Cross Cultural Business Consulting & Training
- Since 1993 business consulting with Asian (Confucian countries: China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore), conducting seminars for cross cultural management
- 1996-2007 with CULTURE CONTACT Munich * New York, Susanne M. Zaninelli
- 2008 Zhang Consulting AB founded
- 2010 Partner of Fram cooperation
Industrial Experience
- Over 20 years of international industry experience with China, Germany, Austria, USA, Korea, Japan, Sweden including research, product development, know-how transfer, product planning, business strategy, strategic marketing
- Held various management positions for products, business and marketing, system engineering and line management with personnel responsibility at famous international companies such as Siemens, Ericsson, Sony Ericsson and ZTE
- Providing consulting to industrial projects in project management, marketing strategy for Western and Chinese companies in various branches, conducting numerous courses in their cross cultural cooperation across Europe, Asia and North America
Education and Academia
- Diploma and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications in Shanghai, Munich and Vienna
- Postgraduate studies in Business Economics, Strategic Marketing, and basic and advanced management programs at Siemens, Ericsson, Sony Ericsson and ZTE
- Guest lecturer about China and culture, cross cultural leadership at IFL Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden), Danube University Krems (Austria) and Neu-Ulm University (Germany)