Christian Dobler is a business analyst focusing on digital business models, e-commerce and AI, with an academic background in finance (B.Sc., University of Hohenheim) and strategic management & innovation (M.Sc., University of Innsbruck). During his studies, he also spent time abroad in Stockholm, where he deepened his international perspectives on innovation and digital business models. He gained his first professional experience at the Stuttgart Stock Exchange, where he worked in market analysis and reporting.

Today, he advises companies at the interface of strategy, digitalisation and e-commerce. His focus is on developing sustainable business models, optimising digital sales structures and using data and AI to increase efficiency and growth.

In projects, Christian Dobler supports both medium-sized companies and international brands in market and competition analyses, the further development of platform and e-business strategies, and the implementation of digital initiatives in marketing, sales, and operations. His working style is structured, analytical, and clearly focused on actionable results.

 

Florian Rehfeldt, a graduate sociologist, is an expert in business development, human resources and strategy work.

He has several years of experience as a consultant and interim manager in the automotive and supplier industry, plant and mechanical engineering, and the electrical and IT sectors.

His core competencies lie in the areas of corporate strategy, operational excellence, change management, digitalisation, organisational structure consulting, project management and leadership.

Mr Rehfeldt is characterised by his sound methodological expertise and structured approach to work. With his background in psychology, he is a master of professional stakeholder management and covers all soft skills topics at FOSTEC & Company in addition to sales.

Mr Rehfeldt has been working as a Business Development & Human Resources Officer at FOSTEC & Company since 2025.

Jan Dominik Gunkel, Dipl.-Kfm./Master, is an entrepreneur, executive advisor and advisory board.

In addition, he supports FOSTEC & Company with his experience in accompanying large medium-sized companies in phases of growth and crises. The focus here is on the development and implementation of strategies for digital transformation, e-commerce and internationalization.

He is also a lecturer for internationalization strategies in medium-sized companies, mentor at the German Accelerator in the USA and a certified advisory board of the Initiative Beirat BW e.V. 

In his previous professional activity for a leading German industrial company, private equity company as well as with his own start-ups, he was able to: Gaining experience as managing director and strategy consultant across various industries.

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His main focus is on worldwide sales, marketing, e-commerce (especially Amazon), innovation management, M&A and restructuring. Jan Dominik Gunkel lived and worked abroad for 7 years (USA, Asia, Europe).

In 2017 Jan Dominik Gunkel founded DIGANTRO Growth Partners, which was taken over by FOSTEC & Company in 2021.

He studied at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management and at the University of California at Berkeley.

Niels Haußmann, Dipl. Betriebswirt (FH) (equiv. to  a Bachelor’s degree in business economics), is an expert in finance, sales, marketing, HR and logistics with a focus on e-commerce. 

He draws on several years’ experience as a sales manager and has managed international projects in the fields of industry, mechanical engineering, consumer goods, retail and medical technology. He has assisted SMEs and family businesses and successfully supported the establishment of a start-up of FOSTEC Ventures GmbH.

The focus of his project responsibility is the systematic implementation of e-commerce strategies by means of appropriate measures. In one of his most recent projects, Niels not only worked on the development of sales planning and controlling, but served as director of key account management and assumed responsibility for the simultaneous optimisation of fulfilment processes.

Since 2017, Niels has been a member of FOSTEC & Company’s management team.