Gartner Expert

Prior to joining Gartner, he spent eight years as the head of innovation research for a global retail company, where he was responsible for innovation strategies and implementations in the areas of customer experience, business operations improvement and building new business models. Together with his award-winning team N3XT, he realised 30 to 50 projects per year, changing culture and business model of the corporation.

During this time, he was appointed vice-chairman of the supervisory board of an academic institute dedicated to applied science research in AI and machine learning. He was also a member of the supervisory board and mentor of a centre for digital entrepreneurship.

Previously, he was responsible for developing and implementing the group's strategies for unstructured, structured and user-generated content, driving new business models in owned, earned and paid media across traditional, new and social media.

He qualified for this during his previous job at one of the largest German publishing houses in the special interest title sector. There he developed technology brands and magazines, managed the flagship brand as editor-in-chief including digital products and two test labs for hardware and software and was part of the strategy committee.

Media Markt Saturn Retail Group (Ceconomy), Head of Innovation Research, 12 years

TRP TV Productions, Journalist, 4 years

Weka Media Publishing, Editor in chief (PC Magazin) and Counselor Strategic Development, 12 years