Werdegang

Positions (Academia and Industry)

2025 -                                             Honorary Professor University of Auckland, Business School

2025 -                                             Guest Professor Leupana University, Lueneburg

1998 - 2025                                    Managing Director and Full Professor (tenure), Institute for Technology- and Innovation

                                                        Management (TIM), Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Hamburg (Germany),

                                                        www.tuhh.de/ tim, www.global-innovation.net

2013 -                                             Managing Director, Center for Frugal Innovation at TUHH/TIM (www.frugal-innovation.net)

2009-2019                                      Guest Professor (permanent) Tohoku University (Management of Science and Technology

                                                        Department), Sendai/Japan (www.most.tohoku.ac.jp)

2000-2015                                      Founding Partner of the European Institute of Technology and Innovation Management (EITIM)

1996-1998                                      Vice President, Wärtsilä NSD AG, Winterthur (Switzerland)

1993-1996                                      Senior Manager, Arthur D. Little AG, Zurich (Switzerland)

1991-1993                                      Manager (since 1992) and Consultant, Arthur D. Little International, Inc. (Wiesbaden/Germany)

1991                                               Visiting Scholar, MIT Sloan School of Management (Cambridge/USA)

1987-1990                                      Research Assistant, Swiss Federal Institute for Technology (ETH), Zurich (Switzerland)

Education

1998                                               Advanced Senior Management Program (AMP), Templeton College, Oxford (UK);

1987-1991                                      PH.D., University of Zurich (Switzerland)

1984-1987                                      Licentiate in Business Administration, University of Zurich (Switzerland)

1981-1984                                      Business Administration and Economics, University of Cologne (Germany);

1979-1981                                      Trainee, Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG, Cologne (Germany) and London (UK);

1971-1979                                      “Abitur” (School Leaving Certificate), Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium, Cologne (Germany)

Professional Memberships

-             Arbeitskreis Innovationsmanagement des Deutschen Hochschullehrerverbands für Betriebswirtschaftslehre (e.V.)

-             Arbeitskreis Forschungs- und Entwicklungsmanagement der Schmalenbachgesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaftslehre (e.V.)

-             Academy of Management (AOM)

-             Templeton Alumni Society

-             NIT Träger- und Förderverein („Northern Institute of Technology Management“)

-             Deutsch-Japanische Gesellschaft e.V.

-             Japanese Association for Promoting Science (JSPS-Fellow)

-             JSPS-Bridge Fellow

-             Fellow World Demographic Association

-             Fellow East-West-Centre (Honolulu/Hawaii)

Editorial Positions

-             IEEE TEM-Journal

-             CERN Idea Square Journal of Experimental Innovation (CIJ)

-             Journal of Frugal Innovation (JFI)

-             Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (area editor Europe)

-             International Journal of Product Development Management (IJPDM)

-             International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management (IJEIM)

-             International Journal of Human Resources Development (IJHRD)

-             International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning (IJTIP)

-             Herausgeberbeirat der Zeitschrift “Wissenschaftsmanagement”

-             Schriftenreihe Forschungs-, Entwicklungs-/Innovationsmanagement (mit H.-D. Bürgel, D. Grosse, H. Koller  und M. Möhrle),                    DUV-Verlag (Gabler)

Industry Positions

-             Member of the Scientific Board of C2C association (Hamburg)

-             Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Nextra Consulting (Hamburg)

• Senior Advisor, Lischke Consulting (Hamburg)
• Senior Advisor, Deichmann Corporate Finance (Cologne)

Charity/service organizations

-             Steps for Children (Hamburg, www.stepsforchildren.de), Ambassador

• Rotary International (Distrikt 1890)
• Order of St. John (Johanniter-Orden)