subcontractor management process

Dr. Dirk Meissner
Myasnitskaya Street 9/11, room 448
101000 Moscow
Tel.: +7 495 772 9590 ext. 11701
Fax: +7 495 625 0367
E-mail: dmeissner@hse.ru
SUMMARY
Dr. Meissner has 15 years experience in research and teaching technology and
innovation management and policy. He has strong background in science,
technology and innovation for policy making and industrial management with
special focus on Foresight and roadmapping, science, technology and innovation
policies, funding of research and priority setting. Prior to joining the HSE Dirk was
responsible for technology and innovation policy at the presidential office of the
Swiss Science and Technology Council. Dirk also has long experience in top level
consulting to key decision makers in industry, headed the business unit industry
studies and research with T.A. Cook Consultants which he successfully established
and was management consultant for technology and innovation management with
Arthur D. Little. He is and was member of international working groups on
technology and innovation policy. Dirk represented Switzerland and now the
Russian Federation at the OECD Working Party on Technology and Innovation
Policy.
SPECIALTIES
market and industry analysis; new business development; competitive intelligence;
science, innovation and technology policy; innovation management audits;
innovation campaigns and workshops; IP management audits, strategies,
processes and organizational restructuring; risk management and assessment;
market entry strategies; R&D management, R&D strategies.
business unit and team building and leadership; project management; contract
negotiation; sub-contractor management; client interaction; cross border global
project work.
PERSONAL DATA
Date of birth
Nationality:
Legal status:
Language skills:
December 19th, 1971, Dresden, Germany
German
married, two children
German (mother tongue); English (fluent); French, Russian
(basic understanding)
1/12
WORK EXPERIENCE
Since 2011
National Research University – Higher School of Economics,
Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge,
Deputy Head and Research Professor Research Laboratory for
Science and Technology Studies
major projects:
 Conceptual work on Foresight studies
 Science, technology and innovation policy governance
 Science, technology and innovation policy instruments and
implementation
 Intellectual property management
 Open innovation
 Innovation indicators
major duties:
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2009 - 2010
Unit building and management
Project management / team management
Supervision
T.A. Cook Consultants, Head of Unit Industry Studies and
Research
major projects:
 Industry analysis petrochemical industry
 Offshore windpower - operations and maintenance strategies
 RFID - potentials for maintenance in capital intensive process
industry plants
major duties:
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since 2009
Unit building and management
Project management / team management
Subcontractor management
independent consultant to Organisation for Cooperation and
Economic Development (OECD)
major projects:
 Globalization of R&D and innovation – challenges for national
innovation systems
 Uptake of technology for regional economic development
 Commercialization of public research results in the light of
open innovation
 Spillovers from research and science
2006 -2009
Swiss Science and Technology Council (SSTC)
(since April 2008 presidential bureau SSTC; November 2006March 2008 affiliated Center for Science and Technology
Studies)
major projects:
 Foresight studies in OECD and ERA countries;
 New forms of industry-science collaboration;
 Public Private Partnerships as means of R&D collaborations;
2/12
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Strength, weaknesses, opportunity, threats analysis of Swiss
national innovation system
 Open innovation and globalization
major duties:
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Representation of Switzerland in working parties especially
OECD
 Management of SSTC working party on innovation and
technology policy
 Project management / team management
2004 – 2006
Proneos GmbH,
major projects:
 Technology assessment and evaluation of projection systems
in automotive applications;
 Private Sector Interaction in the Decision Making Processes
of Public Research, study on behalf of European
Commission;
 Evaluation and definition of the strategic reorientation of
higher education institutes
major duties:
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2000 - 2003
Lead generation and proposal submission
Project management / team management
Subcontractor management (team building,
negotiation, quality management)
contract
Arthur D. Little International, Inc., Wiesbaden
Consultant Innovation and Technology Management
