ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB - Key Persons
Mathis Vetter studied law, human resources management and psychology at Brunswick European Law School in Wolfenbüttel and also holds a master's degree in technology-oriented management from the Technical University of Braunschweig. During his studies, he already gained practical experience at the management consultancies Capgemini Invent and Kienbaum. He focused on management development, change management and process optimization in various industries.
In addition, Mathis Vetter has been involved in the student consultancy Consult One for many years, including as chairman of the board and as project manager in various projects in Braunschweig's SME sector.
He has been working at the Entrepreneurship Hub since February 2019, initially as a research assistant in the cooperation project "Digitalization Lab" with TU Clausthal. Currently, he coordinates the project "Niedersachsen Entrepreneurship Monitoring" and is also involved in the project "International Entrepreneurship".
After completing his Bachelor's degree with a major in International Business Management (BBA) at the Assumption University of Thailand in Bangkok, he stayed and worked in Bangkok from 2012 - 2013, earning his Master's degree in Economic Geography (M.A.) at Leibniz University Hannover. 2013 - 2019 Matthias Liedtke worked first as a project assistant and later as a research associate in international projects at the German Center for Research on Higher Education and Science.
Since 2019, he has been working as a research assistant in the area of teaching and research at the Entrepreneurship Hub. In addition, he is pursuing a doctorate.
Professor Dr. Reza Asghari has held the professorship for Entrepreneurship at the TU Braunschweig and Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences since March 1, 2009, and in this capacity is also head of the Entrepreneurship Hub based at both universities. The business information scientist earned his doctorate in 1997 on the topic of growth economics at the Institute of Economics at the TU Braunschweig and subsequently worked as an e-business consultant in the IT industry, most recently at Oracle Germany.
Samir J. Roshandel studied Business Education at the University of Paderborn, Memorial University in St. John's (Newfoundland, Canada), Tongji University and at the Chinese-German University College for a Diploma and Management Information System for a Master. Furthermore, he distinguished himself in the context of a merit scholarship of the Chinese government as well as the DAAD and completed one year at Fudan University in Shanghai (China). In the context of his stay, he researched the success factors of German start-ups in China as part of his diploma thesis.
While still in school, Samir Roshandel founded his first company and continued his entrepreneurial activities during his studies. Samir Roshandel joined the Entrepreneurship Hub in March 2013.
Sophie Bente studied business administration and service management at the Harz University of Applied Sciences in Wernigerode.
At the end of her practice-oriented bachelor's degree, she majored in human resources and event management.
After her studies, Ms. Bente gained her first professional experience in an event agency in Braunschweig, which organizes B2B as well as B2C events. Here, Ms. Bente mainly took over the personnel responsibility and the coordination on site.
Since November 2020, Ms. Bente has been accompanying the team of the Entrepreneurship Hub, taking over administrative and management tasks and working as a project assistant in the BMWI program "EXIST-Potentiale".