Commercial administration training with Daimler-Benz in Sindelfingen. Studied business administration. 10 years commercial management with Daimler AG in Stuttgart. Followed by 10 years as managing director with a medium sized international industrial firm. Since 1999, founding shareholder and Chief Executive Officer of BVB UG (Haftungsbeschränkt). Several supervisory board seats.
Ilse Schröder
Vorstand
Studied knowledge management in Stuttgart. Followed by information communication and marketing with the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Stuttgart. Then 14 years industrial experience with a medium sized family-owned company. Main areas of expertise: Asset management, investment and innovation management. Since 1999, founding shareholder and Managing Director of BVB UG (Haftungsbeschränkt).
Division Managers
Dennis Schubert
Dipl.-Kaufmann
Director of Innovation Consulting
Studied business administration at the University of Würzburg, specialising in taxation, auditing and business information technology. He is the head of Innovation Consulting and therefore advises companies of all sizes which have a focus on the development of new products and processes.
Martin Groß, PhD
Head of Business Unit Innovation + Process Management
Studied physics at Leibniz University Hannover with focus on photonics. Then he obtained his PhD at the Laser Center Hannover e.V. in optical coating technologies. He started his career as head of the laser research & laser technology department at VDI Technology Center GmbH. At the Lambda Physik AG he became head of the innovation and product management department and an appointment as Chief Technology Officer. Based upon this experience, he took over the position as director of R&D at Sartorius AG. Thanks to his experiences in a series of managerial positions of innovation and process management of small and medium-sized enterprises in the entire value chain as well as in scientific institutions, Dr. Martin Groß gained extensive knowledge between 25 years. On that basis, he decided to bear responsibility for the business unit Innovation + Process Management at BVB UG (Haftungsbeschränkt).
Finn Berger
Dipl.-Ingenieur (FH)
Director of R&D Projects
Has 20 years of professional and management experience in international business development. Following a degree in precision engineering in Munich he worked in IT, with positions including Branch Director for Central & Eastern Europe, European Marketing Director, and most recently Managing Director of an Anglo-American company. During the course of his career Mr. Scherer has initiated a variety of strategic alliances for the marketing of technical products. He is a Cluster Manager and is a specialist technology expert for LED applications.
Nicole Friedrich
Executive Officer
Director of Project Control
Trained as an industrial and office administrator. As a trained commercial administrator she held a variety of posts in accounts, purchasing and costing with a number of small and medium sized enterprises. She joined BVB UG Consult as Project Manager in 2001. Appointed to Executive Officer in 2007. Her area of responsibility is R&D project control for all funding, project management and the overall management and handling of financial support funds for the companies and for internal projects.
Consultants & Experts
Elias Hofmann
M.Sc. Betriebswirtschaft
Innovation Consulting
Studied business administration at the University of Bayreuth and the University of Strathclyde in Great Britain. His specialist fields of study were strategic management, organisation and innovation - with a particular focus on SMEs. As Project Manager he is responsible for R&D project management and innovation consulting.
Jörg Schäfer
Dipl.-Wirtschaftsingenieur (FH)
Control, Funding, Moderator
Senior Consultant for innovation consulting and R&D project management. Many years of experience in company and factory controls with a diversity of subsidiaries of a major international company. As a Cluster Manager he provides support for numerous specialist industrial companies which have a focus on the development and marketing of technology projects.
Gisela Fuchs
M.A. Management
Innovation Consulting
Bachelor studies in business administration at DHBW Heidenheim. Master studies at Aalen university of applied sciences with focus on innovation management and strategic management. Gained experience in an international company during her studies, among other fields in project management.
Richard Wolf
M.A. International Economics
Cluster Management
Holds a Master degree in International Economics of the University of Göttingen. He wrote his master-thesis about the transfer of technology- and service orientated knowledge from universities to companies. Several years of experience in consulting and business development of fast growing companies. At BVB UG (Haftungsbeschränkt) he works as cluster manager for the cluster functional surfaces. Focus: establishing project consortiums, organization of cooperation forums and congresses, R&D project management, business partner search, commercialization of technologies.
Oliver Zimmermann
M.Sc. Entrepreneurship
Project Management
Bachelor studies between industry, culture and politics in Corporate Management & Economics at Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen. Master studies in Entrepreneurship at Liechtenstein University with focus on innovation and entrepreneurship, strategic management, organization and cluster theory as well as international and intercultural management. Professional experience in Germany and abroad, lastly in the business development of a tourism company.
Tobias Krüger
Dipl.-Ingenieur (BA)
Project Manager
Studied mechanical engineering with focus on construction design at DHBW Heidenheim. Gained experience in this field at a corporation as cooperating partner of DHBW in Germany. Experience in production and assembly. As project manager, he is responsible for innovation consulting and R&D project management.
Anton Huber
B. Eng. Wirtschaftsingenieur
Cluster and Project Manager
Studied engineering management at Konstanz University of Applied Science and thereby specialized in mechanical engineering. By training as a banker at a regional bank he gained experience in the financial sector and in customer service. As a Cluster Manager he is responsible for innovation consulting and R&D project management and advises companies with a focus on development and marketing of technology projects.
Paul Engel
M.Sc. Business Management
Project Management
Studied Business Management at Würzburg University and thereby specialized in accounting, managerial accounting and banking management. Gained experience in process- and project management through his master-thesis at a medium-sized regional company.
Kurt Roth
B.Eng. Wirtschaftsingenieur Innovation Consulting
Studied engineering management at Aalen University and at Kristianstad University in Sweden. Trained as an industrial mechanic and mechanical engineering technician, he gained considerable experience in production and quality management with a lengthy spell at a medium sized company. As a Cluster Manager he is responsible for innovation consulting and R&D project management and advises companies with a focus on the development and marketing of technology projects. He is also a specialist adviser on funding, especially for the fields of mechanical engineering, medical engineering and power engineering.
Moritz Becker
B.Eng. Wirtschaftsingenieur
Project Management
Studied engineering management at Stuttgart DHBW (focus: electrical engineering). Professional experience in this field in Germany and China. At BVB UG Consult responsible for R&D project management and innovation consulting.
Frank Koch, PhD
Dr. rer. nat.
Project Management
Studied chemistry at Friedrich-Alexander-University in Erlangen, PhD in inorganic chemistry at Ulm University. At BVB UG Consult, he is responsible for innovation consulting and R&D project management.