Manuel Marburger (born May 7, 1973 in

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) is a German industrial climber.

Career

Marburger worked as an

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for

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and as a

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. He began his training as an industrial climber at the Fach- und Interessenverband für Seilunterstützte Arbeitstechniken (FISAT) and founded his first company, Kletter-Spezial-Einheit GmbH & Co. KG. For this company he was awarded the Hessian Founders Prize 2006. Marburger's history stretches from different schools to different jobs. In 2002, Marburger founded a vocational climbing school in

, the first school in

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for the training and further education of rope technicians and rope workers. Some time later he founded Blacksafe GmbH, a company specialising in products for professional industrial climbers. For this purpose he opened an

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, the Kletter-Spezial-Laden. Marburger sold Kletter-Spezial-Einheit GmbH & Co. KG in 2013, and Blacksafe GmbH in 2019. His current company, Muve GmbH, is dedicated to management consulting, team training, coaching and interim management. Marburger also works as a keynote speaker.

Recognition

* 2006: Hessian Founders Award for the Most Intelligent Business Idea * 2012: Industry Outdoor Award for the most innovative product development * 2019: Red Fox Award: Germany's Best Business Speaker

Publications

* Marburger, Manuel. ''Aufschlagen und Einschlagen'', Muve Verlag, May 1, 2017 * Marburger, Manuel (editor). ''Erfolg geht anders: Top Speaker verraten, was wirklich zählt,'' Kindle Edition, e-book, March 13, 2019.

References

External links

Official Website of Manuel Marburger
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