Management Team
Erich Wachernig
(born in 1952, resident in Wien) After his career training to become an electrical engineer, Erich Wachering studied Business Studies at the Karl Franzens University in Graz. 1986, degree as Mag.rer.soc.oec. From 1989 to 1992, he participated in an exchange program for executives in California, USA, with the complementary degree Certified Public Accountant (CPA). In 1994, he passed the tax consultant exam and opened up his own tax accountancy in Vienna, Austria. Many international corporations figure among his clients. He is also managing director of several organizations which are mainly working in the areas national and international corporate consulting and real estate.
Falk Al-Omary
Falk Al-Omary, free journalist and communication expert, has gained his PR knowledge having worked many years in politics, business and the media. Among his customers figure well-known domestic and foreign companies and personalities. He is the owner and managing director of different consulting and service companies and vice editor-in-chief of a business editorial team. His consulting know-how ranges from strategic corporate marketing over political lobbying to complete execution of PR and marketing campaigns. In his seminars, training sessions and at congresses, he passes on his practice-oriented and profound expert knowledge in a provocative and authentic way.
Thomas Wendel
Thomas Wendel (born in 1970) has a doctorate in Nuclear Physics of the University of Bonn and has also studied Economics. After having gathered first experiences in the telecommunication industry, the management consultant has been managing director of tw.con SRL and he has been able to support German speaking companies wanting to expand their activities to the Romanian market. His core competencies are strategic consultancy, human resources consulting and intercultural integration. Though he knows the Romanian IT&C industry by heart, most of his customers by now come from all industries and service areas. Thomas Wendel grew up bilingually (German and Romanian) and speaks English and French.
Constantin Coman
(born in 1967, living in Buzau / Romania) After having graduated in Engineering at the Department of Electrical Automation of the University of Bucharest, Romania, Constantin Coman worked for several big technical and building companies in Germany. In 1998, he passed a subject examination and language test by the Goethe-Institut in Bucharest; afterwards, he participated in a further education program by the German Federal Government, concentrating on Market Economy and Marketing. Today, he works in Buzau as management consultant for German and Romanian companies in the mechanical engineering and metal industry. His core consulting activities are import and export, international marketing, and analysis of local conditions.
Sascha Stockfisch
After his apprenticeship as industrial sales representative at a leading mineral oil company, he graduated as certified economist at the Swiss Business School GSBA. Since 2002, he is freelancer and owner of ACS Financial Solutions. Among others, the company offers corporate planning, helps to prepare bank interviews, and streamlines planning processes regarding corporate financing and controlling. His second core activity is providing interim managers for big companies such as Comdirect Bank AG, E-ON Hanse AG, and Hertie GmbH. Here, the company focuses on the areas Finance and Controlling – especially on using SAP R/3.
Consultant Team
Edmund Fota
Has been working in the PR and Communication branch since 1982 – at first in Bucharest, Romania, and, since 1987, in Germany. Founder of absolute media GmbH (1998) in Siegen. Specialized in corporate communication and programming of internet-based communication solutions such as CM systems, dialog and marketing tools. He combines strategic, technical, and graphical elements to integrated solutions. He is also expert for international marketing in foreign markets.
Andrea Kühn
Andrea Kühn (born in 1980) has a graduate degree in Translation Studies (English and Spanish into German) of the University of Mainz, FASK Germersheim. She has been working as freelance and employed translator and language consultant. In 2006, she founded a translation agency specialized in translating and localizing IT, media, and marketing material. Her fascination for software localization is proven by her diploma thesis (available in German: "Software-Lokalisierung mit Open Source-Programmen" (Software Localization with Open Source Applications)). Knowing that good translations are only possible if you know both your own and your target culture, she does not only look back upon a high school year in the U.S. and one semester and an internship in Spain but also continuously improves her skills by traveling and staying in contact with people abroad.
Alexander Baron von Engelhardt
Alexander Baron von Engelhardt (born 1961 in New York) studied law in Marburg and Göttingen and topped his studies with a tax law program in Berlin. As an American-German attorney, he knows first hand what it means to be abroad – far away from home. He advises and supports entrepreneurs, as well as corporations with their executive staff wanting to invest in Germany. His services also reach out to private persons needing help to get settled in Germany. His main consulting activities are related to immigration, commerce and taxes. Baron von Engelhardt also develops the internet encyclopedia ‘Legal Guide to Germany’ (LG2G) – a legal service portal for those wanting to read about a lawyer’s inside stories on how to overcome officialdom in Germany. He is also a Vice President of the American German Business Club Berlin.
Daniel Blotenkämper 
(born in 1975) is a graduate in Business Management (Technical College). Since 2004 he has been managing director and co-partner of the Polish consultancy Poland Consulting Services Sp.z.o.o. The company assists German speaking and foreign companies with their market entry into Poland. The company’s main obligations are strategy consultancy, market research, sales and distribution management as well as company foundation in the Eastern European country. He worked for the audit and hotel consulting company Pannell Kerr Forster (PFK) in Munich where his responsibilities were hotel evaluation and feasibility studies. He completed a marketing and management study at the Technical College in Munich with special emphasis on hotel trade and meetings and conferences. In 2004, Daniel Blotenkämper joined the advisory board for management consultancy with the Allgäu-based competence centre for corporate development and consultancy (KUBE e.V.). In Poland he is an accredited advisor with the “Polish Agency for Enterprise Development”. He is an author of different market studies to the Polish wine, decoration, confectionary, tourism, pavement structure and feed industry.
Magdalena Zeprzalka 
is a graduate in Business Management (Technical College). Since 2004 she has been managing director and co-partner of the Polish consultancy Poland Consulting Services Sp.z.o.o. The company assists German speaking and foreign companies with their market entry into Poland. The company’s main obligations are strategy consultancy, market research, sales and distribution management as well as company foundation in the Eastern European country. She worked as a consultant in German consulting companies for projects in Poland and as a market analyst with Siemens Mobile in Munich. She completed her marketing and management studies at the Technical College in Kempten with special emphasis on corporate development and consultancy as well as banking, finance and investment economy and her tourism management studies at the university in Krakau. Since 2004, Magdalena Zeprzalka has been active as area manager for Poland with the Allgäu-based competence centre for corporate development and consultancy (KUBE e.V.). In Poland she is an accredited advisor with the “Polish Agency for Enterprise Development”. She is an author of a SRD benchmarking study on the European airline industry as well as of different market studies to the Polish bank software, pharmaceutical, e-health and real estate sector.