General Manager STAGE+
Deutsche Grammophon
Leading the global streaming service for classical music and performance.
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International experience · Leadership across changing markets
Building, leading
and investing in
what comes next.
Education in Germany, the United States and France, leadership roles in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, and work with teams and companies across Europe and beyond have made internationality a constant in my life and career.
Current responsibilities
Current responsibilities
Leadership perspective, entrepreneurial independence.
Founder & Managing Director
fullstopp
Advising and investing in companies across publishing, education and technology.
Boards & advisory
A perspective shaped by operating experience.
Peter Lang
Board Member
Since 2024Asian Council of Science Editors
Board Member
Since 2024EasyConnect
Member, Board of Advisors
Since 2025Career path
More than two decades of transformation.
Wiley & ResearchGate
Senior Director at Wiley and General Manager Publisher Solutions at ResearchGate.
Hatje Cantz
Managing Director of the international art-book publisher, leading the company together with Nicola von Velsen.
Knowledge Unlatched
Managing Director and later Senior Director of the open-access platform.
De Gruyter
CEO of the international academic publisher through a defining period of digital growth.
Birkhäuser & Springer Nature
Managing Director at Birkhäuser and Springer Vienna; member of the executive board of Springer Nature.
Bertelsmann
Corporate development and later Head of Point of Sale Activities at Club Bertelsmann.
Selected investments
Backing focused teams in knowledge and technology.
SyllaSignalsAnywyseKnowledge Gate GroupChimeEx OrdoUNFIASISTRISSciFlowZapnitoJoMI
Angel Investor Education
Political science, international perspective, practical strategy.
University of Münster
PhD · Political Science / International Relations
Washington University in St. Louis
European Studies
INSEAD
Executive education · 2002
Selected publications
Writing about the systems that shape knowledge.
A selection from my work on scholarly communication, publishing markets, peer review and digital transformation.
2026
View complete publication list on ORCID Startups to watch – Innovators of tomorrow
↗2024Openness and Transparency in Peer Review
↗2024Is the tail wagging the dog? Understanding the value of incentives in peer review
↗2021Neue Wildnis in geordneten Märkten
↗2018Open Access in Its Next Phase: From Single Products to Marketplaces
↗2017Von der Digitalisierung zur Digitalität: Wissenschaftsverlage vor anderen Herausforderungen
↗2013We need integrated publishing
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