Strategist · Entrepreneur
AI is getting a body. Strategy has to catch up.
More than a decade shaping strategy in a dozen countries.
Strategist and entrepreneur. I've built strategy and new businesses at Bosch and Schneider Electric, and today I'm building Skillstr. My current big-ticket focus: how physical AI is reshaping industries.
The big theme · Physical AI reshaping industries
Machines that move and think.
AI learned to talk on screens. Now it is moving into cars, factories and homes. Every company that builds physical things has to decide what that means.
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- 01Why physical AI is the next platform shift
- 02The humanoid question every industrial company will face
- 03What the software-defined vehicle can teach robotics
- 04Who captures the value in a humanoid robot
Built on what I've already written
Insights
Essays on technology, strategy and leadership. Also published by nasscom and Bosch.
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Speaker reel
Beyond the Desk
How to build a personal playbook when AI rewrites the job.
Red FM's leadership series, in full.
The shorts
The ground covered
More than a decade.
A dozen countries.
Three continents.
Strategy is local before it is global. I've built it across Europe and Asia, with teams in every time zone.
Europe
Germany
France
Netherlands
Asia & Middle East
Japan
Singapore
Hong Kong
China
India
UAE
Qatar
Americas
Mexico
United States
Built at
Educated at
UC Berkeley
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2011–2012
National Industrial Gas Plants
Operations intern · Doha, Qatar
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2014–2015
bmp Consultants
Strategy consultant, VC-backed consulting arm · Germany, France, Netherlands
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2016–2017
Schneider Electric
Strategic marketing consultant · Hong Kong, France, India, UAE
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2018–2024
Bosch
Strategy manager to head of strategy · India, Germany, Singapore, China, Mexico
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2025–now
Skillstr
Founder and CEO · independent strategy advisor · trainer
€3.5B+
Bosch business whose market and competitive intelligence I led
0 → 1
AI-driven IoT mobility product, built and run for the EU, US and Japan
€500M+
Field-service business across 20+ Asia-Pacific countries
Strategist & entrepreneur
What I do
Build
Skillstr: AI that helps professionals lead better at work. Founder and CEO.
Advise →
Where to play and how to win, as AI gets a body.
Write
Essays on physical AI, humanoids and the software-defined vehicle.
Speak
Keynotes, panels, podcasts and guest lectures across Europe and Asia.
Train →
60+ leadership and design-thinking programmes on three continents.