Unusual career
Prestigious studies and stage diving, suit and surfboard, speaker and doer.
I have been combining opposites forces for as long as I can remember: I financed my studies in architecture as a punk musician with a record deal at Universal Music. Alongside university-career and glossy drawings, I toured the country in a rusty band bus. The highlight was the performance on New Year’s Eve in front of 100,000 people at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, live on National TV.
Australia calling
When the construction industry was in recession after graduating from university, I packed my small suitcase and flew to Australia – without a fixed plan and without a job. There it was again, the punk attitude, “just do it” – breaking down boundaries. My first job as an architect was on the Australian Sunshine Coast.
This was the start of an eight-year journey around the world through a wide variety of jobs and adventures. After a stopover in Sydney, I moved to London to work for star architect Norman Foster. At a time when many people were still dismissing it as a niche topic, I was getting to grips with digital progress as an early adopter of 3D printing and 4D design.
Near-death experience
After I met my Chilean wife in London, we moved to Santiago de Chile, I founded a studio for digital visualization alongside a permanent job and just survived the second strongest earthquake in the country’s history.
I returned to Germany in 2012, full of fresh impulses and unusual experiences. Today, I support the BMW Group in its transformation from a mechanical engineering group to a tech company. At the same time, I worked as a “freelance radical” as a keynote speaker and business mentor.
The common thread ?
The rejection of status-quo fondness and comfort zone tristesse. Instead: constant game-shifting and opportunity thinking. It is my pleasure to pass on this attitude and my insider expertise to others. This makes me one of the most sought-after transformation experts, for example as a speaker at top conferences or as an author for leading media such as WirtschaftsWoche.
my professional world tour 2004 - 2012
Satisfied customers from DAX to SMEs
Testimonials & Press
“practical and enriching”
Handelsblatt
“broadens the horizon of thought”
Frankfurter Allgemeine
“The transformation expert!”
Business Week
“practical and enriching”
Handelsblatt
“broadens the horizon of thought”
Frankfurter Allgemeine
“The transformation expert!”
Business week
