Future Proof

At Future Proof, led the LinkedIn growth strategy across executive and brand accounts, transforming social presence into a powerful business development engine. Closed a $4M+ brand deal by building the full LinkedIn content strategy for a globally recognized entertainer, and negotiated a $1M+ partnership with a major Hollywood studio by using LinkedIn to drive narrative and relationship-building. Launched internal ambassador and employee advocacy programs to amplify executive visibility and scale thought leadership. Also spearheaded branded tech activations at Art Basel, SXSW, and Cannes, using LinkedIn as the core channel to generate buzz and land high-value partnerships.

Chief Operating Officer

The Future of Community

Author of "The Future of Community" (Wiley), a guide for brands and creators on using emerging tech like Web3, blockchain, crypto, and AI to build and grow powerful communities.

Author

LandVault (formerly Admix)

Director, Strategic Partnerships

NFT Heat

Hosted nearly 100 episodes of a tech interview series spotlighting top executives and thought leaders in Web3, blockchain, crypto, and AI.

Television Host

NFTGenius

Brian J. McCarthy, Inc.

Laurel & Wolf

Spearheaded growth for a venture-backed platform aiming to democratize interior design. Built and nurtured partnerships with hundreds of companies across the apartment and residential real estate sectors to expand user acquisition and market reach. Played a key role in shaping go-to-market strategy, identifying high-impact channels, and accelerating adoption within key verticals.

Director, Business Development

Michael Smith Inc. | Jasper

Chief Financial Officer

MBA in Entertainment, University of Southern California | Ex: Disney, JPMorganChase, KPMG, PwC

Fun fact: My LinkedIn isn't my resume. 

So don't come here looking to evaluate hiring me based on my LinkedIn. 

Or maybe you should look at my LinkedIn to realize I beautifully blend data and analytics with entertaining and educational storytelling. 

I always dreamed of being a television programmer. It never happened, so instead I live out my dream programming LinkedIn like my own TV channel. 

Over the past 5 years, I’ve logged 10,000+ hours on this platform. I’ve built a following of 100,000+ by programming my LinkedIn like my own TV channel. My content isn’t random. It’s strategic. Story-driven. Designed to drive real outcomes.

And it’s worked, generating $10M+ in deals for the companies I've worked. Read that one again. Not me, but my companies. The power of companies leveraging LinkedIn is the future of LinkedIn. 

In 2021, I launched a global  events company while working with a Mark Cuban and Ashton Kutcher startup, producing 40+ events in LA, NYC, Dubai, Paris, and London that drove millions of dollars in  revenue. I understand how to leverage LinkedIn so companies can drive real results. 

A few highlights:

-Closed a strategic partnership with CAA
-Raised $7M in funding for a Mark Cuban venture-backed startup
-Secured $4.13M in brand deals for one of the world’s top celebrities

My background spans banking (JPMorganChase), global advisory (PwC, KPMG), and a decade as CFO/COO in the luxury design world, managing 50+ people and overseeing $40M+ in ARR and $1B+ in real estate projects for icons like President Obama, George Clooney, and Cindy Crawford.

I’ve lived and worked in LA, NYC, and Dubai. I’ve built communities in tech, luxury, and now the creator economy. I’m obsessed with solving complex business problems through storytelling, partnerships, and scalable brand strategy.

Always open to meeting new and interesting people that love life, love to win, and love to make the world a better place.

John Kraski

Some people you meet on LinkedIn and immediately click.

Like you've known them your whole life.

Monica Khan is one of those people.

We connected earlier this year.

Yesterday I gave her a tour of Dhar Mann Studios.

She's worked with some of the biggest names in tech like YouTube and Facebook and some of the biggest names in the creator economy.

Fast Company named her one of the five most powerful creator economy executives.

But here's what those accolades don't tell you:

Monica doesn't just understand the creator economy.
She's been building it from the inside for over a decade.

Most executives talk about creators like they're metrics.
Monica talks about them like they're people.

Because she gets it.

The creator economy isn't about algorithms.
It's about authenticity.

Not about followers.
It's about impact.

Not about content.
It's about connection.

Monica Khan sees what others miss:

The future isn't about creating content.
It's about creating movements.

And she's not just watching it happen.
She's making it happen.

One creator at a time.
One partnership at a time.
One conversation at a time.

