One of the leading German institutes for industrial market research
When the expertise of different disciplines meets and is focused on one goal, the result can only be successful. At DTO Research, 50 employees are available for the individual implementation of your projects. Since 2008, DTO Research has combined the expertise of social scientists, business scientists, marketers and psychologists. In this way, we can offer our customers the perfect mix of market research and strategy, and can jointly create and understand markets.

Our management
Nils Tychewicz
CEO
Nils Tychewicz
M.A.
A graduate marketeer, Nils is one of the co-founders and managing directors of DTO Consulting GmbH. He is also head of the division "Machinery Markets". He is a worldwide recognised expert in the market research of construction machinery.
Michael Di Figlia
CEO
Michael Di Figlia
Mba
The designated management strategist, Mr Di Figlia is one of the co-founders and managing directors of DTO Consulting GmbH. He also leads the division "Cleaning Markets". He is a specialist for complex strategic decisions as a result of his previous experience in group strategy and several management consultancies.
Rickmer Görner
Head of Industry
Rickmer Görner
Business Psychologist
Rickmer has been in charge of the Industry Markets division at DTO since 2012. During this time, he has managed numerous international market research and consulting projects ranging from the automotive industry to mechanical and plant engineering to heavy industry projects. In addition, his management role at DTO as procurator supports the company in strategic orientation operations.
Jennifer Tychewicz
Head of HR & Marketing
Jennifer Tychewicz
Business Psychologist
A graduate business psychologist, Jennifer is the head of Human Resources and Marketing. She is expert in quantitative market research at DTO.
Kai Wichelmann
Senior Project Manager
Kai Wichelmann
Business Psychologist
Kai joined DTO in 2015 as senior project manager. With a degree in business psychology, he heads the Medical division and, as a project manager, is also responsible for the long-term implementation of sustainability and digital strategies for medium-sized companies. In addition, he advises companies on the topic of brand and image analysis.
Ebru Alemdar
Senior Project Manager
Ebru Alemdar
M.Sc.
Ebru has been part of the DTO team since 2014. Having studied economics, she combines her theoretical knowledge of finance, management and production, with her experience from very technical projects. On an international level, the project manager has been able to generate a large amount of market information to date and successfully illuminates very opaque markets from multiple angles.
Alica Gratza
Senior Project Manager
Alica Gratza
M.Sc.
Alica joined DTO in 2019 after studying economics and leads quantitative market research at the company. As project manager, Alica mainly deals with the conception and evaluation of customized study designs. In addition, Alica is an experienced consultant regarding the elaboration of digital strategies for companies.
Sophia Dietsch
Branch Director US
Sophia Dietsch
MBA
Sophia holds a bachelor's degree in international business administration and a master's degree in business administration. She has been a project manager at DTO since 2016 and heads DTO's US branch in Charlotte, North Carolina. She specializes in various industry market segments and primarily manages strategic projects in English-speaking markets.
+1 (704) 333-7790
Sten Gavronski
Branch Director Baltics
Sten Gavronski
MSc
Sten has many years of experience in strategy consulting and digitalization. He is head of DTO's office in Estonia.
+372 5647 2405
Maria-Belen Kerbsties
Branch Director France
Maria-Belen Kerbsties
B.A.
Maria-Belen has been a part of DTO since 2018 and is a specialist in strategic business consulting as well as project management. Apart from being a native of France, she is also fluent in Spanish. Maria primarily manages projects in French and Spanish speaking regions and is responsible for building DTO's industry networks in France and Spain.
Fabian Kubitza
Branch Director Singapore
Fabian Kubitza
M.A.
Fabian has many years of experience in industry consulting for multinational companies in the Asia-Pacific region. He heads DTO's Singapore office.