1994-1999 Founder and Managing Director, Europa Associates Inc., Stanford, CA; Partner, Schaefer International LLC. San Francisco, CA
technology company consulting, German-American business consulting, scouted technologies in Germany, particularly in the New States

2000-2004 Founder and CEO, IQ International Incubator AG, Berlin
assisted small and medium-sized technology companies from the U.S. to settle in Germany, supported German technology companies as they expanded to the U.S., arranged equity capital

2004 Managing Director, IQ Management GmbH, Berlin
arranged capital, M&A consulting

Since 2005 IQ International Consulting

Deputy Chairman of the supervisory board of ASDIS Software AG, Berlin