Team

Franz Rankl holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Franz Rankl studied economics with a focus on internationalisation and export marketing in academic institutions in Munich, Vienna and Salzburg. During his studies, he completed an internship in the automotive industry with companies such as BMW AG and MAGNA International Inc. He then completed a postgraduate degree in paper and paper production at the National School and Training Institute of the Austrian Paper Industry.

Franz Rankl has extensive management experience and has held numerous management positions in the automotive, printing and manufacturing industries with a focus on turnaround management. These positions were held in various Central and Eastern European countries such as Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Germany and also in the Balkans. Franz Rankl was, among other things, chairman of the board of directors of an international printing and packaging company, where he carried out reorganisations, restructurings and the integration of mergers and acquisitions. For several years, the entrepreneur has been working as an interim manager in management positions for various clients, including a medium-sized German company active in the fields of printing, book preservation and industrial adhesives, a steel trading company in North Rhine-Westphalia, as a regional director at HAMBURGER Prinzhorngruppe and most recently at Alufix.

Christoph Demuth is a senior business development and project management specialist, as well as an executive manager with special knowledge in information technology, payments and intelligent transport systems, and start-up consulting. He has been working in the ICT and ITS industry for more than two decades and has been involved in various tolling projects in Europe and South Africa and developed and supported the implementation of the operations department for a large tolling company in the US market. In the past, the management consultant has also worked for Munich Airport, British Airways, Coca-Cola, the Raiffeisen Group, Kapsch, BT Signaal and VINCI, among others. Christoph Demuth also accompanies various temporary management positions. He is managing partner at Demuth Business Partner as well as sharedforces GmbH in Germany. He has also worked as a lecturer at Tallinn University of Technology (TTU) and at the Silesian School of Management in Katowice/Poland (SWSZ). Christoph Demuth currently teaches at the University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna. Christoph Demuth is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) and studied at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) and holds a PhD in economics.

The German-Swiss citizen is a highly skilled manager and specialises in the reorganisation of companies, particularly in the following sectors

Automotive Tier 1, Mechanical and Plant Engineering, Drive Technology, Rubber & Plastics, Process Industry and Consumer Goods. In addition to the DACH region, Bühlmann has project experience in France, China, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Japan. In the past, he has held positions such as managing director, supervisory board member, chief technology officer and chief operations officer.

As a seasoned industry expert, he has experience with growth strategies, double-digit turnover increases and cost reductions in 8 countries. In the past, he has restructured 10 companies operationally and financially, opened up new markets, and managed 1500 employees. Besides German, English and French, the entrepreneur speaks Italian, Spanish, Russian and Portuguese.

He completed his technical studies at the ETH Zurich.

Born in Munich in 1962, Michael started his professional career in the early 80s as an operator in the Computing Centre of the “Bayerische Versicherungskammer”, an insurance company in South Germany. After a short period of time he was promoted to the management of the enterprise-wide IT storage management as well as the development and maintenance of system programs in the systems engineering.In 1988 Michael moved to Masstor Systems, an American manufacturer of high performance mass storage solutions, where he took the responsibility for the Southern German market functioning as a system consultant for software and hardware.
As he moved 1991 to Sterling Software, an American company specialized in application and system management software, he switched from being a consultant to sales. He established and developed the Munich Branch Office and accounted for the sales activities in the areas of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Austria and the Switzerland.

In the year 2000 Sterling Software was acquired by the U.S. software giant Computer Associates and this meant both a change of the employer, and also a change of the location. In 2001 Michael moved to Vienna, where he was occupied as the Country Manager of the Austrian organization with the responsibility for Sales (Direct and Indirect), Presales, Services, Education, Marketing, Public Relations and Customer Relations.

The love for Vienna has continued…

From early 2008 on, Michael is running his Vienna-based “wengermayer business consulting” with the two business areas, management consulting and personnel consulting.

Nenad is a senior level project manager and trading expert, with special expertise in Import and Export from Asia. Moreover, Nenad is manging director and a member of the supervisory board in various business entities within Macedonia, as well as MakPrimat and LED lightning specialist Ilimuna Verde. He has held management positions for almost a decade within textile and LED production and has therefore developed great expertise in public procurement. Nenad has a master degree in International Business and is also engaged in various humanitarian projects within Balkan Region.

Georg is an experienced and creative management leader with an exemplary record for driving innovative business development initiatives to success and achieving ambitious sales objectives.

He is a versatile problem solver and excellent communicator with progressive experience across diverse sectors, from the pharmaceutical and technology industries to the hospitality sector.

Georg has an advanced global expertise in customer service, project management, and relationship building complemented by two MBAs.

Evidently, he is a personable, charismatic and efficient professional, who is able to bring an assortment of knowledge and skills to every area of a business and also has the ability to understand big picture concepts and to dive into the detail needed to implement them.

Borjan Sandrevski holds a bachelor degree in Political Science from the University of Skopje and is currently working on his master studies in political management.

He is co-founder and creative director at BTS Art Factory. His expertise is mainly in the field of arts, including creative stratey,  photography, video, music, copywriting and art management. Borjan has visited lectures in the field of performance and personal skill development and also has working experience in the field of media. He is a member of the NGOs “Our Wish”, “The Green Ark” and “Free Mind”, where he provides his skills in the field of copywriting and management.

Filip Tasevski, also known as Fitz is a visual artist, musician and songwriter. He holds a bachelor degree in Sociology from University of Skopje. He is co-founder and art director of BTS Art Factory, a creative agency located in Skopje, Macedonia (formerly Plasticart Creative Studio). As a musician, he is the main composer and songwriter mainly for the band Noviot Pochetok. Moreover he has been involved in various music projects and also runs a small record label.

His creative skills cover Graphic Design, Web Design, Songwriting & Composing and Video Production.