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Seasoned corporate strategy executive and corporate venture capital investor. 25+ years experience at industry leading, multinational corporations in the US and in Europe. Currently taking some time off for the first time in my life but open to interesting opportunities.
Leading Deutsche Telekom’s Corporate Venture Capital strategic investment program including management of DT's portfolio of minority and majority interests
Leading Deutsche Telekom’s Corporate Venture Capital strategic investment program including management of DT's portfolio of minority and majority interests
Managing VMware’s CVC investment targets (IT & cloud infra, application platforms) in alignment with corporate strategy priorities Developing start-ups towards optimal business alignment with VMware (M&A targets), managing full investment lifecycle, portfolio, board positions, 30+ deals (investments and M&A) Contributing to VMware’s growth from $1B to $12B 2021
M&A and venture investments in coordination with strategic business initiatives across all VMware BUs and technologies; deal sourcing, structuring, transactions, value creation, portfolio mgmt., 20+ deals
Consulting VMware CEO and BUs on major strategic business opportunities, strategy recommendations, M&A proposals. Executing the proposed strategy by means of M&A, minority investments and commercial engagements with global partners
Instrumental in building VMware's IHV Alliances organization, creation of partner and developer programs, responsible for the company's relationships with all semiconductor vendors
Business Development for VMware's partner programs, driving 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.
Responsible for Wind River's product and marketing strategy targeting the network infrastructure industry
Sr. Product Manager for Wind River's various lines of networking technologies and protocols including Platforms for Network Equipment, VxWorks Edition and Linux Edition
Exceeding sales quota every year, opening and managing new sales office in Northern Germany, managing two sales engineers
Technical Sales Manager, pre- and post-sales support, extensive customer facing experience, presentations, demos, on-site installations, various sales and presentation trainings, speaking engagements at seminars, conferences and trade-shows
Software for the Intelligent Edge