crew
Mark Dare Schmiedel
Founder, MD
We at LTG Lofts to go, want to set an example by constructively exerting an influence on society, that eco- logical and sustainability demands are not contradictory to design and comfort, rather they can be connected harmonically through innovation.
Oliver J Litten
Brand and Communication
Oliver J. Litten is a freelance brand development expert. He supports Coodo mainly in communication development and brand partner integration.
He is a passionate member of the coodo movement and is interested in bringing the right brands into the game at LTG Lofts to go Head office in Hamburg.. Setting up ideas for coodo resorts in Germany, Europe and worldwide together with management of super brands is his main focus in order to accelerate sales for LTG and associated partners.
João Paulo Generoso
Design, Brand and Architecture
João Paulo is passionate about Conceptual Architecture, Design and Business Strategy.
Working for a company that respects the brand’s values, details and conceptual design is something really exciting, so he is delighted to be part of the LTG Lofts to go family. His work has always been guided by Design, Sustainability and Technology.
Klaus Schierbeck
Administration
Klaus couldn’t let the opportunity to be a part of the coodo story pass after Mark introduced him to his vision for coodo. Luckily Klaus can resort on many years of experience in financing and controlling.
Catharina Schmiedel
Interior Design
Catharina has turned her hobby into a profession – her soft spot for colours, shapes and materials.
We do not close our minds to the modern, fast-paced, demanding world and the era of communication and consumption. Instead, we handle it by allowing ourselves to live these contradictions. coodo simply refers to an expression of an attitude: ‚ Not more, more, more, but good, good, good.‘ Our aim is dedication, ambition, and respectfulness, as we face the challenge for a world more worth living. We act economically with both conciseness and awareness.
Marc Dare Schmiedel
Mark loves to communicate and to network. He is passionate about bringing people, their talents and ideas together to realise new projects. Mark leaves his footprints in topics he’s fascinated about: Media and Architecture/Design.
Early, during his apprenticeship as a certified bank clear, Mark realized that he would rather sell the bank building instead of stocks and bonds. Thus, in 1992, he started his real estate career by establishing branches of Engel & Völkers in Bavaria. In his first year he tripled the turnover.
In 1997 he expanded his field of expertise to the media industry and excelled as an assistant show producer at CNN in New York, for “Bizz Buzz” on CNNfn.
When he returned to Germany, he applied his know-how to a variety of clients, as an independent media advisor. In this capacity, he developed customer relationship management (CRM) systems, as well as strategic marketing communications.
He founded the MSM Marketing agency, with offices in Munich and Hamburg and managed acquisition and distribution transactions for various media clients.
In 2000, Mark opened another office in Berlin, where he focused on consulting for the flourishing internet industry. Simultaneously, he organized a series of popular events for both public and private clients and conceptualized one of the first cross-media television talent shows by the name of Screentalents.
Screentalents was bought shortly after, by a subsidiary of United Visions.
Since then Mark considers designing, an interplay of communication between brands, media and distribution, as his professional forte.
In 2006, Mark co-founded “Berlincalling”, one of the first interactive IT-database platforms, that enabled independent video artists and producers to promote and sell their content to aggregators and consumers. The platform was soon bought by Aperto, a subsidiary of Scholz & Friends.
His passion for buildings re-aroused while he was building his own home at the Rummelsburg Bay in Berlin. The idea for a new project was born: A home, in the middle of nature, for living and working, combined with mobility, design and sustainability. Why not create a living space, which could combine all of those demands of a modern society in one single structure?
In October 2012 Mark founded LTG Lofts to go to make his idea come true. With LTG he sets benchmarks in the way we live and work. He creates user-centred products with the advantage for the customers to use their spare time more efficiently: He knows that sustainability starts in the mindset of people. The more balanced they are, the more they will achieve for their environment.
The improved coodo also won the AAP American Architecture Prize 2017 and the Gold prize in Architecture – Mobile Homes category at the International Design Awards in 2019
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coodo universes are 20, 50, 100 mobile, modular holiday homes. The universes are also profitable capital investments that make investing possible for everyone also via tokens: share and enjoy, participate and win, reduce yourself and minimise your ecological footprint. Experience company workshops and short holiday breaks in a new way – with a clear conscience and the feeling of being part of something great.
