Consultant, Advisor and Partner

As a consultant at Janvry Studio, I bring more than a decade of experience from various industries to help clients solve their toughest challenges with AI and XR technologies. My focus is on introducing proven product management methods and frameworks to improve collaboration with clients and achieve the best outcomes. In addition, I work on the studio’s overall strategy, operations, marketing and business development.

Janvry Studio is a purpose-driven company specializing in innovative AI, virtual, augmented and mixed reality solutions. With expertise in XR and game technology, the studio effectively addresses customer- and industry-specific challenges by using game engines like Unity and Unreal Engine to solve the various problems identified together with clients. This is achieved by developing custom immersive IT solutions that meet the unique needs of each industry and client. With a focus on innovation, we constantly challenge the industry’s status quo, push the boundaries of immersive experiences and always keep an eye out for the next iterations and opportunities to stay at the forefront of XR.

COMING SOON 2024

The Visioneers Hub is the largest personal multimedia network in Germany for all entrepreneurs, founders and investors.

From founders for founders (and investors).

IT and management consulting with a focus on corporate strategy, digitalization and software development.

• Startup & venture building for productized businesses/services
• AI enterprise implementation and process consulting
• Product management
• Product ownership
• Scrum Master
• Project management
• Scrum and agile coaching
• Development of digital business models
• Co-founder:
• resocial
• ProdVids
• The Visioneers Hub (go live Q4 2024)

Formerly the world's largest online startup accelerator.

• Providing comprehensive consulting services for emerging XR (Extended Reality) software and hardware startups in Europe, Asia and the United States.
• Optimizing company and product strategies from founding through critical growth stages.
• Offering content and strategic advice for executive business decisions and technology choices to drive transformative change and gain competitive advantages in the XR industry.

Example project: Inseye hardware and strategy consulting

• Due diligence and analysis comparing to Tobii products.
• Advice on pitch decks and company strategy for investment pitches and competitions.
• Consulting on metaverse, XR, use cases / applications, and data collection topics.
• Advising on compliance with EU regulations and directives like GDPR or data protection law, and adapting strategy and solutions for EU market entry.

An IT service provider with over 300 experts in Europe and Asia, specializing in end-to-end IT transformations, including consulting, business model development, MVP creation, as well as UX/UI design and software development.

• Built and led the product department focused on product management and Scrum roles and activities.
• Trained and developed product managers, Scrum Masters and product owners (both internal and external).
• Led more than 18 projects with up to 20 cross-functional team members each.
• Served as Product Manager & Product Owner for one unicorn (Emma Mattress) and two other early-stage startups.
• Advised the Head of Delivery & Chief of Sales on client and project evaluations.
• Products/industries: Automotive, AI, AR, gaming, social media, e-commerce, SaaS, blockchain.

Key project details (examples):

• Quest by NFQ for professional career development and training with a bonus system:
• Led the product from idea to launch and internal rollout as project lead with main roles as Product Manager and Product Owner.
• Provided additional support and advice on further development and design as a white-label SaaS licensed to external companies.
• Other tasks in requirements management, Scrum Master, stakeholder management, workshops, roadmapping, UI/UX design and more, with a focus on gamification and user friendliness.
• Ninja Van adaptation and development to enter more markets in SEA (08/2021 – 05/2022):
• Consulting, project support and success assurance as Head of Product.
• Other tasks in requirements management, stakeholder management, workshops, roadmapping, risk and escalation management and more.
• Focus on product management, agile and Scrum consulting / Scrum Master coaching.
• Emma Whizzz as a platform for knowledge management and social networking:
• Led the product from idea to launch and onboarding of the first 1000+ users as project lead with main roles as Product Manager, Scrum Master and Product Owner.
• Other tasks in requirements management, stakeholder management, workshops, roadmapping, UI/UX design and more, focusing on social engineering/design, gamification, user friendliness and data-driven decision making.
• Playaclip platform for creating games based on social media content:
• Led the product from idea to launch and onboarding of the first 1000+ users as project lead with main roles as Product Manager, Scrum Master and Product Owner.
• Provided additional support and advice on further development and design as a white-label SaaS licensed to external marketing firms.
• Other tasks in requirements management, stakeholder management, workshops, roadmapping, UI/UX design, AR design/development and more, focusing on social engineering/design, gamification, user friendliness and data-driven decision making.

As a freelancer for Success Software Services:

• Fluidity health app (11/2020 – 03/2021): Design and implementation of a web and mobile application for a US healthcare provider to connect doctors with patients. Led the product from idea to release as project manager with main roles as Product Manager, Scrum Master and Product Owner. Other tasks included requirement management, stakeholder management, workshopping, roadmapping, UI/UX design and more with focus on gamification, end-user friendliness and data-driven decision making.
• Concept design and prototyping of a VR solution for the Vietnamese real estate market.
• Led two teams of up to 8 people each.
• Internal Scrum & Agile coaching.

A former German beverage and grocery delivery service that was taken over by Flaschenpost GmbH and still operates under that name today.

• Product Manager for internal business tools and warehouse applications.
• Product Manager & Product Owner for the iOS & Android B2C apps and e-commerce marketplaces.
• Set up automation workflows, cross-functional development teams, systems & environments.
• Transformed the organization to Agile and Scrum as Scrum Master and Agile coach.
• Prepared the company merger and transformation to "Flaschenpost GmbH".

Web development and IT consulting for custom IT solutions and business consulting with a strong focus on end users and modern technologies.

Project management, product development and consulting for various BMW applications:

• Complete relaunch and redesign of the BMW platform application "BMW ConnectedDrive Services Cockpit" across 42 countries worldwide.
• Creation of a BMW vehicle configurator for the AMEA market.
• Development of a digital solution as part of additional hardware for international theft protection at BMW dealers, including GPS tracking in the AMEA market.
• Requirement management.
• Stakeholder management.
• Risk and escalation management for the German market and 1st level support on the BMW CDC platform in-house at Acrontum.
• Product Manager, Scrum Master and Product Owner for all the above web and mobile (responsive) applications.

Other responsibilities:

• Focus on mobile & web development.
• Set up the internal "Testing" (QA/QC) department.
• Internal and external advisor for business strategy, restructuring and product development/management.
• Clients: BMW, Red Bull Media House (Rawmotion), Gamblercrowd.

One of the largest providers of cost and value analyses and an established partner for OEMs in Europe, as well as their suppliers, with a focus on automotive.

Cost optimization and estimation in hardware and software development:

• Built and led the "Development Cost Analysis" department in partnership with the Boston Consulting Group for Tata Motors and the VW AG/Group, including VW, ŠKODA, Audi and Lamborghini.
• Developed digital solutions, systems and methods to calculate and optimize costs across the product development lifecycle (HW & SW).
• Performed reverse engineering of products, components and systems to benchmark competitors and prepare documentation for analyses and evaluations.
• Consultant for cost analysis, corporate strategy/development, hardware and software development, development cost evaluation and development process optimization.
• Clients: BMW AG, VW AG/Group, Tata Motors, Boston Consulting Group.

An international media company covering the entire value chain in sports.

• Assisted the Product Owner with a system migration to a new application.
• Analyzed and documented requirements and bugs.
• Analyzed, developed and planned programs and commercials using the new application for the Sport1 network.
• Reported and provided analyses to the department head.

One of the 100 largest automotive suppliers worldwide with over 50 locations.

• Process optimization in the production of roof components.
• Quality assurance of products in manufacturing.
• Statistical evaluation, series analysis, and reporting.
• Clients: BMW, VW, Mercedes, Audi, Bentley.