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DEinternational Consulting Team


GACCoM's consulting department, DEinternational, has over 35 years of experience in the U.S. and German business worlds. Please contact us to discuss your company's needs for either the U.S. or German markets.

Mark Tomkins
Vice President
+1-312-644-2662
mark.tomkins(at)deinternational.us
Mark Tomkins has been advising U.S. and German companies for over 14 years on market entry, partner searches, negotiations, and business development. He is particularly experienced in the areas of medical technology, industrial machinery, and automotive suppliers. He has also worked in Germany, and graduated with a degree in Mathematics and Economics from Northwestern University.


Virginia Attaway Rounds
Director of Consulting Services
+1-312-494-2163
virginia.attaway(at)deinternational.us
Virginia Attaway Rounds has been with GACCoM since March 2007. She has over 10 years of business experience, including 3 in Germany. After graduating with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and German, she worked for a U.S. software company for several years, then as an intercultural trainer in Berlin. She focuses on business partner searches, trade show services, intercultural training, and general inquiries.


Daniela Daus
Senior Manager, Transatlantic Relations & Transatlantic Program
+1-312-494-2177
daus(at)gaccom.org
Daniela Daus has been with GACCoM since October 2007 and is responsible for coordinating our consulting events, primarily in the Renewables and Energy Efficiency sectors, and is also working on the Transatlantic Program. She holds a Master’s in American Studies, Cultural Anthropology and Political Science, having studied in Germany and the US, and has experience in event organization, journalism and inter-cultural work.


Laura Flamm
Manager, Consulting Services
+1-312-494-2167
flamm(at)gaccom.org
Laura Flamm joined GACCoM in January 2011 as Manager, Consulting Services, taking on consulting services projects including market research and partner searches. She holds a Bachelor in International Management from McGill University and a Master of European Studies from the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Prior to joining GACCoM, she served for several years as a market analyst and European research project manager for a leading business intelligence provider and worked for international companies in Munich and Düsseldorf through CDS International.


Justin Flaxbart
Manager, Consulting & Career Services
+1-312-644-3369
flaxbart(at)gaccom.org
Justin Flaxbart joined GACCoM in June 2011 as Manager, Consulting & Career Services and will lead GACCoM’s job placement program and take on a number of other Consulting Services projects as well.   Mr. Flaxbart holds a Bachelor of Science in International Business and German from St. Louis University and a Master of European Studies from the University of British Columbia.  He previously worked as an Executive Recruiter focusing on the renewable energy and capital equipment industries and also taught Business English at a German university.


Christian Goetz
Consultant
+1-312-494-2170
goetz(at)gaccom.org
Christian Goetz has been with GACCoM since September 2009, and focuses primarily on market entry and business partner searches in a variety of industries including, but not limited to: energy efficiency, construction, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices. He also supports many GACCoM events via webcast management. He graduated from Grand Valley State University with a degree in Political Science and German and has experience with small business management, new media development, and residential building-contracting.


James Hollis
Renewables Project Manager
+1-312-644-3785
hollis(at)gaccom.org
James Hollis joined GACCoM in July 2011, and is responsible for projects within the fields of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. He studied German and Political Science at Miami University of Ohio and the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich. He has previously worked in public affairs and project management, particularly in the realm of renewable energy and energy policy.


Bernadett Steiner
Renewables Project Manager
+1-312-494-2180
steiner(at)gaccom.org
Bernadett Steiner has been with GACCoM since the beginning of 2009 and focuses on projects in the Renewables and Energy Efficiency field. After graduating with a Master’s degree in PR and communications, she worked for the German-Irish Chamber of Commerce for 4 years as a Marketing Project Manager consulting clients particularly from the construction, infrastructure, and environmental sector.

 

 

Contacts

Mark Tomkins
Vice President
Tel.: (312) 494-2172
E-Mail: tomkins(at)gaccom.org

Virginia Attaway Rounds
Director of Consulting Services
Tel.: (312) 494-2163
E-Mail: rounds(at)gaccom.org

Daniela Daus

Manager, Consulting Projects and Transatlantic Program
Tel.: (312) 494-2177
E-mail: daus(at)gaccom.org

Laura Flamm
Manager, Consulting & Career Services
Tel.: (312) 494-2167
E-Mail: flamm(at)gaccom.org

Christian Goetz
Consultant
Tel.: (312) 494-2170
E-Mail: goetz(at)gaccom.org

Bernadett Steiner
Renewables Project Manager
Tel.: (312) 494-2180
E-Mail: steiner(at)gaccom.org

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