KRISTIAN D. KOSSEN
Interim Management & Consultant
Helping private equity accelerating start-up’s & scale-up’s
ABOUT
KRISTIAN D. KOSSEN
Founder of various start-up’s, two of which were acquired.
A creative business strategist, consultant and entrepreneur with now some 20+ years’ experience in consultative sales & marketing and product development for technical and digital related solutions globally.
Kristian Kossen is a team player and motivator, accelerating business innovations from start-up’s and scale-up’s to corporate enterprises. Coaching business owners and helping private equity to identify market opportunities and product or service requirements, creating business cases, related sales models and partnerships required to increase market share.
With analytical and communicative skills he assess the situation, creates a tangible business plan (hands on, pragmatical), builds a team and starts executing within a short cycle. Increasing efficiency and improving value.
Clear bottom-line focused, based on organic growth by increasing sales volume, margins and recurring revenue streams, whilst also strategically investigating non-organic growth opportunities such as buy & build.
He has a strong track record in various global corporate related industries such as: Oil & Gas, Renewables, Maritime, Dredging, Energy Utilities, Automotive, Logistics and Industrial Machinery. He is experienced in negotiations with governments and businesses throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Kristian Kossen has lived and worked in various countries globally.
FOUNDER OF:
CREWVESSEL.COM
FOUNDER
2015 – 2022 EUROPE
BARBOOKING.NL
FOUNDER | NON-PROFIT
2020 NETHERLANDS
OFFSHORE PROFILE.COM
FOUNDER | *ACQUIRED*
2009 – 2012 EUROPE
SYNERGY MARINE
FOUNDER | *ACQUIRED*
2007 – 2012 EUROPE
EXPERIENCE AS:
A. FOETH
CONSULTANT
2021 NETHERLANDS →
ROYAL IHC
CONSULTANT
2019-2021 NETHERLANDS →
THE GATEWAY GROUP
CCO, CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER
2018 -2019 INDIA / NETHERLANDS →
LOGISTICS / AUTOMOTIVE & VARIOUS INDUSTRIES
SAAB TECHNOLOGIES
DIRECTOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
2016 – 2018 GLOBAL →
FREQUENTIS AG
CONSULTANT
PRODUCT & BUSINESS DEV
2015 – 2016 AUSTRIA
VISSIM AS
VP INNOVATIONS / HEAD OFFSHORE WIND
PRODUCT & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
2012-2015 NORWAY
MY SERVICES AS:
INTERIM MANAGEMENT / CONSULTANT / BUSINESS COACH
MARKET ANALYSIS
- CUSTOMERS
- FORECASTS
- COMPETITION
- MARKET TRENDS
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MARKET REQUIREMENTS
COMMERCIAL
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GROWTH STRATEGY
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PARTNERSHIPS
- MERGERS / ACQUISITIONS
- SALES & MARKETING
- PROCESSES & OPTIMISATION
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
- CREATING VALUE PROPOSITIONS
- PRODUCT MARKET COMBINATIONS
- NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
- EXPLORING NEW MARKET AREAS
- BUSINESS CASES
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NEW MODELS AND CHANNELS
DIGITAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
- CUSTOMER INTERACTION PLATFORMS
- APP’S / WEBSITES
- BI / AI / IOT / AR / VR
- DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS
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IT SERVICES
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INTEGRATIONS / MIGRATIONS