"I don't deliver slide decks and step back. I am where your project and your organisation require me to be. I stand on the construction site, I sit in the negotiations, and I take responsibility for the outcome."
— Ari Pophal
Hands-On. Every Step of the Way.
Many consultants deliver recommendations and step back. I work differently — embedding myself in your project from conception to completion, ensuring that strategy translates directly into results. Depending on your requirements, I don't just develop structures and processes: I step into team organization when needed and contribute directly to hands-on implementation.
Do you need short-term support in your client organization? While conventional consulting firms and project management service providers run their own complex and time-consuming internal processes, I can guarantee you fast and uncomplicated project delivery.
A background spanning technical consulting, organizational advisory, and direct project management across many asset classes — delivering a rare 360° perspective to every engagement, together with the ability to step into the shoes of every project stakeholder.
On-Site Presence
Not remote advice alone — direct involvement where decisions are made and where your organisation and teams need immediate support.
Accountability
A focus on outcomes — not just a report, but a result.
Clear Communication
Translating technical complexity into clear decisions for leadership and project stakeholders.
Human Value-Add
A direct, honest and constructive working style — bringing not only technical expertise but genuine interpersonal value to every project team.
Two Decades of Building Expertise
From dual-track engineering degree to leading multi-million-euro projects. From a single local project to a Europe-wide investment programme.
Self-employed in Hamburg (hybrid). Efficient delivery of construction and real estate projects — your project manager and consultant for economic success. Focus on Bauprojektmanagement, Projektsteuerung and owner's representation.
Full-time, remote (Hamburg). Responsible for the expansion and optimization of the last-mile logistics distribution network (hubs) and fulfillment centers. Further developed the technical requirement profiles for new sites.
Full-time in Lorch, Baden-Württemberg. Development, planning, permitting and delivery of self-storage, garage and mixed-use office/storage real estate, both single- and multi-storey, in light and solid construction. Organisational and disciplinary leadership and restructuring of the decentralised construction department for Germany and Austria. Owner's representation and responsibility across all HOAI service phases 1–9 and the internal interface between acquisition and sales/leasing.
Full-time in the Hamburg region. Oversight of all conversions, expansions, modernisations and demolition/new-build projects of store locations across two regional company territories in Hamburg. End-to-end management of mixed-use residential & commercial developments through HOAI service phases 1–9 and internal point of contact for cost and schedule forecasts as well as permitting procedures.
Full-time in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region. Turner & Townsend is an independent professional services firm specialising in programme management, project management, cost management and consulting across the property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors.
Full-time in Wiesbaden, Germany. Tender scheduling, resource planning and site installation planning for real-estate, gas & oil industry and infrastructure projects. Model-based scheduling and resource planning using Building Information Modeling (BIM).
Dual vocational training assignment in Abuja, Nigeria. Support for site management, asphalt roads maintenance study and weekly schedule forecasts.
Case Study Week: First International Finance Centre, Mumbai (India). Language & Presentation Skills Study Week, Portsmouth (England). Coursework: PMBOK, LEED, TQM.
Curriculum: Marketing Management (Internal & External) — Coursework: "The Importance of Internal Marketing for successful Software Implementation". Managing Process and Operations — Coursework: "Case Study about aggregate production in stone quarries". Strategic Management — Coursework: "Critical evaluation of a strategic plan on an in-depth live case study". Research Methods — SPSS, NVIVO.
Final grade: 2.2. Additional qualifications: Health & Safety Coordinator (SIGEKO), Certified Trainer (IHK – AEVO) and Bachelor of Honours – B.Eng (hons), Open University, Milton Keynes (UK).
Multilingual negotiation capability in German and English. Extensive experience navigating cross-cultural business environments and international regulatory frameworks.
A Rare 360° Perspective Across All Asset Classes
My strength lies in bridging the gap between technical execution and business leadership — speaking the language of clients, designers, and contractors simultaneously, and always able to step into every stakeholder's perspective.
Let's Talk About Your Project.
Schedule a complimentary 30-minute consultation. No slides, no templates — a real conversation about your specific challenges and how I can help.
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