Dr. Tobias Endress is an Assistant Professor at the AIT School of Management. He has more than 20 years of professional experience in banking & finance, project business, digital transformation, and change management. His former (non-academic) roles include project and program manager, product owner, and business analyst.

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He has completed professional training for banking, graduated in Computer Science and Business Administration (IBW) at VWA Frankfurt (Germany), in Business Economics at Avans+ in Breda (Netherlands). He got a Master’s Degree in Leadership in Digital Communication at Berlin University of the Arts (UdK Berlin) and University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), as well as a Doctorate in Business Administration at the University of Gloucestershire (UK). He is a fellow of the EuroMed Academy of Business.

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

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His research interests include Business Management, Financial Markets, Decision-Making, Digital Business & Transformation, Forecasting, Innovation and Change Management, Project Business, Sustainability, and Teamwork.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Freelance Business Consultant(January 2019 – present)

• Metzler Bank, Frankfurt am Main (October 2016 – December 2018)

      IT Manager (focus research and trading systems)

• Fondsdepot Bank, Germany (January 2015 – September 2016)

      Senior Expert / Manager Banking Portals

• Metzler Bank, Frankfurt am Main (January 2008 – December 2014)

      Project & Service Manager (focus e-Business and capital markets)

• Allianz Global Investors, Frankfurt, Germany / San Francisco, USA (October 2002 – December 2007)

      Project Manager and Business Analyst (focus eMarketing and B2B business)

• Deutsche Bank Group, Germany (February 1997 – September 2002)

       Various positions, e.g. Coordinator - Cash & Trade IT - Access Systems / e-Banking

 

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

 

Articles

Endress, T. (2018). “Deliberated Intuition” in Stock Price Forecasting. Economics and Sociology, Vol. 11 Iss. 3 pp. 11-27. Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.14254/2071-789X.2018/11-3/1

 

Endress, T., & Gear, T. (2015). Stock Prices: Are Intuitive or Deliberate Persons Better Forecasters? Economics and Sociology, Vol. 8 Iss. 4 pp. 43 - 50. Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.14254/2071-789X.2015/8-4/3

 

Endress, T. (2015). An e-Delphi Experiment of Quality of Equity Predictions in Online Groups. Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, Vol. 7 Iss. 2 pp. 136 - 158. Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/QRFM-05-2014-0014

 

Endress, T., & Gear, T. (2013). E- Delphi Pilot Experiment of Quality of Equity Predictions in Online Groups. International Journal of Management Cases, Vol. 15 Iss. 4, pp. 74-88.

 

Books

Endress, T. (2020). Digital Project Practice: Managing Innovation and Change. Hamburg: Tredition.

 

Book Chapters

Endress, T. (2020). Ideas and Requirements for Digital Innovations. In T. Endress (Ed.), Digital Project Practice: Managing Innovation and Change (pp. 89-107). Hamburg: Tredition.

 

Endress, T. (2015). Schwarminvestments: “Wisdom of Crowds” oder “Madness of the Masses“?. [Swarm Investment: “Wisdom of Crowds” or “Madness of the Masses?] In A. Liebetrau & M. Seidel (Eds.), Banking & Innovation 2015 (pp. 237-243), Heidelberg: Springer Gabler.

 

Endress, T. (2014). Digital Governance and Social Media Engagement. In G. Bowen & W. Ozuem (Eds.), Computer-Mediated Marketing Strategies: Social Media and Online Brand Communities (pp. 28-58). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.