Andrea Ballouk-Management Consultant

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

Held various management roles.

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

• Reviewing grant applications for various federal ministries

• Multi-project management & project controlling

• Coordination of networks

• Organization, facilitation, and follow-up of project meetings

• Reviewing utilization reports and accounts

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

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

• Member of the management team, responsible for organization and management of 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 and government organizations (24 partners from 21 countries) – focus on H2 & fuel cells

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

• Organization, facilitation, and follow-up of project meetings

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

• Preparation of grant applications at EU level

• Development of international framework programs to fund projects on fuel cells and hydrogen

• Participation in various EU Commission working groups

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

• Personal assistant to the board member for 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

• Preparation of the basis for FZJ reviews by funding agencies under the programme-oriented funding scheme

• Committee work inside and outside FZJ

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