About imis consulting
Carsten Schaffors
I am the person behind imis consulting, Carsten Schaffors, born in March 1968. I am a graduated bioengineer with a varied career in various industries and business areas.
For more than 25 years, I have supported an analytical service provider in environmental, food and pharmaceutical analysis in its steady growth from 18 employees to an impressive 1,200 employees. My expertise ranges from the operational business of analytics to the administrative and managing functions for IT, Procurement, Marketing, and Sales. As COO of a GLP-certified laboratory in the field of environmental toxicology, as managing director of a catering project for a franchise concept and and as COO for an analytical service provider with a focus on radiopharmacy (GMP), I have a proven record of successfully overcoming challenges deal with challenges in various industries. My most recent step, in 2024, was the founding of imis consulting, a company with which I make my extensive expertise available to other companies. Since 2014, I have been living with my partner between Hanover and Hildesheim. We both have two children, now grown up, and a dog (Vincent, a Weimaraner)
Professional Experience
imis consulting Harsum Germany
Senior Consultant and Owner
Interim Management, Business Consulting, and Industrial Support
Analysis Service Provider Pharma / Radiopharmacy Radeberg Germany
Chief Operating Officer
Operations, IT, Procurement, Sales, Technology
CDMO Pharma Gronau / Leine Germany
Head of Quality Control
Temporary Contract for the release process
Industrial Advisor Harsum Germany
for targets in the TIC-sector (Testing – Inspection – Certification)
Franchise-Project in Gastronomy, Hildesheim / Hannover Germany
Partner and Interim Manager
Development of a Franchise System, Finance, IT, Corporate Design, development of the “Flagship Store”
Contract Research Laboratory (CRO) Ecotoxicology Sarstedt Germany
Chief Operating Officer
IT, Marketing & Sales
Analytical Service Provider Food – Environment – Pharma Hamburg Germany
Chief Operating Officer
- 2013: COO – IT, Marketing & Sales, Procurement
- 2010: Managing Director – responsible for 5 sites (food and environmental analysis)
- 2005: Site Manager – P&L responsibility for a laboratory (environmental analysis)
2001: Managing Director of an independent subsidiary (environmental analysis)
1998: Head of Laboratory and Assistant Head of Business Unit Environment
1997: Head of Laboratory (food and environmental analysis)
1994: Student help
Deutsche Lufthansa AG Hamburg Germany
Graduate Student
Final Thesis about the Impact of Cosmic Radiation Exposure to Flight Personnel
New York City Department of Environmental Protection, New York, NY, USA
Intern
Supporting activities for the Environmental Agency (Harbor Water Quality Monitoring, different projects on water treatment plants, literature research)
Analytical Service Provider Food – Environment Hamburg Germany
Student Help
Different analytical tests for food and environmental samples
Hamburg University of Applied Science Hamburg Germany
Master in Bioengineering
Environmental Engineering