major projects:
 IP audit and IP benchmarking;
 New Business Development
 Market entry strategies
major duties:
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1997 - 2000:
Lead generation and proposal submission
Project management / team management
Subcontractor management (team building, contract
negotiation, quality management)
Dresden University of Technology, Faculty of Economics,
Department for Innovation and Technology Management
Research assistant, doctoral student
major duties:
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Teaching
Project management / team management
Quality management
3/12
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2012
Science and Technology Policy, Faculty of Public Administration,
Higher School of Economics
Innovation Management, Faculty of Management, Higher School
of Economics
Innovation Strategies, Faculty of Business Informatics, Higher
School of Economics
Social and Economic Analysis of Science Technology and
Innovation (STI), joint course Higher School of Economics,
Moscow State University, Baumann University, Skolkovo Open
University
Strategies and Policies for Science Technology and Innovation
(STI), joint course Higher School of Economics, Moscow State
University, Baumann University, Skolkovo Open University
2011
Science and Technology Policy, Faculty of Public Administration,
Higher School of Economics
1996-2011
Innovation and Technology Management – Basics, advanced
Diploma course, Technical University of Dresden
1996-2011
Innovation and Technology Management – Process and Portfolio
Management, advanced Diploma course, Technical University of
Dresden
1996-2011
National Innovation Systems, advanced Diploma course,
Technical University of Dresden
over 40 diploma thesis’ supervised
over 150 student essays supervised
EDUCATION
2001
1990 – 1996
1995
1992 – 1993
Dresden University of Technology (Dresden, Germany)
Dr. rer. pol.; Phd thesis “Wissens- und Technologietransfer in
nationalen Innovationssystemen”
Dresden University of Technology (Dresden, Germany)
business administration, technology and innovation management
1996 Diplom-Kaufmann
Osaka Sangyo University (Osaka, Japan)
3 months joint diploma thesis
University of Wolverhampton (Wolverhampton, Great Britain)
business management, international management
Bachelor of Arts
4/12
PUBLICATIONS
1.
Innovation: Superpowered invention. Nature. 2013. No. 501. P. 313-314 (with
Gokhberg, L.)
2.
Foresight and Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators. in Fred Gault
(ed) Handbook of Innovation Indicators and Measurement, Elgar: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA. Ch. 16, 2013 (with Sokolov, A.)
3. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION POLICY FOR THE FUTURE: POTENTIALS
AND LIMITS OF FORESIGHT STUDIES (EDT WITH Goghberg
L., Sokolov, A.).
Springer 2013
4. Corporate foresight for corporate functions – impacts from purchasing functions. Strategic Change Special Issue “Theoretical and empirical foundation
underlying Organizational foresight” (with Anna Khripunova, Konstantin
Vishnevskiy, Oleg Karasev) (forthcoming 2014)
5.
Key Features of the First Phase of the National Cluster Programme in Russia /
Working papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Science, Technology and Innovation". 2013. No. 11/STI/2013 (with Kutsenko E.
S.).
6.
Conceptualizing the innovation process – trends and outlook / Working papers
by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Science, Technology
and Innovation". No. 10/STI/2013 (with Kotsemir M. N.)
7.
Statistical Patent Analysis Indicators as a Means of Determining Country Technological Specialisation / Working papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Science, Technology and Innovation". 2013. No.
09/STI/2013 (with Khramova E. B., Sagieva G. S.)
8.
User Innovation – Empirical Evidence from Russia / Working papers by NRU
Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Science, Technology and Innovation". 2013. No. 08/STI/2013 (with Zaytseva A. S., Shuvalova O. R.)
9.
Intelligent Data Systems to Aid Decision-Making at Tenders for Oil and Gas
Fields DEVELOPMENT / Working papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Science, Technology and Innovation". 2013. No. WP
BRP 07/STI/2013 (with Vishnevskiy K., Karasev O., Khripunova A.)
10. Innovation Concepts and Typology – An Evolutionary Discussion / Working
papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Science,
Technology and Innovation". 2013. No. 05/STI/2013 (with Kotsemir M. N.,
Abroskin A. S.)
11. Building an Innovation-driven Economy – the case of BRIC and GCC countries.
Foresight Journal (forthcoming), (with Kotzemir, M; Gackstatter, S)
12. A policy perspective on technology platforms. European and Russian Approaches. R&D Management, forthcoming, (with Proskuryakova L., Rudnik P.)
