University studies and research
After finishing his studies in biophysics at the University of Bayreuth, Uli had been working at the university for three years as a researcher and research group manager.
His responsibilities included the management of lab courses for undergraduate students. He was in charge of the lab time management and milestone planning with the advisors. Within his research group he was managing lab hours and administrating the equipment availability for six researchers.
COO position at an Entrepreneurship Center
In 2013 Uli joined the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE) at Munich University of Applied Sciences (MUAS) as incubator manager. He counseled potential future entrepreneurs and mentored teams in the Start-Up-League, the internal acceleration program.
At SCE, Uli was also responsible for the international startup exchange program. Promising startups from foreign and university incubators can use resources for free for up to four weeks at the incubator in order to ease their access into the German market. He coordinated these activities with partners from all over the world.
As COO of the incubator at MUAS, he was in close contact with the administration of the university.
Managing a 3D Printing Cluster
To further develop the sector of additive manufacturing for startups, Uli was a member of the managing team of the 3D Printing Cluster located in Munich till 2019. Among others, EOS, BMW, Siemens, 3M and voxeljet as well as the Entrepreneurship Center of the Technical University Munich (TUM), UnternehmerTUM, and the Entrepreneurship Center of MUAS, SCE, are active members of the cluster and frequent participants of cluster events.
Partner Manager at AM Ventures Holding GmbH (AMV)
In 2016 Uli worked as Partner Manager for AMV. His main task was the global roll-out of the 3D Printing Cluster as a scouting channel for AMV.
Additionally he defined and implemented the scouting strategy for hardware related startups.
Innovation and Technology Manager, Langer Group
Since 2019 Uli is Manager for Innovation and Technology within the Langer Group.
Ownership
Besides his entrepreneurial support, Uli is holding a minor investment in 3D Micro Print.
Together with his sister Uli is limited partner for a real estate company building and owning the EOS headquarters. Today these consist of five buildings with more than 500 000 ft² of office and production space.
They are major shareholders in the holding company of AMV and AM Global, the manufacturing entity within the group.
Uli is a shareholder in LHUM which holds shares in more than ten companies (i.e. EOS, scanlab, Alphaform, microbeads, 3D MicroPrint and others) in the field of additive manufacturing.
Personal growth
To improve his personal communication and leadership skills, Uli became a member of Toastmasters International in 2013. He was part of the officer team of the bilingual club Munich Media Speakers from 2013 till 2016.
In 2016 Uli participated in an executive education course of Harvard Business School called Personal Leadership Development (PLD) and the academy “Führung und Persönlichkeit” (leadership and personality) of the “Hochschule für Philosophie” in Munich.
Lecture title:
How to Leverage Your Ecosystem as a Strategic Investor to Accelerate Your Portfolio
Abstract:
As there is plenty of money available for great ideas, a startup should think hard about the additional value it can get from their investors.
The value-add AM Ventures can offer entail the vast Know-How in 3D Printing (technical development, business model innovation, …), the integration into a successful ecosystem in the realm of advanced manufacturing (the Langer group), the opportunities to exchange with and to start new projects within the existing portfolio and the lever for marketing activities.