Freelance Business Consultant & Coach

• Grant consulting for companies and research institutions
• Preparing grant applications (national and EU)
• Preparing/checking interim/fund utilization reports
• Preparing/checking interim/final reports
• Project controlling (national and EU)
• Project management & coordination, PMO - national and EU
• Process management, process development, process implementation
• Organization, moderation, preparation and follow-up of meetings
• Reporting for internal and external stakeholders
• Conducting workshops and trainings
• Consulting on digitalization, Industry 4.0
• Coaching entrepreneurs and staff in transformation processes, e.g., digital transformation with Digital3R®
• Coaching R&D project consortia: team building processes, project support, interdisciplinary and intercultural communication

In various management roles.

• Project Management Agency Jülich (PtJ), between 2001 and 2016**

• Reviewing grant applications for various federal ministries

• Multi-project management & project controlling

• Network coordination

• Organization, moderation, preparation and follow-up of project meetings

• Reviewing fund utilization reports and project reports

• Conducting workshops and trainings for internal and external clients on topics like profi Online, legal framework of funding, etc.

• Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-2) (10/2014 – 08/2015)**

• Member of the management team, responsible for organizing and managing scientific infrastructure

• Interim management of the Biotechnology Science Center

• Coordinator & Manager of an EU network (ERA-NET) (04/2006 – 12/2008)**

• Coordination and management of a network of funding agencies and government organizations (24 partners from 21 countries) – topic H2 & fuel cells

• Overall administrative, personnel and financial responsibility including PMO

• Organization, moderation, preparation and follow-up of project meetings

• Project controlling (e.g., deliverables, eligible costs, audit certificates)

• Preparing grant applications at the EU level

• Developing international framework programs for funding projects on fuel cells and hydrogen

• Participation in various EU Commission working groups

• Board of Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) (10/2003 – 04/2006)**

• Personal assistant to the board in the field of energy research

• Liaison between the board, administrative and scientific units of Forschungszentrum Jülich

• PMO, scheduling, controlling

• Organization, preparation and follow-up of board, supervisory board, etc. meetings

• Developing the basis for FZJ reviews by funding agencies under program-oriented funding

• Committee work inside and outside FZJ

• Development of a new CT-based method for coal seam exploration
• Project manager in the field of engineering geophysical exploration