kirsten tief-kuery

Maternity leave, Teacher for Chemistry and Physics.

Scientific Assistant in a gene therapy project led by Prof. Dr. Joel S. Greenberger at the Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Massachusetts Medical Centre, Worcester, USA

Scientific Assistant at the Institute for Molecular Diagnostic (IMD) in Bornheim, Germany involved in molecular diagnostics of several diseases.

* Supporting and managing the GA EMEA initiatives to manage new product introductions and drive growth * Successfully established an internal reagent-rental solution in collaboration with Accounting, Customer Service, Service, Legal and Finance departments

* Managed Germany, Austria & Switzerland covering Next Generation (SOLiD, ION TORRENT) and Sanger Sequencing Instruments and Consumables. * Developed Central Sequencing Sales strategy and built Sales team

* In charge of growing instrument and consumables sales * Increased market share in the European NGS market. Manage sales team performance in a very competitive setting. Implement process of high forecasting accuracy and precise funnel management

* Responsible for driving a new high end capital instrument into the market and achieving sales plan numbers * Built NGS Sales and Support Teams for this newly founded European Structure * Identified, hired and coached Support Manager * In charge of setting up the European NGS training center

* Responsible for achieving sales plan numbers * In charge of setting up the European NGS Training Centre (project management). * Developed the newly founded NGS Sales and Support Teams. * Identified, hired and coached new Support Manager and transfer team.

* Managed structural change of the German Sales Force as part of the Central Sales Management Team Member of the Central Commercial Team in charge of the Top 50 Account Project * Project teams: EMEA Leadership Competencies project (Definition of Competencies according to grading) * Advances Sales Competencies Training project Trainings: Kaeser Management, Coaching, 360 Review and Leadership into Action.

MB Consumables Sales Manager Germany Managing sales performance versus plan, forecasting and achieving of plan numbers.

Responsible for the area "North-Rhine -Westphalia", working independently, assuring customer satisfaction and solving technical problems, consulting customers, supporting regional sales, performing customer and internal trainings. Project management and project work, in charge of developing a new approach to presales Support in order to streamline activities and enhance outcome. Established a set of customer workshops and thereby enhanced sales( Genotyping, Gene Expression, Sequencing, . Planning and realisation of internal trainings for employees on MB product portfolio. Part of the "Info Network". Trainings: Sales, Kepner Tregoe troubleshooting training and various product trainings.

* Responsible for customer training and customer support * Delivered seminars and lectures to support European marketing activity * Supported sales and marketing in Ireland, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Jordan, Greece, Cyprus and Turkey

* Leading the strategically important Genetic Analysis business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for LT * Developed and drove Business Strategy for the Region * In charge of Organizational and Sales Management. * Implemented processes within LT to increase Customer Satisfaction measured by Net Promoter Score. * Drove Revenue growth.

Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC). Title of the PhD thesis: "Analysis and implications of tyrosinase and TRP-1 promoter in transgenic mice"