About me
Experienced TV journalist (director & producer) with track record in different news, economic and cultural programs for public and commercial television stations. Background in comparative literature. Currently working as producer in the Netherlands for ZDF Studio Brussels (German public television) and as a correspondent to the literary website Interview-Lounge.
Program manager in academic environment with expertise and experience in quality control and accreditation processes according to NVAO standards. Academic network in Europe and the Caribbean.
Project manager in global marketing projects for a leading communication and utilities provider in Europe and North America. Creative marketeer with strong expertise in audio visual media and copy writing, conceptualizing and coordinating innovative marketing and communication campaigns.
German speaker and translator from English and Dutch with excellent command of written and spoken English and Dutch, fluent knowledge of French, sufficient command of Spanish, conversational Papiamentu.
Excellent communicator and mediator. Works efficiently on independent and team projects within fast paced and dynamic settings.
Program manager in academic environment with expertise and experience in quality control and accreditation processes according to NVAO standards. Academic network in Europe and the Caribbean.
Project manager in global marketing projects for a leading communication and utilities provider in Europe and North America. Creative marketeer with strong expertise in audio visual media and copy writing, conceptualizing and coordinating innovative marketing and communication campaigns.
German speaker and translator from English and Dutch with excellent command of written and spoken English and Dutch, fluent knowledge of French, sufficient command of Spanish, conversational Papiamentu.
Excellent communicator and mediator. Works efficiently on independent and team projects within fast paced and dynamic settings.
trackrecord
Television Journalist, German public television and others
Freelancer for Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany (German public television and radio); executed research, filming, editing and end production of television items for weekly programs on economics, education, literature, culture and news
Produced, directed and presented a consumer's (watchdog) program
Research and interview work for the joined French-German television culture channel arte
Freelance work for several corporate television programs
Assistant to the Berlin correspondents of the Financial Times and BBC
Internship at the Madrid office of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Freelancer for Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany (German public television and radio); executed research, filming, editing and end production of television items for weekly programs on economics, education, literature, culture and news
Produced, directed and presented a consumer's (watchdog) program
Research and interview work for the joined French-German television culture channel arte
Freelance work for several corporate television programs
Assistant to the Berlin correspondents of the Financial Times and BBC
Internship at the Madrid office of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
education
Traineeship as radio and TV journalist 
Hessischer Rundfunk (German public television and radio), Frankfurt, Germany, successfully completed in 1999

Master of Art in Comparative Literature and Spanish and French Philology
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, and 
Université de Pau et les Pays de l’Adour, France, 1997
Minor in Economics (Nebenfach im Grundstudium)
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 1993

Apprenticeship as a travel agent
Hapag Lloyd Reisebüro GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, 1990

Abitur (German A-Levels)
St. Joseph Gymnasium Rheinbach, Germany, 1987

High School Graduation
Air Academy High School, Colorado Springs, CO, USA, 1985
Master of Art in Comparative Literature and Spanish and French Philology
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, and 
Université de Pau et les Pays de l’Adour, France, 1997
Minor in Economics (Nebenfach im Grundstudium)
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 1993

Apprenticeship as a travel agent
Hapag Lloyd Reisebüro GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, 1990

Abitur (German A-Levels)
St. Joseph Gymnasium Rheinbach, Germany, 1987

High School Graduation
Air Academy High School, Colorado Springs, CO, USA, 1985
remarks
- well known in Germany (grown up and 10 years of work experience), the Netherlands (worked here since 2001), France (partly studied in the South of France) and the Caraibe, especially the then Netherlands Antilles (worked 3.5 years on Curacao, through conferences widely networked in the Caribbean region and the US)
- language proficiency: German (mother tongue), Dutch, English, French and Spanish (good in speech and writing), conversational Papiamentu