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TEAM
Our multi-generational team: Outlier tech talents meets seasoned C-Level Executives
Our team is united by a strong passion for purpose and a desire to create the NEWNOW. We have a long list of outstanding accomplishments in academia, the entrepreneurial world, corporate careers, and beyond.
Johanna
Frankfurt, Germany
Managing Director & Strategy Leader
Johanna Hettinger is an experienced strategy consultant with a passion for tech and entrepreneurship. At Bain & Company, she helped large consumer goods clients drive transformative impact through Big Data and AI as well as through the digitalization of sales channels. Johanna also mentors young impact founders and tested venture ideas in elderly care.
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Daniel
Berlin, Germany
Non-Executive Partner & Technology Leader
Daniel Dippold is a young entrepreneur who has founded three successful tech companies. He is an angel investor and initiated the world's biggest impact-driven entrepreneurship community represented in over 30 countries globally, Sigma Squared Society. Daniel graduated from Cambridge, St. Gallen and HKUST with honors. He’s broken his leg four times doing parkour, but he doesn’t let that slow him down. He also loves to read and is especially interested in the fields of mathematics and philosophy.
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Jan
Paris, France
Non-Executive Partner & Marketing Leader
Jan Huckfeldt is Chief Commercial Officer at Climeworks, the world"s leading Direct Air Capture technology, removing CO2 from the atmosphere to safely and permanently store it as stone underground. Previously, Jan held CMO roles at Motorola, Lenovo and Hewlett Packard. He started his career at Procter & Gamble. Jan holds a PhD in Polymer Chemistry, serves on various advisory boards and regularly gives guest lectures at Cambridge and ESCP. Outside work, Jan loves engaging in outdoor activities with his family.
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Katja
Frankfurt, Germany
Managing Director and Strategy Lead
Katja Spörl is a seasoned strategy consultant with a deep passion for technology and entrepreneurship. During her tenure at BCG, she assisted clients in leveraging data analytics and digital transformation to realize their full potential. She is also currently completing her PhD in digital marketing, focusing on social media, marketing effectiveness, and the application of AI in marketing. Outside of her professional endeavors, Katja enjoys traveling the world and spending quality time with her family.
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Lukas
Lisbon, Portugal
Data Analyst & Senior Project Manager
Lukas is a consultant with a background in Finance. After working as a financial analyst in real estate, he studied Management at WHU with a focus on strategy and consulting and Finance at Católica Lisbon with a focus on Data Science and Machine Learning. He is currently based in Lisbon. He’s a passionate long-distance runner and enjoys going sailing on the weekends.
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Melina
Lisbon, Portugal
Senior Project Manager & Digital Strategy Expert
Melina Kühne loves to work on innovative ideas and strongly believes in the powerful impact of AI and Data Science. In her several years of experience as a digital consultant, she helped companies to tackle the challenges of digital transformation. With her Master of Science in Business Analytics, she combines strong business knowledge with technical and analytical know-how to bridge the gap between Data and Business opportunities. Living in Portugal, Melina loves to spend her weekends travelling around the country and spending her time in nature. She's a big fan of everything outdoors and particularly enjoys beach volleyball and diving.
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Olaf
Lisbon, Portugal
Data Analyst & Project Manager
Olaf Hesse is a strategy consultant and AI specialist with a passion for Machine Learning. He studied Industrial Engineering and International Management with a focus on Strategy, Consulting and Business Analytics in Germany, Portugal and Italy. Olaf worked 2 years in Management Consulting at PwC driving financial transformation projects for global companies before joining NEWNOW. In his free time, Olaf likes to go kite surfing around the world and is passionate about reading books about psychology, AI and blockchain technology.
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Otmar
Frankfurt, Germany
Executive Chairman & Operations Leader
Otmar Debald is an experienced board professional, advisory board member in several consumer goods companies and advisor to technology startups. He spent over 30 years at Procter & Gamble, leading the Finance and Supply Chain departments as CFO & COO. He also oversaw several mergers and acquisitions including the integration of Gillette.
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Petros
Thessaloniki, Greece
Machine Learning Expert
Meet Petros, a highly skilled and ambitious individual with a diverse educational background in both Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management, as well as Business Analytics. He holds an integrated Masters degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and an MSc from Imperial College London, where he also completed his research thesis in Fairness in Machine Learning. Petros is most passionate about the intersection of data science and optimization and utilizing this knowledge to build products that drive business value. Having also completed an internship at Deloitte, he brings a powerful blend of academic knowledge and valuable industry experience to the table. Yet Petros is not all work and no play. In addition to his professional pursuits, he devotes his free time to building apps that automate daily tasks, perfecting the next espresso shot, and reading philosophy.
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Sean
Grenoble, France
Managing Director & Executive Partner
Sean Gallagher has 30 years of experience in the technology industry across EMEA. He has held senior executive roles in Sales and General Management at Hewlett Packard, Xerox and Cisco Systems. He now advises several technology startups and coaches the sales organizations of some of the top technology companies in the world. Sean is a big rugby fan, and nothing gets his heart racing more than watching his native Ireland play!
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Stefan
Zurich, Switzerland
Non-Executive Partner & Leadership Expert
Stefan Homeister has been on the board and held senior executive marketing, sales and GM roles at firms such as Procter & Gamble, T-Mobile and SAB Miller. He later followed his personal passion for leadership and founded a fast-growing consulting and learning community, helping 100+ companies and countless individuals to improve their leadership and strategy effectiveness. On a personal level Stefan loves quality time with his family, team sports and helping people grow.
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Valentin
Vienna, Austria
Machine Learning Engineer
Valentin is a data scientist pursuing his MSc in Data Science at TU Wien, with a strong background in computer science. He has experience working as a Data Scientist at NEWNOW Group, impacting international clients, and as a Research Intern in Medical Image Analysis at the Medical University in Vienna. He founded e-Card, a digitalized library card system, which has earned multiple awards. In his spare time, he enjoys music, running, and reading.
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Xavier
Frankfurt, Germany
Non-Executive Partner & Impact Expert
Xavier Sarras is a founding partner at the Impact VC fund 4P Capital. In this context, he acts as a board member and advisor to highly scalable, purposeful startups to drive positive social and environmental impact. He is an expert in customer experience with close to 30 years of experience in scaling digitally driven marketing agencies. A passionate father of two young boys and loving husband, he loves spending quality time with his family. He is actively combatting aging with training calisthenics and the Wing Tsun martial art. At parties, you find him in the kitchen cooking or behind the decks djing.
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