CV Moritz Förster, Director Operations of RESPOND, a BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt accelerator program operated by UnternehmerTUM, on behalf of UnternehmerTUM.

Moritz Förster is Director Operations of the RESPOND-Accelerator and Program Director at TechFounders. In these roles, he is accelerating and helping startups to get investors ready for the next step, while fostering collaboration between startups and corporations to boost the potential of digital technologies and help corporations to embrace the speed of change.

Before working for UnternehmerTUM, Moritz was a Project Manager at the Digital Consulting unit of Siemens Management Consulting, driving the Digital Transformation, making IoT happen, while putting customer-centricity at the core.

Moritz has more than 15 years of professional experience as an Innovation Expert with intense Design Thinking and Business model innovation project track record. He studied Business Administration in Munich and Passau, already focussing on innovations in his thesis. His broad expertise in the innovation arena is accompanied by experience in M&A and Operational Strategy topics from previous roles.