Oliver is ex-Project Director of Interbrand and the Added Value Group (now Kantar/Added Value) in London & New York.
In his various roles he has worked extensively for Unilever, Nike, Volkswagen, Beiersdorf, Guinness, Levis, Pepsi,
General Motors, P&G and Iceland Air.
His recent work also includes brand messaging for Audi, Vodafone and Omega in the context of the
Lunar Google Xprize and brand development work for the bioscience division of the Bayer AG.
Oliver holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Syracuse University, New York.
Graduated in architecture and urbanism, from PUCCamp “Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas” (Brazil), in 2008, he carried out part of his training in architecture at POLIMI “Politecnico di Milano” (Italy).
Enthusiastic about new technologies and innovation, he carried out a specialization in bioclimatic and sustainability Architecture, in Valencia, Spain. During this period, he won the title of Master in Sustainable Architecture, by ANAVIF “Asociación Nacional de Viviendas Del Futuro“ (Spain) and contributed with a renowned architectural firm specialized in this area.
With 14 years of experience, João Paulo speaks four languages (Portuguese, English, Spanish and Italian) and has developed significant skills such as collaborative work, critical thinking, strategic analysis and negotiation. He has always worked in the real estate, architecture and construction business. Focusing on standard brand design and business growth.
Outside his professional life, he loves spending time with his family, traveling, watching movies and music. Activities that give him more repertoire to perform his work efficiently.
Between making decisions, assembling the right team, pushing the right ideas, overcoming bureaucracy, troubleshooting technical difficulties or being prudent with financial planning – one may safely characterise him as a skilled multitasker. Not everyone is born for independent work or even entrepreneurship.
He brings great experience in building corporate structures & cultures, knows how different companies operate, and is verily aware of the fact that success knows no time clock! What needs to be done will get done. His knowledge in and enthusiasm for “Sourcing & Sales”, combined with his love of being “on the road” and connecting with people drives company growth. Sales & IT strategies are likewise one of his core competencies.
After completing his studies of economics Klaus worked in many different industries where he always had management positions. For example he participated in the FMCG sales business and worked as an authorized IT salesman for IBM. For many years Klaus Schierbeck also supervised doctors and dentists in the field of fee accounting and factoring. This sharpened Klaus’ knowledge and skills regarding this specific field. Until mid-2017 he had the position of the CEO of the BFM Bundesverband Factoring für den Mittelstand eV in Berlin.
Now as a part of the LTG Lofts to go-team Klaus takes care of the financing and accounting of the company. Not only because of his knowledge and skills in his field but also because of his calm and relaxed personality Klaus is a valuable and beloved part of the team.
She has worked on many interior projects in the past, covering a broad spectrum of her profession. As a result of her commercial talent, she was given responsibility for the purchasing of goods for well knowninterior offices from Hamburg, here she was involved in the design of medium to high-end residential and private properties. Among other things, she was responsible for coordinating and supervising the work of contractors and suppliers, and produced working drawings, mood pictures and sample boards. She was also responsible for accounting & bookkeeping as well as the trainees, developed designs of office furniture and lamps. As assistant to the managing director, she fulfilled entrepreneurial tasks.
Catharina is familiar especially with German building regulations and standards and has a knack for art and its effect as well as the combination of colours and materials. At coodo, she is attracted to creating a unique and coherent ambience with just a few square metres – taking into account the many options for using the coodo.
After studying applied cultural sciences with a focus on language and communication, art and media and public relations, she was a press relations officer at the Hamburg Literaturhaus, then did a journalistic volunteer and worked as an editor for several years. In addition, she continued to be enthusiastic about art, architecture and, of course, literature. With the projects “Poesie in die Stadt” (Poetry in the City), “Schüler treffen Autoren” ( Students Meet Authors) and the “MACHT” club, she created events alone and in teams to make it easier for people to access literature. For several years she also worked as a social media editor in an advertising agency and wrote real estate brochures for investment and office properties. With coodo, Constanze has come around full circle: her love of design, travelling, sustainable lifestyles, meeting people, communication. She is looking forward to the first coodo universe, where she will find all her loved ones gathered.