• Innovative processes, infrastructures, products, platforms, and business models, especially on: (Business Assets & Capabilities as a Service, Customer Identity & Privacy Management, Customer Data Mining & Predictive Analytics, Personal Data Prediction & Optimization Markets, Personalized Marketing & Customer Lifecycle Management, Mobile Billing, Charging & Payment)
• Economic analysis and valuation of business potentials and future success, especially on: (Economic Causes & Effects, Success Criteria & Factors, Analysis & Valuation Instruments)
• Strategies for the successful implementation, utilization, and commercialization of innovations, especially on: (Profitability improvements, Market entries, Product introductions, Competitive responses, Market reactions)

Sascha Koschinat studied Economics & Business Administration at Goethe University Frankfurt. His majors were Information Systems & Information Economics as well as Economic Value Management & Marketing. During his academic studies he had several engagements at different sectors of Deutsche Bank Group, especially in the domains of Risk & Control Management, Marketing & Sales Management, Special Investment Consulting, Sales Administration, and Executive Management. He finished his studies with the thesis “Return on Identity Investment” which deals with the ex-ante analysis and valuation of investments in Information Systems, especially Identity Management Systems. After his graduation in Economics & Business Administration he started as a Research Assistant at Goethe University Frankfurt. At the Deutsche Telekom Chair of Mobile Business & Multilateral Security he worked for the European Union-funded research project PrimeLife (Privacy & Identity Management in Europe for Life). Currently, he works on Strategy & Innovation projects in the Digital Economy, especially in the domains of Mobile & Electronic Business, Cloud Computing & Business as a Service, Big Data & Advanced Analytics, and Identity Management & Privacy.

 Research Projects:

• January 2013 – December 2013: Successfully completed industry-funded research project on Privacy-respecting analytical Customer Lifecycle Management as a Service
• January 2012 – December 2012: Successfully completed industry-funded research project on analytical Customer Lifecycle Management as a Service
• January 2011 – December 2011: Successfully completed industry-funded research project on Privacy Management as a Service
• January 2010 – December 2010: Successfully completed industry-funded research project on Identity Management as a Service
• January 2009 – December 2009: Successfully completed industry-funded research project on Telecommunications Billing, Charging & Payment as a Service
• October 2008 – June 2011: Successfully completed European Union-funded research project PrimeLife (Privacy and Identity Management in Europe for Life)

Teaching Assistance

• Winter Semester 2014/2015: Course Mobile Business 1 – Technologies, Markets, Platforms, and Business Models by Prof. Dr. Kai Rannenberg (Deutsche Telekom Chair of Mobile Business & Multilateral Security, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
• Winter Semester 2013/2014: Course Business Informatics 2 by Prof. Dr. Kai Rannenberg (Deutsche Telekom Chair of Mobile Business & Multilateral Security, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
• Winter Semester 2012/2013: Course Mobile Business I – Technologies, Markets, Platforms, and Business Models by Prof. Dr. Reinhardt Botha (Chair of Information Technology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa)
• Winter Semester 2011/2012: Course Mobile Business I – Technologies, Markets, Platforms, and Business Models by Prof. Dr. Kai Rannenberg (Deutsche Telekom Chair of Mobile Business & Multilateral Security, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
• Summer Semester 2010: Seminar Mobile Economy 2.0 – Business Model& amp; Technology Innovations for the Future Mobile Economy by Prof. Dr. Kai Rannenberg (Deutsche Telekom Chair of Mobile Business & Multilateral Security, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
• Summer Semester 2009: Course Business Informatics 2 by Prof. Dr. Kai Rannenberg (Deutsche Telekom Chair of Mobile Business & Multilateral Security, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
• Winter Semester 2008/2009: Course Information and Communication Security – Infrastructures, Technologies, and Business Models by Dr. Martin Reichenbach (Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

Supervised Theses

• 2014: Dimensionen zur Bewertung des zukünftigen Erfolges von Identity Management Service-Innovationen 
• 2014: Instrumente zur Bewertung von Identity Management Service-Innovationen 
• 2011: State of the Art in der Prediction Market-Forschung – Eine rigoros durchgeführte und dokumentierte Literaturanalyse 
• 2011: State of the Art in der Market Engineering-Forschung – Eine rigoros durchgeführte und dokumentierte Literaturanalyse 
• 2011: Telekommunikationsbasierte Identity Management Services – Möglichkeiten und Herausforderungen zur Erzielung von Wertbeiträgen auf Basis der Assets & Capabilities von Telekommunikationsunternehmen
• 2011: Telekommunikationsbasierte Payment Services – Möglichkeiten und Herausforderungen zur Erzielung von Wertbeiträgen auf Basis der Assets & Capabilities von Telekommunikationsunternehmen
• 2011: Web2.0-basiertes vs. Telekom2.0-basiertes Marketing
• 2011: Innovation im digitalen Zeitalter – Eine Analyse von Erfolgsfaktoren für die Informations- und Telekommunikationsbranche
• 2010: Voice over IP – Eine modellbasierte Analyse der Chancen und Risiken für etablierte Mobilfunkunternehmen 
• 2009: Endkundenakzeptanzfaktoren mobilkommunikationsbasierter Zahlungssysteme