growth, Financing Rounds, Mergers & Acquisitions, Founding & Leading of Indian and American Organizations; Management Buy Out, Increase of Shareholder Value within Two Years, and Sale of the Company to a Strategic Investor Qiagen. 

May – Sept. 2001          Consultant                  

Consultant in Stuttgart, Germany, Strategy & Business Development  for Life Science, Software & Start- Up Companies, Market Analysis.

July 1999 – Apr. 2001           Chief Finance Officer  

id pharma GmbH, Jena, Germany, Controlling, Accounting, Treasury, Procurement, IT, Law, Company Strategy, Preparation for Entry to Stock Exchange, Introduction of US-GAAP, Successful Closure of Financing Rounds with Venture-Capital Firms, Introduction of Employee Stock Ownership Program, and the Integration of Company Software.

Jan 1998 – June 1999          Finance Director Germany, Czech & Slovak Rep.    

Mister Minit Service GmbH, Oberursel, Deutschland, Controlling, IT, Accounting, Law, Franchising. Strategic Alignment Enabling Company to Become a Modern Service Enterprise. Introduction of Finances and Franchise System.

June 1989 – Dec 1997          Controller, Finance Manager                                    

Procter & Gamble GmbH, Schwalbach, Germany, 6 Different Functions with High Leadership Responsibilities in Germany and Europe. Controlling, CashFlow-Management and Accounting; Heavily Involved in 5 Company Take- Overs.

Instructor

October 1987 - March 1989
Technical University Berlin, Germany: Taught Accountancy to first & second semester students.

1978 – 1986
Highschool teacher and gave lectures on Mathematics & Physics to university students on private basis.

Financial Analyst

1988 Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt / M, Germany: Technical Analysis, Asset Allocation, 6 Weeks.

Sales Representative

1988
Hutzler Makler, Berlin, Germany: Stock Exchange for Private Customers, 4 Weeks.

Summer Internship

1984 -86 Thyssen Bausysteme GmbH, Dinslaken, Germany: Marketing, Buying Activities 6 Wochen.

Thyssen Stahl AG, Duisburg, Germany: 4 Technical Internships within 20 Weeks.

Chairman of the Board, 4FriendsOnly Internet AG; Ilmenau 2001-2008

Active member in the BIO Germany- Association of Biotech Companies in Germany. Member of the Finance Committee, BIO D; Berlin, since 2005

Capital Markets Team: Founder & leader of a student group (20 members), which successfully analyzed major stock and currency markets. The commerce department of the Technical University Berlin supported the team financially.

Activity group of Industrial Engineers: Organizing conferences, conducting information meetings and fairs; project leader.

Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA, Master of Science-Management Concentration: Human Resources, Controlling, August 1986 - September 1987, GPA of 3,9 (Top 5%).

Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Industrial Engineering Diploma (Engineering & Business Administration), Concentration: Production & Automation Engineering, Investment Analysis & Finance, October 1983 - July 1986 und October 1987 - May 1989, Note 1,4 (Top 3 %).

Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium in Dinslaken, Deutschland, Abitur (Highschool Diploma), Concentration: Mathematics, Physics, Latin, History, July 1969 - June 1982, Grade 1,7 (Top 5%).

February 1986 - May 1989: Stiftung der Deutschen Wissenschaft

February 1986 - May 1989: Richard-Winter Foundation

April 1986 - March 1989: Fritz-Honsel Foundation

April 1986 - March 1988: Rheinstahl Foundation

April 1986 - March 1988: Hoechst AG Foundation

August 1986 - May 1987: DAAD (German Academic Exchange Services)

Languages: German native, fluent Englisch, intermediate French (6 years in Highschool), basic knowledge in Russian and Italian.

Computer: SAP-R 2, MS-Office, Lotus-Notes, Microsoft Outlook, Navision.

Sport: Fitness, Power Walking, Swimming

Hobbies: Capital Markets, Architecture, Traveling