Follow Monica Khan.

She's not just shaping the creator economy.
She's defining what it means to succeed in it.

Trust me and Monica Khan on this one.

MV Procu GmbH

Investing in startups as business angel and strategy advisory for 
- Venture Capital (VC)
- Innovations (incl. AI, ‪‪ML‬‬, ChatGPT)
- Sustainability 
- Process mining, Business Process Management and Robotics Process Automation (RPA)
- Digital procurement and supply chain management
- Cloud transformation (SAP S/4 HANA, SAP Ariba, SAP Fieldglass, SAP Concur, Analytics)
- Post-merger-integration
- B2B marketplaces
- HealthTech and Healthcare, incl. Group Purchasing Organizations (GPO)

Business Angel, Startup Investor, Senior Advisor and CEO

Prospitalia Group

Chief Executive Officer

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Partner at BCG advising C-Level Executives & Executive Teams on the full range of digital transformation, innovation, new business models, restructuring and reorganization with focus on procurement, supply chain and operations globally.

Partner and Director

Celonis

In my role as Chief Innovation Officer at Celonis (www.celonis.com) I will focus on supporting go to market teams, customers and partners through their #DigitalTransformation journey. As a proponent of the power of #ProcessMining to create the superfluid enterprise and deliver extraordinary experiences


Celonis is the New York- and Munich-based leader in Enterprise Performance Acceleration software. Built on the process mining technology it pioneered, its Intelligent Business Cloud helps organizations to rapidly remove operational friction to become a superfluid enterprise. Companies around the world including Siemens, L’Oreal, Uber, Citi, Airbus and Vodafone rely on Celonis to guide action and drive change to business processes, resulting in millions of dollars saved and extraordinary customer experiences.

Chief Innovation Officer

SAP Ariba, SAP Fieldglass and SAP Concur (Intelligent Spend Management) are the market leaders for source-to-pay solutions in the cloud. SAP has the world’s largest marketplace, powering commerce between millions of buyers and sellers with the Ariba Network.
As Chief Digital Officer and Senior Vice President, I develop, define and drive digitalization strategies for customers to help the world’s leading companies to digitalize their business, to run simple and to eliminate procurement & supply chain complexity.

Chief Digital Officer (CDO) Cloud Business Group (Intelligent Spend Management)

SAP Ariba is the world’s largest marketplace, powering commerce between millions of buyers and sellers. As Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of SAP Ariba, I oversee global business operations to help the world’s leading companies eliminate procurement and supply chain complexity.

Chief Operating Officer SAP Ariba 

As Chief Procurement Officer, I led a team of 220 professionals who managed a global spend volume of almost 4bn EUR in 2014. My team implemented a global category management organization, procurement shared services and integrated a hybrid model for goods, services and travel. By optimizing procurement, SAP saved 3 million EUR on spend, automated 50% of manual invoices and increased productivity by 20% due to purchase order and invoice automation.

Chief Procurement Officer and Senior Vice President Global Procurement Organization

Development of Strategies and Delivery of Strategic Programs and Projects: - Post-Merger-Integration: Process and Systems Integration for Sybase and Business Objects. - Globalization of Finance Processes and Shared Services Organization Showcasing of Global Finance Best Practices (Software Solutions, Processes, Organization, Transformation) Delivering professional, best-in-class cross-functional program management.

Vice President Global Finance Projects

Responsible for developing and leading Strategic and Cross-Board projects (with more than 30 employees):
- leading the Finance Shared Service Center Project EMEA to build up a centralized organization with more than 260 employees for more than 40 units/countries (18 different languages) for core financial and billing processes (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Billing and Travel & Expenses). 
- heading the Project Management Office for two corporate cost saving projects in Sales and Development with the objective to optimize costs.
- standardization and harmonization of global processes for three Shared Service Centers in Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific.
- Showcasing of Shared Services for the implementation and for the software solutions implemented at SAP (like ERP, OCR, eBilling).

