He has been awarded the honorary title of “The Pitch Professor” by the Vienna University of Technology, created the Train-the-Trainer program for the European Innovation Council (EIC) on pitching and became the first person to pitch in free-fall. Today he is considered as one of the leading experts and trainers on pitching, having helped scientists, entrepreneurs and executives communicate and present their ideas, values and beliefs more effectively.
He lectures on entrepreneurship and mobile marketing at several universities including the Vienna University of Technology and the Vienna University of Economics and Business as well as the Medical University Vienna. In 2018 he was invited to join the Future Leaders Program of the 15. Science and Technology in Society forum (STS forum) in Kyoto, Japan.
As moderator and MC he has hosted more than 300 events on startups and innovation including the Pioneers Festival, Bits & Pretzels, the FifteenSeconds Festival, Podim, The Spark – Der Deutsche Digitalpreis” (The German Digital Awards) as well as Audi MQ! and Red Bull Basement.