Andrea B.-Business Consultant

• Funding advice for companies and research institutions
• Preparing funding applications (national and EU)
• Preparing/reviewing interim/final use-of-funds reports
• Preparing/reviewing interim/final reports
• Project controlling (national and EU)
• Project management & coordination, PMO - national and EU
• Process management, process development, process implementation
• Organization, moderation, preparation/follow-up of meetings
• Reporting for internal and external stakeholders
• Conducting workshops and training sessions
• Consulting on digitalization, Industry 4.0
• Coaching entrepreneurs and employees through transformation processes, e.g. digital transformation with Digital3R®
• Coaching R&D project consortia: team-building processes, project support, interdisciplinary and intercultural communication

Worked in various management positions.

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

• Reviewing funding applications for various federal ministries

• Multi-project management & project controlling

• Network coordination

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

• Reviewing use-of-funds reports and reports

• Conducting workshops and training sessions for internal and external customers on topics such as profi Online, the legal framework for funding, and others

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

• Member of the management team, responsible for the organization and management of the 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 project management and government organizations (24 partners from 21 countries) – topic: H2 & BZ

• Overall administrative, personnel and financial responsibility as well as PMO

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

• Project controlling (e.g. deliverables, eligible costs, Audit Certificates)

• Preparing funding applications at EU level

• Developing international framework programs to support projects on fuel cells and hydrogen

• Participation in various working groups of the European Commission

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

• Personal assistant to the Executive Board for the field of energy research

• Interface between the Executive Board and the administrative and scientific departments of Forschungszentrum Jülich

• PMO, schedule coordination, controlling

• Organization, preparation/follow-up of Executive Board/Supervisory Board/etc. meetings

• Developing the basis for evaluations of FZJ by the funding bodies as part of program-oriented funding

• Committee work within and outside FZJ

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