Make ideas tangible.
Translate customer needs into product and business concepts. Build and test with teams to learn what works and what needs to change.
Product & Venture Building
Hi, I'm Lutz. I'm a strategist and operator. I shape new products, services and ventures, from idea to traction.
I help with
- Product & Venture Building
- Corporate Strategy & Development
- Business Development & Partnerships
How I help
Explore. Build. Test. Scale.
Find the direction.
Assess markets and customer needs, challenge assumptions, and turn insights into strategic priorities, new offerings, and business fields.
Corporate Strategy & Development
Build the right partnerships.
Identify relevant partners, assess collaboration opportunities, and connect business, product, and industry perspectives.
Business Development & Partnerships
I support your team with fresh perspectives and practical experience.
Consultant, founder, operator and angel investor. Deep experience in healthcare and life sciences, with work across industries.
Based in Berlin.
Working in German and English.
Selected clients
Selected work
What that looks like in healthcare.
Roche Diagnostics
Developing a new diagnostics business.
Co-developed a new business field around remote blood sampling, with shared responsibility for business development, market research, market access, partnerships, and clinical trials.
“Lutz combines strategic clarity, real industry depth and the willingness to question what others take for granted.”
BIOTRONIK
New business beyond devices.
Supported a board-sponsored program with R&D leadership to develop new product and service opportunities beyond the device business. Two concept tracks became one integrated software offering.
“… a true leader, innovator, and motivator.”
Bayer / G4A
Opening pharma to startup founders.
Co-founded a pharma-backed digital health accelerator, connecting Bayer with the global startup ecosystem and supporting open innovation at leadership level.
“Lutz has a rare ability to connect people, ideas, and opportunities across digital health.”
Charité / BIH
Research to spin-off.
Coached early-stage teams on positioning, business models, pitching, and de-risking across digital health, medtech, and AI.
“As an experienced communicator, he successfully established functional interdisciplinary teams.”
Thermo Fisher Scientific
A digital sales platform.
Led strategy and development of a digital sales enablement platform end to end, across strategy, product, UX, and technology.
“… a big step forward in digital transformation.”
Helios Kliniken
New digital services in ambulatory care.
Supported digital strategy and innovation for ambulatory care, shaping new digital services and care models to improve healthcare delivery.
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Partnerships and strategic opportunities.
Supported global digital strategy through partnership development, startup collaboration, and the strategic assessment of an M&A opportunity.
Roche Diagnostics Deutschland
Mobilizing an organization for digital change.
Led a digital acceleration and innovation program with senior leadership, aligning the organization around digital transformation and new business creation.
“… constantly challenged our ways of thinking and doing while putting our customers first.”
What needs to move forward?
A strategic decision, a business opportunity, or an initiative that needs direction.