Head of Strategic Projects

PA Consulting Group

Responsible for strategy and implementation projects within the Business Transformation Group of PA Consulting
-	Development and implementation of a strategy project for an international retail subsidiary in Hamburg/Germany
-	Conceptual design of German Shared Service Centre Programme

Principal Consultant

DHL Express

Responsible for setting up an integration strategy for Human Resources, Telesales centralization, Customer Service and Operations.
Responsible for developing and implementing a sales programme for European sales force integration (3,000 sales people).
-	Set up a successful sales programme to identify new market opportunities and to coordinate new product introduction through and jointly with the European Sales Force (Telesales, Field sales and Key Account)
-	Launched the first step of sales force integration in eight European countries
-	Developed and established an incentive system for the sales programme
-	Coaching of Sales Managers for revenue generation and sales force integration
-	Examined legal restrictions on the integration

Manager of Integration Projects

Responsible for integration projects, performance improvement programmes, controlling and customer service.
-	Developed a strategy for the integration of Payroll, Telesales and a central Supervisory Board for Customer Service (in-house and outsourced call centres)
-	Implemented European performance improvement programmes for Sales, Operations and Customer Service and successfully negotiated the implementation with central works councils for Germany

Manager of Change Projects

Responsible for Controlling, Payroll Systems and Office Administration with 14 employees.
-	Developed, established and implemented a central personnel controlling and reporting system (for 2,700 employees with more than 100 Mio. EUR personnel costs) which was later adopted by DHL Express Germany with 40,000 people
-	Analysis and controlling of all personnel and cost activities
-	Reorganization of the Office Administration Department through outsourcing and restructuring of processes
-	Continuation of HR responsibility for Call Centre with more than 350 employees

Manager of Controlling & HR Systems

Responsible for finalizing the centralization of a newly established call centre with 250 people.
-	Centralization of five decentralized units 
-	Finalized recruitment (170 people within 6 months) and established all HR processes in the Call Centre environment
-	Implemented a central working-time model for Customer Service in front and back office

Manager of Human Resources

CEO, #KeynoteSpeaker 🤖 #Futurist 💻 #C-Level Exec, #Tech & #Advisor

As a seasoned Business Angel, Startup Investor, and Senior Advisor, I collaborate with global talents to drive innovations, support dynamic startup founders, and provide strategic guidance to leaders navigating transformations.

In my former role as CEO at Prospitalia Group (now Vivecti Group) and Partner & Director at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), I advised C-level executives on procurement, supply chain, finance, shared services, post-merger integration, and digital transformation globally. At BCG, I specialized in digital transformation, new business model innovation, and restructuring with a focus on procurement, supply chain, business process intelligence and operations.

As Chief Innovation Officer at Celonis, I championed the concept of the "superfluid enterprise" through process mining, advocating for extraordinary experiences globally. In the capacity of Chief Digital Officer, I served as a 'Digital Ambassador' for SAP, assisting customers worldwide in defining and executing digital transformation strategies across industries.

Previously, as Chief Procurement Officer at SAP, I implemented a global category management organization, procurement shared services, and a hybrid model with Ariba, Fieldglass, and Concur. Later, as Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of SAP Ariba, I dedicated my efforts to simplifying procurement and supply chain complexities through innovative software solutions.

My diverse roles have equipped me with a deep understanding of technology, compliance, and supplier networks, making me sensitive to the challenges faced by today's procurement leaders. I am passionate about leveraging my experience to drive impactful transformations, foster innovation, and contribute to the success of businesses globally.

Dr. Marcell Vollmer

3D Printing Just Broke Free From Gravity.

Engineers have developed a 3D printer that prints inside gel - allowing objects to be created midair, with no supports, no scaffolding, no constraints.

And that changes everything.

Traditional 3D printing is always fighting gravity.
This new approach removes it from the equation.

Here’s why it matters:

🔹 Midair printing becomes possible
 Objects can be created in any direction — even floating geometries.

🔹 No support structures needed
 Less material waste, faster production, and more design freedom.

🔹 Bioprinting gets a massive boost
 Cells, tissues, and soft materials can be printed in stable suspension.

🔹 Complexity becomes effortless
 Intricate shapes that were previously impossible can now be printed in one continuous motion.

We’re entering a phase where manufacturing is no longer limited by physics — only by imagination.

The next big question:
 👉 What industries will adopt this first — aerospace, medical, or robotics?

Source 🙏  @sciencegirl

What happens if you wake up tomorrow… and your entire job identity is gone?

No title.
 No company name.
 No signature under your emails.
 Just you — without the logo behind your reputation.

Uncomfortable thought, right?

