Dipl.-Ing. Dipl.-Kfm. Martin Koser

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Germany	Skype mk.frogpond

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Personal Data

• Martin Koser
• Date of Birth: 22.05.1967 in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany
• Marital Status: married, two children (13, 10 years)

since 2006

Founder and manager of frogpond, specialist innovation and technology consultants.
frogpond supports organizations in the evaluation and implementation of innovative web technologies in knowledge management and innovation management:

• Business Model Innovation and Design - design and optimization of organizational value networks and organizational strategies.
• Social Software and Enterprise 2.0 - process optimization and reengineering with wikis, blogs, RSS and other web 2.0-technologies.
• Change Management and Implementation - organizational analysis, realization and support
• Project experiences in various SMEs across a wide range of industries

Professional Experience

• 09/1999 - 08/2005: Research assistant at the Chair of Organizational Design and Behaviour of the University of Stuttgart
  Dissertation on 'Komplexitätsmanagement als Gestaltungsheuristik für Geschäftsmodellinnovationen' ('Complexity management as design heuristic for business model innovations', under review)
  • Planning and execution of numerous conferences, workshops, tutorials, coachings and external workshops
  • Projectmanagement of research project PUSH! 'Unternehmensgründungen aus Stuttgarter Hochschulen' ('Leveraging Entrepreneurship at Stuttgart's universities')
  • Tutoring and coaching of numerous workshops in general management, organizational design and strategy
  • Planning, implementation and development of community-based platforms and portals for e-learning courses

• 07/1997 – 08/1999: Project manager at elektro-koser, Kirchheim unter Teck

• 02/1995 - 06/1997: Project manager and software engineer at Strässle GmbH and BaaN-Strässle GmbH Informationssysteme, Stuttgart

Education

• 1996 – 1999: Postgraduate studies of Business Administration at the University of Stuttgart
  • Organizational Management and Design, Strategy, Personnel Management
  • 11/1999 Diploma Degree

• 1989 – 1995: Studies of Electrical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart, Germany
  • Software Engineering, Automation technology
    
  • 1993 studied abroad in Grenoble, France
  • 01/1995 Diploma Degree

• 1986 - 1989: Industrial Training as information electronics