Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium
Constantly scouting for new ideas and translating them into NATO. I strive to innovate public sector o’s, and create a culture that fosters creativity and problem solving! At NATO, I am working to drive change when it comes to Allied investments into new space technologies and cultivating a more progressive relationship with the commercial sector.
Senior Space Coordinator - Creating new opportunities for multinational investments and space industries, and strengthening interoperability of space technologies.
Working on accelerating the adoption of disruptive technologies, establishing closer relations with tech and defence industries and creating a more diverse and progressive culture in public sector organizations.
* Served as principal author for several proposals presented for political agreement up to the level of Heads of State and Government, and coordinated initiatives among major Alliance stakeholders, including NATO agencies, the military, other divisions. * Planned and oversaw several NATO key capability development initiatives, including the establishment of the Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (AFSC) programme replacing NATO’s E-3 AWACS.
Co-Founded Polis180, a grassroots think tank for for young professionals to contribute their policy ideas to public political discourse. Throughout my tenure, I developed new innovative debating formats with high-ranking politicians, new policy publication formats and launched policy projects with experts and institutions. Partners included the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the EU Commission, national embassies and cultural institutions. The "Global Go To Think Tank Index Report 2016" of the University of Pennsylvania ranked Polis180 as the best new German think tank and worldwide Polis180 was ranked 8 of 45 in the category "Best New Think Tanks 2016".
Research assistant at the Center for Contemporary History in Potsdam and at the University Erfurt
Research investigator for US extraditions/law suits against German war criminals and former SS-Auschwitz guards
Trainee in research projects, including on "Transatlantic Perspectives" (postwar US-German relations)