My first name is Qian [pronouced chien, ch like china], last name is Qin [pronouced chin]. I am a Dipl.-Ing. (equiv. m.Sc.) in Computer Engineering.

I was born in Guangxi, China on May 21st, 1984 and moved to Berlin, Germany in 1989.

I speak Chinese (Mandarin), German and English. You can find a shortened version of my CV here.

Work Experience

BSH Digital Ventures GmbH (2018-2020)

Managing Director of the company builder of BSH Home Appliances Group

• Accelerating existing digital hardware business models
• Evaluating and pretotyping potential new digital hardware business models
• Introducing effective and fast innovation processes to the corporate world
• Managing fast hardware development in Shenzhen, China
• Scouting of manufacturers in China for IoT products
• Developing and building low cost proof of concepts

Natural Dental Implants AG (2017-2018)

Project Management, IT, Investor Relations, Business Development

• Fundraising: new record for biggest startup crowd-investing campaign on Companisto (2.5M EUR)
• Managing seamless relocation of company with medical product production site without production downtime
• Organizing pilots with new partners for distribution
• Evaluating market entry for China

Panono GmbH (2012-2017)

Founder, Company Officer with Statutory Authority (Prokurist)

• Building the company with 37 employees
• Development, certification (CE, FCC/IC, RoHS, etc.) and
  international roll-out (WEEE, customs, etc.) of a new innovative
  throwable camera (as Chief Technology Officer)
• Creating of a new market with EUR 2.7M revenue in the first year
  after launch (as Vice President Business Development)
• Acquiring high seven digit venture funds (as Vice President
  Investor Relations)
• Fundraising: new record for biggest startup crowd-investing campaign on
  Companisto (EUR 1.6M)
• Fundraising: new record for biggest crowd-funding campaign from Germany
  (USD 1.25M)
• Taken over by an investor through an asset-deal

Awards

• First Prize “Business Plan Competition Berlin-Brandenburg”
• First Prize “IKT Innovativ Gründerwettbewerb”
• First Prize “Pitch im Paternoster”
• Innovation Prize from the “Gesellschaft für Informatik”
• Honored with “Deutschland Land der Ideen”

Education

Technische Universität Berlin (2003-2012)

• Degree (Dipl.-Ing. equiv. M.Sc.) in Computer Engineering
• Thesis topic: Dynamic Ambient Lighting for Mobile Devices
• Prototype was presented at ACM UIST Symposium in 2011

Jiao-Tong University (2006)

• Semester abroad in Shanghai, China