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Head ("Founding Director") of the Master'sstudy programDigital Business [Info videos: short, long]
Member of the MajorTeam Digital Business
Member of the Competence Center for Economics and Management Science (WuMS)
(Deputy) Member of the departementCouncil
Areas of expertise:
- Digital business models and processes
- Digitization and digital transformation
- Digital Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital
CV
Education:
- 1994-1999: Studied electrical engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel (CAU)
- 1999-2001: Scholarship in the DAAD program "Language and Practice in Japan"
- 2001-2005: Doctoral studies at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
- 2001: Sales representative for electronic commerce software
- 2001-2004: Research Assistant at the Chair of Electronic Business at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (Prof. Dr. Detlef Schoder)
- 2004-2009: Management Consultant
- 2009-2017: Venture Capital Investor (“VC”)
- Since 2018: Professor at the departement of Economics at THM
Courses
Current:
- Business Informatics and Digital Business (B.Sc., together with Prof. Leyh)
- Digital Business Models and Digital Transformation (B.Sc.)
- Digital Business Models (M.Sc., only in the summer semester)
- Project module E-commerce and digital marketing (M.Sc., together with Prof. Kiesel and Mr. Schäfer, only in the summer semester)
- Digital Transformation and Change Management (M.Sc., together with Prof. Freidank, only in the winter semester)
- Master Thesis Seminar (M.Sc.)
- Digital Business (MBA, together with Prof. Sames, only in the summer semester)
- Project Management (B.Sc., until summer semester 2023)
- Current topics in Business Informatics and Digital Business (B.Sc., until Summer Semester 2020)
Theses
A current list of open or available topics for (Bachelor's/Master's) theses, as well as some basic information regarding supervision, can be found here.
Consultation hours (phone, Zoom):
Monday to Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Further appointments and consultations on site are available upon request or can be booked directly online here.
Visitor address:
Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen,
departement of Business | THM Business School,
Eichgärtenallee 6 - Building C50 / Room 1.19,
35390 Gießen
study program coordinator Digital Business (M.Sc.), Digital and International Marketing (M.Sc.)
Opening hours of the Dean's Office and Master's Secretariat:
Monday to Wednesday from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm - Other appointments by arrangement!
Thursday - Appointments by arrangement!
Friday - closed
During exam and lecture-free times: Appointments by appointment only!
Visitor address:
Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen,
departement of Business | THM Business School,
Eichgärtenallee 6 - Building C50 | Room 1.03,
35394 Gießen
Postal address:
Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen,
departement Business | THM Business School,
Wiesenstraße 14,
35390 Gießen
By appointment if you prefer
1997: Diploma in Business Administration (BA) from the Mannheim University of Cooperative Education with majors in Human Resources Management and Marketing
2006: Diploma in Psychology from Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Major in Work and Organizational Psychology
2006 - 2020: Employed personnel development specialist for executives, leadership trainer and coach, and freelance lecturer at various universities
2008 - 2022: various training and further education courses, including training as a systemic coach at the Hamburg Institute for Systemic Solutions and at the Wiesloch Institute
By appointment
⬥ Research Associate for the VLUID project
⬥ Lecturer for Business Intelligence
⬥ PhD student
Passionate about data and excellent Business Intelligence solutions.
Enthusiastic Analyst, lecturer and STEMinist.
Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
I am an Analyst with 7+ years of industry experience in Data & Analytics, Business Intelligence and Project Management. I am currently working on my PhD in the field of Information Systems and focusing my research on smart cities at the University of Cologne while working at the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (THM) in Gießen as a Research Associate. I also hold lectures on Business Intelligence for the master's courses Digital Business and Corporate Management at the THM.
Smart Cities & Technology Acceptance
I am currently working on the smart city project VLUID in the city of Wetzlar, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport. VLUID focuses on revolutionizing traffic management with a data-driven approach and intelligent solutions. My research as a part of this project focuses on the contribution and influence of citizen science approaches on technology acceptance and adoption in the context of smart cities. Find my research history below or on ResearchGate.
Find out more about me on LinkedIn
📄 2025: How companies advance smart cities: industry as an important stakeholder for intelligent traffic management applications. In: HMD practice of business informatics
📄2025: From Traffic Dynamics to Smart City Solutions: Identifying Key Elements for Data-Driven Traffic Management. AMCIS 2025 - America's Conference on Information Systems, Montreal, Canada
Voted as top 25% of papers
📄 2024: Hearing the People: Citizen-Centric Requirements Engineering for the Development of Smart Traffic Management Applications. AMCIS 2024 - America's Conference on Information Systems, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Nominated for the Best Paper Award and selected as one of the top 25% of papers.
📄 2024: Sustainable Smart Cities: A Comprehensive Framework for Sustainability Assessment of Intelligent Transport Systems. In: Information Technology for Management: Solving Social and Business Problems through IT
📄 2024: Data-Driven Traffic Management on the Last Mile: Understanding Manufacturing Industry in Smart City Ecosystems. In: Handbook on Digital Platforms and Business Ecosystems in Manufacturing
📄 2022: An Instrument for Evaluating Data-Driven Traffic Management Applications in the Context of Digital Transformation Towards a Smart City. Software Business, Springer.
🥇 Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Software Business (ICSOB) 2022, Bolzano.
Currently open theses
Data Mesh – Implications for Data Architectures and Data-Driven Companies
(Bachelor's or Master's Thesis)
Data Mesh is a socio-technical approach, founded in 2019, for creating a decentralized data architecture. This concept contrasts with the classic core data warehouse and offers an alternative solution that goes beyond mere data storage. Data is viewed as a product that must fulfill specific tasks. In addition to this paradigm shift, Data Mesh also introduces organizational and procedural changes, which are prerequisites for managing data as a "material asset" of the company.
Since this field is still young, there is little academic literature on the topic. The thesis will therefore include a literature review of both academic and grey literature and may be supplemented by an expert survey. Key objectives are:
- Collecting current scientific and gray literature on term definition
- Analysis and compilation of the technical and organizational components that characterize a data mesh
- Derivation of recommendations for action for organizations
only by appointment
Please register in advance via email
| from to | Task |
|---|---|
| 1988-1992 | Research Associate at the Research Institute for Rationalization at RWTH Aachen University |
| 1992-2002 | Buderus Heating Technology GmbH, Wetzlar; various positions, most recently Managing Director |
| 2002-2007 | Managing Director, Schott-Rohrglas GmbH; Mitterteich |
| 2007-2008 | Vice President Business Segment Solar Thermal Energy at Schott AG, Mainz |
| 2008-2011 | Board of Directors, Schott Solar AG, Mainz |
| 2011-2014 | Managing Director Monier Group, Oberursel and Luxembourg |
| since 2014 | THM, Professor of General Business Administration, specializing in Organization with a focus on ERP systems |
| since 2015 | Member of the board, since 2023 2nd chairman of Smart Electronic Factory eV, Limburg |
by appointment
Research assistant in the Digital Business Major at the departement . Supervision of exercises for the lectures "Database Modeling and Database Design" (ORACLE), Project and Business Process Management. Lecture in the module Fundamentals of Digitalization - Industry 4.0.
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