SERVUS, SELAMAT SIANG AND ALOHA
What are you looking for? Why are you here? If you cannot find it, just reach out to me.
#My Focus
Currently, my main focus is on one of my greatest project ever soft.fact. This is the next evolution, after I learned a lot at MatchManao. At soft.fact I am pleased to support my team in the role of CVO (Chief Vision Officer). If you want to join our team, invest or work with us, feel free to get in contact with me.
Besides, I selectively help organizations, teams, and individuals achieve their next step to their sweet spot. Therefore, I use my more than 10 years of experience in competitive dance sports and my deep analytical knowledge of relationship work I gathered in more than 6 years of working with professional teams. All backed by my professional training at the Awaris organization in mindfulness-based systemic organizational coaching.
#Educational Background
I hold a Master of Science in Information Systems (M.Sc.) with a major in Data Science from Westfälische Wilhelms University Münster, Department Information Systems and Statistics. The field of research in my master thesis was information flow patterns in internet applications. At the CSUF, California I studied and researched in the field of Organizational Behavior.
#More About Me
I am crazy about #psychology #tech #ocean and #humanStories – In my research, I focus on the application of data science in the fields of social network analysis, psychometrics as well as search and recommendation systems. All these research areas benefit from my B.Sc and M.Sc studies in E-Commerce, Data Mining, Data Integration, Network Analysis, Natrual Language Processing and Data Science.
I am keen in those topics and always thrilled to learn more as the invest in knowledge pays the best interest. With more than 12 years of international work experience with clients from the US, Europe, India and Indonesia I have deep understanding of multi-cultural teams and how projects need to run. Besides my freelancing, I was founding member of two companies in 2011 which both are successfull business today. During my bachelor studies I already specialised in the field of E-Commerce applications and strategies and graduated with a thesis on Data Quality in Search Engine Optimization Tools. During my bachelor studies I started as a staffer at Website Boosting Magazine. As a Website Boosting Scientist at the TMS Institut in Nuremberg I was able to extend my knowledge. Hence, my international working experience as an E-Commerce consultant with a focus on business growth strategies is based on companies in whole Europe, the United States, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Australia. This world wide experience got extended by my master studies in Information Systems at WWU Münster, Germany with a focus on data science and at CSU Fresno, USA with a deep focus on organizational behavior and psychometrics.
Thank you, Terima Kasih, Mahalo and Cheers, Urs ツClient Statement
"In his role as Freelance SEO and Online Marketing Consultant Urs Merkel has advised us on a number of critical digital strategy / business 3.0 decisions. He is specifically characterized by his excellent SEO and online marketing knowledge. During our cooperation I experienced him as a highly competent colleague. I value his opinions and often seek his advise. In my opinion Urs Merkel would be an asset to any eCommerce team."
