Tristen Mueller

Accelerator Lead

Responsible for the Startup House program with startup hubs in Tunisia (Tunis) and Rwanda (Kigali); Setting up startup support programs and providing advise to startups in the digital and IT sector; Managing rollouts of new locations (Kigali), and management-transitions for existing locations (Tunis); Project-related extended stays in Rwanda (one year) and Tunisia (six months).

Responsible for steering IT and software development for a startup online social platform aimed at supporting young and vulnerable parents throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland; Created project specifications and evaluated software agencies & advised board on all software & IT related decisions; Responsible for procurement and management of external service providers (software agencies) as well as defining and monitoring the project budget;

IT Project Manager

___Research project at BIGS: „ Multinational Corporations (MNCs) in International Security“. __Main Objectives: (1) Identify strategic security functions fulfilled by MNCs (2) Identify examples of autonomous foreign diplomacy and security policies of MNCs with regard to their host governments. (3) Sketch implications of MNCs’ activity in the field of International Security (government, private business sector, science)

___Research project on behalf of the Daimler-Group: "Transnational Corporations (TNCs) and State Agents in the Face of International Crises: an Analysis of Cooperation from the German Perspective." __Main Objectives: (1) Identify cooperation and communication channels between German government and TNCs during international (security related) crises (2) Analyze internal and external crisis management structures of major German TNCs (3) Analyze and identify internal and external crisis

Member of team: "International Security and Crisis Management (Corporate Unit)" __Main Tasks & Responsibilities: -- Corporate Situation center: Situation updates, open source analysis, monitoring security situation worldwide -- Supporting Corporate Crisis Staff during Japan/ Fukushima crisis of 2011: situation updates, immediate crisis response, Support of Japanese employees --Political Risk Management: Countrywide and regional risks reports: Algeria, Nigeria, Egypt

Organisation der Abschlussveranstaltung zum Modellprojekt „Guter Start ins Kinderleben” am 01.04.2009 mit über 250 Teilnehmern in Stuttgart

Int. Terrorism / Int. Crisis Management

Foreign Affairs / International Security