Google Workspace Experts in Berlin

CFO as a Service for a coworking space & incubator (€2 million in annual revenue, 15 employees), 1–2 days per week.

• Took over the full finance function: cash flow management, budgeting, forecasting, building an integrated financial plan
• Approval processes, C-level reporting and KPI tracking
• Communication with banks and tax advisors, C-level sparring
• Tools: Moss, re:cap; functional guidance of an assistant and accounting specialist

• Oversee high-impact innovation and discovery projects for German energy providers, focusing on identifying and developing forward-looking product concepts.
• Improved user experience, increased operational efficiency, and simplified sales processes in the dynamic energy market by conceptualizing a digital platform.
• Explored new product ideas while positioning the company for growth and competitiveness in the rapidly evolving energy sector.

• Lenovo’s annual press event around IFA, with around 320 guests from the tech media and creator community
• Built and managed the show plan together with the production team
• Led rehearsals and called the one-hour live show in English from FOH
• Cues for video control, camera, stage management, teleprompter and 16 m kinetic LED wall

1000 Satellites (Coworking Space, Scale-up, 50–250 employees)

Support for a scale-up with up to 30 open positions, from defining job profiles and preparing offers through to negotiations

• International expansion & segment strategy: Built Germany footprint from zero, scaling to 1,000+ SaaS customers across four European markets, developing vertical value propositions, use cases, and segmentation models
• Planning, OKRs & single source of truth: Designed forecasting frameworks, pipeline diagnostics, territory/quota structures for a 30+ FTE commercial org, and established OKR-driven execution with shared dashboards and decision logs
• Operational excellence, automation & regulated delivery: Applied Lean Six Sigma methods and implemented automation and AI tooling across CRM and reporting, simplifying end-to-end workflows and reducing manual effort by ~25%
• Growth enablement & CX: Owned cross-functional growth experiments that increased activation by 30% and DAUs by 10% in a hybrid PLG + enterprise model
• Change management & cross-functional execution: Set KPI agreements with shared services, championed internal change programs, and drove adoption of new operating rhythms and tooling
• Risk management & portfolio steering: Established risk-aware customer prioritization and partnered with risk and finance teams on portfolio steering and resource allocation

• Building independent projects in the AI/developer tools space.
• Experimenting with product ideas, rapid prototyping, and go-to-market validation.
• Designing AI-native operating model—leveraging agentic pipelines, living context schemas, and rigorous eval harnesses to multiply individual contributor leverage and eliminate implementation bottlenecks.

• Creation of new reports, triggers, and automations in Zendesk due to price adjustments in logistics

• Interim Product Owner for two new applications as part of the introduction of a new bonus points program within the entire Rewe Group
• Coordination of cross-team planning (initiative management) and implementation
• Responsibility for product vision, roadmap, backlog and stakeholder management within an agile scaled product development team
• Successful Go Live with both applications on 2024-09-24

• Work within time-critical operating procedures; coordinate issues with customers, partners and central support.
• Maintain reliable handovers and concise incident communication when service, equipment or routing issues occur.

• Designed a Merchant SaaS ecosystem for 1000+ vendors, integrating POS, real-time inventory, and QR payments to automate 100% of order and service management workflows.
• Led a team of 12 (Engineers, UI/UX, and QA) with agile processes, sprint planning, and stakeholder alignment to deliver impactful B2B and B2C products.
• Built a privacy-first social platform with zero backend data storage, eliminating server-side data risks and costs and protecting 100% user privacy.
• Optimized logistics efficiency by 25% by designing a custom multi-route delivery algorithm, maximizing fleet utilization for B2B and B2C marketplace fulfillment.
• Reduced infrastructure costs by 90% by leading a Firebase-to-Parse migration, eliminating a ₹45K/5-day revenue drain.
• Owned & launched a self-service Ad-Tech platform with CPC/CPI bidding and automated wallet integration, establishing a scalable revenue stream for the Super App ecosystem.
• Drove a 20% increase in user acquisition by launching high-engagement social reels and a unique "Barter" marketplace, successfully unifying 6+ modules into one Super App.
• Automated 30% of manual KYC workflows by architecting digital verification API integrations, significantly accelerating onboarding for both merchants and delivery partners.

• RegionRise helps companies to grow internationally by developing expansion strategies, sales operations and organisational readiness for growth.
• Clients include:
• SedaiNow: Interim Chief Strategy Officer, developing the product and go to market strategy
• Elevated Elements Group: Organisational development and commercialisation of a chemical recycling company
• Swiss Green Fuel: Moving the HQ from China to Switzerland, re-branding & positioning, commercial and fundraising strategy
• Prodeval S.A.: Operational sales to enter the German biogas market
• ParallelWorlds.Ai: European expansion for a digital twin platform
• Nomnio: Market entry and growth strategy for a full-stack IoT solution development company
• Mosaic Venture Labs: Supporting the preparation of Taiwanese startups expanding into the USA
• Viessmann Family Office: Evaluating the DACH market for a digital twin & IoT integration solution in the real estate space

Discovery, Delivery, Research, in-depth interviews, user testing, requirements definition, stakeholder management, product strategy, mission & vision, prototyping, sprint planning, prioritization, workshop facilitation, etc.

• Led executive search projects for senior international hires in Engineering, Product, and Business.
• Supported the firm's pan-European expansion at their Amsterdam HQ as well as their newly established Madrid and Frankfurt offices.
• Conducted market research and delivered location-specific employer branding strategies.
• Advised on organizational design, culture, and transformation initiatives.

• Built Hub Europe Operations Training Concept (OTC) to meet growth and expansion projects for upcoming 5 years in Power Transformers, Distribution, Insulation and Components.
• Built up Operations Training Centre in Ludvika, Sweden to develop manufacturing skills, reduce production lead, drive manufacturing qualification processes, continuous improvement, testing requirement, HSE and production standards.
• Developed Operations Competency Framework driven by production Onboarding (12-month), shadowing & reverse shadowing, full capacity, coaching and knowledge transfer.
• Constructed Power Distribution and Traction Training Centre in Lodz, Poland with focus on DTR technical capability to meet growth plans and comply with manufacturing qualifications.
• Built the operations training team setup including training project managers and trainers within 18 factories in Europe, led the change management through implementation and readiness framework, localisation and adaptation plans, knowledge transfer programmes.
• Developed the On-Job-Training process and OJT Trainer capability through technical train-the-trainer (TTT) qualification programmes.
• Designed Hub operations training strategy and Integrated Transformer Management (ITM – Kaizen Way), Coaching and Facilitation Framework to enhance performance in key manufacturing parameters such as Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Cost (SQDIC).
• Developed a large-scale manufacturing certification and qualification processes, deployed competency maps and matrices for more 50 production areas on POKA knowledge management and LMS, implemented the quality review process to meet the qualification standards.