HUMBOLDT-INNOVATION - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Team Lead Innovation Marketing & Partnerships & Interim Store Managemant HumboldtStore / 49 30 2093 70759
Carina Braselmann holds a degree in german literature and cultural studies. Since many years she has been working as a specialist for international marketing and business development. She is in authority for marketing and the development of strategic partnerships within knowledge and technology transfer.
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- Team Lead Innovation Training
Christina Stehr (M.A. in European Ethnology) established the "Humboldts Wagniswerkstätten" further training programme at HU. As part of Innovation Management, she is an expert in methods of innovation development, user-centred design and business model development and passes these on to internal and external groups in workshops and currently takes over the provisional management of the Humboldt Startupservice.
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- Contracting & Human Resources
Christine Kapps is responsible for the legal execution and contractual design of research and industry-based projects, as well as managing human ressources. She draws on a wealth of perennial professional experience as syndic in a tax accountancy and auditing firm.
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- Team Lead Innovation Management & IP Service
Daniela Rings (Dipl.-Kffr./MScBM) advises professors and scientists on screening and classification of new ideas and supports the analysis and utilization of existing innovative potential. She has several years of professional experience in the areas of business analysis and business development.
Diana Matz, graduate economist, advises all those interested in founding the HU on their startup projects and is the contact person for the EXIST program. As a sparring partner, she supports founders in the development of their ideas and contributes her many years of experience in startup consulting
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- Graphic Designer
- Design & Interim Store Managemant HumboldtStore
Franziska Olhorn is a trained graphic designer and has been working for cultural and art projects in Berlin for ten years. Since 2011, she has been responsible for the design of all Humboldt-Innovation's business units as well as the HumboldtStore and the shop at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.
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- Startup Alumni Manager ( in Cooperation With Servicezentrum Forschung )
Friederike Laun (M.A. Intercultural Communication) has diverse experience in project and event management as well as marketing and PR. Through her previous activities she has profound knowledge of the academic start-up scene. She is responsible for the strategy, the development and the support of the HU-Alumni-Startup-Network.
Heike Vogelsang was self-employed for many years as a merchant in retail. She has already designed, built and maintained several webshops. Her focus is on the online shop management, customer care, marketing ideas, online marketing, assortment care, purchasing and sales.
Jana Bolte leads and is responsible for finance. With her many years of professional experience, the business economist ensures cost and performance transparency for Humboldt-Innovation.
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- Research Management & Contracting
Jens Fenzau, LL.M.Eur., is responsible for the legal execution and contractual design of research and industry-based projects, as well as managing other legal issues. He draws on a wealth of perennial professional experience as attorney-at-law among others within the field of contract law.
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- Project Coordinator for the Berlin Startup Grant
Katja Brunner is the project coordinator for the Berlin Startup Grant and has represented the project since its start in 2016. She is the contact person and central contact point for the founders and project partners, responsible for the coordination of qualification, marketing and events and makes sure that the whole project runs smoothly.
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- Graphic Designer
- Design & Conception
Madlen Holz supports the marketing team as a graphic designer. Madlen studied communication design with a focus on video and graphic design at the University of Fine Arts in Braunschweig. The last few years she worked as a freelance designer for two publishers, where she helped design the magazines and marketing materials as part of the team.
Matthias Rademacher studied media management and brings a lot of experience in the area of finance from various companies and projects. He is mainly responsible for the accounting of the HumboldtStore, the shop in the Natural History Museum, the consulting projects and the startupservice of HI.
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- Assistant
- Tax Consultant
- Finances
Rosa Catapano is a qualified assistant tax consultant. With her many years of experience in the financial sector of various corporate sectors and agencies, she is now responsible for the accounts payable and accounts receivable of our research projects.
Sandra Karutz has many years of project experience in the creative industries. She is responsible for office management and provides support in the areas of IT management, data protection and workplace security.
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- Startup Education and Research ( in Cooperation With Servicezentrum Forschung )
Sebastian Adolphy (Dipl.-Ing.) is responsible for teaching and further education. With his many years of experience as a lecturer, scientist, and management consultant on topics of product development, he brings students and researchers at the HU closer to business model development and company foundation.
Thomas Wagner (Diplom-Betriebswirt) has several years of professional experience in supporting entrepreneurs. He is responsible for consulting and supporting start-up projects at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Volker Hofmann manages the company since 2014. Prior to that he was responsible for the startupservice of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and has worked for an Asian-based consultancy. The Berlin-born alumnus of the university holds a degree in business administration and serves in several boards, like the Innovation Network for Advanced Materials or the Innovation Committee of the Chamber of Commerce.