Automotive 🚗Built mobility-focused innovation lab and venture builder from scratch. The company was profitable within the first year.Travel 🗺️Built and helped conceptualize a new company with the aim to overhaul the entire business travel sector. Managed to obtain partnerships with some of the largest global OEMsFinTech 💱Conceptualizing and developing a new financial platform with brokerage and banking functionalitiesEnergy 💡Steered a very promising project to create a network of charging points across Europe through a combination of local government and individual consumers. The main goal was to instantly boost the possibilities of charging without major infrastructure changes.

The Lakeside Loft was conceived with the idea of combining the relaxed life on the water with the luxury of a boutique hotel. Behind the Lakeside Loft is a team with many years of experience in the fields of gastronomy, interior design, travel & lifestyle marketing and social media advertising.Our goal is to create a place where you can instantly relax in the middle of the city, but also find Focus for productive meetings.Our clients include internationally known celebrities, creatives, business people, mental health coaches, but also families who are looking for a special place.

Lab1886 was an independent innovation lab within Daimler AG. It is where new business ideas, including those outside the core business, were identified, incubated, and brought to market maturity. The aim was to proceed faster from the idea to the product or business model. By putting together a portfolio of innovations, Lab1886 helped Daimler AG to secure a sustainable and profitable future. Lab1886 combined the best of the start-up and corporate worlds.◼️ Building a corporate incubator for Daimler AG from scratch◼️ Defining strategy, business model, hiring strategy, and business development model ◼️ Ramping up 2 locations (Berlin and Stuttgart) ◼️ Supporting in ramping up 3rd location (Atlanta)◼️ Growing team to 90 FTEs◼️ Being responsible for over 60 FTEs◼️ Being responsible for the financial success of the business◼️ Successfully brought the company to profitability within 1st year◼️ Spinning off 3 ventures◼️ As a supervisory board member, being involved from concept to spin-off for a successful venture (www.repairsmith.com)◼️ Developing a new venture incentive model◼️ Defining KPI and deliverable structure for the business◼️ Implementing a hybrid company culture model (corporate and start-up)

As a Steering Committee member for 10 months, I was instrumental in developing the venture from ideation to beta MVP launch, building a top-notch C-level team, and handing it over to capable hands. Our efforts paid off when the company was acquired by AutoNation for $190M. During my time with RepairSmith, I sharpened my skills in:◼️ Venture Development: I was involved in the early stages of the company's growth and gained hands-on experience in building a successful startup.◼️ Team Building: I played a key role in putting together a highly skilled team of professionals and setting the foundation for the company's future success.◼️ Project Management: I was responsible for managing the development of the venture from ideation to beta MVP launch and ensuring a smooth transition of the company's operations.◼️ Strategic Thinking: I helped formulate and execute the company's early strategy, which set the stage for its acquisition by AutoNation.◼️ Collaboration: I worked closely with a diverse group of highly talented individuals and learned valuable lessons in collaboration and teamwork.

Mentoring students and young professionals during the accelerator program to learn and understand how to ideate, validate and execute in regards to building their own startup.

◼️ Structuring and ramping up the incubator◼️ Overseeing all recruitment and HR processes (onboarding, contract negotiations, etc.)◼️ Building the business strategies for both specific projects as well as the incubator as a whole◼️ Defining the overall strategic goals of the incubator and deliverables for internal and external stakeholders◼️ Being the voice of the incubator team to better position ourselves within Daimler as the innovation center

