Tarana GmbH was founded in 1996 and still is a small family business. Since 2004 Tarana has been operating under the leadership of Andreas Kurt.
 Andreas Kurt is the owner and CEO of Tarana. He is usually your contact person if you are looking for a consultant for strategies, concepts, procedures and structures.
Between 1995 and 2004, he was Director at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) in Bern and responsible for national patent and design protection.
On the one hand, the IPI was considered a pioneer of Swiss New Public Management and thus a leader in the administrative reform of the time; on the other hand, it was in the role of providing impetus for innovative companies, with the political mandate to increase the innovative capacity of the Swiss economy.
Between 1995 and 2004, he was Director at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) in Bern and responsible for national patent and design protection.
On the one hand, the IPI was considered a pioneer of Swiss New Public Management and thus a leader in the administrative reform of the time; on the other hand, it was in the role of providing impetus for innovative companies, with the political mandate to increase the innovative capacity of the Swiss economy.
Under Andreas Kurt's aegis, the first complex patent and technology searches were developed, which today allow companies worldwide to use existing technological knowledge for further innovations.
Important projects on technology transfer, SME promotion and the coordination of public institutions for the implementation of innovation policy were initiated, managed and promoted by him.
At the administrative level, Andreas Kurt has accomplished the transformation of a state audit authority into an SME-oriented institution for technology consulting, thus demonstrating how adaptable the public sector is. He introduced the world's first process organisation in an administrative unit.
His achievements in administrative innovation are well documented in the literature. (Thommen, Jean-Paul: Case Studies in Business Administration (2008); Thom, Norbert and Ritz, Adrian: Public Management (2008)).
Between 1995 until 2004 he was Director at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) in Berne and responsible for national patent and design protection.
On the one hand, the IPI was considered as pionieer of Swiss New Public Management and thus a leader in the administrative reform of the time; on the other hand, it was on the role of providing impetus for innovative companies, with the political mandate to increase the innovative capaicty of the Swiss economy.
During his years at the IPI, Andreas Kurt implemented and managed important projects in innovation policy, involving technology transfer, supporting SMEs and coordinating public institutions. Under his leadership the first highly complex patent and technology searches were developed which allowed new inventions to be based on existing knowledge. Today, these searches are state-of-the-art as regards innovation management.
At the administrative level, Andreas Kurt has accomplished the transformation of a governmental authority for IP examination into an SME-oriented institution for technology consulting, thus demonstrating how adaptable the public sector is.
The implementation of a complete process organisation plan for the Patent Division has been commented and published in the specialised literature as the first process organisation in the public sector.
(Thommen, Jean-Paul: Fallstudien zur Betriebswirtschaft (2008); Thom, Norbert und Ritz, Adrian: Public Management (4. Auflage 2008)).
In the past almost two decades as an independent consultant, Andreas Kurt has contributed to improving innovation landscapes in more than 20 countries. The mandates are coming rqually from innovative companies, from education and research institutions as well as from the public sector.
Even though from a methodological point of view it is always about the design of organisations and systems, about culture, politics, strategies, processes and structure, - the success of any transformation always lies in recognising the peculiarities and potentials of a system and the ability to mobilise its possitive forces.
 Martin Jaworowski has a degree in economics. Since 2012 he has been responsible for Tarana's financial accounting and back-office operations.
 Network Partners
Andreas Kurt is a partner in onion: Netzwerk für Beratung. (www.onion.ch)
The partners in this excellent small network are complementary in their professional backgrounds.
Regular cooperation partners:
Tarana regularly cooperates with other independent consultants in order to extend its own working capacity and to offer a suitable diversity. In all cases, Tarana takes full responsibilty for the quality of the work it carries out in connection with your mandate.
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