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Alexander Helmke
Managing Director at T.Capital
Hamburg, Hamburg
Overview
Alexander Helmke is the Managing Director at T.Capital in Hamburg, Hamburg, with a background in strategic partnerships, mergers & acquisitions, and corporate development. With a robust career history including roles at VMware and Wind River, he brings expertise in enterprise software, cloud computing, and business strategy to his current position.
Highlights of Alexander's career include his senior roles at VMware, where he led strategy and corporate development initiatives, and his current position as Managing Director at T.Capital, focusing on Series B investments in enterprise applications and cloud infrastructure in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Work Experience
Managing Director
2023 - Current
Managing Director
2021
Sr. Director, Strategy and Corporate Development
2017 - 2021
Director, Strategy and Corporate Development
2012 - 2017
Minority investments, M&A, company internal management consulting
Sr. Corporate Strategy and Development Manager
2010 - 2012
company internal management consulting, business opportunity analysis, strategy recommendations, M&A proposals
Alliance Line Manager
2008 - 2009
Instrumental in building VMware's IHV Alliances organization, creation of partner and developer programs, specifically responsible for the company's relationships with all semiconductor vendors
Sr. Business Development Manager
2006 - 2007
Business Development for VMware's developer programs, fostering ecosystem adoption of the VMware platform
VMware Cloud allows users to run, manage, connect and secure an entire portfolio on any cloud to any device.
Sr. Industry Marketing Manager
2005 - 2006
Responsible for Wind River's product and marketing strategy targeting the network infrastructure industry
Sr. Product Manager, Network Infrastructure
1999 - 2005
Sr. Product Manager for Wind River's various lines of networking technologies and protocols including Platforms for Network Equipment, VxWorks Edition and Linux Edition
Account Manager
1997 - 1999
Nov 1997 Sep 1999 Account Manager, Wind River Systems GmbH, Hamburg, Germany Established Wind Rivers Northern German sales representation with new office in Hamburg Hiring and leading team of two sales engineers (FAEs) and sales assistant Acquiring new customers in sales region Successfully exceeded sales quota every fiscal year
Field Application Engineer
1996 - 1997
Nov 1996 Oct 1997 Field Application Engineer, Wind River Systems GmbH, Munich, Germany Extensive customer facing experience Technical pre- and post-sales support, presentations, demos, on-site installations Attended various sales and presentation trainings Speaking engagements at various seminars, conferences and trade-shows
Software for the Intelligent Edge
Education
Dipl. Ing.
1993 - 1996
Vordiplom
1991 - 1993