Senior Advisor and Independent Management Consultant

As Managing Director of Eviso Germany GmbH / M7 Germany (a 100% subsidiary of Canal+ Luxembourg S.à r.l. / Vivendi), responsible for the B2B business of Canal+ Luxembourg in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Luxembourg. - Eviso Germany is the leading provider of B2B TV wholesale products for cable and IP networks in Europe. - In cable, M7 runs an independent, fully integrated digital program and service platform for about 140 network operators and has become the third-largest cable TV platform in its core German market. - As the only provider, M7 Germany delivers TV licenses via satellite, cable, OTT, and IPTV, holding the largest content portfolio in German-speaking regions.

Shareholder and part of the management team that sold M7 Group SA in 2019 to Canal+ International for EUR 1.1 billion. - Responsible for over EUR 20M in annual revenue and 25 employees. - Exceeded targets in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. Won many new clients, including Deutsche Telekom (2016) and Swiss mobile operator Salt (2017), with significant revenue and profit contributions. - Successful expansion in Austria and Switzerland and achieved market leadership. - Renewed the largest revenue contract for Canal+ Luxembourg with Tele Columbus AG for three years, then extended it on the same terms, far surpassing targets and budgets. - Multi-year renewals with over 40 partners, each worth three times annual revenue. - Initiated and launched the M7 Partner Awards for TV companies as a customer loyalty measure with annual awards in three categories. - Restructured the entire company, significantly improving efficiency and effectiveness and cutting costs through key account management, contract standardization, automation, new partnerships, new vendor contracts, process redesign, workforce reduction, and new IT systems. - Achieved successful change management by introducing a new organization, culture, methods, and agile project management. Doubled employee satisfaction within 12 months. - Launched a new brand and corporate design and completely redesigned marketing support for B2B clients in 2017. - Expanded the product portfolio with many new content and technical products that resonated well in the market, building the largest IPTV and cable license portfolio in German-speaking areas. - Changed business models by introducing products with minimum revenue commitments (2017) and reducing dependence on variable revenues. - Redefined the service portfolio and introduced a new base fee, significantly raising fixed monthly revenue above budget. - Recognized expert with many publications in trade media and presentations at international conferences and trade shows.

Eutelsat visAvision GmbH was part of the Eutelsat Group in Paris, one of the world’s leading satellite operators. - Eutelsat ran an independent, fully integrated digital program and services platform for network operators in Europe. - The platform offered turnkey TV wholesale products, enabling simple, cost-effective distribution of German and multinational TV programs, including all legal and technical arrangements. - Eutelsat visAvision GmbH was acquired by M7 Group SA in 2014, merged into M7 Deutschland GmbH in 2015, and reorganized as Eviso Germany GmbH in April 2016.

Held positions as Senior Product Manager, Director TV & Content, and Director TV & Regulatory Affairs. - Managed TV product management for Free TV, Pay TV, International TV, VOD & value-added services across German-speaking countries: 186 channels and over EUR 12M annual revenue. - Led licensing and content procurement for about 150 Free TV, Pay TV, and international channels plus VOD, and handled collecting societies in German-speaking Europe. - Headed the Regulatory & Media Policy division in Germany for Eutelsat/M7 and managed association work at ANGA, Deutsche TV-Plattform, VAUNET, and BUGLAS, coordinating activities with media authorities, collecting societies, and antitrust proceedings. - Revenue and cost responsibility for the entire satellite capacity of the cable platform on Eutelsat 9A, negotiating long-term capacity agreements with Mediaset Italia, TVN SA, BBC, Discovery, Viacom, Bloomberg, Russia Today, TV5, Bibel TV. - Negotiated and closed contracts with collecting societies VG Media, GEMA, FFA, VFF, and the Munich group. - Key account manager for the top three customers: Tele Columbus, primacom, and NetCologne. - Initiated and led many innovations and projects: 2010: first private HDTV channels in German cable; 2011: first Pay TV channels in HDTV; 2011: expanded foreign-language portfolio to the largest in German and Austrian cable/IPTV; 2012: grew IPTV portfolio to Germany’s largest; 2013: built the largest German HD satellite platform; 2013: launched Austria’s first encrypted HD-free TV cable product; 2014: designed and developed future TV on a proprietary IPTV/OTT platform, winning the Best TV Everywhere Award at IBC 2014; 2014: managed procurement for 120 channels including ARD and ZDF for the IPTV/OTT launch of “meinFernsehen.”

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Senior Consultant in Corporate Strategy with an industry focus on Technology, Media & Telecommunications. - Developed marketing strategies for mobile operators. - Designed a micro-campaign strategy and implemented it by introducing new processes and software at telecom providers. - Conducted process redesign for a German ISP. - Built controlling and reporting structures for a leading German telecom company. - Led a project office for long-term projects with over 40 consultants. - Authored numerous internal and external publications on market trends and analyses. - Subject-matter expert on machine-to-machine communication.