My story
Built. Grown. Sold.
Three companies, three exits and thirty years in Southeast Asia.
I’m German, and Southeast Asia has been home since 1995, when SAP sent me to Singapore. Two years later I started my first company in Kuala Lumpur.
Over thirty years I’ve founded three companies, taken one to the stock exchange, sold one to its management and one to a Japanese group. I was the only non-Malaysian featured in Oon Yeoh’s book Go For Broke! Tales of Malaysian Technopreneurship.
Today I coach founders and business owners, speak at events and invest in startups across the region. Outside work I’ve completed four Ironman races and many shorter-distance races and marathons. These days my passion is pickleball.
Timeline
Thirty years, briefly
- 1993
SAP, Germany
Joined SAP’s international consulting team in Walldorf.
- 1995
SAP Asia, Singapore
Moved to Asia to build SAP’s presales team.
- 1997
ISS Consulting
Founded my first company in Kuala Lumpur.
- 2007
Stock exchange
ISS Consulting became the first foreign-owned company to list on MESDAQ.
- 2010
Incube8
Founded serviced offices in Mont Kiara. Sold to its management in 2013.
- 2013
Axxis Consulting
Founded in Singapore. Sold to Biprogy of Japan in 2019. Stayed on as CEO until 2026.
- Today
Coach, speaker, investor
Helping founders and business owners reach their next goal.