Tamara Naydenova

Experience

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  AFC Agriculture and Finance Consultants

  Jan 2000 - Mar 2001

  Finance Management Consultant
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  German House of Travel

  Mar 2001 - Jan 2010

  Founder & Managing Director
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  33 Penguins

  Sept 2012 - Oct 2014

  Franchisee & Managing Director
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  Youth Business International (YBI)

  Nov 2014 - Sept 2018

  Project Manager

  Global network of organizations dedicated to helping young people to start and grow their business by providing them with entrepreneurial training, mentorship and financial support.

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  Microfinance Company Entrepreneurship Development Fund

  Nov 2014 - Sept 2017

  Head of Entrepreneurs Training Division
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  Accelerator ScaleUp

  Jun 2016 - Mar 2018

  Managing Partner

  9-month acceleration program for founders that are willing to grow their businesses to the next level.

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  AZO - Space of Innovation

  Nov 2018 - May 2023

  Senior Project Manager

  AZO Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen is an international networking and consultingcompany for the EU Space programme. At AZO, we assist companies with management & business consulting, market development, and innovation advisory. These services, with a focus on the space up- and downstream domains, include strategy and technology consulting, communication activities, as well as interdisciplinary project management for public institutions (European Commission (COM), European Space Agency (ESA), German Aerospace Center (DLR)). AZO manages the most successful ESA Business Incubation Centre (BIC) in Bavaria (with five locations), ESA BIC Northern Germany and ESA BIC North Rhine-Westphalia with more than 200 incubated startups. As a proven leader in supporting European entrepreneurs, start-ups, and SMEs, AZO has a successful cooperation track record with industrial and institutional partners, for and far beyond the space domain. Show less

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  EU Global Action on Space

  Jun 2021 - May 2023

  Senior Business Coach & Project Manager

  Through the EU Global Action on Space (‘the Global Action’), the European Commission is supporting the internationalisation of the EU space sector to more than 90 countries worldwide. The Global Action provides companies with free services to help them internationalise their business. The services are provided for free and comprise a wide range of activities, including i.e., personalised consulting and tailor-made webinars and matchmaking opportunities.

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  BMW Group

  Oct 2023 - now

  Change Management Coordinator

  FIZ, Homologation & Type Approval Team (EG-8)