Dr. Claus Tintelnot is a strategy consultant at Tintelnot Strategy Consulting Partners (tintelnot-scp.com) with a focus on the Automation Industry and M&A Projects. His main occupation is serving as a university lecturer for sales management at the ISM (International School of Management). He also lectures product management and sales in B2B at the TH OWL (Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen Lippe – a technical university of applied science) too. Claus Tintelnot spent 17 years with a leading manufacturer of automation technology and components as Head of Corporate Strategy and Project Management. Prior to that, he spent ten years with leading international management consulting firms as a consultant and later as a managing partner. In particular, he advised clients in the capital goods markets which demand technical expertise for developing strategies and sales successfully. In Japan and in the Middle East he managed sales companies as a managing director and as an interim manager. He has gained global experience in many European countries, the USA/Canada, China, India and many parts of Southeast Asia.