13. The economic impact of spillovers from R&D and innovation. Foresight Russia,
December 2012 (in Russian)
14. Effectiveness and Efficiency of Foresight Studies – Key Success Factors and
Challenges. FORESIGHT Journal (forthcoming)
15. Conception of integrated roadmaps for strategic management and planning.
The R&D Management Conference 2012. Creating & Capturing Value
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through R&D Management and Innovation. Book of abstracts, p. 42 (with
Vishnevskiy K., Karasev O)
16. Integrated roadmaps for Foresight Studies and application potential assessment – the case of applying Nanotechnology to Water Treatment. The R&D
Management Conference 2012. Creating & Capturing Value through R&D
Management and Innovation. Book of abstracts, p.101 (with Vishnevskiy K.,
Karasev O., Vetchinkina E).
17. The Meaning of Foresight in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy. (with
Gokhberg, L.; Sokolov, A.) in: Meissner, D.; Gokhberg, L.; Sokolov, A. (edt):
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION POLICY FOR THE FUTURE: POTENTIALS
AND LIMITS OF FORESIGHT STUDIES. SPRINGER 2013
18. Indicators for Foresight studies. in: Meissner, D.; Gokhberg, L.; Sokolov, A.
(edt): SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION POLICY FOR THE FUTURE:
POTENTIALS AND LIMITS OF FORESIGHT STUDIES. SPRINGER 2013
19. Results and impact of national Foresight-Studies. in: Meissner, D.; Gokhberg,
L.; Sokolov, A. (edt): Science, technology and innovation policy for the future: Potentials and Limits of Foresight Studies. Springer 2013
20. Integrated roadmaps for technology Forecasting and application potential assessment – the case of applying Nanotechnology to Water Treatment. (with
Vishnevskiy, K.; Karasev, O; Vetchinkina, E.) in: Meissner, D.; Gokhberg,
L.; Sokolov, A. (edt): Science, technology and innovation policy for the future: Potentials and Limits of Foresight Studies. Springer 2013
21. Innovation Policy or Policy for Innovation? (with Cervantes, M.; Roud, V.) in:
Meissner, D.; Gokhberg, L.; Sokolov, A. (edt): Science, technology and innovation policy for the future: Potentials and Limits of Foresight Studies.
Springer 2013
22. Indicators for Science, Technology and Innovation – crossroads to Foresight
indicators. (with Gokhberg, L.) in: Meissner, D.; Gokhberg, L.; Sokolov, A.
(edt): Science, technology and innovation policy for the future: Potentials
and Limits of Foresight Studies. Springer 2013
23. Adapting policy to future thinking - conclusions and summary. (with Gokhberg,
L.; Sokolov, A.)in: Meissner, D.; Gokhberg, L.; Sokolov, A. (edt): Science,
technology and innovation policy for the future: Potentials and Limits of
Foresight Studies. Springer 2013
24. Designing and implementing future oriented STI policy – potentials and limits of
Foresight studies. (with Vishnevskiy K., Karasev O., Vetchinkina E.) in:
Meissner, D.; Gokhberg, L.; Sokolov, A. (edt): Science, technology and innovation policy for the future: Potentials and Limits of Foresight Studies.
Springer 2013
25. Results and impact of national Foresight-Studies, Futures 44 (2012), pp. 905913
26. Regional balance of technology transfer and innovation in transitional economy: empirical evidence from Russia International Journal Transitions and
Innovation Systems, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2012. Pp. 38-71, jointly with Stanislav
Zaychenkov
6/12
27. Open innovation – implications for corporate strategies, international R&D spillovers and government policy. National Research University – Higher
School Of Economics, Russia (in Russian), jointly with Jean Guinet
28. Contribution of about 25 definitions related to STI policy to compendium technology and innovation management, Braun, M, Sommerlatte, T, Achatz, F.
