Michael H.

Site Acquisition Specialist - Radio Mast Construction

Rösrath, Germany

Experience

Oct 2020 - Oct 2022
2 years 1 month
Oldenburg, Germany

Project Lead (operational)

EWE – NETZ, Property Management

  • Responsible for the entire process chain of land acquisition (cell tower construction) as a contribution to the energy transition.
  • Ensuring the legally required expansion of about 40 cell towers across Lower Saxony to guarantee communication during network outages.
  • Verifying and acquiring land after coordinates were set by the 450 Connect federal head office.
  • Clarifying approval procedures and nature conservation issues.
  • Stakeholder management and negotiation with landowners and municipalities to finalize purchase or lease agreements for 30 years.
  • Construction realization of the 450 MHz frequency masts.
  • All approx. 40 sites were successfully acquired. Environmental protection and regulatory hurdles were cleared.
  • The lease and purchase agreements with landlords and municipalities were successfully negotiated and signed within the guidelines. This secured an important contribution to ensuring energy supply in EWE-NETZ's area of responsibility.
Apr 2020 - Present
5 years 6 months
Frankfurt, Germany

Second Emergency Board Member

Helma and Konrad Heinrich Pohl Foundation

  • Appointed as second emergency board member by the Frankfurt Regional Court, public prosecutor's office and the supervisory authority in Frankfurt am Main.
  • The previous board members were removed for embezzlement in the millions. Most assets were misappropriated. The task was damage control and claims for damages, as well as legal action in criminal and civil court.
  • One of the two board members had already died. The remaining board member was sued in civil court. Ultimately, a settlement of about €150k was agreed and, after legal costs, returned to the foundation's assets. The foundation is now being dissolved.
Nov 2019 - Mar 2020
5 months
Steinhaus, Austria

Consulting and Project Management (operational)

Kremsmüller Industrial Plant Construction

  • Implemented the closure of three subsidiaries in Liechtenstein and Germany.
  • The initial situation was a fallout with the former managing director over irregularities. A quick operational implementation of decisions and damage control by the headquarters in Austria was required, demanding high stress resistance and resilience as the extended arm of senior management (holding).
  • Immediate takeover of key authority.
  • Creating facts in cooperation with several law firms.
  • Securing evidence and clearing out all properties and production halls.
  • Terminating contracts, etc.
  • Assisting in the search for a buyer for the property.
  • Successful completion after just 2 months.
Feb 2018 - Jun 2019
1 year 5 months
Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany

Sales Coaching & Sales Optimization

Samsung Electronics

  • Sales and distribution training for sales teams, e.g., for Samsung/Intracon GmbH in areas like electronic EH, shops, flagship stores at Saturn, Media Markt, Telekom, Vodafone, Debitel-Mobilcom, Expert, Euronics.
  • Result: Improved customer approach and knowledge transfer of the Samsung product line's USPs such as smartphones, wearables, tablets, and optimization of KPIs.
Jan 2018 - Present
7 years 9 months
Hanover, Germany

Consulting / Founder Eligibility Assessments

Erfolgspfad GmbH

  • Consulting on optimization processes in various startups in the areas of project management, sales, marketing and strategy.
  • Evaluating startup founders for personal prerequisites and skills.
  • Assessing business concepts for sustainability.
  • Potential consulting: Supporting founders in securing financing.
  • Ongoing engagement for individual projects during open time windows.
Oct 2017 - Present
8 years
Duisburg, Germany

Employee Development & Personal Training

TÜV Nord Bildung GmbH / TÜV Nord Transfer GmbH

  • Employee development at TÜV Nord Duisburg Education.
  • Potential counseling: training during the transition phase at TÜV Nord Transfer Bochum GmbH. Required special skills in dealing with people (empathy) returning to the job market after a long company tenure.
  • Individual preparation, employee assessment, interviews, coaching, group training, role plays, simulations.
  • Result: successful placement of partly highly qualified employees into the job markets of Duisburg, Dortmund, and Hamm.
Mar 2016 - Present
9 years 7 months
Konstanz, Germany

