Biography
As C-level support, Valentin Jahn, a graduate in social sciences, solves complex, cross-departmental challenges, optimizes existing processes, and creates new value with progressive approaches. As an entrepreneur, Mr. Jahn possesses a strategic, integrative, and conceptually analytical leadership personality with a highly creative and stimulating drive. In the consulting context, Mr. Jahn is an implementation-oriented and internationally experienced general manager with strong communication and motivational skills at all levels of the hierarchy.
With over 15 years of experience as a consultant and managing director, Mr. Jahn has led more than 100 digitalization projects focused on mobility, marketing, product development, and policy. His roles range from implementing technical software as a project manager, to developing and implementing new business models as an external consultant, to serving as a communicator for strategic stakeholders at the highest levels, such as the German Federal Government and the Executive Board of Deutsche Bahn AG.
As a startup founder, Mr. Jahn has personally shaped every stage of the value chain, from initial ideation through financing, recruitment, business development, product development, and marketing. With a powerful team, the trained futurologist developed software for digital out-of-home and online marketing, as well as hardware for the automotive sector and EMS boards. Finding creative solutions under extreme pressure is part of Jahn's daily work and has led him to the invention of various patents.
With his entrepreneurial spirit, Valentin Jahn not only critically questions existing value creation processes, but also passes these impulses on to the C-level in sparring sessions in order to gain competitive advantages with a breath of fresh air and innovative approaches.
Dipl.soz.tech. Valentin Jahn studied Sociology of Technology and Transportation at the Technical University of Berlin, specializing in innovation management and future studies. In addition to sailing and mountain hiking, Valentin Jahn is an avid classical musician who pursues his passion as a horn player in symphony concerts or operas in professional orchestras.