(edt.): Innovations- und Technologiemanagement Kompendium, Symposium
Verlag 2011
29. Effectiveness and Efficiency of Foresight-Studies – Key Success Factors and
Challenges. Foresight Journal, forthcoming
30. Desinging a Successful Foresight study – imlications for design, preperatory
activities and tools to use. National Research University– Higher School Of
Economics, Russia (in Russian)
31. Globalisation and Open Innovation: Implications for Innovation and Technology
Policy. CEST, Bern 2008
32. Results and impact of national Foresight-Studies. Paper submitted to The 3rd
International Seville Conference on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis
(FTA): Impacts and implications for policy and decision making. Jointly with
Mario Cervantes
33. Public-private partnership research cooperation - arguments and selected examples. CEST, Bern 2008
34. Open Innovation and Globalization – Implications for National Innovation
Policy. Paper prestend at Baltic Dynamics 2008 "INNOVATION – KEY
FROM SLOWDOWN TO GROWTH"
35. Foresight studies in OECD- and ERA-countries. CEST, Bern 2008
36. Anwendungsorientierte Forschung und Entwicklung an den Fachhochschulen aktueller Stand und Zukunftsperspektiven. Gemeinsam mit Elena Sultanina;
Bern 2007
37. Wissens- und Technologietransfer - Grundlagen und Diskussion von Studien
und Beispielen. Gemeinsam mit Elena Sultanian; Bern 2007
38. The Role of Private Sector Interaction in Public Research Policy Making, European Commission, Directorate General Research. Brussels 2006
39. Verwertung von Forschungsergebnissen an europäischen Hochschulen (gemeinsam mit Michael Braun). In: Wagner, Helmut; Fisch, Rudolf (Hrsg.): Patentverwertung in Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft nach Wegfall des Hochschullehrerprivilegs. Speyer 2004, S. 31-39
40. Evaluation of the efficiency and coherence of IPR rules applicable to publiclyfunded research. European Commission, Directorate General Research.
Brussels 2003
41. FuE-Netzwerke in Japan: Industrie und Wissenschaft im gleichen Boot. In:
Braun, M.; Feige, A.; Sommerlatte, T. (Hrsg.): Business Innovation: Quantensprünge statt „Innovatiönchen. Ein Wegweiser zur zielgerichteten Geschäftsfelderneuerung. Frankfurt: FAZ-Institut, 2001 (gemeinsam mit
Watanabe , H.; Yoshimura, T.; Mori, Y.; Hoberg, B.)
42. Junge Industrien gezielt aufbauen – Von Inkubatoren und innovativen Start
Ups in Israel. In: Braun, M.; Feige, A.; Sommerlatte, T. (Hrsg.): Business In7/12
novation: Quantensprünge statt „Innovatiönchen. Ein Wegweiser zur zielgerichteten Geschäftsfelderneuerung. Frankfurt: FAZ-Institut, 2001
43. Wissens- und Technologietransfer aus der Forschung – die verkannte Innovationsquelle? In: Braun, M.; Feige, A.; Sommerlatte, T. (Hrsg.): Business Innovation: Quantensprünge statt „Innovatiönchen. Ein Wegweiser zur zielgerichteten Geschäftsfelderneuerung. Frankfurt: FAZ-Institut, 2001 (gemeinsam mit Braun, M.)
44. Innovation als Herausforderung für unsere Gesellschaft - das nationale Innovationssystem Deutschland. In: Braun, M.; Feige, A.; Sommerlatte, T. (Hrsg.):
Business Innovation: Quantensprünge statt „Innovatiönchen. Ein Wegweiser
zur zielgerichteten Geschäftsfelderneuerung. Frankfurt: FAZ-Institut, 2001
(gemeinsam mit Prof. Sabisch, H.)
45. Wissens- und Technologietransfer in nationalen Innovationssystemen. Dissertation, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden 2001
46. Value from research: achieving innovation with LPRIs - Good practice in Technology Transfer from Large Public Research Institutions (LPRI). European
Commission 2000 (gemeinsam mit Dr. Braun, M; Brown, D.; Gräf, G.; Prof.
Roauch, D.; Prof. Sabisch, H.; Santi, P.)
47. Das nationale Innovationssystem Deutschlands - Vorbild für die Reformstaaten
Ost- und Mitteleuropas? Dresdener Beiträge zur Volkswirtschaftslehre,
01/00, Dresden 2000 (gemeinsam mit Schmalholz, H.)
48. Benchmarking Industry-Science Relationships. Issues Paper presented to the
OECD Working Group on Innovation and Technology Policy. Paris: OECD
2000; DSTI/STP/TIP(2000)9
49. Spin-Offs als spezifische Form des Wissens- und Technologietransfers - Aufgaben, Stand und Probleme im europäischen Vergleich. In: dresden exists
(Hrsg.): Ausgründungen, von Technologieunternehmen - Strategien, Erfahrungen und Probleme. Konferenzunterlagen zum Symposium an der Technischen Universität Dresden, Dresden, 30.06.2000 (gemeinsam mit Prof.
Sabisch, H.)
50. Innovationsmanagement. Heidelberg: Springer 1999 (gemeinsam herausgegeben mit Dr. Steinmeier, I.; Dr. Tintelnot, C.)
51. Instrumente des Forschungstransfers. In: Dr. Tintelnot, C.; Dr. Meißner, D.; Dr.
Steinmeier, I. (Hrsg.): Innovationsmanagement. Heidelberg: Springer 1999
52. Technologietransfer und Unternehmensgründung. In: Prof. Sabisch, H. (Hrsg.):
Management technologieorientierter Unternehmensgründung. S. 161 - 174,
Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel 1999 (gemeinsam mit Baumann, P.)
53. Technologietransfer von Universitäten. Dresdner Beiträge zur Betriebswirtschaftslehre, 20/99, Dresden 1999
54. A Data Base Model for the Technology Transfer between Universities and
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. Beitrag zum 50th International Astronautical Congress IAF 99, Amsterdam 1999, (gemeinsam mit Prof. Janschek, K; Kieb, K.)
55. A Modelling Approach for University-Industry Relation. In: European Space
Agency: Academic and Industrial Cooperation in Space Research. S. 23 30, Nordwijk: ESA 1998 (gemeinsam mit Prof. Janschek, K.; Göhler, W.;
Mercer, D.)
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56. Messung und Quantifizierung des Erfolgs von Technologieförderprogrammen.
Studie im Auftrag des Sächsischen Rechnungshofes, Dresden 1998 (gemeinsam mit Prof. Sabisch, H.; Prof. Esswein, W.; Wylegalla, J.)
57. Modelle des Forschungs- und Wissenstransfers von Hochschulen. In: Gersten,
K. (Hrsg.).: Arbeit und Technik in den neuen Bundesländern - Ergebnisse
der Dresdner InnovationsGespräche 1998 "Von der Idee zum Markt". S. 216
- 223, Bautzen: Lausitzer Druck- und Verlagshaus 1998
58. University-Industry Relation in the Space Domain. ESA Working Paper, Nordwijk 1998; (gemeinsam mit Prof. Janschek, K.; Göhler, W.; Mercer, D.)
59. Integration of Marketing and Innovation - Current Status and Issues in the Former East Germany. In: Keiki Kansoku (Economic survey), #852, November
20, 1997, p. 7 (gemeinsam mit Prof. Sabisch, H.)
