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Developing and executing 

business strategies  

KRISTIAN D. KOSSEN

Interim Management & Consultant

Helping private equity accelerating start-up’s & scale-up’s

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Based in Utrecht, the Netherlands

Kristian Kossen

ABOUT
KRISTIAN D. KOSSEN

Founder of various start-up’s, two of which were acquired.

A creative business strategistconsultant 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

MARITIME IOT PLATFORM

BARBOOKING.NL

FOUNDER | NON-PROFIT

2020 NETHERLANDS

HOSPITALITY PLATFROM

OFFSHORE PROFILE.COM

FOUNDER | *ACQUIRED*

2009 – 2012 EUROPE

MARITIME TECH / ACQUIRED BY VISSIM AS

SYNERGY MARINE

FOUNDER | *ACQUIRED*

2007 – 2012 EUROPE

MARITIME OPERATIONS / *ACQUIRED*

EXPERIENCE AS:

A. FOETH

CONSULTANT

2021 NETHERLANDS →

SCALE UP | FOOD & PHARMA INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT | COMMERCIAL | STRATEGY | DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

ROYAL IHC

CONSULTANT

2019-2021 NETHERLANDS

MARITIME | STRATEGY | DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION | PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT | COMMERCIAL

THE GATEWAY GROUP

CCO, CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER

2018 -2019 INDIA / NETHERLANDS →

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
LOGISTICS / AUTOMOTIVE & VARIOUS INDUSTRIES

SAAB TECHNOLOGIES

DIRECTOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

2016 – 2018 GLOBAL →

MARITIME

FREQUENTIS AG

CONSULTANT

PRODUCT & BUSINESS DEV

2015 – 2016 AUSTRIA

MARITIME

VISSIM AS

VP INNOVATIONS / HEAD OFFSHORE WIND

PRODUCT & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

2012-2015 NORWAY

MARITIME TECH

MY SERVICES AS:

INTERIM MANAGEMENT / CONSULTANT / BUSINESS COACH

MARKET ANALYSIS

  • CUSTOMERS
  • FORECASTS
  • COMPETITION
  • MARKET TRENDS
  • MARKET REQUIREMENTS

COMMERCIAL

  • GROWTH STRATEGY 

  • PARTNERSHIPS

  • MERGERS / ACQUISITIONS
  • SALES & MARKETING 
  • PROCESSES & OPTIMISATION

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

  • CREATING VALUE PROPOSITIONS
  • PRODUCT MARKET COMBINATIONS
  • NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
  • EXPLORING NEW MARKET AREAS
  • BUSINESS CASES
  • NEW MODELS AND CHANNELS

DIGITAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

  • CUSTOMER INTERACTION PLATFORMS
  • APP’S / WEBSITES
  • BI / AI / IOT / AR / VR
  • DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS
  • IT SERVICES

  • INTEGRATIONS / MIGRATIONS

"Let's grow business together"

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