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