Christoph H.-Digital transformation expert with intense startup & VC knowledge
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Experience
Advisory Board Member, Journalism Innovators Program
Hamburg Media School
- Supporting the JIP fellows in developing new business models for the future of journalism.
Expert Partner
Etribes
- Freelance expert for corporate innovation, startup collaboration, new work, digital transformation.
Advisory Board Member
Cutnut
- Management advisor to the founder team.
Managing Partner
NMA Venture Capital GmbH
- Startup-driven innovation, venture clienting, accelerator business, M&A advisory, innovation consulting, interim services.
- Running the next media accelerator from 2015 until 2022 with a total of 78 early stage startup investments in Europe and Israel.
- Member of STADIEM consortium (EU Horizon 2020) from 2020 until 2023.
- Delivering consulting services with a focus on venture clienting since 2023.
Associate Partner
PULSAR Consulting Group GmbH
- Expert for digital transformation and media customers.
Lecturer
BiTS Hochschule - Business and Information Technology School
- Lecturer for media innovation management.
Partner, Founder
4wrd consulting
- Consulting services for digital change programs.
- Strong network with digital agencies, creative agencies and research partners to deliver end-to-end services for complex change projects.
- Freelance consulting and interim management.
Partner
SCHICKLER
- Partner with focus on TV, film and online industries.
- Project focus change management, operational excellence, process optimization.
- Post merger integration of business unit TIME from Lischke Consulting (7 FTE) into Schickler consulting group in January 2015.
Managing Partner
LISCHKE CONSULTING
- Partner for TIME industries with focus on TV, media and telco customers.
- Project focus operational excellence.
Key Account Manager, AOL Europe
Telefónica Germany
- Key account manager for AOL Europe.
- Sales and customer management.
- Product range xDSL, VoIP, IPTV.
Managing Consultant
Diebold & Detecon Consulting
- Project lead and key account manager for Kabel Deutschland / T-Com.
Industry experience
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Experienced in Professional Services, Media and Entertainment, Telecommunication, Banking and Finance, Information Technology, and Education.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Strategy, Information Technology, Finance, Product Development, Sales, and Operations.
Summary
Digital transformation expert since 1999, Managing Partner at NMA.vc since 2017.
NMA offers startup-driven innovation services for corporates, agencies and consulting houses.
Our current focus is connecting B2B tech startups with corporates and agencies through venture clienting services. Besides that we offer M&A advisory for corporates and startups, funds advisory as well as interim and innovation consulting projects.
We ran the next media accelerator from 2015 until 2022 and invested in 78 early-stage startups from Europe and Israel. Besides 4 exits we still work with a portfolio of approximately 20 teams.
Additionally, we were part of two EU-funded projects for the pan-European media ecosystem (Media Futures and STADIEM) from 2020 until 2023 where we worked with more than 150 European startups.
Since Q4/2023 we are part of the Masumi project by Plan.Net Studios to develop the first European platform and infrastructure for Agentic AI.
And now we are building our own Agentic AI solutions for the startup industry.
Before joining NMA in 2017, I gained 15+ years of experience in management consulting with 5 years as a managing partner focused on the media and communications industry. Additionally, I spent 2 years as a key account manager in the online services industry.
Skills
- Digital Innovation
- Executive Management
- Team Leadership
Languages
Education
University of Hamburg
Diploma · Business Mathematics · Hamburg, Germany
Bielefeld University
Intermediate diploma · Business Mathematics · Bielefeld, Germany
Statistics
Experience
Global experience
Expertise
Profile
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Christoph is based in Hamburg, Germany.
Christoph speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).
Christoph has at least 27 years of experience. During this time, Christoph has worked in at least 10 different roles and for 11 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 5 months. Note that Christoph may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Christoph would be well-suited for roles such as: Advisory Board Member, Journalism Innovators Program, Expert Partner, Advisory Board Member.
Christoph's most recent position is Advisory Board Member, Journalism Innovators Program at Hamburg Media School.
In recent years, Christoph has worked for Hamburg Media School, Etribes, NMA Venture Capital GmbH, PULSAR Consulting Group GmbH, and 4wrd consulting.
Christoph is most experienced in industries like Professional Services, Media and Entertainment, and Telecommunication. Christoph also has some experience in Banking and Finance, Information Technology, and Education.
Christoph is most experienced in business areas like Strategy, Information Technology, and Finance. Christoph also has some experience in Product Development, Sales, and Operations.
Christoph has recently worked in industries like Professional Services, Banking and Finance, and Media and Entertainment.
Christoph has recently worked in business areas like Strategy, Information Technology, and Finance.
Christoph attended University of Hamburg for Business Mathematics.
The availability of Christoph needs to be confirmed.
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