Entrepreneurship
Founder and CEO of a global initiative in active ageing, longevity, and smart retirement - active in selected strategic partnerships and investment initiatives.
Founder & Director of the Odo Group, focused on venture development and investments.
Founder & Director, Odo Solutions & Enterprises Pte. Ltd. (odoplatforms.com) – developing agentic AI systems, digital platforms, and solutions for intelligent automation, AI-augmented decision support, and organisational intelligence. Clients include the Rwandan High Commission and various Chambers of Commerce.
Non-executive Director at Petron Asia Energy Pte Ltd.
Boards
Vice President & Board Member of the Central and Eastern European Chamber of Commerce (CEEC) in Singapore.
Member of the Health Care Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore (AmCham Singapore).
Former Executive Board Member of AgroConnect, an incubator in Africa funded by the Singaporean business community (ceased in 2024).
Consultancies & Representations
Director BD at Biro Oktroi Roosseno Singapore Pte Ltd, the Singapore office of one of Indonesia's oldest IP firms.
Former Director for Innovation at Grand Parks Sdn Bhd for Health and Wellness Resorts & Residences.
Consultancy for various clients including DBS Bank Singapore, Deutsche Bank, Mercedes Benz, Daimler Chrysler, BMW, Audi, Deutsche Telekom, Sony, Siemens, IKEA, SMRT Singapore and AmCham.
Research & Academia
Award-winning interdisciplinary technology projects presented at international conferences and exhibitions for over 20 years. Collaborations include Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society, MIT Media Lab, UCLA, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft & Ars Electronica.
PhD from the Sorbonne Paris on the exchange of values and conversion of capital in digital business models (with highest honours), B.A. Philosophy (Logics and AI), B.A. in Literature and Cultural Anthropology from FU Berlin, and M.A. in Experimental Media from the Berlin UdK (outstanding achievement).
Research and lecturing at the National University of Singapore (NUS) University Scholars Program (USP) for 12 years, from 2005 to 2017.
Peer-reviewed publications on logic-based Decision-Support AI, Ambient Intelligence, Online Negotiation, Deal-Design, Contract Simplification, LegalTech, Multisided Business Platforms, Visual Knowledge Representation, and the Future of Work.
Volunteering
Jury member of the World Summit Awards (WSA) Germany, a UN-linked global start-up competition.
Co-founder of a Berlin Think Tank; founder of Odo Fine Arts, and Senior Ventures.
German national and Singapore Permanent Resident, based in Singapore for 21 years and having lived in more than 10 countries.
