Klaus Haasis

Creative Coach - Innovation Trainer - Collaboration Architect - Serial Innovator - Business Angel - Online-Counsellor

Klaus Haasis is recognized as one of Europe´s most experienced designers and managers of cluster initiatives, collaboration processes and innovation systems. He is certified Systemic Coach DBVC and Person-centred Counsellor GWG and combines in an unique way leadership experience, person-centred counselling skills, hypno-systemic coaching expertise and management know-how. For many years now he has supported entrepreneurs, executives, groups and teams as a coach and consultant, and engaged as a business angel through his company Combine Innovation GmbH. Since 2013 he is a founding board member of the German Initiative on Future Leadership IZF. He is Effectuation and Scrum expert and specialized in multimedia online coaching. 

Since 18 years he has successfully built companies and agencies (mfg-innovation.de), business clusters (bwcon.de), networks (OSBA), educational strategies and master courses (University of Media HdM, popakademie.de). He is Director and Secretary of TCI - The Global Clusters and Innovation Practitioners Network, Barcelona (tci-network.org). He is involved in international projects to promote innovation (European Creative Industries Alliance), technology transfer (European Forum on Clusters in Emerging Industries), entrepreneurship and commercialization (CyberOne, bwcon Coaching Group, FAME Financing Network) and internationalization (European Cluster Group). His professional focus in information technology, online media and creative industries. 

He has over 30 years of experience as executive and CEO in SMEs (Modern Video GmbH), major corporations (Hoechst AG, SAT.1) and the public sector (State of Baden-Württemberg, Public Broadcaster SWR), as a member on supervisory boards (August Koehler AG), university councils (Stuttgart Media University), selection committees and juries (the Karl Steinbuch scholarship)