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Bernhard Wirtz
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Inhaber, Founder & CEO, Make Ideas Real - From Vision to Value
Zürich, Switzerland
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Professional experience for Bernhard Wirtz
Current 5 years and 2 months, since Jul 2017
Founder & CEO
Make Ideas Real - From Vision to Value
Advising large corporations and startups on strategy, innovation, new business development and new business models, digital transformation. Streamlining organizations, developing new growth opportunities and creating value. Venture Capital.
5 years and 1 month, Jun 2012 - Jun 2017
Director New Business, Strategy & Innovation
Daniel Swarovski Corporation AG
Developed new global businesses on behalf of the owner fanily / Executive Chairman from vision/strategy towards implementation: retail/megastores for megacities, IoT/wearables/smart devices incl. ecosystem setup with global blue chips and startups Developed framework for non-incremental innovation incl. governance model; deployed lean management techniques, design thinking, ...
4 years and 8 months, Jul 2007 - Feb 2012
Management Consulting
Egon Zehnder International
100+ Executive Search mandates on C-level (N, N-1, few N-2) Leadership of Zurich Research team (12 FTE, 9 nationalities)
7 years and 7 months, Apr 1999 - Oct 2006
Vorstandssprecher / Spokesman of the Executive Board
MediaTransfer AG
- internet start-up, complete lifecycle from exponential growth through crisis (2001) towards profitable growth - client services and new business as Managing Director (focus 1999-2001), in addition general management incl. turnaround/restructuring, strategy, controlling, administration (focus 2001-2005)
Educational background for Bernhard Wirtz
2 months, Aug 2018 - Sep 2018
Private Equity & Venture Capital
Università Bocconi
3 months, Apr 2018 - Jun 2018
Artificial intelligence: Impact on Business & Strategy
MIT Sloan School of Management
Status quo and Future of AI in business, including Machine Learning, NLP (Natural Language Processing), Robotics, Ethics
2 months, Oct 2017 - Nov 2017
Disruptive Strategy with Clayton Christensen
Harvard Business School
Strategy, Innovation, Growth
2015 - 2015
Design Thinking
IDEO U
prototyping, customer orientation
2014 - 2014
Personal Leadership
Columbia University in the City of New York
2013 - 2013
Science of Happiness
University of California, Berkeley
2012 - 2012
Executive Program in Innovation
Haas School of Business, University Berkeley
top faculty including Steve Blank, one of the most influential evangelists worldwide on "How to build a successful business" Silicon Valley mindset "in the air" - very inspiring
2006 - 2006
Leadership Program General Management/Unternehmerseminar
Executive School HSG, St. Gallen
2004 - 2005
Change Management
2Coach
Business
University of Cologne
Product Marketing, Brand & Marketing Communication, Finance, Consumer Psychology,
Languages
German
First language
English
Fluent
French
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Spanish
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