CV

Professional Background

Engineer of Biotechnology

03/2005      Diploma from the University of Applied Sciences, Emden, Germany   (Diplom-Ingenieur FH Biotechnologie / Chemietechnik )

05/2004 – 1/2005 Diploma thesis
“The effects of hydrocarbon contamination on arctic soil microbial communities“, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada


Certificates in Training and Education

2012        Licensed Professional Selling Skills trainer by Archive Global

2013        Certified Professional Business Trainer
( Certificate from the “BDVT.eV” professional association of german trainers, coaches and advisers)



Professional Experience

01/2012- 09/2014      
Scientific Product and Communication Trainer

at Roche Pharma AG,Grenzach-Whylen, Germany, a worldwide leading pharma company.

Main Responsibilities:     
Development of training concepts and materials for in house training and blended learning training aproaches, participation in international workshop planning and conduction, teamlead for internal workshop preparation


7/2010 - 12/2011     
Sales representative

at Phadia GmbH, Freiburg, Germany (now part of Thermofisher Scientific), a worldwide operating company specialized in medical technology in the field of allergy and autoimmune disease diagnosis

Main Responsibilities:
Marketing and selling a portfolio of allergy diagnosis and autoimmune disease diagnosis tests to be run on the company developed instruments


1/2008 – 07/2010     
Product specialist

at Phadia GmbH, Freiburg, Germany

Main Responsibilities:
Customer training on the company developed instruments,Sales representative training on new systems,Laboratory work and testing of blood samples, Hotline support service for technical problems and scientific questions


11/2005– 12/2007    
Sales Manager Customized Solutions

at Profos, Regensburg, Germany, an biotechnology company with the focus on endotoxin removal from protein solutions.

Main Responsibilities:
Project coordination of customer specific projects for expression and purification of proteins, including Marketing, Sales and conduction in the laboratory


Computer and language skills

  • German – native
  • English- fluent spoken and written (C2)
  • Italian – fluent spoken and written (C1)
  • Castillano - B2


  • Videocreator “moovly"
  • Authering Program "Adobe Captivate"
  • Audiosoftware “Audacity"
  • all commonly used Microsoft programs 

   (Word, Excel,Outlook,Powerpoint)

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