Dr. Thomas Langenberg

We create and sell high yield vacation rental products for small and medium sized real estate investors in Istria & Kvarner (Croatia). We aim for properties that 1. Deliver outstanding annual returns (10%+ yield), and 2. Rank No 1 in their respective category References: https://www.airbnb.de/rooms/26080252 https://www.airbnb.de/rooms/34385075

m2 MediaGroup creates print products (e.g. magazines) that help local real estate agents improve their visibility in the market and as such boost their revenues. I built and operated the online product (https://immobilienmagazin.io), which is a web based content submission and printing tool for real estate agents. I was in charge of the product roadmap, the product vision as well as steering and coordinating cross-functional teams (engineering, content, design) towards our product vision

Team lead for a due diligence in the German media space.

I worked on various assignments in the digital strategy space.

I co-founded one of the first SaaS Facebook Marketing companies in Germany. I crafted the first version of the product with our engineering team and owned the product roadmap. We created Facebook apps for agencies in Germany. Our most successful app reached 1 mio monthly active users. I ramped company sales from zero to a middle 6-digit € figure (purely digital revenues) when we sold the company to a competitor

Freelance consultant to the Vale group focusing on knowledge transfer between academic institutions and private sector research labs.

I was responsible for setting up and implementing this executive education program at EPFL. I closely collaborated with the EPFL School of Continuing Education. I was responsible for budgeting, human resources, student recruitment and curriculum development.

I was responsible for designing, implementing and deploying SAP projects

In my research I studied how firms can profit from information exchange in user communities for product development and product marketing. I studied the U.S. freestyle skiing industry.

I conducted research in the field of social network analysis. With my co-authors I wrote a teaching case on aSmallWorld.net and several papers in the field of knowledge sharing in social networks. Also, I conducted field research in the U.S. alpine skiing industry.

Technology and Innovation Management