Aiming to generate “PLUS” for its customers by leveraging my vast executive management experience and large network. Activities: a) Management: consulting, interims management, project support; b) M&A: support investors / sellers (share deals, startup funding); c) Startups: advisor, mentor, sales acceleration
Austria: Program Management for OMV’s Information Security program in 2020 & 2021
ASIA: Program Management for implementing new B2B strategy at Axiata (5 countries)
LATAM: Digital Transformation B2B telco in Mexico
Middle East: OTT Messenger (make or buy, market analysis) for an investor
Germany: Connected Home CPE strategy for telco (trends for routers, STB, SmartHome)
Germany: Fiber rollout (FTTx) acceleration via local / regional cooperation for telco
Romania: Market entry of a Binary Options player (Romania), German client
Mai 2016 - Bis heute
9 Jahren 2 Monaten
Senior Representative
Match-Maker Ventures
Linking startups which already achieved proof-of-concept with relevant corporations to unlock hidden value and generate impact within 12 months.
Drive end to end process: sales acceleration, match-making, onboarding, lifecycle management
Apr. 2013 - Apr. 2016
3 Jahren 1 Monate
Rumänien
New Business Development Director & Chief of Staff of CEO (NBD & CoS)
Telekom Romania
Telekom Romania at a glance: > 1 bn EUR revenue, > 8500 employees, part of Deutsche Telekom Group, No 1 integrated operator in Romania (Fix, Mobile, TV).
NBD & CoS at a glance: focus on eTransformation & TopLine Growth, > 60 FTE, > 1 mEUR service revenue, > 1.5 mEUR hardware revenue, > 1.3 mEUR monthly online payments & recharges > 10 mEUR TopLine (planned), eChannel shares up to 10% (depending on product/ target group), >1.6 m unique visitors / month, > 650 k Facebook fans, > 600k newsletter subscr.
New Business Development: identify and implement top line growth opportunities.
Full Banking proposition under Telekom brand to be launched in Q2/2016: current accounts, debit & credit cards, consumer credits, device financing, mobile payment & NFC, remittance, P2P payment, offline banking corners in Telekom shops, Telekom-Bank bundles.
Energy Retail (planned launch 2016) – sell energy (gas and electricity) under Telekom brand.
Insurance: Handset insurance, extended warranty, bill protection (planned launch Q2/2016).
Betting: enter legalized online betting market under Telekom related brand (planned 2016).
Advertisement (add sales on our portals, lock-screen, loyalty / couponing, DNS error page).
Startups: link local Startup scene with a) Deutsche Telekom (DT capital, Hubraum, Global Partnering) and b) local business owners in order to utilize potential for Telekom Romania. Involvement in contests as speaker, jury member & mentor. Plans to launch local incubator.
eCompany program set up (ongoing), working e.g. on the following streams:
Prepaid registration via APP (customer & merchant).
Sales force digitalization and electronic signature.
Idea management system implementation.
CEO app – customer experience officer App = one App for all employees to fulfil different use cases and become a real ambassador for the company and brand.
eBusiness:
Launch 2 full websites in 2014: [link] (before I took the responsibility: 13 years without eBusiness) and [link] as ONE website for fixed and mobile in September.
Ultimate App (for fixed & mobile) as blueprint for DT Europe, >250k downloads/1.5 years and > 10k paid transactions per month (recharge, bill payment).
Portals / OTT:
[link] redefine the business model and re-launch website with live streaming of exclusive sports events and usage of special customer engagement tools (mass-crowd visualization engine), target become No1 portal (currently No 3-5).
[link] one stop shop B2B online services for SME: (top)listing, managed website & marketing (google adwords).
Local lead of DT eTransformation, generating cost savings of >4 m EUR (yearly run rate).
