I speak and teach in German and English, for students, professionals and executives. What all formats share: real cases, clear objectives and a result you can take away.
Speaking photo to follow
Selected talks
- 2026 Presenter and session chair · IEEE TEMSCON Global, Montréal [title to follow]
- 2025 From hype to hard value: AI’s impact on freight forwarding · OceanX AGM, Cairo
- 2025 Teaching future skills through interdisciplinary problem-based learning · IEEE TEMSCON Global, San Diego
- 2024 Innovation and transformation · OceanX AGM, Como
- 2023 Animierte Fallstudie: Fallstudien mal anders · TURN Conference, Cologne (with C. Demidov and P.-T. Kandzia)
- 2021 Skills for the new era of SCM · Podcast Bicara Supply Chain
- 2020 The digital transformation of logistics · ScaleUp 360 Internet of Things, Berlin (with M. Sullivan)
- 2020 Boosting relevance in higher education · International Symposium on Economics and Management, Ningbo
- 2019 The digital transformation of the automotive supply chain · OECD, London
- 2019 Five years Belt and Road Initiative: A review · Sino-German Campus Round Table, Shanghai (with H.-C. Pfohl)
- 2016 Requirements of the logistics market in China · Kuehne Foundation China Logistics Day, Shanghai (with H.-C. Pfohl)
Teaching
- DHBW Lörrach, since 2022: corporate management, digital business models, international supply chain management, intercultural management
- Tongji University, Shanghai, since 2014: Logistics Systems · Strategic Purchasing · Purchasing & Supply Chain Management · International Management · Conducting Business in China · Global Supply Chain Management · Innovation Management (MBA, most recently 2026); more than 25 courses for cohorts with over 20 nationalities
- Guest lectures and executive programmes: Johnson & Johnson Executive Development Program (2021) · Hult International Business School (2019) · University of Denver, Transportation Institute (2019) · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, EMBA (2017, 2019) · Elon University (2018) · University of Modena (2018) · University of St. Gallen, MBA (2016, 2018) · HfWU Nürtingen-Geislingen, MBA (2018) · Tongji-Manchester Global MBA (2017)
Student feedback (anonymised, translated)
“Very clear structure, easy to follow.”
“A good link between theory and practice, very close to real cases.”
“Complex topics were explained clearly, with many concrete examples.”
Media
- Podcast Bicara Supply Chain, episode 165: “Skills for the new era of SCM” (2021)
- Badische Zeitung: „DHBW-Studierende erhalten in China wertvolle Einblicke“ (in German)
- Badische Zeitung: „Französischer Generalkonsul besucht Duale Hochschule“ (in German)
- Badische Zeitung: „Fünf Jahre Innopreneur-Circle der DHBW Lörrach“ (in German)
Academic service: Programme committee, IEEE TEMSCON Global · Reviewer for the IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society