Stefan F. Dieffenbacher, M.B.A.

Founder and CEO of Digital Leadership

25+

Years of
experience

100M+

Portfolio management
experience

9+

Start-ups founded
& invested in

Proudly worked with:

About Stefan by Numbers

The UNITE contributors have achieved a major feat:

Over 20 Million Euro Projects

Multi-Million Euro & Dollar projects.

13 Years Living Abroad

Living in 11 countries, research and lectures at Universities.

9 startups Co-Founded

9 startups either co-founded or invested in.

Set up of 7 companies

Set up of 7 companies all over the world.

Over 1000 Workshops

And numerous awards and always new impulses for the enterprises of the world.
– this is Stefan F.Dieffenbacher.

About Stefan by Numbers

The UNITE contributors have achieved a major feat:

Over 20 Million Euro Projects

Multi-Million Euro & Dollar projects.

13 Years Living Abroad

Living in 11 countries, research and lectures at Universities.

9 startups Co-Founded

9 startups either co-founded or invested in.

Set up of 7 companies

Set up of 7 companies all over the world.

Over 1000 Workshops

And numerous awards and always new impulses for the enterprises of the world.
– this is Stefan F.Dieffenbacher.

Track record.

Stefan has led numerous large-scale international initiatives in the area of Enterprise Innovation & Transformation, & has also built and invested in a number of disruptive innovation & start-up initiatives.

The largest engagements include building up & managing a workforce of over 400 people, with a total amount invested of over €100 Million.

Services specialist

Over 20 Million Euro Projects

Stefan has led multi-million Euro projects for the following companies, with direct C-Level reporting
And smaller engagements for:

Bayer

Boston Consulting Group

FinanceScout

Kabel 1

G+D

K+S

LV 1871

IBM

Mammut

Milupa

O2

Sapient

Pro7

Sparkassen

The Times

T - Online

UBS

VNG

Bayer

Boston Consulting Group

FinanceScout

Kabel 1

G+D

K+S

LV 1871

IBM

Mammut

Milupa

O2

Sapient

Pro7

Sparkassen

The Times

T - Online

UBS

VNG

Keynotes & Lectures.

Stefan has given numerous keynotes and lectures to institutions around the world on his core topic of enterprise innovation & transformation.

Lectures at the following institutions:

  • Ecole des Savignac
  • Tias Nimbas Busines Schools
  • Frankfurt School of Finance
  • Hult International University Dubai
  • IE Madrid (Instituto de Empresa)
  • Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship
  • Heriot Watt University, Dubai Campus
  • Munich Business School
  • Technical University of Munich (TUM)
  • University of Zürich

Keynotes at the following institutions:

  • AMC, Germany
  • Banking Club, Germany
  • Bitkom, Germanys
  • Digital Mind Change, Germany
  • European Design Thinking Conference, Netherlands
  • FI-TS Innovationstage, Germany
  • Gartner, Germany
  • Henley Great Minds, Switzerland
  • i2 Summit, Switzerland
  • LSZ government services, Austria
  • Mobile World Congress, Spain
  • OFFF, Spain
  • Pixel Festival, Belgium
  • Roland Berger annual conference, Germany
  • Social Talk, Frankfurt
  • UX Strat Europe, Netherlands
  • WCF Davos, Switzerland

Topics covered‍:

Enterprise Strategy
  • Enterprise Portfolio Management
  • Managing a €100 Million Enterprise Roadmap
A platform approach to business transformation
  • Digital transformation vs. Conventional transformation
  • Intranet Strategy
Innovation
  • Realizing disruptive innovation
  • Innovation Management processes
  • Creating breakthrough innovations
  • The changing nature of innovation
  • Leading Innovation
  • Disruptive strategies
Sector specific
  • Strategies in the automotive sector
  • Banking – what‘s next
  • How to create the digital government of the future
  • TInnovation for Banks & Insurances
Leadership
  • Leadership 2.0
  • Leadership in the digital age

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