Gereon GoldbachHTRS <i/o>
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Two threads run through my career over more than four decades: software and hospitality – sometimes in parallel, sometimes one after the other. From my own software company through management roles in the hotel industry to my own gastronomy and apartment businesses. This blend of digital and analog business models still shapes how I approach new projects today: pragmatic, responsible, and with an eye for the bigger picture.

Mein Schatten in fünf Farben, Installation „Your uncertain shadow (colour)“ von Olafur Eliasson, fotografiert von Gereon Goldbach am 2.12.2024
Olafur Eliasson, „Your uncertain shadow (colour)“ (2010), Heidi Horten Collection, 2024 - Foto © Goldbach

Self-employed

  1. From 2020 until today

    THE17 • Serviced Apartments Cologne

    Cologne, Germany — Short-term apartment rentals

  2. From 2005 until today

    HTRS i/o • Web Development

    Cologne, Germany — Price comparison system with IBE & API • Partner & travel shops • Rating system • Multi domain CMS • Cross-selling • Mashups • Budget & forecast application • Frontend • Backend • API

  3. From 1994 to 2005

    Goldsoft • Software Development & Server Management

    Frankfurt/Main • Cologne, Germany — Accounting software • CRM • Asset management • Reporting with Crystal Reports • Analysis software • Windows & Novell server • Network

  4. From 2016 to 2020

    Work. Meet. Eat. Location

    Cologne, Germany • Owner — Concept store • Pop-up store

  5. From 2010 to 2018

    Kolbs im Kulturquartier

    Cologne, Germany • Owner — Museum catering

Work experience

  1. From 2001 to 2009

    Hotel Manager Rooms, Sales & Marketing

    Cologne, Germany • Kosmos Hotel — 161 rooms • 2 conference rooms for 150 people each • Yield management • Business plan • Repositioning of sales & marketing • Digital sales & marketing

  2. From 1997 to 2001

    Supervisor Fleet Accounting, Controlling & Finance

    Oberursel • AVIS Rent a Car Germany — Analysis & monitoring of accounts receivable for new and used vehicles (approx. 40,000 p.a.) • Asset management • Task force integration licensee • Advertising subsidies • Bonus

  3. 1996

    Head of the Conferences and Meetings Department

    Frankfurt/Main • Steigenberger Avance Frankfurt Airport — 32 conference rooms • 85% occupancy • Manager on duty • Supervisor Fidelio Sales & Catering

  4. From 1994 to 1996

    Sales Manager for Conferences and Congresses

    Frankfurt/Main • Hotel Intercontinental Frankfurt — 1,098 rooms • 1 ballroom (600 people) • 12 conference rooms • MICE sales & marketing • Supervisor IT

Training & Internship

  1. From 1992 to 1994

    Training as a hotel manager

    Frankfurt/Main • Hotel Intercontinental Frankfurt

  2. 1991

    Internship • Commis de rang

    Hamburg • Hotel Vierjahreszeiten

  3. From 1990 to 1991

    Hotel vocational school

    Bad Reichenhall • Steigenberger Berufsfachschule

  4. From 1987 to 1990

    Training as a tax and business consulting assistant

    Cologne, Germany • Tax consultant Suberg

  5. From 1986 to 1987

    German Air Force

    Hamburg • Celle

  6. Until 1986

    Higher commercial school

    Cologne, Germany