futureSAX Team

Administration

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Steffen Beer

CEO

After his training in banking and a degree in business administration with specialization in wholesale and foreign trade, Steffen Beer gained extensive experience in the corporate customer sector as manager and advisor especially for startups in the Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden - mainly in the start-up scene. While working, he earned his diploma at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. In addition, he gained extensive experience in the private sector in the field of finance and administration. 

Project Management

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Charlotte Bienhaus

Project Manager

Idea Phase & InnoStartBonus

Creating space for encounters, bringing people together and bringing about progress is what drives Charlotte Bienhaus. After studying law at the Technical University of Dresden, she decided to change her perspective and began working as an event and project manager at a venue in Cologne, organizing numerous formats such as workshops and seminars. In parallel to this, she completed her Master's degree at the CBS International Business School in the field of business development and acquired comprehensive know-how on business development and innovative markets. Convinced of Saxony's potential, the native Hessian finally moved back to Dresden to offer support to motivated founders nationwide as part of futureSAX GmbH.

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Claudia Landrock

Project Manager

Capital Transfer & Investors

Connecting people - that's what Claudia Landrock is passionate about. Before the native of Zwickau completed her bachelor's degree in economics at the TU Dresden, she gained one year of experience abroad as an au pair in Australia and France. An internship of several months in the USA was followed by her master's degree in business administration at the University of Regensburg. Subsequently, she supported and accompanied technology-oriented start-ups and digital start-ups in the Innovation and Start-up Center in Regensburg from the initial idea to the financing round and helped to further develop the regional start-up ecosystem. 

Her fascination with innovation and start-ups is also rooted in her student involvement with "enactus Regensburg". She still supports young start-up projects on a voluntary basis as a mentor at StartUP Teens and also campaigns for better conditions for start-ups at federal level as chair of the Start-up Promotion Working Group at a digital policy association.

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Marco Schnell

Project Manager

Capital Transfer: Business Angels

Variety - is the name on the former banker's CV. After additional training in the creative arts in South Africa, Marco Schnell started his own business as a creative trainer in Mecklenburg. He later gained further experience abroad during two years of intercultural studies in Argentina and Chile. His interest in foreign cultures and languages, as well as in connecting people, then led him back to Germany, where he worked as a project manager supporting an association in bringing refugee families together on a European level.

For private reasons, he then moved to Leipzig. Here he came into contact with the Saxon start-up world. With his communication skills, the bridge builder was alternately responsible for communication, sales, HR and business development in three start-ups before taking up his last position as Head of Marketing.

He alternates between the bouldering wall, the swimming pool, the bicycle and for finger sports: his piano.

Public Relations & Events

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Tom Schneider

Projectcoordinator

Digital Plattform

After studying transport economics at the Technical University of Dresden, the former basketball player was involved for several years in the interests of the crafts enterprises in Eastern Saxony, including the nationwide broadband expansion. As the representative for innovation and technology in the crafts sector, he supported craftsmen and women in the (further) development of their ideas into marketable innovations. The focus was always on the networking and communication of the various products, players and facilities. This passion for good marketing also shaped his excursion to a medium-sized software company, which he helped to work out the relevant core of the services offered and to communicate in such a way that you are understood by the target group.   

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Hans Leonhardt

Project Coordinator

Communications & PR

Hans Leonhardt moved from Thuringia to study in Dresden, where he completed his Master's degree in Applied Media Research. He also gained experience in journalism in radio and newspapers. He then took on a new perspective and worked in external and internal corporate communications for a health insurance company in Hamburg and an international semiconductor company in Dresden. In his spare time, he can be found making music or at various concerts in and around Dresden.

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Tabea-Elice Hantsche

Projectcoordinator

Awards and Calls

Connecting people, telling stories and triggering emotions - these were the goals that motivated Tabea-Elice Hantsche to train as an event manager and then pursue a more in-depth dual course of study in business administration service management/event and sports management at the State Academy of Studies in Riesa.
The native of Lusatia was able to gain professional experience not only in the organization of various events, but also in marketing and public relations as well as in personnel management. In addition, the insight into different corporate structures sharpened the sense for diverse perspective.

Administration

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Steffen Beer

CEO

After his training in banking and a degree in business administration with specialization in wholesale and foreign trade, Steffen Beer gained extensive experience in the corporate customer sector as manager and advisor especially for startups in the Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden - mainly in the start-up scene. While working, he earned his diploma at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. In addition, he gained extensive experience in the private sector in the field of finance and administration. 

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