Bernd is an aviation industry specialist with an undergraduate degree in Aviation Business Administration from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Bernd has spent his entire professional career working in the aviation industry, beginning with a leading third-party aircraft maintenance provider in Hong Kong, then with a German airline group, and later as a product inventory controller for a third-party logistics provider of aircraft maintenance materials in the U.S.
After his assignments in the aviation industry, Bernd began working as a business consultant building on his strong comprehension of strategic and operational issues in the Aviation and Logistics Industry. He worked as a freelance consultant zith Roland Berger & Partners and later as Senior Business Consultant with Icarus Consulting in Frankfurt.
In his capacity as Management Consultant, Bernd’s assignments have covered a wide array of topics, ranging from strategy consulting and start-up counseling to business process improvement programs as well a s conceptualizing and building comprehensive IT solutions. In addition to his aviation experience, Bernd has published on the topic of aircraft maintenance strategies in the commercial airline industry. Bernd received an International M.B.A. from Thunderbird — The Garvin School of International Management and he speaks fluent German, English, French and Dutch.