February 2025 - Present
Unblu
Service Line Manager DACH
- Own the strategic development and positioning of the services portfolio
- Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team (Project Managers, Solution Architects, Integration Engineers)
- Drive operational excellence across enterprise SaaS implementations for financial institutions
- Ensure delivery quality, governance, and risk management across complex customer projects
- Manage service economics including utilization, capacity planning, and margin performance
- Collaborate with Sales and Account Teams to align service strategy with account growth objectives
November 2023 - January 2025
Unblu
RVP Sales Europe
- Develop and execute sales strategies
- Lead, mentor, and manage a European sales team
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams
- Analyze market trends and competitive landscape
- Oversee customer engagement
August 2020 - October 2023
Unblu
Director of Pre-Sales
- Leading the pre-sales team and building up a global function
- Architecture Design and Solution Consulting
- Functional and technical expert
- Developing business cases
- Managing Proof and Concepts and Pilot Projects
- Interface to Professional Services and Product Management
- Support for customer post implementation
July 2010 - July 2020
SAS Institute
Senior Business Solutions Manager
- Business Advisor for Financial Institutions (Focus on Risk Management and Regulatory Requirements)
- Managing large and complex opportunities and sales cycles (from initial conversation to negotiation and closing)
- Program Lead for BCBS 239
- Alliance Management for strategic Partnerships
- Speaker on SAS hosted Events and Blogger on SAS Corporate Blog
November 2002 - June 2010
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Senior Associate
- Management of Audit for Regulatory Requirements
- Implementation of an IT Solution to meet Basel II compliance (RWA Calculation and Regulatory Reporting)
- IRB Approval Process
- Business Specifications and Technical Conception for Basel II
- Gap Analysis and Impact Studies on Basel II
October 1999 - September 2002
Aareal Bank and Berufsakademie Leipzig
Corporate Student and Study of Business Administration