Court-Appointed Liquidator

E-Senza Technologies GmbH

  • Conducted investigations and liquidation to file a lawsuit against the former managing director (convicted of delaying insolvency).
  • Reviewed all business transactions from recent years by the former managing director convicted of embezzlement and delaying insolvency.
  • Led negotiations with former managers and employees.
  • Reported to shareholders, creditors, and courts (stakeholders).
  • Managed tax issues, correspondence, and negotiations with development banks for claims over 3 million euros.
  • Handled correspondence, meetings, and negotiations with international business partners regarding abusive patent use.
  • Commissioned and secured company assets.
  • Terminated pending contracts.
  • Negotiated and signed new contracts and sourced litigation financing in exchange for equity.
  • Engaged law firms to pursue legal action against involved parties (patent infringement, invalidity of transfers of business assets).
  • Result: successful preparation of a settlement with entities in Liechtenstein and the USA.
Dec 2015 - Apr 2016
5 months
Neuss, Germany

Court-Appointed Liquidator

Porenbeton Vertriebs GmbH

  • Proper liquidation of a company stalled by a shareholder dispute.
  • Reviewed and released frozen assets from an insolvency proceeding several years earlier.
  • Mediated among all parties involved in the process, some of whom had been in conflict for years.
  • Handled correspondence and phone calls, on-site meetings, and negotiations with appraisers, insolvency administrators, banks, shareholders, law firms, and courts.
  • Result: cleared legacy liabilities and obligations, orderly dissolution and deletion of the company. Distributed the held assets of €250,000 to the heirs.
Feb 2011 - Jun 2014
3 years 5 months
Oldenburg, Germany

Interim Managing Director

Suhr Brunnenbau GmbH

  • Appointed by the executor of the will after the sudden death of the sole managing director (for individual days as needed).
  • The company, with 16 employees, was traditionally active in well drilling, and operations had been idle for six months.
  • After familiarization and review of the complex corporate structure, recommended to the court to immediately appoint a strong insolvency administrator, who confirmed the insolvency status and took over the liquidation of remaining assets.
  • Released from liability in 2014 upon deletion of the company.
May 2008 - Dec 2015
7 years 8 months
Germany

Head of Project Management / Business Development Manager / Project Manager / Regional Manager (Interim)

FSP, Fahrzeugsicherheitsprüfung Leitung und Service GmbH, TÜV-Rheinland Group

  • Worked for a vehicle safety inspection organization with around 600 employees (revenue: €55 million).
  • Covered a vacancy in regional management for three federal states.
  • Focused on partner development in Hesse, Saarland, and Rhineland-Palatinate, and later provided nationwide interim support.

As Head of Project Management (05/2015 - 12/2015):

  • Restructured a classic car inspection station in Klassikstadt Frankfurt-Fechenheim, focusing on marketing strategy and operational implementation.
  • Led a project team to reposition the station in the market, initiating and executing B2B and B2C acquisition campaigns.
  • Prepared SWOT analyses, developed and presented marketing concepts.
  • Coordinated requirement documents and aligned all stakeholders.
  • Conducted project controlling (budget, resource allocation, milestones), and managed progress reports and specifications.
  • Oversaw the new staffing of the inspection station, coaching and team building for inspection engineers and vehicle experts.
  • Selected inspection engineers with special testing skills for exclusive vehicles.
  • Led the revision, relaunch, and commissioning of all graphic services for the station redesign.
  • Developed, led, and commissioned outdoor advertising campaigns.
  • Led and moderated project meetings and organized classic car events.
  • Result: excellent facility acceptance and a 500% increase in B2B and B2C revenue in the inspection business.

As Business Development Manager / Sales & Marketing (01/2013 - 04/2015):

  • Acquired new franchise partners for Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Saarland.
  • Developed new sales strategies to retain customers of new branch networks.
  • Built a sales information system (sales funnel) and prepared sales forecasts.
  • Conducted site identification and analysis, reporting to sales and regional management.
  • Performed SWOT and KPI performance analyses and held staff reviews.
  • Designed and conducted special sales workshops for new vehicle inspection engineers.
  • Provided coaching and on-the-job training sessions.
  • Managed nationwide training of sales coordinators.
  • Organized two vehicle expert meetings per year.
  • Result: 40% increase in regional revenue and acquisition of 25 inspection engineers and vehicle experts.

As Project Manager 'Training and Sales' (01/2010 - 12/2012):

  • Implemented restructuring measures at franchise partners' inspection stations.
  • Provided sales coaching to experts and inspection engineers at vehicle inspection stations nationwide.
  • Developed, introduced, and implemented sales concepts.
  • Conducted site analysis, market monitoring, and market analysis.
  • Coordinated annual sales and revenue planning as well as existing customer management.
  • Handled sales controlling for Hesse, Saarland, and Rhineland-Palatinate.
  • Supported inspection station operators with advertising and marketing.
  • Result: established a powerful and market-ready service unit.