Build one team > 55 FTE for all eActivities: core, non-core, delivery. Insourcing to gain flexibility, sustainability & save costs (>100k EUR yearly run rate).
eCommerce: launch website [link] in less than 6 months, cost <30k EUR. Relaunch online mall [link] incl. warehouse logistic hub in < 3 month.
Unify 3 online platforms to 1 (ongoing), being the leader within Deutsche Telekom group in ATG platform rollout with most comprehensive deployment.
General / Chief of Staff of the CEO.
Providing high level support to the CEO in strategic initiatives and organizational development. Trusted advisor and critical link between the CEO and management team.
strong role in company transition (operational merger), leading the move to online and new business incl. definition & implementation of functional strategy.
Leading cost cutting analysis identifying several mEUR / yearly saving potentials.
Apr. 2011 - März 2013
2 Jahren
Rumänien
General Manager New Business Development incl. special tasks in Strategy area
Romtelecom S.A.
Build a team to identify top line growth opportunities, e.g. Payment, Google adwords resale.
Run new Business Lines with Full P&L.
Directory Assistance Service (DAS): run and optimize (cost -1 mEUR, employees -90%, full outsourcing of operations, > 70% gross profit).
Value Added Services (VAS): new products & push led to +100k EUR revenue.
Launched [link] the first OTT webTV project in Romania (>30 TV live channels, TVOD library, catch up TV, SVOD).
Additional special tasks from CEO in 2012:
set-up & monitor a short-term 2012 strategy for the company (Big 7).
Preparation of Business Performance Reviews with Deutsche Telekom.
Local lead of Deutsche Telekom Europe transformation program (1 DT EU).
Representative of Romtelecom in German-Romanian Chamber of Commerce.
Okt. 2008 - März 2011
2 Jahren 6 Monaten
Rumänien
General Manager Special Business Projects
Romtelecom S.A.
Turn around the Directory Assistance Service (DAS).
Full responsibility for P&L, product management and Call Center operations.
moving from loss making to generating profit (revenue: +13% at a level > 4 Mil EUR/year, 2008-2010, profit increase10 times leading to a gross margin >50%, 90% market share despite liberalization & new players).
Combine several existing teams (300 FTE) to a unique organization (100 FTE).
2009 awarded as “Europe’s DA provider of the year”.
Closed first time in Romania direct VAS revenue share contract with other operators.
Lead special projects: Due Diligence in 2 potential M&As, VDSL rollout.
Regular proxy for the Chief Commercial Officer Residential.
Juli 2006 - Sept. 2008
2 Jahren 3 Monaten
Kroatien
Country Manager International Business, Croatia
Deutsche Telekom AG (DTAG), T-Home
Bridge between T-Home Croatia and T-Home headquarter, across a wide range of initiatives: a) Project management, analyze business cases & identify synergy potentials; b) Review & challenge M&A plans incl. management proposals; c) Permanent invitee at the T-HT supervisory board.
Special Project: Drive strategy alignment & best practice within the T-Home Europe.
Member of Executive Management Development program, including job rotation with T-Venture supporting a fingerprint payment project.
Juni 2002 - Juni 2006
4 Jahren 1 Monate
Kroatien
Executive Vice President International Business Croatia; Head of program management & strategic projects at Strategy &
DTAG, T-COM
Sept. 1999 - Mai 2002
2 Jahren 9 Monaten
Executive Support for Chief Sales Officer; Project manager and sales support
T-Mobile
Zusammenfassung
Business Developer & “Go-Getter" with > 16 years’ experience being >10 years a direct report of CEO / CxO
Leadership: Ability to lead, structure & staff teams of up to 300 FTE (regular best results in employee surveys); Successful restructuring and Outsourcing experience
New Business Development: Experience and track record in identifying New Pockets of Growth, Developing ideas & business models, Launch and grow them.
Online / eBusiness: Widespread experience in Online, launching project, sites and apps from scratch or relaunching them. Consolidating / merging sites and platforms
Digitalization & eTransformation: Experienced in process digitalization - move to eCompany