Prof. Dr. Christian Stummeyer is a highly regarded keynote speaker, an experienced management consultant, and has held positions in global corporations. He is also a successful entrepreneur, specializing in e-commerce, and a professor of digital commerce. He advises numerous large corporations and medium-sized businesses on digital strategy, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation.
Prof. Dr. Christian Stummeyer – Specialist in Digitalization – Lecture Topics:
The future customer – understanding, surprising, and inspiring in both B2C and B2B
- Effective marketing and sales strategies for the digital era
- The 11 theses on the digital customer of tomorrow – how to engage and attract digital natives
- Nudging and Convenient Commerce – how customers often do not realize they are making a purchase
- Predictive Selling – delivering the right product directly to the customer’s doorstep
Megatrend AI – exploring the evolution of artificial intelligence
- Artificial intelligence as an ongoing journey – its development, current state, and future prospects
- Applications of AI in marketing and sales to enhance service and increase revenue
- AI at the customer interface – current trends in retail and their transformative potential
- Ethical considerations at the edge of AI – does technology shape our destiny?
Digital business models – essential success factors to know
- Identifying customer pain points and creating digital business models based on them
- Achieving success as a manufacturer or retailer on Amazon in both B2C and B2B
- Seven key success factors in your industry that drive sustainable growth
- Finding and nurturing the right talent for future work environments
Sales through online marketplaces
- Effective product sales on platforms like Amazon, Alibaba, Mercateo, and others for manufacturers and retailers
- Developing the appropriate strategy for various marketplaces in B2B and B2C online sales
- Successfully launching and managing your own marketplace business
Prof. Dr. Christian Stummeyer – Keynote Speaker, Entrepreneur & Scientist
After completing his business administration studies at Georg-August University in Göttingen, he earned his doctorate at the Institute of Business Informatics there. He began his entrepreneurial journey at The Boston Consulting Group in Düsseldorf. Following five years as a strategy consultant and project manager, he joined the executive team at Siemens AG in Munich, gaining international corporate experience and working in New York, Dallas, and London for the technology group.
Since 2009, Prof. Dr. Christian Stummeyer has been an e-commerce entrepreneur and, as managing partner, significantly contributed to the growth strategy of VON WILMOWSKY, a leading online retailer of premium designer furniture in the DACH region, for over five years. After joining the advisory board, he served as Managing Director at UDG United Digital Group, Germany’s largest digital agency, from 2014 to 2016, overseeing the group’s entire management consulting division. His expertise centers on developing digital strategies, e-commerce, consulting on sales and service processes, and driving the digital transformation of business models and companies.
Since 2016, Prof. Dr. Christian Stummeyer has held the professorship in “Business Informatics and Digital Commerce” at the Technical University of Ingolstadt. His teaching and research focus on e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and digital business. As the scientific director of AININ (“Artificial Intelligence Network Ingolstadt”), the Bavarian research center for artificial intelligence, he investigates innovative approaches to strategically applying artificial intelligence and machine learning in companies.
Having delivered over 500 presentations and keynotes, he motivates and engages audiences with his strategic insights and forward-thinking digital concepts, both in person and online. His clientele regularly includes DAX-listed corporations, medium-sized enterprises, large organizations, associations, and international conference organizers. In 2020, he was recognized among the “Top 100 Excellent European Speakers” by Handelsblatt and is a Professional Member of the GSA German Speakers Association, the world’s second-largest speakers’ organization.