Because when your professional identity depends solely on your role, it disappears the moment the role does. You can be a CEO, VP, top expert — but without a personal brand, you become “known internally” and invisible externally.

That’s the difference a strong personal brand makes:

People recognize you beyond your job title.
Your ideas carry weight even without a corporate logo.
Opportunities come to you — instead of you chasing them.

A personal brand is not vanity.
 It’s strategy.
 It’s career insurance.
 It creates trust before you speak and credibility before you enter the room.

Yet many professionals still treat LinkedIn like a static résumé, posting occasionally and hoping for results.

Meanwhile, those who show up with clarity, consistency, and authenticity are already ahead:
 They win clients.
 They attract talent.
 They get invited into conversations others never see.

And here’s something I’ve never seen fail:
 Anyone who posts intentionally for six months grows — in visibility, in opportunity, in confidence.

Your job can disappear.
 Your personal brand won’t.

It’s what keeps you visible.
 Valuable.
 And future-proof.

Great Post from Haider A.

Smart leaders don’t think less, they think differently.

This chart by Eric Partaker is a great reminder: even the best CEOs fall into thinking traps that quietly distort decision-making.

Overconfidence, confirmation bias, and groupthink don’t come from a lack of intelligence. They come from experience. The more we succeed, the harder it becomes to challenge our own assumptions.

Real leadership means building systems that question your thinking before the market does.
Appoint a devil’s advocate. Seek dissent. Reward data, not just confidence.

Because growth doesn’t just come from what we know, it comes from what we’re willing to unlearn.

#Leadership #DecisionMaking #Bias #Innovation #GrowthMindset #Strategy

Most companies don’t fail because of poor execution.
They fail because they execute perfectly… on the wrong thing.

The pattern is everywhere:

Teams have roadmaps.
Dashboards.
Quarterly OKRs.
Dozens of meetings.

But ask the leadership one simple question:
“What is your strategy—in one sentence?”

You get vague goals. Revenue targets. Feature lists.
Everything except a strategy.

Here’s the truth we don’t say out loud:

📌 A plan tells you what to do.
 A strategy tells you what to ignore.

When you have strategy clarity:

✓ Priorities stop changing every week
✓ Teams pull in the same direction
✓ You say “no” more often
✓ You actually create competitive advantage

Without it?

❌ Every task feels urgent
❌ Teams are busy but not aligned
❌ Resources get scattered
❌ Growth becomes accidental, not intentional

A real strategy sounds like a choice, not a wish:
“We will become the go-to logistics platform for mid-sized exporters who need automation, not customization.”

That’s focus.
That’s direction.
That’s something plans can finally support.

Because the sequence is everything:

1️⃣ Strategy = How we win
2️⃣ Plan = How we execute that win

Most leaders reverse it and wonder why they’re stuck in perpetual motion.

The uncomfortable question worth asking yourself:

👉 Are you leading with strategy… or hiding behind plans?

Source 🙏 Eric Partaker

Where the World’s Data Really Lives

Looking at this map of global data centers, one thing becomes very clear:
 the digital economy is not abstract — it has a physical footprint, and it’s massive.

The U.S. alone hosts 4,165 data centers, more than all of Europe combined.
 Europe holds 3,476, Asia & Oceania 2,068, and Africa & the Middle East just 494.

And yet, every AI model, cloud service, digital payment, and video call depends on them.

A few reflections:

🔹 AI isn’t “in the cloud”—it’s in warehouses full of servers
Each new model increases energy demand, cooling requirements, and land use.
As AI scales, so will the need for resilient, sustainable infrastructure.

🔹 Global imbalance matters
Regions with fewer data centers risk slower digital transformation, higher latency, and less control over their data sovereignty.

🔹 The next race isn’t for users — it’s for compute
Nations investing in energy-efficient, low-latency, renewable-powered data centers will shape the future of AI capabilities.

🔹 Sustainability becomes a critical competitive edge
Data centers already consume ~2% of global electricity.
Those who innovate in cooling, energy reuse, and green power will define the next generation of digital infrastructure.

The real question for the coming decade:

👉 Who will control the computing power that drives AI, industry, and national competitiveness?

Because in a world built on data, data centers are the new strategic assets.

Source 🙏 Visual Capitalist

When space becomes your most expensive resource, smart storage isn’t optional - it’s a competitive advantage.

