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born 1975

beginning of '90s

start of the vision to do international business as a private agent:

loyal, selfmanaged, fast & creative

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1992

start as 17 year old with special permission

advertising for regional companies
computer trading & training

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1994

still in school but starting up India business
member of german government delegation

chief representative of Indian printing company

creation of Indo-German business gateway

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1996

consulting companies and institutions

multimedia and internet concepts and project management

intelligent business systems for better process and product flows

communication concepts

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1996

try to startup US market

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1997

hired by Dr. Klaus Morwind, leader of Henkel detergents, for Chinabusiness on a freelance "007" basis

Product Management


1998

setting up southern Chinese market for Henkel

"our 007 for China"
Dr. Klaus Morwind
Henkel

sales and marketing in Southern China
trial of new business concept:

small, selfcontrolled taskforces, real-time monitoring systems

 

2000

consulting small and midsized companies in marketing, sales and e-commerce

consulting Henkel Germany in e-commerce

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2001

China for Dr. Morwind, Henkel

first cooperation with Alain Bauwens, future agent of change and business leader of Henkel

South attack: market breakup
analysis of possible China strategies

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2002

setting up Chinese company

consutling Chinese company and others

consulting Henkel Germany in process optimization in R&D (for Alain Bauwens, now SBU leader)

managing cooperation with suppliers and creating framework for networking
(for Dr. Müller-Kirschbaum, leader of R&D)

sourcing production and product development opportunities in China (result: 10 days for sourcing, 120 days from first drawing to 72 parts prototype)

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2003

working for Henkel leadership in finding business opportunities (mainly connected with the Chinese market)

project management and product development in China

representing and consulting the Ningbo Free Trade Zone China (second largest Chinese Free Trade Zone)

2004

Side by side with chinese entrepreneurs who are setup to conquer the world!

 2005

Running projects in FMCG at higher sophistication than ever
 
increasing market reach in China, adding manpower and getting into contacts with investment specialists keen getting first hand information before signing deals on the Chinese mainland.
 2006

getting a contract for market management of Greater China for a 100 year old German Group leading in communications technology!
 
That made me personally very proud - and exited as we are entering the single biggest market I knew so far (very few players, very high sophistication, very high contracts).
 
2007
 
train business on track, in a 250 bln USD market, presumably the biggest revolution in transports since the linking of America.

As China does, so do I: adjust business to high tech, mainly in solitary technologies

 
 
 

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