Connectivity is the Future!Philippe will be working in a new Digital Solutions & Services division IT Connectivity Trucks an initiative by IT Connectivity Daimler Trucks that consists of three main fields of focus, namely Connectivity Cloud Solutions, Connectivity Analytics and Peninsula – Digital Innovation Factory. The purpose of the initiative is to ramp up both know how and capabilities in order to bring innovation into the Truck field by providing data-based solutions and creating new digital services and digital business models for the Truck organization within Daimler. "Being a lean Startup within IT we pool all IT activities in the field of Connectivity Trucks in close collaboration with our business Partner.. Contact us as your IT Partner for Truck Business, IT Divisions and all Connectivity Areas at Daimler.”Department Goals and Objectives: We aims to pool all IT activities in the field of Truck Connectivity in order to advance the areas of Connectivity Cloud Solutions, Connectivity Analytics and Digital Innovation for Trucks. The main objective is to create added value by providing a framework for data management, provide insights into truck data using advanced analytics and to create new business models and game changers by leveraging the existing truck ecosystem to develop innovative digital services and business models.The philosophy of the department is to identify skilled talent and keep a lean structure that allows for creativity and empoweres the team memebers to think outside the box and focus on creating added value for the Truck organization.For efficient logistics, real-time data is essential - Daimler Trucks supply these data. We connect Daimler Trucks with their enviroment and develop specific new applications and new business models and revenue streams.

◼️ Building the IT structure & development teams ◼️ Recruiting and hiring top-quality employees◼️ Organizing and structuring the sales, logistics, marketing, and IT departments ◼️ Developing future revenue streams

Fashion Social Platform involved in eCommerce, Marketing, Web, Social Media, & Strategic Planning◼️ Led the entire international Styletorch team of 25 employees◼️ Being in charge of going to market ◼️ Developing, planning, and executing marketing and social media campaigns ◼️ Integrating new innovation structures into the existing business model◼️ Handling business development with CTO and developers worldwide with an annual approximate budget of 1 million €.◼️ Developing new revenue streams, leading / organizing/structuring sales, initiating and executing powerful brand partnerships

◼️ Building a team of 20 FTEs◼️ Heavily supporting operations◼️ Achieving the accolade of being "2nd best Italian restaurant in Berlin" according to TripAdvisor ◼️ Successfully sold business

STARFISH Los Angeles is an innovative global media and marketing service agency that connects celebrities, products and companies with worldwide media. We have direct access to the most promising and celebrated names in today's show business – many of them who could be your next face for an effective image campaign, endorsement deal or simply be a trendsetter for your products.◼️ Creating sales funnels that helped drive the business ◼️ Creating advertising value for large brands◼️ Building relationships with large, global publishing companies like NYLON and Teen Vogue ◼️ Being heavily involved in overall business strategy◼️ Forming and leading the sales team ◼️ Optimizing marketing channels to increase revenue

Celebrity Product Placement | Testimonial & Sponsoring | Celebrity Invitation Management & Appearance Deals | Micro-Endorsement | Celebrity Marketing & Social Media | Events | Tour Sponsoring 360 Degrees Branding◼️ Placing celebrities in one of the most successful endorsement campaigns for Opel (Umparken in Kopf) ◼️ Led the business development efforts◼️ Establishing relationships with the largest talent agencies worldwide (CAA, WME, United Talent) ◼️ Being responsible for placing A-list celebrities with European companies◼️ Building international teams across 2 locations (Los Angeles and New York) ◼️ Successfully sold the company

◼️ Initiating endorsement deals, planning and executing celebrity marketing with four of the global brands (LG, Armani, etc)◼️ Arranging celebrity equity deals for start-up companies◼️ Negotiating appearance deals for talent at high-attention events like Fashion week and Premieres◼️ Planning, organizing and executing events, tour sponsoring 360 degrees brand and product placement in entertainment media

◼️ Working closely with the vice president of branding, event planning, and implementation◼️ Establishing sponsorship deals and marketing cooperations (Tiesto endorsement deal) ◼️ Managing the daily work with local and international press◼️ Arranging celebrity endorsements

◼️ Assisting the Senior Event Director in hosting ancross-promotingng in-store and festival events in North America◼️ Copywriting and publishing own written articles on all Armani exchange blogs ◼️ Assisting with organizing, planning, and executing photo shoots for upcoming look books and commercials ◼️ Scouting suitable models and locations for commercial

◼️ Taking advantage of the opportunity to travel to Australia◼️ Executing various roles (including harvesting cotton, waiter) but mainly being a diving instructor ◼️ Gaining intercultural skills◼️ Adopting to a new environment