About me

I build and run digital products. Senior media professional with experience across a broad range of industry functions and a track record in building award-winning digital products. Deep knowledge of all aspects of setting up and scaling new ventures, corporate and stand-alone. MBA, Agile PO and seasoned editor. Hopeless early adopter and avid fan of the public sphere Specialties: digital strategy, product development, product management, venture building, business design, rapid prototyping, (social) media production

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Work history

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Chief Product Officer & Managing Editorupday for Samsung
Jan 2016 - Jan 2020Berlin, GermanyFull Time
• Chief Product Officer: managing upday's product organisation, strategy and implementation, leading a team of 4 (POs) with 30 (engineering, UX, analytics). Focus on aggregation, personalisation and smart notifications, scaled traffic to >25m MAUs, expanded into the audio/podcasting space with upday’s sister app EARLI • Managing Editor: managing upday's editorial operations, strategy, tools, formats and best-practice sharing, leading a team of 48 across office locations in 8 countries • Director International (2016): managing international growth, building operations and structure, hiring staff and doing interim management for upday’s 16 European editions
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Product LeadBusiness Insider US
May 2015 - Dec 2015Karlsruhe, GermanyFull Time
Built the German version of BI’s internationally acclaimed English-language product. Localization based on data-driven social media beta to identify setup for launch; scope, concept, recruiting, liaising with U.S. tech team and setting up operations; scaled to >3m visits in 3 months

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Skills

• Media Production
• Product Development
• Product Owner
• Product Strategy
• Product Roadmapping
• UX
• User Testing
• Data
• Machine Learning
• Editorial Content

Education

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MBACambridge University
Sep 2010 - Jul 2011Cambridge, United Kingdom
MBA (Judge Business School), concentration Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship
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MAHumboldt Universität zu Berlin
Sep 2001 - Jul 2002Berlin, Germany
MA in European Studies at the Berlin Universities’ joint European Centre (Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ trilingual post-graduate programme)

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Awards

Apple “Best App 2014“Apple
for KOMPAKT
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WAN-IFRA Digital Media Award 2014 as „Best Global Mobile Service“WAN-IFRA
for KOMPAKT

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