Since 2010

• Management Consultant; Interim Manager; Project Manager
• ‘Safe pair of hand’s for companies
• Consultant; Public Relations for the German Bundestag
• Trainer
• Coaching on culturally sensitive aspects in dealing with international clients and working in an international company environment

2004 – 2010

• Manager Global Expansion; NAVTEQ
• Acquisition/licensing of spatial/geodata from governmental, military and private providers worldwide
• Presentations to authorities, government agencies and potential business partners
• Risk analysis and planning of international projects with international teams

1998 – 2004

• Country Manager; Navigation Technologies NavTech
• German Operations; presentations to press, media and customers
• Development of nine subsidiaries with 130 employees

1984 – 1998

• Area Manager; European Geographic Technologies
• Development of field operations in Essen and Frankfurt;
• Licensing of geo data from state authorities

1983 – 1998

• Interpreter and translator for companies, government agencies and organizations (amnesty international, IOC, etc.)
• Authorized translator at the District of the Higher Regional Court in Hamm
• English Trainer
• Organizational support for foreign companies in Germany

1979 – 1983

• Studies of English and French, University of Leipzig
• Graduate interpreter and translator