As Interim Manager and Acting Regional Manager (2008 - 2009):

  • Covered a vacancy for three federal states following the promotion of the previous employee.
Jun 2007 - Dec 2007
7 months
Cologne, Germany

Interim Manager for Potential Consulting

Gusto Products & Services GmbH

  • Measures to improve processes as part of a potential consulting project funded by KfW Bank.
  • Improved company communication.
  • Increased employee motivation.
  • Achieved success in potential assessment.
Dec 2006 - Apr 2007
5 months
Bremen, Germany

Interim Managing Director and Liquidator

Algo Vision 4 C GmbH

  • Tasks and responsibility for contract termination.
  • Prevented large damages claims from ongoing contracts by closing them early.
Dec 2006 - Apr 2007
5 months
Engelskirchen, Germany

Interim Managing Director and Insolvency Support

Platten König Verlegung GmbH

  • Developed the restructuring plan and supported the insolvency phase.
  • Served as trustee for the insolvency administration after the insolvency filing.
  • The healthy part of the business was continued.
  • Outdated structures with legacy liabilities (compensation claim by NRW of €500k) were eliminated through insolvency (30 employees, €2.8 million revenue).
May 2003 - Present
22 years 5 months
Germany

Subsequent Liquidator and Emergency Managing Director

Amtsgerichte, Bundesweit

  • Numerous double-digit appointments by local courts in Cologne, Wuppertal, Krefeld, Oldenburg, Düsseldorf, Bielefeld, Stendal, Potsdam, Hamm, Hagen, etc.
Oct 2001 - Dec 2002
1 year 3 months
Bonn, Germany

Interim Manager

Pilot Consulting & MAG Unternehmensberatung

  • Core competencies in sales, marketing, and controlling.
  • Over 50 consulting assignments for SMEs until Pilot consulting firm was dissolved.
  • Then until 2003, worked only for MAG and on own mandates through the Cologne Chamber of Commerce.
Jan 2001 - Sep 2001
9 months
Springe, Germany

Sales Director Germany

Paulmann Licht GmbH

  • As overall Sales Director for Germany responsible for 55 field sales staff across 11 independent sales branches for residential lighting with 650 employees (revenue: €100 million).
  • Leading the field sales organization.
  • Revenue responsibility for Germany.
  • Sales controlling and marketing.
  • Sales and distribution optimization.
  • Interface to trade representatives.
  • Management and support of commercial agencies.
Jan 1998 - Jan 2001
3 years 1 month
Remagen, Germany

Sales Manager D/A/CH/NL/B (Central Europe, Outdoor Lighting Division)

Gnosjö Konstsmide GmbH

  • Role at the European market leader for Christmas and mood lighting (total Germany sales: €50 million).
  • Responsible for 13 sales staff.
  • Leadership, sales controlling, coaching and development tasks.
  • Key account responsibilities.
  • On-the-job training of field salespeople and internal sales staff.
  • Negotiation and agreement of regional activities with assigned key accounts.
  • Developing and adjusting strategy for premium outdoor lighting to market in the DIY sector with Europe-wide DIY groups and subsidiaries such as Mobau, Obi, Bauhaus, Praktiker, as well as lighting retailers.
  • Development of packaging (sizes, images, fonts).
  • Adapting to retailer requirements regarding EU regulations and marketing, adjusting to shelf sizes.
  • Listing negotiations with the purchasing headquarters of the largest DIY chains in Europe, negotiating terms, listing fees, category management.
  • Product marketing development in project teams with the Swedish headquarters.
  • Participation in a project team for the introduction of new items in the product range.

Summary

  • Experienced guide for change management processes in sales, marketing, sales controlling, training and coaching. Training on the job.
  • Able to start conversations and moderate viewpoints as a mediator.
  • Conceptual thinker and hands-on implementer.
  • Communicates directly, clearly, reliably, openly, honestly, cooperatively and with empathy.
  • Extensive restructuring and problem-solving skills proven in the IHK and courts.
  • Authentic personality with empathy, with decades of experience working with people whether as employees, customers, managers, owners or shareholders.
  • Practical and theoretical tools and skills are well balanced.
  • Focus on the essentials and goals, delivering results without frills or fuss.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

IHK

Certified Marketing Specialist (IHK) · Marketing

Certifications & licenses

Certified Controlling Specialist (Entriss Tax School, IHK)

Certified Marketing Specialist (IHK)

Scrum Master (TÜV Süd Certificate)

Certified Trainer (Train-the-Trainer, INeKo Institute at the University of Cologne)

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