The 3digitalminds management team supervises an international network of employees and freelancers in different locations. We are very well grounded in online business and management, in strategic and operative consulting, in marketing and communications and we are likewise at home in Europe and Asia.
Stefan Schneider, Managing Director
Stefan is founder and Managing Director of 3digitalminds and has been working in the field of online marketing and web development for more than 10 years. In 2009 he took over the position of Digital Director Taipei/Taiwan of Saatchi&Saatchi, the worldwide creative network. He is founder and recognized operator of a German online finance portal and a Chinese Internet platform for binary trading. Working as an e-business coordinator at the German car component supplier ZF Sachs AG he was responsible for the development and optimization of online business processes. After working as e-commerce Manager at German TeamBank AG where he supervised the business unit Online Marketing and the bestselling product easyCredit he undertook position of Marketing Director at a Shanghai based web agency. Stefan’s special subjects at 3digitalminds are digital strategy consulting and online performance marketing.
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Oliver Hickfang, Partner
Oliver was engaged in several executive positions in global corporations, medium sizes enterprises and business associations. Working as a Senior Manager at Allianz China Life in Sichuan/China he was responsible for marketing and strategy development and represented the company as a board member at the European Chamber of Commerce in China. He was liaison manager for the German Chamber of Commerce in China, established a publishing house for travel literature and taught as associate professor at Sichuan University. In Germany he worked as head of department marketing and distribution at the German Association for IT Companies BITKOM, developing strategies and campaigns with marketing and sales executives from several companies. For the global management consultancy BearingPoint he took responsibility as head of marketing and communications for Germany, Austria and Switzerland for many years. Oliver’s special subject at 3digitalminds is consulting and strategic communications.
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Zhou Ying, Associate Partner
Ying is founder and associate of CGYC (Chinese German Ying Chuang) Public Relations Ltd. & Chinapublic, based in Chengdu, the Capital City and business hub of West China/Sichuan. Ying originates from a long-established Chinese journalist Family and worked for many years as a German foreign correspondent for several Chinese Media in print, radio and TV. With her agency and as a coordinator of a broad Chinese network of freelancers she supports media companies in China in their cooperation with Germany. She is a Senior advisor for several German companies from different industries like Mühlenchemie (food), VW (automobile), Dresden Marketing GmbH (government authorities) and many others for their China business. Ying`s special subject at 3digitalminds is Media-, PR- and event communication as well as advisory services for the China business.
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