Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
I’m passionate about creating transformative impact at the intersection of health, innovation, and access. My work is driven by a simple but ambitious mission: to make essential healthcare solutions more available, affordable, and effective in underserved markets. Currently, I work as a manager at Part of the Solution (POTS), where I help pharmaceutical and medtech companies design and implement access strategies in low- and middle-income countries. This includes optimizing supply chains, crafting partnerships, and developing market-shaping programs that align business incentives with public health outcomes. Previously, as Head of Special Projects at Ilara Health, I led initiatives that brought diagnostic services to underserved communities across Kenya, secured grant funding, and piloted telemedicine solutions. I’ve also co-founded ventures, built teams from scratch, and developed business models that aim to be both scalable and socially meaningful. Let’s collaborate to turn smart strategies into lasting impact.
Freelance services: 1) Innovation consulting along the entire innovation process: defining the customer, problem definition, needs identification, ideation etc. 2) Workshop moderation 3) Leadership coaching incl. conflict resolution within or across teams Special focus on the healthcare industry and social impact startups in emerging markets. Clients so far include high-profile international organizations (e.g. UN Innovation Accelerator, EIT Health), development consultancies (e.g. GFA Consulting in Germany) and private companies (e.g. tech startups). Entrepreneurship & Investor: Founded a kitesurf village in Brazil with currently four holiday homes. Strong focus on process automation. Built a WhatsApp chatbot for client communication, automated large amounts of the hospitality process. Follow us at: https://www.instagram.com/macapa.paradise/
Making diagnostic tests affordable and accessible for thousands of low & middle income groups in peri-urban Kenya - Won a 150k € grant from Boehringer Ingelheim & led the company to be accepted in the accelerator program together with Ashoka - Was personally selected for a stipend for a fully funded trip to Rwanda to participate in a conference organized by the Harvard Global Institute - Piloting the use of telemedicine in the field of ultrasound as well as providing ultrasound services on demand to clinics in peri-urban Kenya - Speaker at the Afrolynk Conference in Berlin 2020 - Guest lecturer at the Copenhagen Business School in 2021 & Strathmore University in 2022 - Secured $50k debt funding via Kiva.org - Managed a medical education project for clinicians in our partner facilities
11 month fellowship to learn the Stanford BioDesign Process of healthcare innovation. Selective program sponsored by the European Union. The fellowship is run by faculty from Oxford University, IESE Business School, University of Coimbra, Karolinska Institute and others. www.starship.eithealth.eu Part of the winner team in the final competition.
Driving digital innovation & building innovative business models - Supported clients in their digital transformation journey - Developed digital strategies such as market entry strategies for an industrial client - Created endless customer journeys, personas and design thinking exercises - Planned MVP designs and executed digital product launches