Academic and teaching work
Hartmut holds a PhD from the University of Salford in Manchester and teaches in communication science at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
About
Hartmut combines more than 20 years of communication and transformation leadership with hands-on AI implementation, private knowledge systems, research, and product building.
Hartmut holds a PhD from the University of Salford in Manchester and teaches in communication science at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
He is a member of pro-manchester and works with universities in Manchester on innovation projects, including Manchester Metropolitan University.
With MMIND.ai, Hartmut builds private knowledge systems and agentic workflows for organisations where trust, sovereignty, and control over sensitive knowledge matter.
His transformation work combines communication leadership with Agile at Scale, Swisscom Kickbox, Lean Startup, Theory U, and related approaches used in companies and public administration.
Hartmut is Coordinator and Legal Representative of EDIH.li. He authored the proposal and formed the consortium; the project is currently in the EU grant-agreement phase.
In Manchester, Flow Momentum develops Performance Health for endurance athletes and coaches, connecting training, recovery, nutrition, responsible AI, and human judgement.

Selected experience
2026-present
Liechtenstein · European EDIH Network
Coordinator, legal representative, proposal author, and consortium builder for Liechtenstein's European Digital Innovation Hub. The project is currently completing the EU grant-agreement phase.
2025-present
Schaan, Liechtenstein
Building private knowledge systems and agentic workflows for organisations where trust, sovereignty, and control over sensitive knowledge matter, with Switzerland as the core commercial market.
2024-present
Manchester, UK
Building a Performance Health system for endurance athletes and coaches that connects training, recovery, nutrition, responsible AI, and human judgement.
2019-present
Liechtenstein
Fractional AI leadership, open innovation, adoption, stakeholder communication, and transformation work for SMEs, large organisations, and public-sector contexts, using approaches including Agile at Scale, Kickbox, Lean Startup, and Theory U.
2020-present
Munich, Germany
Teaching in communication science at the Department for Media and Communications.
2022-present
United Kingdom
Connecting communication, coaching practice, endurance sport, and performance work.
2022-2024
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Innovation leadership for Liechtenstein's European Digital Innovation Hub.
1999-2019
Munich, Germany
Led international communications, thought leadership, digital communication, and transformation projects across Europe, Asia, and North America.
1995-1999
Frankfurt, Germany
Public relations and marketing communications for global growth markets, including the Neuer Markt launch context.
2003-2006
Manchester, UK
Doctoral work on communication and the communicating company.