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Two experts, five opinions: A CEO/CIO of a medium-sized business argues with a trend evangelist about recent IT trends and innovations. A viral video meant to direct traffic to a special website. Episode 1: Business Analytics & Big Data Episode 2: Outside the Inbox Episode 3: Mobile Enterprise Episode 4: Cloud Computing Director/Script: Helmut Barz [...]

Things you shouldn't do to hardware; a funny long online commercial for IBM system x servers, which went viral very quickly. I wrote and directed this film in cooperation with Christian Hoefer; and we had tons of fun with special effects.

How will banks do business in the future? What will their branches look like? IBM and Deutsche Bank collaborated in creating a model branch in Berlin. This film portrays its possibilities. This film, which I have written and directed, was shot in 3D (DP: Markus Rave, animations: Eric Mootz) and served as an eye catcher [...]

The "Sparda Datenverarbeitung eG" provides IT services for a countrywide network of banks. Everything from credit history to ATM data is processed in their data centers. In 2012, IBM built a new, secure and highly energy-efficient data center. This film introduces the challenges as well as the solutions in this project. It was used as [...]

Ladies and Gentleman, we're pleased to introduce Frankie! In 2014, Frankie was the host and mascot of IBM at the CeBIT fair in Hanover. Frankie is a virtual character whose universe consists of round islands that circulate through the digital ether of the IBM thematic world. At the fair, Frankie – in cooperation with human [...]

How can you use available data to optimize the products and services you offer to your customers? How can you combine the advantages of on- and offline shopping? How do you organize more efficient supply chains especially in time-sensitive industries like agriculture? And, finally, how can you strenghten your relationship with your customers, harnessing their [...]

How can you deliver a key note on document management, compliance and new workplace solutions that doesn't put your audience to sleep? Stefan Pfeiffer from IBM was facing this issue and he turned to CPP and me for help. Together we developed a short play as an hommage to Douglas Adams. A young corporate executive [...]

ABB - YuMi Show Stage: At the 2015 Hanover Industry Trade Fair, visitors were captivated by the ABB interactive presentation introducing “YuMi”- the true and innovative collaboration of man and robot. My job was defining the robot choreography for YuMi and communicate it to all departments. I assisted in creating the script.

Two women, one man locked in a room together for all eternity – that can only be hell. Stage and costumes by Katja Guderjan. "A fantastic rediscovery - catching, gripping, disturbing, terrific." (Gießener Anzeiger, 30th März 1998)

One of the most famous German opera classics as an open-air spectacle. "A great project, to be admired for its sheer artistic efforts." (Darmstädter Echo, 1st August 1998)