Mobile & flexible pallet systems are a great example of how engineering can unlock hidden capacity without expanding your footprint.

What stands out most is how dramatically they shift the equation:

🔹 Up to 50% space savings
🔹 Up to 80% more storage capacity compared to wide-aisle setups
🔹 Only one operating aisle needed — every square meter works harder
🔹 Compatible with both narrow-aisle and standard forklifts
🔹 Handles loads up to 24 tonnes
🔹 Rack heights up to 12 m and runs up to 90 m

This is what practical innovation looks like:
optimizing what you already have instead of building more.

As warehouses face higher land costs, labor shortages, and rising demand, solutions like this can mean the difference between scaling smoothly and hitting operational walls.

Sometimes the smartest expansion strategy is simply using your space better.

What’s your experience? Have you worked with mobile racking systems yet?

Source 🙏 Florian Palatini

The future of solar energy isn’t just bright. It’s exponential.

A few takeaways that stand out:

🔸 China leads by a massive margin with 1.1 million MWac, shaping the future energy landscape through scale, speed, and manufacturing power.
🔸 India, Spain, the U.S., and Brazil are emerging as global solar engines, each adding tens of thousands of megawatts that will redefine their energy independence.
🔸 187+ other countries together account for 385k MWac, proving that solar is no longer a niche technology — it’s a global movement.
🔸 Operational vs. prospective capacity shows something crucial:
 Many nations are still at the beginning of their potential.

Solar isn’t only about clean energy.
It’s about economic strategy, energy security, and industrial competitiveness.

As grid technologies, storage solutions, and AI-powered forecasting advance, solar will become the backbone of the global energy system, not the supplement.

The question isn’t if solar will dominate.
It’s how quickly we can build the infrastructure around it.

What do you think? Are countries moving fast enough to match the scale of future demand?

#SolarEnergy #CleanTech #EnergyTransition #Innovation #Sustainability #Renewables

Source 🙏 Visual Capitalist

Warum akzeptieren wir dieses Chaos eigentlich noch?
 
Unternehmen investieren Millionen in komplexe ERP-Systeme.
Trotzdem liegen zentrale Informationen im operativen Einkauf wie
• Liefertermine
• Mengen
• Preise
• Bestätigungen etc.
weiterhin in E-Mails, PDFs und Excel-Listen, wo niemand den Überblick hat.

Diese Blindzone führt zu Produktionsausfällen, falschen Lieferzusagen und ineffizienten Beständen.
Es entstehen dadurch jedes Jahr enorme Kosten.

Es wird Zeit für einen Wandel! 

KI-Agenten können diese Blindzone beseitigen.
Dadurch lassen sich Zeit und Kosten massiv reduzieren.  

Wie Einkaufsteams KI Agenten nutzen können? Mehr dazu im BME-Webinar am 4.12. mit Benedict Hofmann (CEO & Gründer von opus). 

Welche zeitintensiven Aufgaben würdet ihr automatisieren, wenn ihr könntet?

„Wenn wir nur mehr Zeit hätten …“

Diesen Satz habe ich im Einkauf jahrelang gehört.
Teams verlieren jeden Tag Stunden an Aufgaben, die KI längst übernehmen kann.
 
🤖 Genau hier setzen opus Agents an:
Sie automatisieren zentrale Purchase-to-Pay-Prozesse, befreien Einkaufsteams von manuellen Routinen, ermöglichen schnellere Entscheidungen und senken Kosten.

Ohne großen IT-Aufwand. In nur 4 Wochen live.
 
⚠️ Warum das gerade jetzt für Ihr Team entscheidend sein könnte?

 Weil Unternehmen, die jetzt handeln, ihre Konkurrenz deutlich hinter sich lassen.
Wer wartet, verliert.
 
Am 04.12., 11–12 Uhr zeige ich im BME-Webinar gemeinsam mit Benedict Hofmann (CEO & Gründer von opus), wie das in der Praxis funktioniert.
Verpassen Sie nicht den Anschluss an die neue Ära der Agents im Purchase-to-Pay-Prozess - seien Sie dabei!

Ich freue mich auf Sie.

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#Einkauf #Procurement #KI #AI #Agenten #Agents #Digitalisierung #Automatisierung #SAP #P2P #Purchasetopay #Procuretopay #Mittelstand #Lieferanten #Vollmer #BME #opus

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