Fancy a new team member?
DIARY OF A MORE THAN 25-YEAR JOURNEY INTO THE WORLD OF OF MARKETING
about me
I am a German citizen who was born on March 29, 1973 in Katowice, Poland, and I am the proud father of a now grown-up child.
During my professional career, I had the pleasure of spending some time in the USA and Canada. I have been living in Switzerland with a B permit since 2018 and am looking for a new challenge. As I speak fluent English in addition to my native German, I can also imagine working in English-speaking countries. Preferably in North America, Great Britain and the Scandinavian countries.
In addition to skiing and squash, I enjoy programming, design and digital trend research. I like to iron (no joke), I love good food and I am dying to ride my motorcycle.
I hope you enjoy browsing through my dossier and look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Michael
Career profile
Expert in marketing and digital sales with more than 25 years of management experience in global multinational companies and start-ups.
- Global leadership experience in marketing and sales
- Experienced in outsourcing, managing offshore teams and external agencies
- P&L responsibility, strongly results-oriented and commercially focused
- Sound knowledge of sales and marketing technologies
- Interest in challenging targets, measurable demand generation and sales results
- Expert in product and customer lifecycle management
- Design thinking oriented with a focus on user experience
- Successful in increasing brand awareness and conversion rates
- Strategic and data-driven problem solver with strong analytical skills
- Expert in trend forecasting through scientific research and surveys
„Michael recognizes the small, important details that lead to long-term success.“
Olga Rakhmanova
Marketing, Project Manager at MT, PL
“As an external agency, Michael made us part of the team. Nowhere I felt more included."
Paul Hatcher
Founder/CXO at Hello You, UK
"My go-to marketing guy. We built some absolutly great things together!“
Stephen Donaldson
Head of Development at IWG, UK
What others say about me
„Michael recognizes the small, important details that lead to long-term success.“
Olga Rakhmanova
Marketing, Project Manager at MT, PL
“As an external agency, Michael made us part of the team. Nowhere I felt more included."
Paul Hatcher
Founder/CXO at Hello You, UK
"My go-to marketing guy. We built some absolutly great things together!“
Stephen Donaldson
Head of Development at IWG, UK
Professional career
Health-related time out
with full recovery | 08.2023 - 07.2024
Time out with the family
06.2010 - 03.2011
Education
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Marketing Bootcamp (MTC)
Zürich, Switzerland | 2013-2014
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Frontline Management Training (MTG)
Greifensee, Switzerland | 2012
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Graduate School of Business Administration (MBA)
GSBA, Zürich, Switzerland | 2005 - 2008
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Frost & Sullivan Management School
London, UK | 1999 - 2001
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Vocational college for business management
Waldshut-Tiengen, Germany | 1995
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Technical college
Waldshut-Tiengen, Germany | 1992 - 1995
Interests
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Private project
CryptoHyve, Zürich, Switzerland | 05.2021 - 12.2022
CryptoHyve was primarily a project to acquire knowledge about the rapidly growing blockchain technology. The aim was to understand the technology and make it usable.
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Business Angel & Consultant
Various companies, Switzerland and Germany | 2018 - 2021
Through private investment and coaching of several start-up CEOs / CMOs in the software / SaaS sector on marketing topics, the profitable exit was the main feature here. The focus was on digital marketing, sales and customer loyalty.
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Head of the scientific marketing team
Forrester Research, USA | 2009 - 2021
The aim of this voluntary work was to be at the cutting edge of market research in the areas of digital trends, UI/UX and to gain access to the latest insights from the technology market. Leading a team of experts resulted in scientific reports. To provide participants with a fair process, the Forrester Wave Report™ follows a publicly available methodology.
Ideal environment
- An environment in which maintaining dynamism is of central importance and is rewarded.
- Situations characterized by fast-paced activities.
- The ability to solve problems by breaking them down into parts and achieving results.
- Competitiveness and a winning attitude are seen as the ideal state.
- Management that involves risk-taking is valued and rewarded.
- Having self-motivation and foresight to challenge the status quo.
- Performance appraisal is based on results achieved and efficiency.
- Have economic, competitive and challenging incentives.
- Appreciation for a research-based approach to problem solving.
- Ability to be an independent thinker.
Value to the organization
- Is innovative
- Contributes as a good facilitator
- Loves professional challenges
- Is persistent
- Aware of deadlines
- Can react quickly
- Gets activities going