Professional experience

06/2025 - now:

Founder

tahi.design, Valencia, Spain

Business transformation studio providing clients with stability and clarity by streamlining digital user experiences and optimizing systems to manage finance, HR and marketing without friction. Building productivity apps with Claude Code. Relaunched after MD tenure at Flinterhoff GmbH.

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01/2026 - 03/2026: Paternal leave

My wife and I welcomed our first child into this beautiful world.

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01/2022 - 06/2025:

Managing Director

Flinterhoff GmbH, Kalkar, Germany

Family-owned company with two distinct business units: retail and metal construction. I joined the management in a phase of structural complexity and financial pressure and focused on restoring clarity, stability, and long-term viability. My responsibilities covered financial management and forecasting, system and process redesign, digital commerce, and strategic restructuring, including a successful turnaround phase and the responsible closure of the retail business in 2024.

01/2021 - 12/2021:

Founder & CEO

tahi.design, Kalkar, Germany

Business transformation consultancy producing clear marketing manuals, design systems, and digital experiences. For Flinterhoff GmbH, we created a branding design system for retail repositioning and began developing a custom e-commerce system. For Kreishandwerkerschaft Kleve, a public corporation supporting regional trade businesses, we conducted stakeholder research and built a website serving as the central access point for legal documents, contacts, and vocational information for over 4,100 businesses. Tahi.design closed after a successful year to focus on Flinterhoff GmbH.

09/2016 - 12/2020:

In-house Consultant

Flinterhoff GmbH, Kalkar, Germany

Family-owned company with two distinct business units: retail and metal construction. I designed and implemented core operational, digital, and financial systems across both units, including cloud collaboration, ERP and POS systems, lean accounting processes, and workflow redesign. My work focused on creating clarity, scalability, and effective collaboration between people, tools, and business models.


More details and experiences here and on LinkedIn.

Education

Master of Arts (M.A.): Media Management & Entrepreneurship, (2016) – 1.2

Thesis: Business Model Innovation as an important value driver in corporations - A structured analysis and systematic evaluation of existing concepts.

Activities: Lecturer for digital transformation after graduation (09/2016-02/2017); study trips to Berlin, Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv; speech as class representative on graduation day.

Hochschule Fresenius - University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, GER

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.): Applied Media Studies, (2014) – 1.6

Focus: Media, sports and events management

Activities: Class representative; supported the Students' Association in organizing events and welcome weekends.

Hochschule Mittweida - University of Applied Sciences, Mittweida, GER Hochschule Fresenius - University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, GER

Assets

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Key Skills

Sorted alphabetically.

Corporate Management (1) , Digital Transformation (2), Systems Design (3), Change Management (4), Marketing (5)


Find more skills here and how I get things done here.

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Languages

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Relevant Tools

Tools used in my day-to-day are highlighted in blue. Sorted alphabetically.

AI

Claude, NotionAI

ChatGPT, Google Gemini, NotebookLM

Collaboration

Google Workspace, Notion

Asana, Microsoft 365, Miro, Slack

Content, Design, Prototyping

Affinity Studio, Figma

Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere), BlackMagic Davinci Resolve, Canva, Whimsical

Coding / Hosting

Claude Code

Cursor, Cloudflare, Visual Studio Code

No-Code Website / eCommerce

Shopify

Webflow, WiX, Wordpress / WooCommerce

Productivity for Mac

Alfred, Magnet, Yoink

Handbrake

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Connections

Areas of self-employed experts, leaders and operators from Europe and parts of Latin America in my network who might be beneficial to you.

AI, cyber security, HR & Leadership, marketing, (space) design, software development


Let’s connect on LinkedIn.

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