short vita

Research Fields

Digital Business Innovation
Internet Enabled Innovation
Digital Marketing / Social Media
Social Collaboration / Enterprise 2.0
Crowdsourcing / Open Innovation

Positions 

• since 2012 Founder and Research Director of the Entrepreneurship Research Lab at Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
• since 2012 Scientific director at iDeers Consulting GmbH, Berlin (Joint Venture of IEB and Hirschen Group)
• since 2011 Executive director at Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (Research Institution)
• since 1999 Founder and director of the Institute of Electronic Business e.V. (Research Institution)
• 1990 - 1996 Managing director at Lufthansa Information Technology and Software GmbH (IT Development)
• 1986 - 1990 Chief marketing officer, later managing director at ACTIS GmbH Berlin, now: ATOS Origin (IT)
• 1984 - 1986 Director for software development and dealer support at Bertelsmann AG (Software Development)

Academic Career

• since 2007 Executive director at Berlin Career College at the Central Institute for
• Continuing Education and Transfer at the University of Arts, Berlin
• since 2002 Professor at the University of Arts, Berlin
• (2002-2006 promoted by Stifterverband der Deutschen Wissenschaft)
• Lecturer at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
• 1999 - 2002 Professor for international Marketing and Telematics, TFH Wildau (University)
• 1996 - 2000 Professor for business management, FH Eberswalde (University)

Education

2001 Doktor-Ingenieur, Information and Communication Technology and Architecture at Technische Universität Berlin (Ph. D)
1991 Doktor oeconomiae, Business Informatics / Softwaremarketing at Hochschule für Ökonomie (Ph. D)
1978 - 1983 Diplom Informatiker at Technische Universität Berlin

Teaching Experience

Master: "Leadership in digital communication", Univeristy of Arts, Berlin
Leader of the research project "DigiMediaL", University of Arts, Berlin
Master: "Information and Management Technology", University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Master: Business Engineering, univerity of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Service and Membership

• Supervisory Board TELES AG, Berlin, since 2013
• Supervisory Board StoneOne AG, Berlin
• Supervisory Board RBB Media GmbH, Berlin
• Supervisory Board Bluechip Computer AG, Berlin
• Chairman of the Board jovoto GmbH, Berlin
• Member of the Jury, Digital Business Innovation Award, 2015
• Chairman of the Council of Internet Sages (scientific advisory board of the IEB), Berlin, since 2013
• Scientific Advisory Council "Industrie 4.0" (department computer sciences), acatech, since 2012
• Chairman of the Jury, Hugo Junkers Innovationspreis 2012
• Member of the Jury, eIDEE - Wettbewerb für den digitalen Handschlag since 2012
• Member of the Jury, prix ars electronica, category "Digital communities" 2012
• Member of the Jury, Google Mobile Agency Award 2012
• Advisor of the project, Gründer-Garage 2012
• Member of the Jury, Innovationspreis Berlin-Brandenburg since 2010
• Jury, BITKOM "Wettbewerb Mittelstand" E-Business 2007
• Euroforum "Expertenkreis IT" since 2006
• Jury, Computerwoche "Anwender des Jahres" 2006-2009
• Reviewer for the digital sparks contest 2006
• Chairman of the Know Tech Program Committee (BITKOM) 2005-2006
• Main juror, Online Star, awarded by the German Home Office 2004+2005
• Member of the network, "ICT-technology", acatech - Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften e.V.

Awards

International Corporate Media Award GOLD, category 5: Corporate Books, developed by IEB for Klingenburg, Peter, Nebendahl, Jens (ed.): "Webolution - (Über-)Leben inder digitalen Welt", X-Award 2010, in the context of Xinnovations, for initiating the foundation of a competence network "Semantic technologies for knowledge workers" together with BerliNews, FU berlin, HU Berlin, innokomm, DFKI, FH Potsdam, 2010 Designprice of the conference Mensch & Computer for "Magical Mirrors - an interactive mediainstallation", Berlin, 2006