PRESENTATIONS
1. Theory and Practices of STI Strategies, APEC ART 2013 Workshop, January
2013, Jakarta
2. Foresight for Policy, Foresight and Grand Challenges, OECD/HSE conference,
Moscow, Russia, October 2012
3. Knowledge and Technology Transfer from Public Research, Commercializing
and Finance of Public Research, OECD, Paris, France, October 2012
4. Innovation Policy in OECD Member Countries, Recent Trends in Innovation
Policy Workshop, Bern, Switzerland, September 2012
5. Foresight methodologies, HSE, TU Berlin, University Twente Summer School
Entrepreneurship, Berlin, Germany, August 2012
6. Involving the Academic Community, Innovation Policy Platform Conference,
OECD, Paris, France, June 2012
7. Public-Private Partnership Research Cooperation, Towards Transformative
Governance? Responses to mission-oriented innovation policy paradigms,
Karlsruhe, Germany June 2012
8. S&T Foresight and its Role in Russian S&T and Innovation Policy Bromley Memorial Lecture and Event on Science Technology Innovation Policy, Ottawa,
Canada, May 2012
9. Assessing the Effectiveness of Foresight Studies, XIII April international Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development , Moscow, Russia,
April 2012
10. Policy Strategies to Support Service Innovation, OECD expert workshop"
KNOWINNO second expert meeting on R&D and innovation in services
(INNOSERV"), Paris, France March 2012
11. National Technology Platforms in Germany: best practices and ways of collaboration with Russian Technology Platforms, International seminar "Bridging Russian and European Technology Platforms", HSE, Moscow, Russia, December
2011
9/12
12. Monitoring and Measuring Foresight Studies, International Research Conference on Foresight and Futures: "Theory Building in Foresight and Futures Studies", Istanbul, Turkey, August 2011
13. Open Innovation, "Second International Summer School "S&T and Innovation
Development", Fraunhofer Institute for System and Innovation Research and
HSE, HSE, Moscow, Russia, July 2011
14. Adjusting the Foresight methodology towards EEGPT identification, International workshop "Revisiting Conceptual Framework on Measuring Emerging/ Enabling/ General Purpose Technologies", Moscow, Russia, May 2011
15. Results and impact of national Foresight studies, HSE XII International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Moscow, Russia, April
2011
16. Open innovation and global networks, Symposium on transatlantic EU-U.S.
cooperation on innovation and technology transfer, Vienna, Austria March 2011
10/12
RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCE
During his career as top-management-consultant Dirk worked on relevant projects
on industrial innovation and intellectual property management as well as design,
implementation and evaluation of innovation and technology policy at regional,
national and international level. Selected examples are as follows:
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Design, evaluation and implementation of innovation and technology
policy
Regional Innovation Strategies – Pilot study in Russian Regiona, WorldBank
Swiss contribution to OECD-project “open innovation and globalisation”
Several studies on behalf of the European Commission, e.g.
 Private Sector Interaction in the Decision Making Processes of Public
Research
 Evaluation of the coherence of national intellectual property regimes in
Europe
 Good Practice in Technology Transfer from Large Public Research
Institutions
There his responsibilities were with building pan-European teams,
subcontractor negotiations and project monitoring, conducting high level
workshops, deriving feasible policy recommendations and liaison with a high
level steering group from across Europe;
 Several studies for German Ministry of Education and Research, e.g.
 Evaluation and coaching of optical technology competence centers
 Design of future policy instruments to support use and application of
scientific and technical information in public research and industry;
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Evaluation and definition of the strategic reorientation of higher education
institutes for a German state ministry. This includes quantification of potential
demand for graduates in all technology areas and development of quality
management systems in HEI’s;
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Expert role in a program on “The Innovative Company” for eight Governments
as part of an OECD project contributing to national innovation systems
project. This focused on the use of policy to encourage the development of
innovative small and medium sized enterprises;
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He was responsible for organizing a major international conference on
industry-science linkages, on behalf of the OECD and the German Federal
Ministry for Education and Research.
Selected consulting projects to leading high technology companies
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Intellectual property audit with a leading optics company in Germany. There
he was responsible for developing the IP audit approach and coaching the
clients team with implementing the audit;
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Assistance and review of an intellectual property management benchmarking
on behalf of a leading Japanese high technology company;
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Design and implementation of an “Innovation Campaign” for a leading
German high technology company. There he was responsible above all for
coaching the clients team;
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Review and development of a market entry study for a fuel cell component
supplier especially the assessment of market and technological risks and
potentials and client contacts management;
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Review and development of the research strategy and implementation of a
leading European research institution;
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Development of a masterplan for establishment of a private university;
responsible for intellectual property strategy and research focus area
definition;
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R&D strategy review and R&D portfolio analysis of a leading pharmaceutical
company;
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Intellectual property portfolio assessment and strategy development for a
large research institution;
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Analysis of R&D cooperation between industry and academia in space
related research on behalf of an international space organization;
12/12