Dr. Sonja Ulland (Dr. phil., MA Pädagogik)

Consulting Focus:

• Project Management Office (PMO)
• Re-Structuring and Change Management
• Carrier Coaching

Sonja completed her studies of philosophy and empirical pedagogy at the Technical University of Braunschweig in 2000 with a doctorate in philosophy. In her PhD thesis, she investigated the effectiveness of a self-developed e-learning tool for behavioral change.

Between 2000 and 2009, she worked as a divisional, site and regional manager in various service companies. The focus of the management mission was the change: both the complete rebuilding of a German subsidiary and the continuation of the business activity despite the threat of insolvency was successfully mastered. Since 2009, Sonja has been accompanying companies and executives in organizational realignment and restructuring as an external consultant. Her clients included well-known companies from telecommunications, the insurance class and the consumer goods industry. She serves a broad portfolio of topics as a "wingman" for CHRO, CEO and CTRO - from concept development to project management and training to monitoring. Her assignments always focus on topics between change and performance optimization.

Sonja is a native German speaker and speaks fluently English.

Dr. Holger Ulland (Dr.-Ing., Dipl.-Kfm.)

Consulting Focus:

• Innovation and Technology Consulting
• Startup and Founder Consulting
• Database Design and Programming

Holger completed his studies in Mechanical Engineering as a graduate engineer at the University of Duisburg in 1995. Parallel to his first professional years, he studied economics at the University of Hagen, graduating with a degree in Business & Administration in 2000.
In 2011, he completed his part-time doctorate in Engineering at the Institute of Energy Technology at the University of Duisburg-Essen on a topic of thermoelectrics.
From 1995 to 2005 he worked in various positions within the food and packaging industry for Unilever, Coca-Cola and the STI group.
From 2006 to 2016, he worked for several start-ups from the high-tech environment, always with a strong focus on innovation and business development. During this time, he led two startups as Chief Executive Officer.
Since 2017, he has focused on a role as an independent consultant for innovation and technology. Among his projects was a long commitment to a large German material group in the field of Printed Electronics. In this project, after an in-depth analysis of the material properties, a suitable target application was identified and a business case with an annual sales potential of > € 50 million was developed and implemented.
Holger is a native German speaker, also speaks reliable English and has basic knowledge of French and Italian.