Alexander Sanwald

Start-up & Venture Consulting

Berlin, Germany

Experience

Jun 2024 - Present
1 year 2 months
Berlin, Germany

Start-up & Venture Consulting

immersive-people.com

Comprehensive organizational setup and growth management, interim management, C-Level as a Service, tech recruiting, startup advisory, fundraising support

Sep 2022 - Oct 2024
2 years 2 months
Berlin, Germany

Interim CPO/CTO

icon/incar

Typ.1 audio-haptics (founding member)

Product management and strategy

Business development and organizational setup of a tech product company

Mar 2022 - Mar 2023
1 year 1 month
Berlin, Germany

Senior Director Hardware Engineering

icongroup

Jul 2021 - Present
4 years 1 month
Berlin, Germany

Interim Management

2pm

Training and consulting; case advising

Agile methods in hardware and product development

Mar 2020 - Jun 2021
1 year 4 months
Berlin, Germany

Senior Product Manager Vehicle & Hardware

unu motors

Transitioned the e-scooter prototype into pre-series and mass production

Established and synchronized agile methods in embedded vehicle engineering

Evaluated similarities and differences between B2C and shared (B2B) scooters

Established the hardware product manager role in a software-driven environment

Oversaw manufacturing quality with the Chinese production partner

Prepared and supported global pre-release support

Set up product communication for marketing and sales

Supported the switch of production partners

Implemented hardware order fulfillment in the warehouse

Mar 2020 - Jun 2021
1 year 4 months
Berlin, Germany

Team Lead Smart Vehicle Engineering (interim)

unu motors

Led the cross-functional engineering team

Cross-department sprint and quarterly planning (ME, EE & SW)

Created the technology and engineering roadmap

Introduced agile methods in mechanical engineering

Aug 2017 - Nov 2019
2 years 4 months
Berlin, Germany

Hardware Product Manager

Native Instruments

Evaluated ROI based on features

Aligned hardware with software UX and managed HW/SW integration

Built business cases for hardware development

Researched customer bases and defined personas

Created brand onboarding, upsell, and cross-sell strategies

Explored hardware subscription models

Led the internal team of developers and designers

Coordinated with the external ODM partner’s development team

Controlled and managed the development budget

Oct 2015 - Nov 2019
4 years 2 months
Berlin, Germany

Hardware Project Manager

Native Instruments

Consumer electronics project management

Managed hardware product development with external partners (ODM & CM)

Created and maintained project plans, risk assessments, schedules, and resource allocations

Monitored and communicated development progress, budgets, and product maturity

Planned and oversaw pre-series production with contract manufacturers

Supported production until stable series manufacturing

Maintained hardware in mass production

Built and established development processes with external partners (ODM Taiwan/China)

Adapted traditional project management methods to an agile corporate context

Projects/Products: Maschine JAM, MCU platform investigation, Smart-Fusion platform development, EOL product closure

Nov 2014 - Sep 2015
11 months
Berlin, Germany

Project Planner / Controller & PMO

Bombardier Transportation

Electric traction motors and gearboxes

Defined development process lifecycle

Gate-based planning for series development

Project planning and documentation

Project controlling and reporting

Developed a standard document list with phase assignments in coordination with design QA within the internal stage-gate process

Feb 2013 - Oct 2014
1 year 9 months
Mannheim, Germany

Technical Project Manager & Project Planner/Controller

Bombardier Transportation

Electric power and traction converter design

Led a development team

Process-based qualification to serial production

Project planning, documentation, controlling, and reporting

Sep 2012 - Jan 2013
5 months
Mannheim, Germany

Documentation & Process Engineer, Primove Wayside

Bombardier Transportation

Inductive charging systems

Managed homologation and documentation processes

Conducted stage-gate reviews

Project documentation; time, cost, and resource planning

Created project plans and resource estimates

Authored requirements and specifications

Software-based requirements management in DOORS

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Elementary
Spanish
Elementary

Education

Oct 2002 - Jun 2008

Hochschule Darmstadt

Diploma · Industrial Engineering · Darmstadt, Germany

Oct 1992 - Jun 2001

Elisabethen-Gymnasium, Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany